White House Defends Obama’s Senate Vote Against Raising Debt Ceiling, but Insists Republicans Must Raise It
Washington (CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration is warning of catastrophic consequences if Congress does not increase the debt ceiling, the legal limit on how much the federal government can borrow, but Barack Obama held a different view on the issue as a senator in 2006. “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure,” Obama said on March 16, 2006.

Federal Agency’s Claims of Jobs Saved by Stimulus Were ‘Unclear and Misleading,’ Says Inspector General
(CNSNews.com) – The Small Business Administration, which was given $730 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to increase the availability of credit to small businesses, is making claims about the number of saved jobs that are “unclear” and “misleading” and which cannot be verified, according to a report issued by the agency’s inspector general.

State Lawmakers Seek Court Fight Over ‘Birthright Citizenship’
(CNSNews.com) – The movement to prevent the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants from automatically becoming American citizens is gaining steam. At the federal level, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would end automatic citizenship for the children of illegal aliens. And a group of state lawmakers on Wednesday announced their intention to do the same thing.

VIDEO Q&A: Michele Bachmann Discusses the Welfare State, the Debt, Defunding Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, and A Wall at the Border
(CNSNews.com) – When CNSNews.com asked Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) last month what she would do about the current fiscal situation if she were president of the United States, Bachmann said she would start by explaining to the American people that we were “standing on a precarious precipice” economically. She also explained where she stands on other issues