Obama Gutting Freedom of Information Act

Andrea Billups,Human Events After taxpayers bailed out the financial sector amid much public outcry last year,political and open-government observers are wondering how the Securities and Exchange Commission will now be allowed to skirt certain Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests under a new federal law.

Tucked inside a bill revamping the [...]

All the President’s Goldman Sachs Men

by Michelle Malkin,Townhall

 Barack Obama is tied in pretty tightly with Goldman Sachs

While President Obama assails the culture of greed and recklessness practiced by the men of Goldman Sachs,his administration is infested with them. The White House can no more disown Government Sachs than Da Boss-in-chief can disown [...]

Obama Seeks 12 Percent Budget Increase for SEC

AP

President Barack Obama is seeking a 12 percent budget increase for the Securities and Exchange Commission,including $419 million for more than 100 new enforcement staff to work on the agency’s burgeoning caseload targeting fraud and market manipulation.

The request to Congress Monday for nearly $1.3 [...]