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The brief hubbub about a Heritage Foundation report on one aspect of legalizing unlawful immigrants -- how it would affect government finances -- contrasts sharply with the lack of discussion of how such immigration and eventual legalization affect the broader economy.

In the wake of the U.S. Senate's Gang of Eight bill for comprehensive immigration reform introduced in April, several attempts have already been made to derail this bipartisan effort to reform our broken immigration laws by introducing onerous and unrealistic amendments.

Source: NPR Heritage Action, the political activist offshoot of the conservative Heritage Foundation, has some advice for House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor: focus on the scandals plaguing the Obama administration and stay away from legislation that could "highlight major schisms" within the House Republican Conference.

Robert E. Moffit is a senior fellow with the Center for Policy Innovation at The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. Among President Obama's broken promises, there is this gem of June 15, 2009 - "No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor.

The Obama administration infamously stumbled and bumbled through the Arab Spring uprisings, which challenged the undemocratic power structures of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen.

Among the few who seem to grasp that the coming amnesty could be literally the worst thing that ever happened to America, we can count Ann Coulter : The Heritage Foundation recently issued a comprehensive report showing that Sen.

A study by the Heritage Foundation maintained that Hispanic immigrants are deficient in I.Q. and thus disposed to rely on "government handouts." A study by the Heritage Foundation maintained that Hispanic immigrants are deficient in I.Q. and thus disposed to rely on "government handouts." In 2007 the Heritage Foundation played a major role in ... (more)

My American Enterprise Institute colleague Charles Murray came to the defense of our former colleague Jason Richwine, who was fired by the Heritage Foundation amid protests about his Harvard Ph.D. thesis, on nationalreview.com. Charles was entirely accurate in stating that Richwine's conclusion that Hispanics have lower-than-average IQs is accurate ... (more)

Perhaps you've heard all the doom and gloom about how immigration reform will guarantee Republicans can never win another future election? Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute , is out with a Wall Street Journal column seeking to debunk that theory.

Jason Richwine's Heritage Foundation study on the costs of immigration reform had far-reaching problems, a new study finds.

The Foundry, a conservative-leaning news blog authored by The Heritage Foundation, is crediting controversial Idaho billionaire Frank Vandersloot with sounding the alarm on the IRS, triggering a scandal which has already cost IRS commissioner Steven Miller his job.

The President's 2014 budget arrived on April 10, more than two months past its legal deadline of the first Monday in February.

It's unsettling to be on the same side as Rush Limbaugh. But Jason Richwine deserves a defense against the intellectual bullying that drove him from his job.

U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio , R-Milford, is not taking responsibility for a fundraising email that went out in his name and was linked to a controversial report.

In the wake of the U.S. Senate's Gang of Eight bill for comprehensive immigration reform introduced in April, several attempts have already been made to derail this bipartisan effort to reform our broken immigration laws by introducing onerous and unrealistic amendments.

Jason Richwine's IQ-based argument that American Hispanics are less intelligent than native-born whites has been called racist.

Retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness announced his candidacy this week for Senate in Louisiana, and now the PAC formerly associated with Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint is considering supporting him.

The Heritage Foundation recently issued a comprehensive report showing that Sen.

Florida lawmakers aren't the only ones itching to raise taxes on people who buy things online.

The immigration game is on in Washington and half-truths, faulty premises and omissions have started coming out of the woodwork.