Voters rejected it. Now Republicans must act. Commentary by Pete du Pont January 24, 2011 Source: Wall Street Journal For two years Washington has been moving left - bigger spending, expanding regulation and a continual increase in government debt. In fiscal 2007,...
Voters send Republicans to Congress with a mandate for a new direction. Commentary by Pete du Pont December 27, 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal Barack Obama promised to change America, and he did. Federal spending has increased in two years to $3.72 trillion from...
A report from the Coons - O'Donnell debate. Commentary by Pete du Pont October 21, 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal Everyone in this state knew that Rep. Mike Castle was going to be our next U.S. senator. He had served as a state legislator, lieutenant governor...
Republicans show that they're serious about curbing runaway government. Commentary by Pete du Pont September 29, 2010 Source: The Wall Street Journal How big has the government grown under the Obama administration? "The average level of U.S. government spending as a...
Stop the Madness Commentary by Pete du Pont August 25, 2010 Source: The Wall Street Journal Summer is almost ended, and Americans are growing more and more skeptical about the coming fall- about our lack of jobs, our bigger and more expensive government, the higher...
The secretary of state could mount a formidable challenge to Obama Commentary by Pete du Pont July 15, 2010 Source: The Wall Street Journal America's economy is failing to produce jobs, increase growth or raise confidence, and it will likely get even worse next year....
The Kerry-Lieberman energy bill would enervate America. Commentary by Pete du Pont June 25, 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal A year ago the Waxman-Markey energy regulation bill passed the House. Now before the Senate is the Kerry-Lieberman energy regulation bill,...
The people support offshore oil exploration. The politicians should listen. Commentary by Pete du Pont May 17, 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal The amount of energy America's economy consumes is rising, and oil is a significant portion of its generation. But the...
If so, it's over for America. Commentary by Pete du Pont April 21, 2010 Source: The Wall Street Journal A cultural battle is under way in America, a battle between, in columnist Michael Barone's, words, "the culture of dependence and the culture of independence." The...
America has changed its course, perhaps forever. Commentary by Pete du Pont March 25, 2010 Source: The Wall Street Journal Late Sunday night America made its largest public-policy course change since the 1930's: Congress moved 17% of our national economy from the...