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In this post-9/11 era our economy faces increased risk from terrorism, TRIA reauthorization should be a priority for action before close of Congress.

An important issue that has been under the radar is reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), which backstops private insurance companies in case of catastrophic terrorist attack.

Venezuela would likely be facing imminent financial collapse if it weren’t for President Obama’s opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.

High tax rates on anything always lead to people gaming the system, sometimes legally and sometimes illegally.

Wind advocates have faced a vocal block of opponents. "Bipartisan forces want to revive the wind PTC because they benefit financially from it," IPI resident scholar Merrill Matthews said. "But thanks to the U.S. energy boom from fossil fuel production, energy for electric power generation is both abundant and affordable - and cleaner than ever."

How about a market mechanism that would determine once and for all not only who is right, but that would determine what the market-clearing price for skilled immigrant labor actually is, informing future immigration policy formation?

Thanks to the dramatic increase in U.S. fossil fuel production, there is no longer any need for wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) subsidies, and Congress should not renew it, saving billions in taxpayer dollars.

In one executive order Obama may have created his biggest income transfer scheme yet, and imposed the worst financial challenge to our two already-struggling retirement programs. And millions of Americans can expect to see their taxes go up in the future to pay for it.

The Internet has thrived as a place of freedom, where the long hand of government regulation and taxes have been kept to a minimum. The Marketplace Fairness Act seeks to end that era—and with it your ability to get most of your Cyber Monday purchases tax free.

Aaccording to the Institute for Policy Innovation, about $17 billion and 70,000 jobs are lost every year due to piracy, which is definitely a factor causing our poor economy.