Dan Holler is the Communications Director for Heritage Action for America. Previously, he held numerous positions at The Heritage Foundation, most recently he was the Senate Relations Deputy. A Maryland native, he is a graduate of Washington College. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Controversies threaten President Obama's second-term agenda. As the IRS, Benghazi, and AP scandals engulf an administration long predicated on expanding government power, lawmakers in Washington are using the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/05/20/despite-scandals-obamas-food-stamp-stimulus-on-fast-track-n1599935 7c5bcf0b-3b2b-4919-9e5d-eac94b8feb8b Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Flying just beneath the public's radar is a pitched battle over Obamacare's implementation. On Friday, NBC News' First Read bluntly laid out the stakes for those of us who believe America's future prosperity hinges,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/05/13/its-now-or-never-for-obamacare-n1592730 78464460-74f0-4e8f-87c4-daa5b4491897 Mon, 13 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT A 30-something graduate from the University of Chicago turned part-time blogger boldly declared, "I'm sort of a foodie, and I'm not going to do the 'living off ramen' thing." He'd just finished "roasted rabbit with... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/05/06/fraudulent-food-stamp-nation-n1585502 25c9e2e0-1719-4760-8b92-76f975ea976b Mon, 06 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT It doesn't matter whether you're on the far left, far right or somewhere in the middle, there is absolutely no denying the rise of the tea party has altered America's political landscape. And the elite media is making... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/04/29/the-elite-media-hates-you-n1580120 ad1f7884-f755-4741-972e-e9cc467f64fc Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT As Politico analyzed President Barack Obama's political predicament, they offered several suggestions on how to proceed, with the third being, "Take the long view." Taking the long view requires ignoring this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/04/22/bloombergs-bet-america-is-leftist-n1572978 ae308c70-eb39-496d-b24b-62ce288996c3 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Are you excited? Fresh off a two-week recess, Senators return to Washington tomorrow. Awaiting their return is the Leahy-Schumer-Reid gun tax. President Obama urged Americans to "look at the actual legislation." We... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/04/08/leahyschumerreid-gun-tax-8-facts-n1559352 b35ceaca-ed95-4029-a382-b47b71795b21 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT It is absolutely maddening to watch the political left - liberals, progressives, whatever they call themselves nowadays - engage in hyperbole, mistruths and flip-flops with absolutely no political repercussions. Many... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/04/01/the-lefts-march-madness-n1552880 b3b8b49e-1266-452f-a4e9-bb48e190f07c Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT As with most conceptions, Obamacare was conceived behind closed doors. Unlike most conceptions though, there were many hands involved and lots of money tossed around. And but for the Immaculate Conception, it could have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/03/25/obamacares-deceptive-conception-n1546564 7fee5903-5424-486e-a682-0dbb9290e54d Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT If Barack Obama wants Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker of the House in 2015, he needs to strike a grand bargain with his political adversaries - congressional Republicans. Of course, conventional wisdom holds just the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/03/18/gop-particularly-impressed-by-obamas-2014-playbook-n1535713 277cf7a3-2f15-47d3-aaa0-4b5d447d056a Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Although America's future will be shaped by the ongoing Washington budget battles, there are dozens of issues simmering just below the surface. Because freedom either advances or recedes with each vote, those issues... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/03/11/beyond-the-budget-battle-n1529404 f207122e-a795-4091-8009-f8d42746013d Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT If you're reading this, it means you survived the sequester. Of course, as President Obama reminded us last Friday, "this is not going to be an apocalypse as some people have said." Some people? Just ten days... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/03/04/obamas-2percent-flip-flops-n1524010 ab5eb2ce-909a-45f9-993e-db6a18798e14 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT With the March 1st deadline for the sequester looming, the chorus of politicians and pundits decrying its passage in apocalyptic terms has reached a fevered pitch. These are the same political leaders who in the summer... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/02/25/sequester-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing-n1518615 2312f449-9179-4962-b105-56ba679699fd Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Of course President Obama does not hate poor people, nor does the most avid tea partier. Few (if any) policies are intended to harm the poor; in fact, most policies are intended help the poor. Unfortunately, good... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/02/18/does-obama-hate-the-poor-n1514147 908343ff-a7af-4766-90c6-fcee2827d6cc Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT That is not a typo. A group of Democrat senators, none of whom are particularly friendly to law-abiding consumers, have introduced a bill (S.174) that would hike taxes by as much as 1,121 percent on some tobacco... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/02/11/democrats-1121-tax-increase-n1508958 6428d44c-e00c-466e-8d44-794e37fcb373 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Last week, I took issue with rumored 2016 contender and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who seemingly dismissed the importance of balancing the federal budget as "an obsession with government bookkeeping." While I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanHoller/2013/02/04/dinner-with-barack-n1503008 0b6ee7ee-6de0-4115-8418-6ba15764ab09 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT