Q: It’s Mardi Gras: How will you be celebrating the festivities? A: I have celebrated on both krewes and floats in years past, but this year I will be attending a Mardi Gras ball with my wife in Lake Charles, La. Q: Louisiana doesn’t have a Major...

The new beads, designed by his wife, include red, white and blue beads, four rippling Acadian flags, and a heavyweight plastic pendant that declares, "Landry for Louisiana: Proud to be Cajun," a wording that works regardless of whether Landry decides...

However, in the street-level reality inhabited by people who actually handle government funds, tight and exacting regulations do exist. One very important one is The Anti-Deficiancy Act which is described below. The Anti-Deficiency Act prohibits...

It is "unacceptable that HHS fails to maintain accurate financial records and fails to adhere to federal law designed to protect taxpayer dollars from mismanagement and waste," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , and Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La. , wrote in a...

The “lipstick on a pig” quote comes to mind. “The administration finally has come to the conclusion “that we knew even before the bill passed, that this was unsustainable, it was unworkable, it was fatally flawed,” said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Charles...

A bill introduced yesterday would require states to prevent welfare recipients from accessing or spending their benefits at strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores. “It’s pretty rampant around the country,” said Representative Charles Boustany of...

A bill that GOP leaders are bringing to the House floor Wednesday would require states to prevent welfare recipients from accessing or spending their benefits at strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores. Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.) is leading the...

House passed legislation Wednesday that would prevent welfare recipients from spending money on adult entertainment, alcohol or gambling. The bill's sponser, Rep. Charles Boustany, (R-LA), said that the measure was in response to reports that people had...

House passed legislation Wednesday that would prevent welfare recipients from spending money on adult entertainment, alcohol or gambling. The bill's sponser, Rep. Charles Boustany, (R-LA), said that the measure was in response to reports that people had...

The administration finally has come to the conclusion "that we knew even before the bill passed, that this was unsustainable, it was unworkable, it was fatally flawed," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La. Department of Health and...

Since then, they have been unable to completely gut the legislation. The latest bill is likely to gather dust in the Senate. The House also passed legislation Wednesday to stop those on welfare from spending money on adult entertainment, alcohol or...

The administration finally has come to the conclusion "that we knew even before the bill passed, that this was unsustainable, it was unworkable, it was fatally flawed," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La. But Rep. Henry Waxman,...

"We have an obligation to root out any kind of fraud and abuse and waste of taxpayer dollars," bill sponsor Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) told HuffPost. "At a time you want to insure that every federal program we have has proper integrity and the money...

No? NO. Oh right, it’s a bill meant to stop all the silly misbehaving poors from spending their welfare money at strip clubs. No wonder they aren’t out getting jobs! Please, bill sponsor Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. , tell us more about this terrifying...

It’s the same measure that was included in a broader package pushed by House Republicans in December to extend the payroll tax holiday. Continue Reading When he introduced the bill in December, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) said the legislation was...

This two-page bill would repeal the fiscal disaster known as the CLASS Act, Obamacare's new long-term care entitlement, which was "suspended" by the Obama Administration because Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius could not certify...

Republicans included the proposal in the payroll tax bill the House passed in December, and are bringing it back up for a vote separately as part of a package of bills they want included in a final agreement extending the payroll tax cut and other...

Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, is hauling in cash for a possible race against his peer Rep. Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia. Boustany raised nearly $223,000 during the fourth quarter of 2011, his office announced in a news release Thursday evening. ...

The 73-foot ship, the Rondeau, was easing its way down the Mississippi River near Venice and was about to enter the Gulf of Mexico when it ran aground. Shipping wasn't affected except for, of course, the Rondeau, which was freed in short order. No one...