John Kasich unveils plan to kill U.S. Department of Commerce

As part of his place to reduce the role of the federal government, Gov. John Kasich rolled out a plan today to kill the U.S. Department of Commerce. The agency with a $12 billion budget and more than 40,000 employees “has become a cluttered ‘attic’ for the federal government, hiding political pet projects, outdated programs, and agencies without a logical home,” the Kasich campaign said in a fact sheet. “The resulting ‘Franken-agency’ simply no longer ma