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Sen. Graham: No Debt Ceiling Increase Without Entitlement Reform
Today, Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) released a statement ripping President Obama’s newest attempt to raise the debt ceiling yet again:Mr. President, I will not support increasing the debt limit until...
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American Values Fail: 49% Say American Culture Not Superior
Most Americans like to think of themselves as patriots, advocates for American values. But according to a new study, the very definition of “American values” has changed dramatically thanks to...
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Teacher Prosecuted for Telling Students to Hit Alleged Bully
Texas just ain’t Texas anymore.This week, a South Texas kindergarten teacher who encouraged the victims of bullying to fight back against their tormenter was indicted. According to prosecutors, Cynthia...
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GA Senate Poll: Herman Cain Defeats 'Taxby' Chambliss in Showdown
A new Georgia poll found that former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, whose embrace of the Tea Party briefly propelled him to the top of the 2012 GOP presidential primary field during primary,...
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Immigration Officials to Rehear Obama Uncle's Deportation Case
The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals, which is a division of the Department of Homeland Security, agreed last week to reopen and rehear the immigration case of President Barack Obama's uncle, Onyango...
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Maxine Waters Appointed Top Democrat on House Financial Service Committee
On Tuesday, House Democrats unanimously selected Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) to be the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee.Waters will be the ranking member on the committee that deals...
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DoD Spends $100,000 Studying Whether Jesus Died for Klingons
Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) latest report on spending by the Department of Defense shows, among other things, defense spending used for a lecture series involving fictional alien species.“Did Jesus Die...
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Connectitut State Rep. Arrested over Domestic Dispute
A Bridgeport, Connecticut woman who was easily elected to the state legislature last month after being charged in a hit-and-run car accident in August has been charged with breach of peace, reportedly...
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Virginia Governor's Race May Split Three Ways
When Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling dropped his bid to seek the Republican Party's 2013 gubernatorial nomination last week against Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, political...
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FL Senator Flubs Founding Fathers While Lecturing on Obamacare Constitutionality
Florida’s Senate Minority Leader, Democrat Chris Smith, who is African-American, told a group of Tea Party members that “Marbury, Madison, and Hamilton wrote in that Constitution that I wasn’t a man....
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Tennesseans Rally Against State Obamacare Exchange
An estimated crowd of 500 Tennesseans rallied Wednesday afternoon at the State Capitol Legislative Plaza in Nashville to profess to Republican Governor Bill Haslam that they opposed the establishment...
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Democrats Block Visa Legislation for Highly Educated
(AP)- Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked Republicans from bringing up a House-passed immigration bill offering permanent residence visas for foreigners with advanced degrees. Senator John Cornyn,...
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Poll: People Support Taxing Rich, Oppose Spending Cuts
Our country is currently saddled with $86 trillion in unfunded mandates, a $16 trillion deficit, and annual deficits of over $1 trillion. Most of this is the result of pure selfishness at the hands of...
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Harry Reid Blocks Vote on Obama Plan to Avert Fiscal Cliff
On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) turned down an opportunity to allow the Senate to vote on President Barack Obama’s proposal to avert the fiscal cliff, proving that Obama’s plan...
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Obama May Veto His Tax Proposal if Not Granted Power to Raise Debt Ceiling
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama indicated that having unlimited powers to raise the debt ceiling without Congress’s approval may be more important to him than raising taxes -- and he may veto his...
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370k New Jobless Claims; Gallup Reports Unemployment Jump to 8.3%
After a few post-Hurricane Sandy weeks of new jobless claims hitting over 400,000, it looks as though we've settled back into the new and accepted normal of new claims landing somewhere in the 360,000...
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Boehner to Conservatives: We're 'Watching' Your Votes
After purging four conservative House members from key Committees, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) threatened Republican members of Congress on Wednesday by telling them Republican leaders are...
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DeMint to Leave Senate, Will Lead Heritage Foundation
South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, often the conservative conscience of the Senate, will resign his seat next month and assume leadership of the Heritage Foundation. He will replace long-time Heritage...
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McConnell: Obama Wants Infinite Debt Ceiling
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) objected to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) proposal to take up President Barack Obama's request to have the unprecedented power to raise...
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Ryan: Welfare Spending Could Have Paid Every Poor American $20,000 in 2011
Speaking Tuesday at an annual dinner honoring the late Jack Kemp, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said the federal government could have taken the trillion dollars it spent last year on welfare programs and...
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