GOP Questions Sandy Aid Package
Remember when Nancy Pelosi said, speaking in 2009 of ObamaCare, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it …”? Here we go again. The Obama Administration, in a time of desperation...
View ArticleTent Trutherism: Was the Takedown of AFP's Tent an Inside Job?
Shortly after union protesters in Lansing, MI tore down a tent belonging to Americans for Prosperity on Tuesday, progressives began circulating a claim that the collapse was an inside job.On the right,...
View ArticleBoehner Purge Extending to Subcommittees
Last week, House GOP Leadership flexed its muscle and stripped 4 conservative members of their committee assignments. After my colleague Matthew Boyle reported that leadership seemed to use a secret...
View ArticleMedia Claims Conservatives Staged Union Violence in Michigan
Thousands of protesters gathered in Michigan’s state capitol Tuesday to protest Right to Work legislation that will make it illegal for union membership to be a mandatory condition of employment for a...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Urge Undoing of ObamaCare
Many powerful Democrats, even some of the most liberal among them, are supporting what amounts to a dismantling of President Obama’s signature health care law. Using “Republican” language to make their...
View ArticleNational Republican Congressional Committee Losing Debt Crisis Messaging
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is doing little to shape the debate over the fiscal cliff, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is targeting 40 House...
View ArticleCalifornia Cap and Trade to Produce 14% of Projected Revenue
The cap-and-trade credits that the California government expected to sell for a hefty profit sank like a stone. When the California Resources Board held its first auction of the credits late last...
View ArticleLiberals Stonewall on Entitlement Reform, Republicans Cave on Taxes
It’s becoming quite clear that liberals are stonewalling on entitlement cuts while conservatives are caving on higher taxes for the wealthy. Barack Obama said yesterday that the Republicans would...
View ArticlePelosi: Democrats Will 'Object' to Raising Medicare Eligibility Age
On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Democrats would not agree to raising the age for Medicare eligibility.Pelosi first wrote an op-ed in USA Today to argue raising the Medicare...
View ArticleBoehner to House GOP: Don't Go Home for Christmas
On Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told the House Republican Conference to not make plans for Christmas because of the impasse in the budget negotiations.CBS News reported Republicans...
View ArticleGOP Drift Losing 'Cliff' Message Battle
Almost every day, President Obama meets with some new slice of the American public to pitch his side in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations. Business leaders, unions, governors, state lawmakers, etc. have...
View ArticleObama Spending More Time Socializing than Negotiating Fiscal Cliff Deal
While the country worries about whether the White House and Congressional leaders will agree to a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama has spent more time socializing this...
View ArticleVictims of Union Violence to Hold Press Conference
Will Lansing's union-supporting Mayor and the Unions work to bring the criminal element that caused the mayhem at the anti-right-work rally to justice?That's the question that's going to be asked today...
View ArticleNew GOP Leadership Spin on Purge: 'A**hole Factor'
House GOP leadership has a new spin as of late Wednesday on why they purged conservatives from influential House committees: “It was an a**hole factor.”Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, a...
View ArticleRep. Jim Moran's Son Pleads Guilty to Beating Up Girlfriend
On Wednesday, Patrick Moran, the son of Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA), pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence for beating up his girlfriend in public.The Washington City...
View ArticleRep. Van Hollen: Boehner Delaying on Fiscal Cliff to Aid Reelection as Speaker
Maryland Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the counterweight from the left to House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, said he thinks House Speaker John Boehner is delaying on fiscal cliff...
View ArticleBoehner Denies Purge List
Did House Speaker John Boehner lie to the American people during a Thursday morning press conference when he denied the existence of a secret spreadsheet scorecard list allegedly involved in his purge...
View ArticleDespite Tax Increases, California Budget Deficit Already $2.7 Billion
Even as residents flee the state -- and take their tax dollars with them -- California has continued to engage in deficit spending. This has resulted in the state's budget deficit for the first five...
View ArticleClaim: 18-Member Group of Central Bankers Conducting Global Economic...
An eye-opening report contends that an 18-member group made up of the world’s most powerful central bankers—five of whom hail from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—conducts six meetings...
View ArticleBernanke: Looming 'Fiscal Cliff' Already Harming Economy
On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the the failure of Congress and the White House to reach an agreement on a budget deal has already harmed the economy by lowering consumer...
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