In case you’re filled with too much holiday cheer this Christmas season, the latest edition of Sen. Tom Coburn’s “Wastebook”, chronicling wasteful federal spending, is now available. You might just want to spike the egg nog and take a look.
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate bowed to the inevitable and repealed President Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. No doubt there will be legal complications and unintended consequences, but Clinton’s policy was a bit of an anachronism, especially in time of
From Michael Barone’s in the Washington Examiner: It is a source of continuing fascination for me to watch the interaction between public opinion, as measured in polls and election results, and the actions of members of Congress, elected in one
Today, in 1777, the Continental Army went into winter’s quarters at Valley Forge, PA.
From AFP: The US Senate on Saturday blocked a White House-backed bill to offer a path to citizenship to young undocumented immigrants who attend college or enroll in the military. Lawmakers voted 55-41, largely along party lines, to end debate
The Senate is likely to vote today on the DREAM Act, which would provide a ‘path to citizenship’ to individuals who entered the country illegally as children.
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama signed into law a huge, holiday-season tax bill extending cuts for all Americans on Friday, saluting a new spirit of political compromise as Republicans applauded and liberals seethed. The benefits range from tax
Today: In 1973, Palestinians killed 30 people in the Rome airport In 1981, an American general is kidnapped by the Red Brigade in Italy In 1983, the IRA bombed Harrods in London, killing 6 people Happy Holidays!
For those keeping score at home, the Democrats have pulled the tax-cut extension and still have no idea how to complete a budget. They’ve punted on a number of issues that they claimed were big priorities for them. So…what to
From the Associated Press: Federal health authorities are recommending the blockbuster drug Avastin no longer be used to treat breast cancer, saying recent studies failed to show the drug’s original promise to help slow the disease. The Food and Drug
From the Huffington Post: One thing that’s emerged from every conversation I’ve had is that America’s black farmers are this country’s unsung heroes. Farming is hard enough work on its own, but when you add the additional weight of fighting
Today, in 1773, patriots disguised as Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act. It is known as the Boston Tea Party.
From the Associated Press: The Senate Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a sweeping tax package that would save millions of Americans thousands of dollars in higher taxes while also reducing their Social Security taxes and extending jobless benefits. President Barack Obama swiftly
Big Government Contributor Michael Volpe passes along this statement from the Chicago Tea Party: Last Friday we held our downtown Christmas Party at Dugan’s Irish Pub. We had a great crowd and the bar was filled with Christmas cheer until
As best we can tell, there are at least three anniversary dates for this, but today, in 1933, the 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition, was officially effective. 3…2…1…drink!
Today, the Democrats dropped a 1,900 page spending binge on the American public. With their grip on Capitol Hill expiring in just a few weeks, Democrats are rushing through one last party on the taxpayer dime. No doubt, many spending
From Stuart Rothenburg in Roll Call: On one level, it’s entirely reasonable for liberal Democrats to oppose the [tax cut extension] compromise. Those Democrats have different priorities and values than Republicans, and many of them represent very liberal constituents who
Yesterday, a federal judge in Virginia rule that the individual mandate in Obamacare is unconstitutional. (Well…yeah.) The ruling sets up a showdown in the Supreme Court.
From Mike Allen at Politico: Norm Coleman — former U.S. senator from Minnesota and the current chief executive officer of the American Action Network and Forum, a key outside GOP group — is likely to enter the race for Republican
From the Associated Press: A federal judge declared the Obama administration’s health care law unconstitutional Monday, siding with Virginia’s attorney general in a dispute that both sides agree will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge
Governor Pawlenty in today’s Wall Street Journal: When Americans think of organized labor, they might think of images like I saw growing up in a blue-collar meatpacking town: hard hats, work boots, tough conditions and gritty jobs. While I didn’t
Today, RNC Chair Michael Steele is hosting a conference call to announce whether or not he will seek re-election as head of the GOP. Candidates to succeed him include his right-hand-man/chief cheerleader, the main architect of the RNC’s disastrous plan
From Atlanta Journal Constitution: Two African-American Democrats on Thursday announced that they were joining the Republican Party. Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell and former state executive committee member Andre Walker said the Democratic Party had grown too liberal and they
Today, in 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. It wasn’t one of their better decisions.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) is upset that Obama’s compromise to win an extension of unemployment benefits also means that no Americans will face a tax increase next year. He appeared on Minnesota public radio and suggested that Democrats should create
