Six cows are helping millionaire Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) dodge $43,000 in property taxes on his 55 acres of land on the Indian River, reports the Tampa Bay Times. While no one begrudges any American from striving to pay as few dollars in
In a sweeping and stirring oration on the floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) proudly recounted the Republican Party’s long history of fighting for black freedom against the Democratic Party’s history of racism and oppression. [youtube rXJ-9QyJtEg]
The Congressional Budget Office released a report Thursday that showed real unemployment in America at 15 percent for the month of January, a figure considerably higher than the White House’s oft-cited 8.3 percent figure that does not include part-time workers
On Monday, White House National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling called for a “global minimum tax” to ensure that “nobody is escaping doing their fair share.” [youtube gO5B1378P54&feature=player_embedded] In his comments, Mr. Sperling added: “we will say more, perhaps not
For the first time in its 78-year history, the 100 percent taxpayer-backed Federal Housing Administration is projected to run out of its remaining $4.7 billion financial reserves and trigger an infusion of funds from the Treasury. So says the Wall Street
On Monday, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Jeff Sessions blasted President Barack Obama’s $3.8 trillion 2012 budget plan as being a fiscal charade of breathtaking proportions and “one of the most spectacular fiscal cover-ups in American history.” According
In his New York Times bestselling book, Throw Them All Out, Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer revealed how members of Congress enrich themselves and their relatives using earmarks and insider information. Now, the Washington Post, following in Schweizer’s footsteps, has conducted a study that found 16 members
On the Sunday edition of ABC’s This Week, conservative commentator George Will weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Obama Administration’s policy to force Catholic institutions to provide contraception services that conflict with the Church’s beliefs. Mr. Will laid a portion
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) support for a bill banning members of Congress from using insider information to enrich themselves is being overshadowed by a report by the Wall Street Journal that the congresswoman’s husband, Stephen Lowey, invested $350,000 in a fund co-founded
The Hip Hop community may be known for its strong past support for President Barack Obama, but some rappers apparently aren’t down with paying him so much money in taxes. Female rapper Lil’ Kim, whose real name is Kimberly Denise
As Greece prepares to agree on yet another round of austerity measures on Sunday, socialist and labor union street protests have erupted, six Cabinet members have issued their resignations, and 35 socialist deputies are calling for the spending-cutting plan to
The Washington Post has completed an extensive study of earmarks–the process of slipping pet spending projects into bills–for all 535 members of Congress and has concluded that Rep. Nancy Pelosi added $50 million in earmarks for a light-rail project that runs near a four-story
Borrowing a page from Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer’s investigation of how elected officials funnel taxpayer dollars to projects that increase the value of properties they own, the Washington Post has conducted a study revealing that 33 members of Congress earmarked more than $300 million
Amid the controversy over Chrysler’s “It’s Halftime In America” Super Bowl commercial, a glaring question remains: if Chrysler is back on top and so strong, then why hasn’t it repaid taxpayers the $1.3 billion it still owes them? [youtube _PE5V4Uzobc] “I was,
On Thursday, the Senate voted 96-3 to ensure that the same insider trading laws that apply to citizens also extend to members of Congress. But as the Associated Press points out, elected officials enjoy at least seven legal exemptions that
Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer’s battle to ban members of Congress from using private information to enrich themselves scored a stunning victory on Thursday when the U.S. Senate voted 96-3 to pass the STOCK (Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge) Act. While
The Senate’s 96-3 vote to ban members of Congress from using nonpublic information to inform their private investments brought with it important additional amendments that stand to shape the debate next week as the House takes up the STOCK (Stop
On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) fired a frontal assault on the Obama Administration when he took to the floor of the Senate to offer a series of amendments to the congressional insider trading bill known as the STOCK (Stop
On Tuesday, the New York Republican State Committee issued a press release blasting Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) for cosponsoring a ban on insider trading when her husband shorted housing stocks 34 times and made a “killing” during a period when
Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine had little trouble finding $500,000 in his role as a top Obama campaign bundler, but locating the missing $1.2 billion in customer funds he oversaw as the head of MF Global funds is proving
Democrats controlled all three branches of government for the first two years of President Barack Obama’s presidency and did nothing to advance congressional insider trading reform. Indeed, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
In the wake of Monday’s bipartisan 92-3 Senate vote to take up legislation that would ban members of Congress and their staffs from profiting from the use of nonpublic information when investing, freshman Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) believes the much-discussed
Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer’s battle against congressional insider trading will enter a critical phase this week as the Senate is set to vote on a bill banning members of Congress from using material, nonpublic information to make private investments. From
On Saturday, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) fired up Republicans with a speech at the Palm Beach County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner that challenged liberals to “get the hell out of the United States of America” with their message of
Over the last three years, the number of Americans on food stamps has skyrocketed by two-thirds and stands at a record-high 46 million citizens, or one out of every seven people in the United States. Despite the historic rise in
