
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record,” Rev. Franklin Graham said he is leaving the Republican Party and declared himself an independent because he is so unhappy about the way the omnibus spending bill was passed and that it
by Pam Key24 Dec 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, Paul Ryan defended his omnibus bill’s controversial expansion in the H-2B visa program, which would allow foreign workers to fill blue-collar American jobs, by arguing that if the provision were not included, American companies would be forced to shut their doors.
by Julia Hahn23 Dec 2015, 5:41 PM PST0

Insider publications Politico and The Hill are hiding House Speaker Paul Ryan’s 2016’s disastrous report card, even four days after the Dec. 18 passage of the omnibus spending-and-tax plan.
by Neil Munro22 Dec 2015, 11:59 AM PST0

It’s painful to see newly-minted House Speaker Paul Ryan’s imprint on the irresponsible trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill, because he used to be one of the GOP’s most effective spokesmen for fiscal responsibility.
by John Hayward21 Dec 2015, 1:59 PM PST0

Phyllis Schlafly predicts Trump will win because grassroots voters are outraged over such “betrayals” as the omnibus spending bill, in which Republicans used their historic midterm election victory – under the leadership of a Speaker who made his bones as the math-wizard archenemy of irresponsible government spending – to deliver a trillion-dollar bag of Christmas goodies to Democrats, funding almost the entirety of the Obama agenda without a fight.
by John Hayward21 Dec 2015, 5:57 AM PST0

Sunday on “Meet the Press,” Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) said of passage of the omnibus appropriations bill was “divided government.” In reacting to criticisms Ryan said, “But let me first say, this is divided government. And in
by Pam Key20 Dec 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

Adding to other disappointments for conservatives, the FY 2016 omnibus spending bill does not include reauthorization for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP).
by Inez Feltscher20 Dec 2015, 8:42 AM PST0

They did it again. But like a battered wife, we keep going back because every four years they bring us flowers, beg our forgiveness, and swear they’ll never hit us again. The GOP establishment in Congress is our abuser. We can’t hide the black eyes any more.
by Sarah Palin19 Dec 2015, 6:08 AM PST0

Politico reports that members of the supposedly anti-establishment House Freedom Caucus are offering excuses to shield House Speaker Paul Ryan from getting the blame for his closed-door, budget-busting, welfare-extending, refugee-boosting, illegal-immigrant-funding, job-outsourcing, regulation-preserving, $1.8 trillion spending-and-tax plan, which has thrilled Democrats and angered GOP voters.
by Neil Munro17 Dec 2015, 2:52 PM PST0