Pigford documentarian Lee Stranahan had an exclusive interview with congressman Steve King at his Capitol Hill office Tuesday where King explains an area where he and Shirley Sherrod agree — that the Obama White House was responsible for Sherrod’s resignation
Pigford documentarian Lee Stranahan had an exclusive interview with congressman Steve King at his Capitol Hill office Tuesday where King explains an area where he and Shirley Sherrod agree — that the Obama White House was responsible for Sherrod’s resignation
Judicial Watch’s pursuit of records detailing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s political contributions continues. We recently filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in our lawsuit against the Obama Federal Housing Finance
There is never a good time for a great statesman and courageous leader to retire from the United States Senate. But it is hard to think of a more inopportune time to be losing Senator Jon Kyl, the chamber’s Number
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets021011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss Donald Berwick’s testimony on Capitol Hill today. Then Pejman Yousefzadeh talks about Mubarak and the White House. We’re
From Americans for Prosperity, video of a public sector union protest yesterday on Capitol Hill. After years of steady pay increases, enhanced pension and other benefits and titanium-strength job security, public employee unions are starting to worry that the economic
The internal revenue code is nightmarishly complex, as illustrated by this video. Americans spend more than 7 billion hours each year in a hopeless effort to figure out how to deal with more than 7 million words of tax law
Pete King is getting a lot of flack for the direction his planned hearings on homegrown Muslim radicalization have taken. But one aspect of the hearings that should be getting more attention–and credit–than it is concerns the Muslim Brotherhood. It
Further analysis by Andrew Breitbart at Big Government. A few months ago a Big Government stringer confronted Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) on Capitol Hill before the House voted to fund Pigford II – adding another $1.25 billion to the Pigford
Here are two stories that should be blended into one: Story 1, from the New York Times: The Afghan government and its international partners are set to approve a plan that would expand the nation’s army and police forces to
The following was written by “David Meyers” a former intelligence officer. The past month or so has proven to be a difficult one for the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States as it continues to be exposed for what it
Grousing about the GOP’s timidity in the battle against big government will probably become an ongoing theme over the next few months, and let’s start with two items that don’t bode well for fiscal discipline. First, it appears that Republicans
Looks like the UN is in for some actual oversight by the US Congress. Imagine that! Democrats on Capitol Hill, for whom “accountability” was the watch-word for the Pentagon and our military, never seemed to watch too closely what was
Republicans did a terrible job last time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with central-panning subsidies and
In its Thursday edition, the Washington Times framed its report on the Senate’s ratification of the New START Treaty with two photos. The first was of President Obama doing what he does best – talking – at his press conference
Sources on Capitol Hill have informed Capitol Confidential that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will indeed begin rationing late-stage cancer drugs. The FDA will make an 11am (EDT) announcement that it will begin denying Avastin to breast cancer patients
The spending barons on Capitol Hill, long used to muscling past opponents of bills larded with pet projects, are seeking one last victory before tea party-backed GOP insurgents storm Congress intent on ending the good old days of pork-barrel politics.
I’ve already written about the terrible work of the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO did an awful job on the stimulus, for instance, repeatedly asserting that diverting money from the private sector to government somehow would create jobs. CBO also
The balance of power shifted in dramatic fashion on Capitol Hill on November 2, as Republicans rode the Tea Party wave, seizing control of the House of Representatives and earning significant gains in the U.S. Senate. Of course the spin
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank relates a thorough break down of the new ‘who’s who’ on Capitol Hill in terms of national security. Frank lists the notable members who will be in a position to influence U.S.
If you have dreamed of watching Nancy Pelosi’s face when she realizes that she won’t be Speaker of the House anymore because her party lost the majority, don’t hold your breath. The Democrats are climbing into their bunkers to ride
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank is joined by MI Congressman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Pete Hoekstra. As an intelligence insider on Capitol Hill, Congressman Hoekstra’s take on the attempt by Al Qaeda last
If you listen to Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) defend his role in the meltdown of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he was just as blindsided as the rest of us when the two government sponsored enterprises collapsed, triggering the financial
Yesterday, Patrick Poole posted a story on Big Peace about an Al Qaeda fund raising operative leading prayers on Capitol Hill for the Congressional Muslim Staff Association. According to Poole, “Anwar Hajjaj is the former head of the Taibah International
“>Today I reported at Pajamas Media that an Al-Qaeda cleric, Anwar Hajjaj, had led Friday prayers for the Congressional Muslim Staff Association on Capitol Hill back in 2006 based on information included in a recent article in the New York
