On Friday, barring some last-minute, extraordinary action by Congress, the government’s sequestration takes effect. The sequester, approved during the debt ceiling talks in 2011, would require the federal government to trim about 1% of its spending over the next seven
(AP) Glance: GOP bills aimed to offset spending cutsBy The Associated PressThe Republican-led House last year twice passed bills to replace automatic spending cuts now scheduled to go into effect March 1. The bills, first passed on May 10 and
Chris Chocola, the president of the Club for Growth, told Breitbart News this weekend that establishment Republicans who have no qualms about growing the size of government and benefit from it find the fiscally conservative group to be a nuisance
In response to Conservative infighting and the Eleventh Commandment: There is a difference between informed, careful criticism and “speakingill” of someone – for example, by calling them “crazy, stupid, anddangerous.” Particularly when the ill speaking serves to shore up amajor
Obama’s Organizing for Action (OFA) sponsored a Day of Action on Feb. 22, designed to build support and show appreciation for gun grabbers: particularly gun grabbers in the Senate where it is assumed gun control has the best chance of
Hi, everybody. Our top priority as a country right now should be doing everything we can to grow our economy and create good, middle class jobs. And yet, less than one week from now, Congress is poised to allow a
What we saw this week were the same old scare tactics by President Obama, using the power of his office to instill fear in the American public with regards to the sequester. Standing in front of a group of first
In an interview with the Georgetown Public Policy Review in 2011, former Sen. Chuck Hagel indicated that he opposed President Barack Obama’s policy in Libya, arguing that “Libya was a mistake” and that President Obama been wrong to declare that
The Reserve Officers Association (ROA), a membership association chartered in 1922 by Congress dedicated to providing a voice for Reserve Component service members of all military branches, released a report on Thursday regarding how sequestration would affect the Department of Defense budget.
The federal government says that with looming across-the-board budget cuts slated to hit next week, airline travelers should expect potential travel delays and cancelations. Executive Vice President of the Airports Council International–North America Deborah McElroy says the challenge is
This past week, President Obama warned Americans that, if the sequester occurs, hundreds of thousands of children will lose access to Project Head Start. A new study, however, published by the Obama administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
When President Barack Obama and Congress agreed to increase the federal payroll tax by two percent to temporarily avert the so-called fiscal cliff in January, Americans were left with less money to spend. Now, some of the country’s largest companies
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) —President Barack Obama made his first call to Republican leaders in weeks to discuss $85 billion in looming U.S. spending cuts, the White House said. Obama spoke with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has not yet acted on calls from within his own party to form select committees to uncover more information on the attack which killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill
The Washington Post would like you to know that poor defenseless aminals are very, very sad that Congress will soon cut $85 billion in federal spending. That figure may be less than one percent of the $16 trillion still-growing national
President Obama has launched a campaign to push his tax hikes by granting interviews to local TV news programs in eight states whose viewers will likely be affected by budget cuts as a result of sequestration. The goal of Obama’s
(Reuters) – More than half of U.S. citizens believe that most or all of the country’s 11 million illegal immigrants should be deported, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday that highlights the difficulties facing lawmakers trying to reform
The former campaign apparatus of Barack Obama, Organizing for Action, sent out an email requesting recipients send back stories of gun violence which they have experienced. Sami Rahamim, the author of the email, encourages readers to share their stories to
Uh-oh! It appears that Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is taking some not so “friendly” fire from the liberal blogosphere. The blog Down With Tyranny has just posted a story with some pretty stinging criticism of Wasserman Schultz for opposing H.R. 693,
In response to John Kerry: Greatest Challenge To US Foreign Policy is Congress: I would note that Senator John Kerry–I mean, Secretary of State John Kerry–only recently left the very institution he blames for our greatest foreign policy challenge. I
Joining Obama in pressuring Republicans to cave (again) on taxes, John Kerry, in his very first appearance as Secretary of State, said the greatest challengeto U.S. foreign policy is not emerging China or Middle East instability.It’s Congress. In prepared remarks
Americans for Prosperity, this afternoon, released its legislative scorecard for the 112th Congress. AFP is one of the premier grass roots organizations promoting limited government and individual freedom. Scorecards like this provide activists a quick-guide to which politicians back up their
In the previous installments, we asked, “Is America Ready for a New Third Party?” and then took a look at the history of third parties in the US. As we saw, third parties emerge when the existing two parties are not addressing
On Feb. 19, the Supreme Court reinstated a case involving an international fight over a child between an American serviceman and his ex-wife. Jeffrey Lee Chafin was in Germany while serving in the U.S. Army. He married a British citizen,
When the sequester occurs on March 1st and the attendant spending cuts totaling $85 billion take effect, either the White House or Congressional Republicans will get blamed for the resulting chaos; both sides are betting the other will be held responsible. The
