Tag: Congress

(AP) Calls for gun control stir little supportBy DAVID ESPO and NANCY BENACAssociated PressWASHINGTONGun control advocates sputter at their own impotence. The National Rifle Association is politically ascendant. And President Barack Obama pledges to safeguard the Second Amendment in his

On a day when President Barack Obama said politics should be put aside, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) on Friday could not help herself in immediately politicizing the horrific murders of moviegoers who went to an Aurora, Colorado theatre to see

This week Representatives Michele Bachmann, Trent Franks, Louie Gohmert, Tom Rooney, and Lynn Westmoreland came under attack by the liberal media and so-called conservative Republicans because they were doing their job as legislators.   These patriotic Members of Congress sent

As the “Marketplace Fairness Act” has gained steam in the Senate, questions about the bill have been voiced in conservative and libertarian circles. Governors, legislators and activists have attempted to get a handle on the complex and arcane rules currently

Now that the Supreme Court has upheld The Affordable Care Act, the final piece of the puzzle is in place. We will begin the inevitable slide to the end of patient driven healthcare – individualized medicine led by independent doctors

(AP) GSA inspector probes $268K awards ceremonyBy LAURIE KELLMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe General Services Administration spent more than $268,000 on a one-day awards ceremony, an inspector general told Congress Thursday, the latest revelation of lavish government conferences on the taxpayers’ tab. In

WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) —Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Thursday President Obama has spent too much time fundraising and not enough time on fixing the economy. The White House responded that the president has taken action on the

WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) —Student loans soared beyond students’ ability to pay due to the same lax lending that brought on the subprime mortgage crisis, two U.S. agencies said Friday. Private lenders made loans from 2005 to 2007 with little

Congress may be ready to pass an online sales tax next year. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), according to The Hill, said lawmakers from both parties have made progress on a “very fair” proposal for an online

Advocates for big government have attacked a proposal by House Republicans to cut SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), which use to be known as food stamps. The proposed cuts would be $1.6 billion, or roughly 2 percent of the yearly

One might admire the hutzpah of a president known for over-the-top secrecy attacking his opponent over transparency issues.  “Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.”  Newly minted President Barack Obama made that promise back

Representative Paul Gosar has done an excellent job as a freshman in Congress. He’s a Tea Party conservative and backed by Tea Party favorite, Sarah Palin. But instead of giving him the benefit of the doubt, fellow Tea Party conservatives

In a clear election year public relations move, Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI), the leading Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, is pushing a bill that would require disclosure of 10 years of tax returns, as well as of

The Democrats are playing chicken with the American economy, and it may come back to haunt them. Republicans, determined to keep in place the entire roster of Bush tax cuts, are not backing down. The Democrats, desperate to please their

Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to start quantitative easing or similar measures before November. Then, incredibly, he ordered, “Despite two false starts, we’re having a much rougher time than we ever imagined getting unemployment

President Obama has made Rush Limbaugh his bête noire before. Back in 2009, he told Republican Congresspeople, “You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.” When Rush attacked Sandra Fluke for her bizarre testimony before Democrats in

As my colleague Ben Shapiro reported last week, the House Ethics Committee voted unanimously to open an investigation into alleged improprieties by Nevada Democrat Rep. Shelley Berkley. In 2009, the University Medical Center in Las Vegas was under intense scrutiny

With the country mired in debt, the Obama administration had until July 16 to submit their mid-session budget review to Congress. And they failed to meet the deadline. According to The Hill, the “document is supposed to contain revised spending,

Small companies who want to sell their products online are in real trouble. Some Republican governors, eager to enrich their thinning state coffers, are endorsing a tax that would be imposed on products sold online.According to the National Conference of