Two conservative members of Congress, Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Diane Black (R-TN), introduced the Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2012, H.R. 6097, on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill, which has 55 additional co-sponsors,
After the collapse of Solyndra last summer, Department of EnergySecretary Chu was called to Congress to explain the bad decision makingthat led to a $500 million dollar loss for taxpayers. Chu’stestimony in November 2011 was widely regarded as self-serving nonsense.The
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the recent incidents of SWAT-tings, and has demanded a more thorough response to the earlier letter he sent on June 6, 2012. In Wednesday’s letter, Senator
The reviews are in and everyone agrees Obama’s swing state adattacking Mitt Romney on the abortion issue is dishonest. Romney’s camp called the ad false the moment it appeared. Time magazine’s Michael Scherer does a nice job summarizing the bogus
Of course, it doesn’t have to be. Evening in America that is. But that seems to be the direction we are headed. Pessimism abounds. Our high school students lag behind their counterparts around the world in almost every field. Federal
This afternoon, the House of Representatives will vote again to repeal ObamaCare. The vote comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s surprise ruling that, while ObamaCare is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause, it is permissible under Congress’ “taxing power.”
Confusion surrounds the medical leave of absence of Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL.) Jackson, whose office said he was on medical leave for exhaustion before saying he was in an in-patient facility due to medical issues, is now not expected to
While state lieutenant governor races don’t usually make big news, Missouri’s race is slightly different. The Republican primary between incumbent Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and MO State Senator Brad Lager has intensified, with Lager dropping cash on a heavy media
In July 2011, Esquire magazine ran a hero-worship article about Barack Obama titled, “How can we not love Obama.” Apparently Esquire and the left are starting to figure out how. A new piece in Esquire attacks Obama for his summary
Confusion has reigned over whether Obamacare’s individual mandate is a tax, because politics has gotten in the way of serious discussion (no surprise there). As Governor Mitt Romney tried discussing the issue like the serious businessman and serious lawyer (Harvard
Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) has been missing in action from Congress due to a mysterious medical condition. His state’s senior senator, Dick Durbin (D-IL), said yesterday that Jackson needs to explain his medical situation to the state’s voters “soon,” according
As I’ve written before, one of the central goals of Fast & Furious was to create enough chaos on our southern border to persuade Americans to embrace more gun control. To that end, the DOJ and ATF allowed guns purchased
Five people have been charged with the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The Department of Justice is offering a $1 million reward for any information that leads to the arrest of four of them. Agent Terry was shot
In a stunning blow to the Senatorial hopes of Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), the House Ethics Committee today unanimously voted to open an investigative subcommittee into conflict of interest charges stemming from her alleged attempts to direct cash toward the kidney
The Washington Monument, which has been closed to visitors since the August 23, 2011 5.8 earthquake centered 38 mi northwest of Richmond, Virginia, will require huge scaffolding around it during repairs and may be closed until 2014. The earthquake was the largest to have
There was a time when everyday Americans trusted Dan Rather for their objective news. He was considered a voice of the people, a challenger to the established authorities. Then he broadcast a falsified report on President Bush’s time in the
Today, the Washington Post‘s @PostPolitics Twitter account posted the following Tweet: The Post‘s link went to an article by the same title: “As Obama calls for middle-class tax cut extension, Romney raises campaign cash in wealthy enclaves.” This is a
With the economy threatening to fall into another recession and job growth plummeting, Obama came before the American people today demanding taxes be raised on those making over $250,000 a year, including what he admitted would include 3% of small
According to a CNN/ORC poll, 53 percent of adults surveyed approve of the House of Representatives vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in civil and criminal contempt of Congress. Holder refused to turn over documents associated with the Fast
Many citizens in the cities of Baltimore and Denver might be surprised to learn that they provided a “testing ground” for the Obama administration’s dangerous (and unlawful) policy of suspending the deportations of illegal aliens last year. But that’s exactly
SOMEONE should tell Julie Hurley that kids are not a political katyusha to be fired against Israel in the ongoing effort to delegitimize the Jewish state. In her Op-Ed article in New Jersey’s ‘The Record’ (“The subtle costs of constant
(AP) Conservatives make it rough for businessBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONConservative Republicans have roughed up the business community this year _ and it’s not over yet. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and major companies like Boeing
We have examined many facets of the omni-directional terrible-ness that is Network Neutrality. It is illegal for the federal government to unilaterally impose Net Neutrality. Before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can do anything, Congress must first write a law
At a June 30th fundraiser in Wheeling, West Virginia, Speaker John Boehner told the audience of 200-300 that Republicans don’t need to love Mitt Romney to get behind him. The comments came in response to a woman asking Mr. Boehner
Deregulation is the future for video and retransmission of broadcast signals by cable and satellite firms. That is the message from the House Energy and Commerce Committee Communications Subcommittee’s “Future of Video” hearing last Wednesday, led by Rep. Greg Walden
