Tag: Congress

U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter (R, MI-11) announced Friday he would immediately resign from Congress through a statement released on his Facebook page. “After nearly 26 years in elected office, this past nightmarish month and a half have, for the first time, severed

Unemployment is stagnant at 8.2 percent, and more people are leaving the labor force altogether. That imposes greater costs on the rest of us, who must still provide the jobless with basic necessities. As Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi might remind

As I explained after the Obamacare decision came down, it is one of the most unfortunate decisions ever handed down by our highest court. This tragedy is only compounded by the fact that the main dissent in the decision was

Poor Eric Holder. If it’s not one thing (like contempt of Congress), it’s another.   Consider the Justice Department’s challenge to Texas’s new voter ID law. It’s set to be heard on July 9 in federal district court in Washington,

Today, Jay Carney fell into the unfortunate trap of attempting to explain President Obama’s view of Obamacare. If it’s a tax, President Obama’s signature plan is legal, but violates Obama’s campaign pledge not to raise taxes on those earning less

(AP) Report: Countrywide won influence with discountsLARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe former Countrywide Financial Corp., whose subprime loans helped start the nation’s foreclosure crisis, made hundreds of discount loans to buy influence with members of Congress, congressional staff, top government officials and

One week after the Supreme Court handed down its most consequential decision in decades (if not more than a century–upholding almost all of Obamacare in NFIB v. Sebelius–constitutional lawyers are just beginning to wrap their heads around the Court’s 193-page

Senator Charles Grassley wants answers from Attorney General Eric Holder about a memo that provides evidence of deliberate lies from the DOJ. On February 2, Senator Grassley’s investigators talked to Agent Gary Styers about his knowledge of Operation Fast &

On July 3, 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail. The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding

Initially, John Adams thought July 2nd would be used to mark America’s independence from Britain. July 2nd was the day the Continental Congress voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee’s motion for independence. It was actually the 2nd when Adams wrote

The long-awaited Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act has determined that the individual mandate is an unconstitutional penalty under the Commerce Clause but upheld it as a tax! What we now have is a precedent which

North Carolina Democrat Larry Kissell represents the state’s 8th Congressional district, one of the more closely-watched swing districts. He was one of 17 Democrats who voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress. And now, according

On Monday, July 2, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott participated in a conference call sponsored by Americans for Prosperity – Texas to talk Obamacare and how it affects the states. During that call, AG Abbot said “the American people lost”

Conservatives should be ecstatic that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the four liberal Justices ruling the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is constitutional as a tax, while siding with the four conservative Justices that the law is unconstitutional

As I was listening to the Supreme Court’s decision, I went from the feeling of euphoria and vindication to utter disbelief. I haven’t felt this way since watching the recent Pacquiao fight.  The Affordable Care Act was upheld because the

The Supreme Court’s landmark–and controversial–ruling on President Barack Obama’s signature health care legislation last week has expectedly stirred passions and inspired widely varying opinions concerning the court’s 5-4 decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act’s core mandates. Heritage’s Robert Alt and

It’s the Super Bowl, late in the game. It’s third and long, and the team determines that it must run a pass play, as a running play will not likely gain the long yardage needed. The quarterback completes a long

Last month Rep. Sandy Adams of Florida sent a letter to AttorneyGeneral Eric Holder asking him to look into the SWAT-ting ofconservative bloggers. Eighty-six other members of Congress co-signedthe letter (all of them Republicans) but so far there has been

It can be dangerous business trying to read the tea leaves and guess a Supreme Court vote based upon questioning during oral argument. In March many experts believed, based upon the questions asked by the justices, that the so-called “individual