Tag: Congress

(AP) Obama’s health care aid to small firms disappointsBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt seemed like a good idea at the time. But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama’s health care law that gets strong

“As religion becomes an ever-more significant issue on the campaign trail, Mitt Romney’s Mormonism will be off-limits as a subject for the opposition,” Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said last Sunday. If that is the case, why is the liberal

Republican members of Congress introduced healthcare legislation entitled “The Patients’ Choice Act of 2009.” As per one of the sponsors, Senator Burr: The American health care system needs a complete transformation. The Patients’ Choice Act will finally enable Americans to

JPMorgan Chase’s embattled chief executive Jamie Dimon will be hauled before Congress on June 7 to explain recent huge trading losses, legislators announced Friday. Dimon will testify before the Senate Banking Committee as committee chair Tim Johnson vowed to “get

Last week, I discussed how taxpayer funds are being granted, through ObamaCare, to construct “School-Based Health Centers.” Now, let’s take a look at ObamaCare’s “CO-OP’s.” CO-OP’s, or Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans, are the new, non-profit face of ObamaCare in the states’

As much as the Tea Party movement is a counter force against liberals, the movement began as much in part due to the fiscal irresponsibility of Republicans in Congress in the 2000s. And that is partly why Republicans associated with

A deceased man’s child is not always a child under Florida law when it comes to Social Security benefits. So said the Supreme Court in Astrue v. Capato, a case where modern technology collided with federal entitlements.  Robert Capato was

An overarching belief in the free enterprise system that has been one of the foundations of American exceptionalism has always been a unifying force for Republicans. But Republicans, particularly in Congress, have often engaged in fierce internecine warfare about the

In the aftermath of Vice President Joe Biden’s “Howard Dean” moment in Ohio last week, I was struck by the sheer magnitude of the Progressive-Democrat Left’s hypocrisy when it comes to their political attacks on the so-called “rich.” As the

Six freshman representatives from the House Judiciary Committee have called on the House GOP leadership to move forward with contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder in the ongoing investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. They are Ben Quayle from Arizona;

A group of industry heavyweights have asked a top House Republican to put the breaks on the federal government’s likely adoption of new green building standards, a letter obtained by Breitbart News shows. After a Congressional hearing last week examining

Roll Call reported last night that the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee, the national party arm to support candidates running for Congress, is shifting resources into Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election: The DCCC confirmed to Roll Call today that the committee

The self-proclaimed,  “unabashedly progressive” and former union organizer Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (born Antonio Villar), has ceded control over much of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) over to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) bosses.  According to sources, for several

(AP) Romney releases first general election TV adBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressWASHINGTONMitt Romney’s first general-election TV commercial promises he would introduce tax cuts and approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Day One of his presidency. The Republican candidate’s campaign released

The Obama Administration has attempted to downplay the recent resignation of EPA Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz after videos surfaced of the administrator describing his enforcement of EPA regulations as “crucifying” oil companies. Shortly thereafter, Sen. James Inhofe proposed a