Former Attorney General Ed Meese said during an American Action Network discussion Tuesday said the Obama administration’s “disdain for Congress” and its efforts to consolidate power within the executive branch through the use of “czars” makes it “as close to
According to Dr. Scott Gottlieb of the American Enterprise Institute, the ObamaCare mandate which orders health insurers to pay for contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs, is only the tip of the iceberg. In a Wall Street Journal editorial, Dr. Gottlieb explains that the
Cecilia Munoz of the White House Domestic Policy Council has been making the media rounds disucing President Obama’s propsed budget. Munoz seems to be laying the ground work for Obama to bypass the Congress with executive actions.
In what amounted to a media “night of the long knives,” last week Fox Business Network abruptly cancelled its three politics-oriented prime-time shows and starting February 20th will replace them with repeats of its earlier 5-8pm business related lineup. It would appear that
Happy Valentine’s Day. It isn’t Valentine’s for those who will get hit with bullets or bombs today. And it will happen. So let’s get down to business. The top officer in the US Military is the Chairman of the Joint
On February 14th I received an email from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) office, containing a copy of a letter the Congressman just sent to Attorney General Eric Holder. In it, Issa points out Holder’s
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the nation’s top military leader on Tuesday defended the Pentagon’s slimmed-down, $614 billion budget, telling lawmakers it’s time to show Congress is serious about reducing the deficit. Testifying before the Senate Armed
President Obama’s new budget slots $800 million in funding for the Arab Spring. Here’s the relevant portion of the budget: Building on the Administration’s significant and continuing response to the transformative events in the Middle East and North Africa
In his New York Times bestselling book, Throw Them All Out, Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer revealed how members of Congress enrich themselves and their relatives using earmarks and insider information. Now, the Washington Post, following in Schweizer’s footsteps, has conducted a study that found 16 members
As Talking Points Memo points out this morning, President Obama’s proposed budget forecasts an average unemployment rate of 8.9% for the entire year. It also forecasts a GDP growth of 3% next year, which is a rosy figure considering the fact that Obama’s
Ten years ago, we learned that the fastest way to pass a bad law is to call it the ‘Patriot Act’ and force Congress to vote on it in the immediate wake of a horrible attack on the United States.
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) support for a bill banning members of Congress from using insider information to enrich themselves is being overshadowed by a report by the Wall Street Journal that the congresswoman’s husband, Stephen Lowey, invested $350,000 in a fund co-founded
As usual, the left is wondering whether corporations pay their “fair share.” This time, it seems they may have a point. As Timemagazine reported yesterday, a recent Wall Street Journal study of Congressional Budget Office statistics showed that American corporations paid an effective tax rate
Thursday on CNBC, Ron Baron, chairman and CEO of Baron Capital, said that “Because everyone’s afraid to invest, stocks are at the lowest level, the most attractive level, in my lifetime.” He added that he expected the stock market to
Last Friday, I interviewed Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) about the media’s non-coverage of Operation Fast and Furious. I brought up Charlie Savage from The New York Times, and Gosar’s communications director told me she had spoken to and exchanged emails with
For nearly a year now, House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R=CA) and Attorney General Eric Holder have locked horns over Operation Fast and Furious. Throughout this time we have seen heated exchanges between the two during Congressional hearings, watched
While I understand that only a fraction of the population of this nation is directly affected by what you are about to read, I would never-the-less like to remind you that the remainder of the population is affected coincidentally. While
Is it possible these days to be a new, active conservative running for Congress for the first time and not know who Andrew Breitbart is? Me, I’d reckon that an in-the-know, new candidate who claims to be conservative and a
Joel Pollak has already written on the divestment campaign going on at Occupy Oakland, but it is worth remembering that Kalle Lasn and Micah White, the two founders of the Occupy movement, have always hated the Jews and their state.
Just over a week ago in an article I published here in Big Government: “New California Budget Crisis May Torpedo November Tax Increase Initiative.” The article illuminated how State Controller John Chaing had shocked California’s spendthrift politicians by announcing the
When Peter Schweizer uncovered evidence of insider trading by Republican chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Spencer Bachus (R-AL), and 60 Minutes reported on it, I was the first person to call for Rep. Bachus to resign. That was November 14, 2011. Now, with news that the Office
(Reuters) – The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed on Thursday a bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials, despite objections from both Democrats and Republicans that it was weaker than a version passed by the Senate
– Big Journalism’s Dana Loesch and a good chunk of the Breitbart crew will be at CPAC beginning today. Loesch will broadcast from radio row, is scheduled to receive the AIM award today, present one of the Bloggers’ Red Carpet Award tomorrow,
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to announce that Congress will immediately address the Obama Administration’s recent controversial ruling forcing religious hospitals to pay for contraception for patients even when the practice is
The Washington Post has completed an extensive study of earmarks–the process of slipping pet spending projects into bills–for all 535 members of Congress and has concluded that Rep. Nancy Pelosi added $50 million in earmarks for a light-rail project that runs near a four-story
