U.S. Representative Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, talks about the outlook for the U.S. midterm elections and the prospects for a transfer of power in the House of Representatives. Barton says a Republican-controlled House would repeal President Obama’s health-care overhaul
The Center just released its ninth National Security Scorecard for the 111th Congress, 2009-2010, and identified several “Champions of National Security” – legislators who voted 100% with the Center’s positions on all votes for which they were present. Members of
You can tell the Democrats are desperate this election cycle. While facing a probable political tsunami in the U.S. House of Representatives and a possible tidal wave in the U.S. Senate, Democrat incumbents in both houses of Congress find themselves
Stephen Broden is a candidate running for Eddie Bernice Johnson’s (D – TX) 30th District seat. He’s conservative, a man of ideas, and he happens to be black. The left, however, sees him as one thing and one thing only:
Contrary to popular perception, the criminal group ACORN (Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now) is not quite a’moulderin’ in the grave, folks. Many might recall that Congress turned off the spigot of federal funds flowing into the coffers of
Excellent catch by Barry Rubin who has just uncovered the latest example of the Obama administration’s seriously misguided “outreach” to Muslims! As Rubin notes, the U.S. Consulate-General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia played host to Trita Parsi, founder and President of
With lawsuits against Obamacare currently winding their way through the courts, there is no question the “law” will eventually arrive before the U.S. Supreme Court. In the meantime, however, a federal judge in Florida recently (and quite colorfully) questioned the
So, I’m sitting in my local diner staring at a pair of gorgeous breasts that are hovering over my husband’s face as the twenty year old waitress takes our lunch order. She purrs, “Ready?” I think she just winked at
The new buzzword in these difficult times for the United States and world economies is “unsustainable.” Again and again economists and politicians have said that the path on which the U.S. is headed is “unsustainable,” a description with which Federal
With only days to go before election day, we all know the lame duck session of the 111th Congress is chock full of surprises that will be the last hurrah for the Democrat/progressives/socialists, and even some RINOs, that have no
The Center for Security Policy just released its ninth National Security Scorecard for the 111th Congress, 2009-2010. The scored votes – eight in the U.S. House of Representatives, twelve in the U.S. Senate – covered a wide range of national
If you listen to Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) defend his role in the meltdown of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he was just as blindsided as the rest of us when the two government sponsored enterprises collapsed, triggering the financial
The document trail below reveals some extremely troubling questions for Representative Barney Frank. Is the GAO report cited below truly the first serious investigation of the mortgage meltdown? Did Congress or the Financial Services committee he chairs have access to
From The Hill: Democrats haven’t necessarily gotten the credit they’re due for the work they’ve done the last two years, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said. Pelosi, in the middle of a tough campaign to defend Democrats’ majority in the
[youtube NzaKZO5ZUSA] During last month’s Right Nation gathering just outside of Chicago, Andrew Breitbart found himself confronting a group of angry protesters who had been bussed in by the Democratic Party. Full coverage of that epic protest failure can be
By now, your mail man… excuse me, mail person, is probably cursing every politician and special interest group out flooding mailboxes with mailers telling you how to vote. Your email inbox is full, and “Robocalls”, those annoying automated phone calls
James Madison, referring to a bill to subsidize cod fishermen introduced to the First Congress said, If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take
As Americans prepare for a substantial change in the political composition of the U.S. Congress after the November elections, national security must not fall victim to a meat- clever approach to defense spending. In the days ahead of the mid-term
The news about NPR firing Juan Williams is opening the eyes of many in the media and public to the extraordinary rules of censorship that CAIR, other Muslim Brotherhood groups, and the “Establishment Left” impose to restrict free speech. But
The news about NPR firing Juan Williams is opening the eyes of many in the media and public to the extraordinary rules of censorship that CAIR, other Muslim Brotherhood groups, and the “Establishment Left” impose to restrict free speech. But
Mississippi native J. Dudley Butler is a notorious plaintiff’s attorney who has filed numerous lawsuits against poultry companies alleging unfair marketing and procurement practices. Before his nomination by President Obama as Administrator of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration
***UPDATE: This post has been updated for clarity purposes. I’d like to thank Right Change (who sponsored and are planning an ad campaign to support the spot) and all the wonderful actors and crew who volunteered for the “Call Me
Don’t ask me what I think of the NAACP’s desperate, politically timed report, ask Cedra Crenshaw, Damon Dunn, Tim Scott, Ryan Frazier, Allen West, Star Parker, Bill Marcy, Charlotte Bergmann, Robert Broadus, Ryan Frazier, Charles Lollar, Stephen Broden, Michel Faulker,
Don’t ask me what I think of the NAACP’s desperate, politically timed report, ask Cedra Crenshaw, Damon Dunn, Tim Scott, Ryan Frazier, Allen West, Star Parker, Bill Marcy, Charlotte Bergmann, Robert Broadus, Ryan Frazier, Charles Lollar, Stephen Broden, Michel Faulker,
Recently on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank was joined by Congressman Thad McCotter (R-MI) to discuss what will happen, come the 111th Congress, with the defense budget. If there is a new Republican majority, will the Republican Party lead
