Tag: Congress

These may well be the times that try the souls of Democrat politicians. In the year since Obama took the oath of office, the fortunes of the Democrat Party have changed substantially. Voters, especially Independent voters, now favor Republicans on

In their first year in office, the Obama Administration has re-made the U.S. Department of Labor into the Department of Organized Labor, working hard to make certain that those who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to put them in

“I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!” When President George W. Bush spoke through a bullhorn to emergency

One would think the repudiation of the President Obama’s direct personal plea would make him the biggest loser in the wake of Tuesday’s stunning victory by Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special Senate election. But one would be wrong.

The polls have closed, the votes are counted, and Massachusetts voters have sent the “Scott heard ’round the World”. All day long, pundits have been giving their assessment regarding why Scott Brown would win. All day long, too many of

There has been much speculation that today’s Massachusetts Senate race is a referendum on health care. That may be an understatement. My guess is that this senate race could have even larger repercussions. During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,”

Often people write to me asking, “Pamela, what can I do? The problems are overwhelming.” Well, here is an easy and immediate fix: if you are in Massachusetts, vote for Scott Brown. If Brown makes it, the Democrats lose their

In Massachusetts, where 97% of us have health insurance by mandate since 2006, we have learned a few things about health care reform. We have learned that universal coverage does not mean universal access to a doctor. The Massachusetts Medical

The 2010 elections represent an enormous opportunity for Congressional Republicans. As I pointed out in Part I of this series, The Lessons of ’66 and ’94 Loom Over the Democrats, the average loss for the President’s Party, when the President’s

New Jersey’s State Constitution is unconstitutional. That’s apparently what one New Jersey election official seems to think. A committee seeking approval from the state to petition registered voters on whether to move forward with a special election to recall US

Yet another leftist has attacked the Senate filibuster. The chorus from the left is growing and one can only assume that this coordinated attack is evidence that liberal Senators are readying a challenge to the Senate’s filibuster. The left absolutely

The other day I pointed out the fact that President Obama has yet to donate the money he was awarded as the Nobel recipient. Obama stated he would donate the $1.4 million prize to charity. It’s been several weeks since

Republicans are continuing to insist on behalf of the American people that any legislative negotiations pertaining to health care reform be made public. Today, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) is filing a discharge petition which, if signed by 218 Representatives, would

Federal stimulus plan’s spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on unemployment, research finds; “Spend a lot or spend nothing at all, it didn’t matter,” the analysis showed as “local unemployment rates rose and fell regardless of how

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski is a big advocate of net neutrality. The agency is considering implementing rules that would greatly advance this goal. Opponents have described the effort as a government plan to take over and manage

Coming this winter to C-SPAN: The true story… of 535 politicians…picked to live in two houses…work together and their lives taped…to find out what happens…when Congress stops being polite…and starts secret, detailed negotiations on a sweeping, transformative health care reform

Earlier this week the Department of Education hosted an event at a local high school in Washington, DC. The purpose of the event, which featured Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and the second lady of the

Transparency be damned. It seems as if many of the elites in Washington, D.C. were for transparency before they were against it. President Barack Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid all promised and

The American people were promised transparency under Democratic Party rule. President Obama told the American people no less than eight times that legislative deliberations would be aired on C-SPAN, not behind closed doors. The call for reform and transparency became