If you are under 30, you really need to read this column and pass it on to your friends. Your elected officials are dooming you to a new sort of bondage, a form of 21st Century slavery, if you will.
by Chuck DeVore21 Dec 2009, 7:21 AM PST0
Pollsters like to say their surveys are like a snapshot, limited to the time and the picture frame in which they are taken. What we are seeing in polling on the takeover of health care by the federal government is
by Ken Blackwell20 Dec 2009, 5:34 AM PST0
We’ll be blunt. The ‘health care reform’ legislation under consideration in the Senate is the most corrupt piece of legislation in our nation’s history. Yes, we understand that is a strong statement and there have been other abominations throughout our
by Publius19 Dec 2009, 9:57 AM PST0
Saturday is a big day in the Senate for ObamaCare. Congressional Quarterly reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will unveil his manager’s package of changes to the Senate version of ObamaCare on Saturday morning and immediately file cloture
by Brian Darling19 Dec 2009, 4:21 AM PST0
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past few years, it’s that we should never doubt the abilities of Joe Lieberman to get what he wants, and the willingness of Harry Reid to cave in the clutch. We’ll discuss
by The New Ledger15 Dec 2009, 7:50 AM PST0
The classical poet A.E. Housman wrote, “For nature, heartless, witless nature.” He might have said the same thing about history, which like nature is neither cruel nor kind; right, nor wrong; it is simply indifferent. It has, as they say,
by Joseph C. Phillips14 Dec 2009, 5:11 PM PST0
The other day I made the assertion that Barbara Boxer (D – Tiny Town) was the stupidest member of the United States Senate. I may have spoken too soon. Here’s a serious challenger: Yesterday, in his desperate attempt to win
by Michael Walsh8 Dec 2009, 10:49 AM PST0
President Obama’s meetings at the Senate on Sunday, much like his visit to Copenhagen this week, are not indicators of inevitability; they are portents of panic. The reports coming out of the closed door, Democrats-only, meeting of internal divisions that
by Heather Higgins8 Dec 2009, 7:23 AM PST0
In today’s Big Government post by Joel Pollak readers were treated to an amazing glimpse into the political strategy that has been put into place over the past year by the Obama Administration to force the radical overhaul of the
by Larry O'Connor7 Dec 2009, 5:43 PM PST0
Let’s take a quick look at numbers behind the Senate health care bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Reid claims his bill will cover 94 percent of the population at a cost of $849 billion over 10 years.
by Derek Hunter6 Dec 2009, 6:51 PM PST0
At the request of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Obama made a trip to the Capitol to appeal to rank-and-file Democrats to work for compromise and do it quickly.
by Breitbart TV6 Dec 2009, 2:21 PM PST0
Last Saturday night, in what was mostly a procedural vote, the Senate approved moving forward with debate on the health-care reform bill. The vote was 60-39, the barest minimum necessary for debate to start in the Chamber. To listen to
by Frank DeMartini29 Nov 2009, 5:47 PM PST0
From The Hill: Opponents of today’s motion to proceed on healthcare legislation who are pressuring others to vote no are practicing “Orwellian” tactics, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said today. Reid appeared to take a shot at Senate Minority
by Publius21 Nov 2009, 1:01 PM PST0
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has finally brought out the health care bill he’s fashioned behind closed doors over the past several weeks, and it ain’t pretty. The Budget Committee fully implemented 10 year score of the bill is $2.5
by The New Ledger19 Nov 2009, 8:51 AM PST0
ABC News spends 2050 words explaining how irresponsible movie theater chains give their customers what they want slowly kill their customers with fatty, sugary high-caloric snacks: Everyone expects to splurge a bit at the movies, but while your wallet may
by Big Hollywood19 Nov 2009, 8:31 AM PST0
Either Thursday or later this week, Senate Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev) wants the Senate to vote on a “motion to proceed” on the Senate’s version of the healthcare bill. That wouldn’t be so bad except for the fact
by Warner Todd Huston18 Nov 2009, 6:28 PM PST0
Ronald Reagan once quipped that when you start referring to government as “we” instead of “they,” you have been in office too long. Not only is Senator Harry Reid referring to his liberal majority in Washington as “we,” he complains
by Sue Lowden12 Nov 2009, 6:23 AM PST0
Doug Hoffman lost his race in the 23rd Congressional District of New York, a seat held by Republicans for the past 120 years. John McHugh held the seat since 1992 and won with such large margins (he was even unopposed
by Patrick Tuohey7 Nov 2009, 4:59 PM PST0
This is my first “coming out” article as a conservative and Christian because Hollywood is taking its last breath before dying and I don’t really have much to lose. I’m a director, but made a good living for about seven
by Jeff Varga4 Nov 2009, 5:03 PM PST0
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans surged to victory in governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday, wresting control from Democrats in both states as independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke
by Publius3 Nov 2009, 8:11 PM PST0
On Saturday, I reported that all 40 Republican Senators signed a letter demanding to see the health care bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) claimed he sent to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Yesterday, Reid circulated a Dear Colleague
by Brian Darling3 Nov 2009, 9:39 AM PST0
All 40 Republican Senators signed a letter yesterday demanding to see the health care bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) sent to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Reid claimed he submitted the legislation for a CBO score on Monday.
by Brian Darling31 Oct 2009, 10:45 AM PST0
You know how it is when you’re watching a slow-motion train wreck – Britney, say – and just when you are absolutely convinced it can’t get any worse… it does? Congress has an approval rating of 21%. And when I
by Bill Whittle19 Oct 2009, 5:03 AM PST0
Also on part one of Wednesday’s show: Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi throw a news conference.
by Breitbart TV7 Oct 2009, 11:47 PM PST0
Last week, the United States Senate delivered a very public rebuke of ACORN. 83 Senators went on record to say that ACORN should be prohibited from receiving any more federal housing grants. But, the outrage over ACORN’s activities didn’t end
by Publius17 Sep 2009, 6:26 PM PST0