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Tea Party Fave Calls Out HBO's 'Newsroom'

Tea Party Fave Calls Out HBO's 'Newsroom'

Sen. Mike Lee understands HBO’s “The Newsroom” blends fiction and reality. But the Tea Party favorite isn’t happy with the ratio of truth to creative license in this past Sunday’s episode. [Lee] complained to HBO recently after the lead character

Sec. Chu Recants on Higher Gas Prices

Sec. Chu Recants on Higher Gas Prices

Shortly before he became Obama’s Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu was quoted by the Wall Street Journal as saying “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” To be clear

Senator Mike Lee: Obama 'Manifestly Wrong' on U.S. Constitution

[youtube JCG1UT5J5lg] Few lawmakers have expressed as much outrage over President Obama’s unconstitutional “recess” appointments as Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). He was among the first to warn about the consequences of the president’s unilateral action on Jan. 4. More than a month later, a

Sen. Mike Lee Is Right to Ask: Is Google a Problem?

To many conservatives, it may seem surprising that Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) would echo antitrust concerns in his aggressive questioning of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt during this week’s hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights.

Senator Mike Lee: Time for a Balanced Budget Amendment

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets080511.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Senator Mike Lee to discuss the debt ceiling deal, and his new book, The Freedom Agenda:

Carrying on Sen. Kyl's Mission

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl’s (R-AZ) announcement that he will not seek a fourth term in the US Senate set off a flurry of maneuvering in Arizona, which has not witnessed a vacant senate seat in nearly two decades. So

Attack the Deficit: The Fierce Urgency of Now

Appearing Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Senator-elect Rand Paul (R-KY.) told host Christiane Amanpour he would push for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This is an idea whose time has come. In 1994, Republicans campaigned– and won

The November Elections: The Opening Salvo

The 2010 primary season was, for the most part, a good one for limited government, freedom-loving conservatives. Most of the high profile challenges against the incumbent or establishment candidates, with Mike Lee, Ken Buck, Joe Miller, and Sharron Angle ended