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Obama's Minimum Wage Pledge Divides Economists, Business

Obama's Minimum Wage Pledge Divides Economists, Business

President Barack Obama’s pledge to raise the minimum wage by 24 percent has divided economists and businesses who warn it could threaten recent improvements in jobless numbers. Obama has stated that his administration plans to increase the existing minimum hourly

Nancy Pelosi: 'Tax Cuts Are Spending'

Nancy Pelosi: 'Tax Cuts Are Spending'

In the mind of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, “tax cuts are spending.” Pelosi said on Thursday that the federal government had to cut spending. However, she then lumped in several tax breaks for businesses in the category of “spending”: Tax

Pelosi: Raise Minimum Wage to $10

Pelosi: Raise Minimum Wage to $10

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday stated that she wants Congress to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.  Pelosi posited that since Wall Street is riding high, the middle-class needs to be rewarded with pay hikes: This

Gun Rights and the Rebirth of Conservatism

Gun Rights and the Rebirth of Conservatism

When Obamacare passed in March 2010, a grassroots outrage ensued and months later, in Nov. 2010, the Tea Party voted out Democrats in red states and moderate Republicans who’d supported the measure. Liberals were blindsided, RINOs were dismayed, and because

Reuters: Obama Job Approval Plummets to 43%

Reuters: Obama Job Approval Plummets to 43%

Being caught lying again and again and again is never a good thing for a U.S. president. A number of recent polls have proven that point, and the point that Obama was not able to get away with dishonestly blaming

5 political realities of the 113th Congress

1. Benghazi is a serious problem for the Obama administration. Four Americans, including the brave ambassador, were killed–and Obama did nothing, except lie to the public afterwards. Benghazi is every bit the scandal many of us thought it was at

Obama Signs Order to Begin Spending Cuts

Obama Signs Order to Begin Spending Cuts

(AP) WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama has signed an order authorizing the government to begin cutting $85 billion from federal accounts, officially enacting across-the-board reductions that he opposed but failed to avert. Obama acted Friday, the deadline for the president and Congress to

Pelosi: Minimum wage will be 2014 issue

Pelosi: Minimum wage will be 2014 issue

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) —Democrats plan to make raising the minimum wage an issue in the 2014 campaign, U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said. Pelosi said Democrats will use the same message as they did in 2006, when

Pelosi: Congressional Pay Cut Undermines Our 'Dignity'

Pelosi: Congressional Pay Cut Undermines Our 'Dignity'

On Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she was against cutting congressional pay because it would undermine the dignity of her job. “I don’t think we should do it; I think we should respect the work we do,”

Nancy Pelosi, prophet of ruin

During a radio interview this morning, I was asked if I thought Nancy Pelosi was nuts for saying during a Fox News interview on Sunday, “It’s almost a false argument to say we have a spending problem.  We have a budget

Pelosi: There's No 'Spending Problem'

Pelosi: There's No 'Spending Problem'

With the sequester set to kick in on March 1, President Obama and his Democrat allies are hell-bent on shifting the conversation away from proper government cuts, and toward higher taxes. On Sunday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took

Pelosi Says First Amendment Grants 'Right to a Gun'

Pelosi Says First Amendment Grants 'Right to a Gun'

As Nancy Pelosi appeared on Fox News Sunday with host Chris Wallace, she didn’t seem to know the difference between the First Amendment and the Second Amendment. During her February 10 segment, Pelosi premised her conversation by pointing out that

Pelosi Defends Violent Video Games

Pelosi Defends Violent Video Games

Chris Wallace “You have a lot of friends in Hollywood, Why don’t you go to them and publicly say, I challenge you to stop the video games?” Nancy Pelosi “I do think, I understand what you are saying, I’m a

Pelosi to Bring Newtown Student to State of the Union

Pelosi to Bring Newtown Student to State of the Union

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced Friday that she will bring a fourth-grade girl from Newtown, CT to be her guest at the coming State of the Union Address. The mother of the fourth-grader will also attend.  This particular

Pelosi Not Happy About 'No Budget, No Pay' Bill

President Barack Obama has just signed the  ‘No Budget, No Pay’ debt ceiling suspension bill into law. Democrats are all upset because they feel that  Republicans in Congress pulled a fast one on them, forcing them to agree to the

Unions: Maybe Obamacare Wasn't Such a Great Idea

Nancy Pelosi once said of the Affordable Care Act, “we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it.” Nearly three years later it has finally dawned on some unions that the changes they publicly

Pelosi Misquotes Congressional Oath of Office

Pelosi Misquotes Congressional Oath of Office

Leave it to Nancy Pelosi to rewrite the swearing-in oath members of Congress take, in order to further the Barack Obama gun control agenda. The House Minority Leader, speaking at a House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on “Gun