Democrats regained control of Congress in 2006 in part by talking endlessly about the Republican “Culture of Corruption,” a meme the mainstream media and the liberal blogosphere were only too happy to pick up and run with to the point
With the disappointingly soft jobs report for July, and a faltering recovery overall, is Team Obama getting ready for some sort of new, liberal-left, Keynesian, big-bang stimulus package? Will they be desperate to “do something”? Already there are rumors of
Representative Michael Capuano (D-MA) has succeeded in ushering his Shareholder Protection Act of 2010 through the House Financial Services Committee. In reality the bill does little to protect shareholders, but does protect Washington lobbyists. The legislation is a response to
From CNSNews “It is called the Golden Rule,” said Graham. “‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’ That is probably one of the most powerful statements ever made. It is divine in its orientation, and it
The New York Times expresses unhappiness that a number of Senators are questioning the wisdom of the New START treaty that may be voted upon in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this Wednesday. Of concern to the scribblers at the
You had to live through it to recognize the metamorphosis. During those early days of June 2004, as the nation mourned the passing of Ronald Reagan, you would have never known he had been ridiculed and treated with disdain for
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has confirmed Elena Kagan as the 112th justice and fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court.The vote was 63-37 for President Barack Obama’s nominee to succeed retired Justice John Paul Stevens. Five Republicans joined
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is investing time, money and political capital in an attempt to deflate dissenting political voices in Florida. In the space of just four days CAIR put out two national press releases condemning the “U.S.
From James Pethokoukis at Reuters: Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
From The Hill: Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw lawmakers’ summer plans into chaos Wednesday, announcing the House will interrupt its six-week recess and return to Washington next week to act on Medicaid and education funding for states. Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the
Senator Harry Reid today Wednesday, August 4th, announced he will not hold two test votes on his proposed energy and oil spill bills. The proposed 409 page bill is S.3663, otherwise known as the CLEAR (Consolidated Land, Energy & Aquatic
The Central Illinois 9/12 Project became the first to expose — beginning this past March on BigGovernment.com – Shorebank’s extensive green and microfinancing agendas, in anticipation of that bank’s impending bailout. Shorebank, a Chicago-based, community investment bank, is focused on
Chairman John Kerry wrote his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today advising them that he was postponing for at least six weeks the panel’s “mark-up” of the resolution of ratification of the so-called New START Treaty. This is
MISSOURI VOTERS REJECT OBAMACARE! Prop C passes in Missouri! Over 70% of voters reject the democrat’s nationalized health care plan. WOW! The Show Me State showed Obamacare the door tonight. Over 70% of Missouri voters rejected Obamacare by passing Prop
So far – Prop C is passing by 75% in Missouri. Missouri rejects the Pelosi-Obama Rationed Health Care Plan All eyes were on Missouri today. The Show Me voters were voting for or against the new federal health care law.
From the Associated Press: Supporters and opponents of Elena Kagan painted vastly different portraits of the Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday, as they got their final say on the Senate floor before a near-certain vote to confirm her later this
Senate Democrats were set to vote on a $10 billion bailout for public schools, claiming all along the measure was “paid for with spending cuts.” When the Congressional Budget Office revealed it was going to add $5 billion to the
It must be getting a bit cramped in the office of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman’s Julius Genachowski, at least figuratively speaking. Every day delivers more and more people opposed to his “Title 1.5,” promises-of-forbearance laden Internet reclassification push. The
At least that’s what the wise man of the Washington Post, David Broder, has asked. David Broder, sage of the center, has long (very long) been the quintessential middle of the roader, Mr. Moderate, the Dean of Conventional Wisdom, David
I know the issues involved with trying to improve the ability of deployed soldiers and civilians to actually get an absentee ballot in sufficient time to vote it and return it are multi-jurisdictional, cost money, require civil servants at the
July 30th the House of Representatives, now on recess, passed the 225 page HR 3534 Offshore Drilling Regulation Bill and the 16 page HR 5851 Offshore Oil & Gas Worker Whistleblower Act. The Democratic Leadership headed by Congressman Ray Rahall
The two top teachers unions and Senate Democrats are proving the old adage that dead bodies float to the surface. Just when we thought the wrong-headed “Education Jobs Fund” was dead, it comes back to life. The U.S. Senate is
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has trouble remembering his roots as Pennsylvania’s state treasurer and auditor general. During his Senate campaign, he claimed to be a fiscal hawk and to have saved Pennsylvanians $1 billion of taxpayer money. Casey is and
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn made it official: Illinois will have a special Senate election just for the lame duck session. Thus Illinois joins Delaware and West Virginia (both having special elections) as the three states whose winners on election day
Let’s go back to those hopey-changie days of the Obama campaign for president when he railed constantly against all those “special interests” and evil lobbyists that he claimed were ruining the political process. Let us recall that once elected he
