House Passes Amendment Blocking Some Funding for Libya War
The House of Representatives is upping the ante with regard to President Barack Obama’s ongoing, illegal war in Libya. On Monday that body...
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FCC to Officially Scrap Fairness Doctrine
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Wednesday that they are abandoning the so-called Fairness...
Leon Panetta and the Institute for Policy Studies
On Thursday, June 9, the U.S. Senate conducted confirmation hearings on current CIA Director...
House Passes Weak Libya War Resolution; Defeats One Ending War
The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives managed to pull President Barack Obama’s...
House Committee Votes to Slash Farm Subsidies
Last week, the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives approved a proposal to...
House Leadership Protects Obama’s Illegal Libyan War
Who says bipartisanship is dead? When it comes to unconstitutional wars, the leaders of...
Government Uses “Blunt Instrument” to Extract Taxes
Rep. Rick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce,...
Symbolic Debt Ceiling Bill Voted Down
As expected, the bill to raise the federal debt ceiling that House Republicans brought...
Democrats’ Tax Dreams a Nightmare for America
Remember the halcyon days of the late 1970s, when inflation, interest, and unemployment rates...
Navy Names Ship After Far-Left “Organizer” Cesar Chavez
The U.S. Navy is under fire once again, for its decision to name a...
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Looms
Tuesday’s hearing of the House Oversight Committee gave Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) a chance...
ATF Boss Threatened with Contempt Charge
As a congressional investigation of the Obama administration’s “Project Gunrunner” scandal proceeds, Rep. Darrell...
Sen. Grassley: ATF Provided Guns to Cartels
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice...
Congress Considers Bill to Extend Immigration Rights to Homosexual Couples
Late last week Democrats in the House of Representatives reintroduced a measure that would...
House Approves Ryan Budget; Conservatives Pan Plan for 20 Yrs of Deficits
House Republicans passed the Ryan budget proposal April 15 by a 235-193 vote, with...
CBO Finds 37.5B in “Cuts” Were Gimmicks, 2011 Budget Increases Spending
The compromise fiscal 2011 budget resolution Congress passed April 14, which awaits President Obama's signature, boasted some...
Budget Deal Preserves Federal Funding of Planned Parenthood
The allegedly pro-life Republican Party has betrayed its base again. According to Terence P....
Budget “Compromise” Would Increase Deficit From 1.29T to 1.58T
Congressional and White House negotiators reached a deal in the early morning hours of...
House Approves Controversial Stopgap; WH Warns of Veto
With little time remaining before a government shutdown, the U.S. House of Representatives voted...
Government Shutdown Over Two Percent of Deficit?
The federal government may endure a partial shutdown some time after midnight Friday, April...