Congress
CBO Director: U.S. Is Headed for the Cliff
Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf testified on Wednesday before the House Budget Committee about the federal government’s “Long Term Budget Outlook.” His office...
STARS Act — GOP Version of the Dream Act — is Introduced
On Wednesday, Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) introduced his bill, “Studying Towards Adjusted Status Act” or the STARS Act, in an effort to break the...
Read moreCongressmen Propose Domestic Distribution of Pro-U.S. Propaganda
Congressmen Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Adam Smith (D-Washington) have proposed an amendment to the NDAA that would remove a decades-old prohibition on the...
Read morePrivacy-eliminating CISPA Awaits Its Fate in the Senate
Despite an increasingly noisy chorus of resistance to many of its provisions, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the House,...
Read moreHouse to Vote on Ron Paul Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve
GOP leadership in the House of Representatives announced that legislation to thoroughly audit the secretive Federal Reserve, a wildly popular measure pushed by...
Read moreSenators Grill Secret Service Director Over Prostitution Scandal
Senate lawmakers are continuing investigations over the infamous prostitution scandal that implicated 12 Secret Service agents during a presidential assignment in Cartagena, Colombia. So...
Read moreClinton, Panetta Tell Senate Committee U.S. Must Ratify LOST
Three top Obama administration officials — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen....
Read moreCongressional Budget Office Predicts U.S. Recession
The latest report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released on Tuesday said that if the country falls off the “fiscal cliff” —...
Read moreReining in the Regulators: More than Executive Orders Needed
Executive Orders to reduce regulatory burdens on the economy, such as the one issued last week by President Obama, are likely to have...
Read moreStates Get Creative on Requirements to Receive Fed. Welfare Funds
As state budgets are increasingly shrinking, many are getting "creative" as they look for ways to meet the spending requirements in order to...
Read moreTaxmageddon Confrontation Has Already Begun
In the face of the $500 billion "taxmageddon" tax increase coming in 2012, Congress will pass the buck. Nothing is likely to happen...
Read moreCongressional Budget Wrangling Continues
On Wednesday the Senate voted down five budget proposals, reflecting gridlock and unwillingness to face reality. Four of the budget proposals were presented by...
Read moreBoehner Fires First Salvo in Taxmaggedon Wars
House speaker John Boehner decided on Tuesday to fire the first round in the coming battle to deal with the huge tax increases taking place...
Read moreNDAA 2013 Passes out of Committee; Indefinite Detention Provisions Remain Intact
On Thursday morning, the House Armed Services Committee passed the 2013 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); the provision providing for...
Read moreDemocrat Anti-Self-Defense “Trayvon Amendment” on Hold, For Now
Federal legislation sponsored by “progressive” Democrat lawmakers, dubbed the “Trayvon Amendment” to play on people’s emotions in the wake of the now-infamous Florida...
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