Congress

Senators 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...

Brian Koenig May 25, 2012

Clinton, Panetta Tell Senate Committee U.S. Must Ratify LOST

Michael Tennant May 24, 2012

Three top Obama administration officials — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen....

Congressional Budget Office Predicts U.S. Recession

Bob Adelmann May 23, 2012

The latest report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released on Tuesday said that if the country falls off the “fiscal cliff” —...

Reining in the Regulators: More than Executive Orders Needed

Bob Adelmann May 22, 2012

Executive Orders to reduce regulatory burdens on the economy, such as the one issued last week by President Obama, are likely to have...

States Get Creative on Requirements to Receive Fed. Welfare Funds

Bruce Walker May 22, 2012

As state budgets are increasingly shrinking, many are getting "creative" as they look for ways to meet the spending requirements in order to...

Taxmageddon Confrontation Has Already Begun

Bob Adelmann May 21, 2012

In the face of the $500 billion "taxmageddon" tax increase coming in 2012, Congress will pass the buck. Nothing is likely to happen...

Congressional Budget Wrangling Continues

Bob Adelmann May 17, 2012

On Wednesday the Senate voted down five budget proposals, reflecting gridlock and unwillingness to face reality. Four of the budget proposals were presented by...

Boehner Fires First Salvo in Taxmaggedon Wars

Bob Adelmann May 17, 2012

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...

NDAA 2013 Passes out of Committee; Indefinite Detention Provisions Remain Intact

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 11, 2012

On Thursday morning, the House Armed Services Committee passed the 2013 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); the provision providing for...

Democrat Anti-Self-Defense “Trayvon Amendment” on Hold, For Now

Alex Newman May 10, 2012

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...

Senate Votes to Pump More Money into the Post Office

Bob Adelmann May 8, 2012

In April the Senate voted to pump $11 billion into the insolvent Postal Service to keep it afloat for a little while longer....

Republicans Prepare Contempt Citation Against Eric Holder

Raven Clabough April 30, 2012

House Republicans are accusing Attorney General Eric Holder of obstructing the House investigation into the flawed Operation Fast and Furious, and are preparing...

CISPA is Big Brother’s Friend

Bob Adelmann April 23, 2012

This is “cybersecurity week,” according to Brock Meeks at Wired.com when CISPA (the Orwellian-named Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) is scheduled to move...

Anti-NDAA Bills Worth — and Not Worth — Supporting

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 22, 2012

“Sound and fury signifying nothing.” That is how Shakespeare’s Macbeth described life. That same description could be aptly applied to a bill introduced...