Congress
Federal Program Pays Airlines to Fly Empty Planes
Almost everyone is aware that the federal government pays farmers not to grow certain crops. But not many know that taxpayers are also...
House Republicans Break Promise to Post Bills Online Three Days Before Vote
In voting to hike the federal debt limit, Republicans in Congress have violated more than one of their campaign promises. One of the...
Read moreNew “Freedom Index” Rates Congressmen Based on Constitution
The New American has published its first “Freedom Index” for the new (112th) Congress. The index, published four times each two-year congressional term,...
Read more“Super-Congress” Proposed to Fast-Track Debt Limit Increases
A "super-Congress" is being proposed by Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell. The left-wing Huffington Post summarizes the plan — which they...
Read moreObama Administration Disenfranchising the Military
Those raised overseas can testify as to how comforting it is to be able to go on American military installations and eat pizza...
Read moreU.S. Taxes Bought ATF Guns for Cartels; Holder Lied
As the scandal surrounding the Obama administration’s operation to put high-powered guns in the hands of Mexican drug cartels continues to grow, new...
Read moreStopping Abortion Without the Supreme Court
With more and more Americans becoming pro-life and states across the nation enacting new laws aimed at restricting abortion while ending tax subsidies...
Read moreHouse Votes Against Libyan War — and Against Restricting Its Funding
President Barack Obama could not ask for a more helpful “opposition” party in charge of the House of Representatives. For the second time...
Read moreCongress: Hearings Show Widespread Islamic Radicalization in U.S. Prisons
The House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday conducted its second hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States. Under the leadership of Rep. Peter...
Read moreHouse 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...
Read moreFCC to Officially Scrap Fairness Doctrine
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Wednesday that they are abandoning the so-called Fairness Doctrine, an FCC policy introduced in 1949 which requires...
Read moreLeon Panetta and the Institute for Policy Studies
On Thursday, June 9, the U.S. Senate conducted confirmation hearings on current CIA Director and former U.S. Congressman Leon E. Panetta (D-Calif.), who...
Read moreHouse Passes Weak Libya War Resolution; Defeats One Ending War
The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives managed to pull President Barack Obama’s chestnuts out of the fire with regard to Libya,...
Read moreHouse Committee Votes to Slash Farm Subsidies
Last week, the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives approved a proposal to cut farm subsidies as a part of a larger...
Read moreHouse Leadership Protects Obama’s Illegal Libyan War
Who says bipartisanship is dead? When it comes to unconstitutional wars, the leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties sing from the...
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