Congress
Symbolic Debt Ceiling Bill Voted Down
As expected, the bill to raise the federal debt ceiling that House Republicans brought to a quick vote today failed overwhelmingly. The bill,...
Democrats’ Tax Dreams a Nightmare for America
Remember the halcyon days of the late 1970s, when inflation, interest, and unemployment rates all soared into double digits? Back then the top...
Read moreNavy Names Ship After Far-Left “Organizer” Cesar Chavez
The U.S. Navy is under fire once again, for its decision to name a vessel after radical left-wing activist César Chávez. Officials said...
Read moreBureau of Consumer Financial Protection Looms
Tuesday’s hearing of the House Oversight Committee gave Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) a chance to vent, and witness Elizabeth Warren, President Obama’s Special...
Read moreATF Boss Threatened with Contempt Charge
As a congressional investigation of the Obama administration’s “Project Gunrunner” scandal proceeds, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif., picture, left) is threatening ATF Acting Director...
Read moreSen. Grassley: ATF Provided Guns to Cartels
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice are under increasing pressure after getting caught providing misleading...
Read moreCongress Considers Bill to Extend Immigration Rights to Homosexual Couples
Late last week Democrats in the House of Representatives reintroduced a measure that would dramatically change current immigration law and provide immigration rights...
Read moreHouse 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 every Democrat voting against the measure and only four...
Read moreCBO 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 $38 billion in "cuts" that were just gimmicks and...
Read moreBudget Deal Preserves Federal Funding of Planned Parenthood
The allegedly pro-life Republican Party has betrayed its base again. According to Terence P. Jeffrey of CNSNews.com, the budget deal reached between the...
Read moreBudget “Compromise” Would Increase Deficit From 1.29T to 1.58T
Congressional and White House negotiators reached a deal in the early morning hours of April 9 to keep the federal government open one...
Read moreHouse Approves Controversial Stopgap; WH Warns of Veto
With little time remaining before a government shutdown, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 247-181 to approve a stopgap funding measure in spite...
Read moreGovernment Shutdown Over Two Percent of Deficit?
The federal government may endure a partial shutdown some time after midnight Friday, April 8 because House Republicans can not come to agreement...
Read moreAnti-Fourth Amendment Patriot Act
Former U.S. Army Lieutenant and lawyer Brandon Mayfield may be the Patriot Act’s most prominent innocent victim. The federal government imposed warrantless surveillance...
Read moreBill to End Obama’s Libya War Attracts Bipartisan Support
When launching his military intervention into the Libyan civil war, President Barack Obama undoubtedly expected some resistance from Republicans in Congress. On the...
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