Congress
Incoming Tea Party Politicians Vow to Change Washington
Incoming Tea Party-elected officials continue to vow to target deficit spending. Fox News writes, “Republicans elected to Congress with the help of Tea...
Feds’ Financial Statements Impossible to Audit, Says GAO
According to the federal government’s 2010 financial statements, released in late December, the 2010 deficit was $1.29 trillion, a slight decrease from the...
Read moreAustan Goolsbee’s Petulance
During Sunday’s interview on ABC’s This Week with the Obama administration’s chief economics advisor, Austan Goolsbee, he warned opponents not to treat the...
Read moreThe 112th Congress: Real Substance, or Just Smoke?
When the House of Representatives announced new rules for the Congress that convenes on Wednesday, the mainstream media immediately called them “strict” and...
Read moreTea Party Hypocrisy on Display?
Tea Party support helped coast a number of congressional candidates to victory in the 2010 midterm elections. However, whether those victors will stay...
Read moreWill New House Rules Mean New Hope for the Constitution?
Christmas is a time for hope and as a new Congress is sworn in after the New Year comes the hope that a...
Read moreNew Congress Poised for Real Immigration Reform
With the 2010 lame suck session now in the past, what many hope will be a more conservative 112th Congress is poised to...
Read moreThree Congressmen Reject Congressional Health Care
While most politicians campaign on the premise that they are “one of us,” they seem to lose touch with the American people once...
Read more111th Congress Racks Up Record Debt
Leave it to Democrats to make the spendthrift Republicans of the George W. Bush era look like tightwads. “The federal government,” reports CNSNews.com,...
Read moreA Taxpayer’s Dime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Did you know that in 2010 the federal government spent $2.9 million for a study of the video game "World of Warcraft"? How...
Read moreObama Promises Jobs, But Fails Struggling Alabama Manufacturer
According to the official White House website: ...
Read moreReid and McConnell Compromise on Short-Term Spending Bill
According to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on CNN’s State of the Union, he and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid came to an...
Read more“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repealed
The Senate today voted 65-31 in favor of repealing the 17-year-old military policy, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). The historic bill is now...
Read moreSenate May Have Enough Votes to Repeal DADT
On Wednesday, December 15, the House of Representatives voted 250 to 175 to repeal the military’s long-standing policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”...
Read moreSenate Extends Tax Cuts, House Vote Expected Today
The United States Senate voted today to approve the legislation that will temporarily extend the Bush-era tax cuts to all Americans. The 81-19...
Read more