Congress
Will 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...
New 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Read more“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repealed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 moreHouse Votes to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
The House of Representatives voted 250 to 175 today to repeal the 17-year-old military policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). The legislation once...
Read morePro-Lifers Score a Victory With Pitts Appointment
Conservatives may have lost some battles for committee chairmen in the incoming Republican-dominated House of Representatives, but they are making up for it...
Read moreChairman Paul Gets a Relatively Warm Media Reception
The media response to the appointment of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) to the chairmanship of the House Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee has been...
Read moreBernanke’s Christmas Present: Chairman Paul
It’s official: Texas Congressman Ron Paul will be the Chairman of the House Subcommittee for Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology when the 112th...
Read moreJudge Porteous Is History
Federal Judge Thomas Porteous is only the eighth federal judge to be impeached, convicted, and removed from office since the founding of the...
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