Rick Perry and the Largest Tax Hike In Texas
In Rick Perry’s August 13 presidential announcement speech in South Carolina the Texas Governor (photo at left) stated: .…we have led Texas based...
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GOP Presidential Candidate Rick Perry
After much networking, private fundraising, and even some preliminary campaign staffing, Texas Governor Rick Perry finally tossed his Stetson into the GOP 2012...
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AFL-CIO Considers Formation of Super PAC
As if the AFL-CIO does not have enough political clout, it has announced its initiative to launch a super Political Action Committee in...
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New Study: The Media Stonewalls the “Ron Paul Revolution”
The "Ron Paul Revolution" is political kryptonite for the liberal mainstream media, despite Rep. Paul?s noteworthy gains in public opinion polls and polished...
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Federalism: The Cure for Our Constitutional Crisis
While the debate over the raising, lowering, or demolishing the debt ceiling is new(ish), the fact that the federal government’s financial house is...
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Chicago Must Pay Nearly $30M, Hire 111 Blacks, in Firefighters’ Case
Taxpayers in Chicago must cough up at least $30 million and the Chicago Fire Department must hire 111 blacks pursuant to a lawsuit...
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SuperCommittee Member Rep. Fred Upton Is Flexible
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) made his position on cutting entitlement spending as part of the SuperCommittee’s attempt to reduce the deficit...
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U.S., Afghanistan Close to Deal Keeping U.S. Forces There Through 2024
Although the Obama administration has made much of the fact that U.S. forces are scheduled to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014,...
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Bachmann Stands by Pledge: Gas Under $2 a Gallon
Michele Bachmann Friday defended her campaign promise made earlier in the week that the price of gasoline will drop back down below $2...
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Ron Paul Says Rick Perry “Makes Me Sound Like a Moderate”
Ron Paul wants to make it quite clear that he has never accused Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke of treason. He has merely...
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Some Unintended Consequences of Raising CAF Again
With the President’s announcement of higher mileage requirements — to 54.5 mpg on new cars and trucks sold in the United States...
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West To CAIR Florida: “NUTS!”
Rep. Allen West, (R-Fla., left) offered Florida?s branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations a little history lesson in a letter to the...
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Special Interest Groups Give Congressional Democrats $15M in 2011
Congressional Democrats have brushed off President Obama's personal decree to swear off special-interest campaigning for his reelection bid. According to an Associated Press...
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Court Rules in Favor of Arizona Pro-Life Law
The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a state pro-life law, blocked two years ago by a lower court, that...
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Obama Administration Subsidizes Solar Energy Via Loans to India
Despite its less-than-stellar record of picking winning solar energy companies — subsidizing, for instance, Solyndra of California and Evergreen Solar of Massachusetts —...
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