Politics
House Votes To Defund NPR
Today, the House of Representatives voted 228-192 in favor of stripping federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR). The vote on the bill,...
Bills in Indiana General Assembly Aim at Ending Illegal Immigration
Legislators in the Hoosier State have jumped on board the pro-legal immigration bandwagon in a big way. By a vote of 31-18, the...
Read moreMichele Bachmann Makes the Gaffe Heard ‘Round the Blogosphere
During a speech she gave at an event organized by the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) declared: "You're...
Read moreTenn. Union Legislation Provokes Union Protesters and Arrests
After union protests in Nashville, Tennessee disrupted a state Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, state troopers forcibly removed seven union protesters from...
Read moreSEC Investigating Fannie and Freddie
Richard Syron, former chief executive of Freddie Mac, may be facing civil action by the Securities Exchange Commission, as the agency is investigating...
Read moreArizona Seeks Friends to Fight Feds
Legislators in Arizona are reaching out to other state governments in the region to form partnerships against the federal government and its ever-expanding...
Read morePlanned Parenthood Republicans: A Decades-Long History
Trends within politics rarely occur in a vacuum. Instead, they develop within a broader ideological and historical context, which accounts for individual elected...
Read moreConstitutional Convention: 10-Point Refutation
In order to buttress its call for an Article V convention, the Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute has published a...
Read moreDemocrats Propose Opening Up Oil Reserves
In response to the latest energy-related crisis to affect the lives of the American people, the Obama administration, in conjunction with House Democrats,...
Read moreRand Paul Takes on Federal Toilet Bowl Regulations
One of the defining aspects of the Tea Party’s victories on Election Day was a renewed call for decreased government control over all...
Read moreObama Seemingly “Absent” During Mounting Crises
President Obama?s former chief of staff, and newly-elected Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel once said, ?You never want to let a good crisis...
Read moreObama Admin. to Overhaul Failed “No Child Left Behind”
President Obama has set his sights on yet another endeavor that will continue to perpetuate government overreach: an overhaul of President Bush's "No...
Read moreUtah to Require Teaching that U.S. is a Republic, Not a Democracy
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, March 8, a bill requiring Utah schools to teach that the United States is a republic and not...
Read moreOhio Moves to Limit Govt-union Power, Spending
Though Wisconsin’s efforts to rein in spending and the power of government-employee unions have dominated media coverage of state politics in recent weeks,...
Read moreLeftist Republicans Declare Support for Planned Parenthood
One of the most positive developments for social conservatives to come out of the Republican victory in the 2010 midterm elections is an...
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