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Illinois Lawmakers Pass 66 Percent Income Tax Increase
Illinois lawmakers approved a 66 percent increase in the state income tax in the early morning hours of January 12, part of a...
Rep. Clyburn Miffed That TSA Treats Congressmen “Like Everybody Else”
“We’ve had some incidents where TSA authorities think that congresspeople should be treated like everybody else,” Rep. James Clyburn (left, D-S.C.) told Fox...
Read moreJon Stewart: Americas Leading Journalist?
The question sounds like a joke, made up by one of the talented writers for Comedy Central’s Daily Show itself: Is the Daily...
Read moreThe Instant Liberal Frenzy to Ignore the U.S. Constitution
The public reading of the Constitution on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives has quickly drawn a rising tide of outrage...
Read moreMassachusetts State Legislature Takes Pay Cut
Thirteen years ago Massachusetts enacted a constitutional provision which required an adjustment in the pay of state legislators and other elected state officials...
Read moreUnion Head Richard Trumka Sees AFL-CIO as Socialist Vehicle
In an Internet video piece dated September 27, 2010 which recently made the rounds of conservative media, AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka explains his...
Read moreStarving ObamaCare
When the new House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (left, R-Wis.) announced that his budget committee would produce budgets for the agencies of the...
Read moreThe Shameful Manipulation of Murder: Gun Control and Tyranny
On Saturday in Tucson, Arizona 22-year-old Jared Loughner opened fire outside a Safeway grocery store and killed six people and injured at least...
Read moreGOP Selects Less Aggressive Immigration Chair
Though the GOP was predicted to give the position of the new chairman of the Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and other...
Read moreIntent of the Founders: Is it Relevant Today?
From Ninthers, and Tenthers to the Second Amendment Foundation, it seems there’s an advocacy group for every amendment in the Bill of Rights....
Read moreCity Hearings on Blizzardgate Get No Response from NY State Government
In response to evidence that rank-and-file members and supervisors within the New York City Department of Sanitation intentionally refused to carry out their...
Read moreHouse GOP Leaders Mount Challenge to Debt Increase
Among the top priorities for some GOP House leaders is challenging a raise of the nation’s debt ceiling. On Thursday, House Republicans told...
Read moreATF Plans Gun Registration in Border States
As the Obama administration is poised to enact a sweeping infringement of the right of Americans to keep and bear arms in the...
Read moreWhat If the Debt Ceiling Isnt Raised?
Following the petulant pronouncement from the Obama administration’s chief economics advisor that any suggestion of not raising the debt ceiling was engaging in...
Read moreHouse Constitution Reading Prompts Liberal Media Snark
The new session of the U.S. House of Representatives read the full text of the U.S. Constitution on the House floor January 6,...
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