Charles Rangel Censured for Ethics Charges
On Thursday, Democrat Charles Rangel became the 23rd member of Congress to be censured for violating House ethics rules after the House voted...
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Pretty Public Parks Thanks to Private Efforts
n a December 2 editorial in The Atlasphere, John Stossel opined that once again, privatization answers a public woe. In his report about...
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Deficit Commission Report: Dead On Arrival
Now that the President's Deficit Commission has failed to reach critical mass (14 favorable votes of the panel's 18 members were required for...
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Conservative Constitutionalism Called Vague, Arrogant
It will probably come as no surprise to readers of The New American that the views upheld by constitutional conservatives are not widely...
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Report: Homeland Security Compiling TSA Enemies List
The Department of Homeland Security is gathering names and information about anti-Transportation Security Administration activists, members of the media, and other supposed troublemakers...
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House Plans DREAM Act Vote for Next Week
While Republicans in the Senate have vowed to block all legislation in the Senate chamber until a decision is made on the federal...
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Gadsden Flags and License Plates
The revival now appearing to take place throughout the U.S. of “the true Spirit of ‘76” — and not its emotional counterfeit which...
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Obama Administration Imposes Seven-year Drilling Moratorium
As predicted, the Obama administration rescinded its promise to allow domestic offshore oil drilling yesterday. The Competitive Enterprise Institute reports that the Interior...
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House Dems Win Procedural Vote on Tax Cuts
Today, the House Democrats cleared a procedural hurdle to advance a bill extending the Bush tax cuts to middle class families only, prompting...
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Families Grieve as Six U.S. Soldiers’ Bodies Return From Afghanistan
As the death toll among U.S. service members in Afghanistan continues to mount — 2010 is the deadliest year of the war thus...
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Pentagon Completes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Study
The Pentagon finally completed its year-long study of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy yesterday. While some assert that the results of...
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TSA: Groping Grandmas but Giving Arms Traffickers, Terrorists & Drug Dealers a Pass
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is spending billions of dollars to install naked full-body scanners at airports, and millions of Americans are facing...
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Lame-duck Accomplishments and Upcoming Agenda
Given the quantity of items planned for this year’s lame-duck session, it is imperative to keep up with the items addressed in the...
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Sorry, Charlie, No Reprimand for You
Embattled Harlem Democrat Charles Rangel wants his sentence for various deeds of misconduct reduced from censure to reprimand, holding that censures are only...
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Groups Continue to Urge for Expiration of Ethanol Subsidies
Ethanol subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, and numerous organizations are asking Congress not to take action and...
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