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Senate Will Kill Democrat Funding Bill Because It Lacks Border-wall Money

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the plan from House Democrats to fund the government and end the shutdown isn’t going anywhere if...

R. Cort Kirkwood January 3, 2019

Is Impeachment of Trump a Foregone Conclusion?

James Murphy December 31, 2018

While things are certainly lining up against President Trump in the incoming House of Representatives, impeachment is not as inevitable as some Democrats...

Democrats Face Upcoming Climate-change Conundrum

James Murphy December 26, 2018

Because of her popularity with youth, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wields more power than the average incoming House freshman. And she hopes to use that...

House Democrats Promise New Gun-control Laws

Steve Byas December 18, 2018

Get ready — the new Democrat majority in the House wants more controls over your guns. ...

Most Federal Spending Occurs Without Congressional Approval: GAO

Michael Tennant December 18, 2018

Only 14 percent of federal spending is explicitly approved by Congress, while the rest happens automatically, according to a new Government Accountability Office...

Dem Rep: I’d “Love” to “Regulate” Speech, but First Amendment Stops Me

Selwyn Duke December 13, 2018

It’s what you get when electing a leftist in lieu of a real patriot: Ted Lieu. The California Democratic congressman created quite a...

GOP Expands Senate Majority as Hyde-Smith Wins in Mississippi

James Murphy November 28, 2018

Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democrat Mike Espy as the last of the mid-term Senate elections was decided in a run-off election on Tuesday...

Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Democrats to Take Over “All Three [?] Chambers of Government” in 2020

Steve Byas November 20, 2018

Don't expect the liberal media to make fun of Ocasio-Cortez as they did of Dan Quayle and Sarah Palin. ...

Congressman: We’ll Take Your Guns Because We Have Nukes

R. Cort Kirkwood November 18, 2018

A Democratic congressman has said Americans who resist his totalitarian plan to seize legally purchased firearms might be incinerated in a nuclear blast....

Lame Duck Congressional Session

Steve Byas November 13, 2018

The elections are over, but much remains to be done for Congress in the post-election "lame duck" session. ...

Booker Proposes Redistributing Wealth to Poor, Minority Kids Via “Opportunity Accounts”

Michael Tennant October 24, 2018

Senator Cory Booker is proposing a federal "savings account" program in which the government will deposit money for children until they turn 18,...

“Human Trafficking” Bill Allows More Government Spying on Americans

Steve Byas October 11, 2018

Congress is poised to take away more of our freedom from government intrusion into our business, all in the name of fighting human...

Pelosi: I Want To Be Speaker Again When Democrats Retake House

R. Cort Kirkwood September 13, 2018

If Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vow to hang on until they carry her remains out of the U.S. Supreme Court on a shingle...

Some Kavanaugh Protestors Paid to Manufacture Chaos

James Murphy September 7, 2018

The protestors at the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings have been busy interrupting and harassing the Judiciary Committee. But at least some of them...