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House Republicans Introduce Massive Disaster-relief Bill

House Republicans unveiled an unprecedented $81-billion disaster-relief bill Monday with no plans to cut the budget elsewhere. ...

Michael Tennant December 20, 2017

National Reciprocity Likely to Pass House, Get Bogged Down in Senate

Bob Adelmann December 4, 2017

National reciprocity is going to face existential challenges in the Senate. ...

Conyers Steps Down as Head Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee Over Sex Allegations

Bob Adelmann November 27, 2017

By not excising corrupt and immoral figures from the Democrat Party, Democrats are declaring themselves to be de facto supporters of abhorrent and...

McConnell, Democrats Stalling Trump’s Conservative Judicial Nominees

Bob Adelmann November 13, 2017

Not only have fewer than half of President Trump’s judicial nominees been confirmed by the Senate, but cloture has been invoked an astonishing 51...

Attack on Sen. Rand Paul Called “Serious Criminal Matter”

Steve Byas November 9, 2017

Is the attack upon Senator Rand Paul, after the earlier shooting of Congressman Scalise, the beginning of a dangerous trend against members of...

Will Tax Reform Also Repeal the Individual Mandate?

Michael Tennant November 7, 2017

Congressional conservatives are hoping to repeal ObamaCare's individual mandate via the GOP tax-reform bill. ...

What’s in the GOP Tax Bill?

Bob Adelmann November 6, 2017

The GOP tax reform bill presented last Thursday attempts to be “revenue neutral” within 10 years. But absent any attempt to cut spending,...

Combined Social Security Spending for 2017 Tops $1 Trillion for First time

Bob Adelmann October 27, 2017

In the near future, payments made by Social Security to recipients will likely drop precipitously, to the great astonishment of those who still...

Democrats Oppose Security for EPA Director — Despite Multiple Death Threats

Steve Byas October 24, 2017

Suddenly, Democrats in Congress have become fiscal conservatives when it comes to allocating money for security for EPA Director Scott Pruitt, who is...

Conservatives Demand Ouster of Senate GOP Leaders

Michael Tennant October 12, 2017

Charging Senate Republican leaders with failure and betrayal, a group of conservative leaders is demanding the resignation or removal of the entire Senate...

U.S. House Passes Pain-Capable Unborn Protection Act

Raven Clabough October 4, 2017

On Tuesday the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Protection Act by a vote of 237-189. ...

Congressman: Trump Kept in Dark About Assange Deal

C. Mitchell Shaw October 3, 2017

Representative Dana Rohrabacher says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange “has absolute proof” that the leaked DNC e-mails published by WikiLeaks did not come from...

SHARE Act, Backed by NRA, Passes House Committee

Bob Adelmann September 18, 2017

The Washington Post gave credibility to the importance of the pro-Second Amendment SHARE Act by unleashing its most acerbic writer in attacking it....