Sen. Paul: Nation to Get “Big, Ugly” Debt Bag for Christmas
In what might loosely be described as the "spirit of the season," the Congress of the United States will likely put together a huge grab bag "with a lot of stuff...
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Documents Show Lieberman, King Behind Financial Blockade of WikiLeaks
According to European Commission documents released Tuesday by WikiLeaks, two high-ranking U.S. politicians are responsible, at least in part, for a financial blockade that the organization claims has cut off 95...
San Bernardino Seeks to Stiff the Country’s Largest Pension Plan
The "pendency plan" just passed by the San Bernardino, California, city council includes "renegotiating" its pension liabilities with CalPERS, the country's largest pension plan. ...
Fiscal Cliff Talks Continue in Congress
While the U.S. economy is said to be en route to go over the so-called "fiscal cliff" on January 1, Congress has made little headway in the process of reaching a...
Taxpayer Protection Pledge Takers Now Breaking Their Promise
Since Senator Saxby Chambliss' defection on Thursday from his Taxpayer Protection Pledge, two other senators and a member of the House have also bailed, claiming now that tax increases must be...
Jesse Jackson Resigns Congressional Seat Amid Federal Probe
Jesse Jackson Jr., Democratic congressman from Illinois and son of the “civil rights” agitator, has resigned his House seat, citing ill health and an ongoing federal investigation for what Jackson referred...
What to Expect From the New Congress
The party numbers are pretty much the same, but the congressional Democrats are far more liberal, and the Republicans are much closer to traditional constitutionalism. ...
Geithner as Buzz Lightyear on National Debt: To Infinity, and Beyond
President Obama's Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has embraced the “Buzz Lightyear” debt strategy to overcome the fiscal crisis known as the “fiscal cliff”: to infinity and beyond. Geithner told host Al...
House Committee Investigates EPA’s Secret E-mail Accounts
Citing “a pattern of behavior directed at subverting transparency,” the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is requesting information from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lisa Jackson concerning secret e-mail...
CBO: Balancing the Budget Is “Formidable” Task
The Congressional Budget Office's latest offering of suggestions on how to cut the deficit falls far short of what is needed and admits that making adequate spending cuts will be a...
Sen. Coburn’s Report Exposes DOD’s Wasteful, Non-Defense Spending
Following his office’s publishing of his annual Wastebook last month, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has now released another oversight report, this one exploring waste and “non-defense” spending in the Department of Defense...
In Farewell, Ron Paul Offers Hope Despite Looming Economic Implosion
After spending more than two decades in Congress vigorously standing up for liberty, peace, sound money, free markets, and the U.S. Constitution, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a hero to constitutionalists and...
Latest CBO Report All But Guarantees Gridlock Over the Fiscal Cliff
In its latest 14-page report on the impact the “fiscal cliff” would have on the economy in 2013 and beyond, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provided enough ammunition to both sides...
More LOST Opponents Coming to Senate — but Will They Be Too Late?
Opponents of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) should be encouraged by the outcome of Tuesday’s Senate elections, according to Patrick Goodenough of CNSNews.com.As of last summer, 34 Republican senators,...
Debt Ceiling Likely to be Raised Without Fanfare This Time
Although the Treasury warned that government borrowing would hit the debt ceiling before the end of the year, it also said it would use "extraordinary measures" to push off the debt ceiling...