Reining in the Regulators: More than Executive Orders Needed
Executive Orders to reduce regulatory burdens on the economy, such as the one issued last week by President Obama, are likely to have little if any effect. A better solution is...
Congress
States Get Creative on Requirements to Receive Fed. Welfare Funds
As state budgets are increasingly shrinking, many are getting "creative" as they look for ways to meet the spending requirements in order to receive matching federal welfare funds. ...
Taxmageddon Confrontation Has Already Begun
In the face of the $500 billion "taxmageddon" tax increase coming in 2012, Congress will pass the buck. Nothing is likely to happen before the election, and the lame duck Congress...
Congressional Budget Wrangling Continues
On Wednesday the Senate voted down five budget proposals, reflecting gridlock and unwillingness to face reality. Four of the budget proposals were presented by Republican senators, while the fifth was based on President Obama’s...
Boehner Fires First Salvo in Taxmaggedon Wars
House speaker John Boehner decided on Tuesday to fire the first round in the coming battle to deal with the huge tax increases taking place after the first of the year by setting...
NDAA 2013 Passes out of Committee; Indefinite Detention Provisions Remain Intact
On Thursday morning, the House Armed Services Committee passed the 2013 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); the provision providing for the indefinite detention of Americans remains in the...
Democrat Anti-Self-Defense “Trayvon Amendment” on Hold, For Now
Federal legislation sponsored by “progressive” Democrat lawmakers, dubbed the “Trayvon Amendment” to play on people’s emotions in the wake of the now-infamous Florida shooting, would aim to bully state governments into...
Senate Votes to Pump More Money into the Post Office
In April the Senate voted to pump $11 billion into the insolvent Postal Service to keep it afloat for a little while longer. ...
Republicans Prepare Contempt Citation Against Eric Holder
House Republicans are accusing Attorney General Eric Holder of obstructing the House investigation into the flawed Operation Fast and Furious, and are preparing a contempt citation against him and the Department...
CISPA is Big Brother’s Friend
This is “cybersecurity week,” according to Brock Meeks at Wired.com when CISPA (the Orwellian-named Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) is scheduled to move to the House floor for a vote. Offered...
Anti-NDAA Bills Worth — and Not Worth — Supporting
“Sound and fury signifying nothing.” That is how Shakespeare’s Macbeth described life. That same description could be aptly applied to a bill introduced recently in the House of Representatives that purports...
Senate-Passed Bill Would Mandate Black Boxes in Cars, Plus More
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would make it mandatory for all new cars in the United States to include black box data recorders from the year 2015, and...
Rep. Allen West Says There Are Communists in Congress; Is He Right?
At a town hall meeting in Palm City, Florida, on April 10, Tea Party favorite Representative Allen West (R-Fla.) informed the audience that there are Communists in Congress. ...
$5 Trillion Tax Hike Coming
Back in February when the Congress voted to extend the payroll tax “holiday” to the end of the year, the Washington Post was the first to notice the tsunami of tax...
The JOBS Bill: An Encouraging Sign of Intelligent Life in Washington
When President Obama signs the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Start-up Act) bill into law today it will reflect the first sign in a long time that some in Congress are waking...