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Deadlock on Budget, Despite House Passage of Ryan Plan

The budget plan of Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan (left) passed the House on Thursday 228 to 191, mostly along party lines. In...

Bob Adelmann March 30, 2012

House Budget Committee Chairman Ryan Says Voters Ready for Budget Cuts

Jack Kenny March 22, 2012

Despite predictable outcries against a plan advertised as a $5.3-trillion cut in federal spending over the next 10 years, House Budget Committee Chairman...

Legislation Would Stop Government from “Picking Energy Winners and Losers”

Kelly Holt March 6, 2012

According to CSN News March 2, House Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan., left) has again introduced legislation to repeal all energy tax credits. H.R. 3308,...

Fed’s “Independence” Threatened by Bernanke?

Bob Adelmann February 22, 2012

With the publishing of a “white paper” about the housing market, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has rankled some Republicans that suggestions made appear...

Taxpayers Clipped to Keep Senate Barbershop Afloat

Michael Tennant February 15, 2012

A shave and a haircut will cost you more than two bits just about anywhere, but it’ll run you over two Hamiltons at...

Congress Probes “Green Energy” Loans, Wasted “Stimulus”

Alex Newman February 8, 2012

Congress is investigating a series of questionable “green” loans made by the Obama administration to a variety of dubious companies, more than a...

Regulatory Agencies Continue to Slow the Economy

Bob Adelmann February 8, 2012

In a recent editorial entitled “Regulation without Representation,” Investors Business Daily pointed out that a new federal rule or regulation is published every two hours,...

House Passes Bill to End Automatic Spending Increases

Michael Tennant February 5, 2012

For nearly four decades Congress has ensured that federal spending rises inexorably by guaranteeing that every budget item increases automatically each year. And...

Opinions Differ About Wisdom of Proposed Military Cuts

Dave Bohon January 30, 2012

As the Obama administration prepares to present a budget to Congress that includes $487 billion in military cuts over the next 10 years,...

Kucinich Bill Would Tax Away “Unreasonable” Oil Company Profits

Michael Tennant January 23, 2012

Feeling pain at the gas pump? Congressman Dennis Kucinich thinks he has a solution: Tax “unreasonable” oil company profits. The Ohio Democrat has...

Sen. Rand Paul Blocked from Flight for Refusing TSA Groping

Alex Newman January 23, 2012

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) missed a flight to Washington, D.C., this morning after being detained by screeners with the Transportation Security Administration...

Constitutional Authority House Rule XII Largely Ignored

Bob Adelmann January 19, 2012

All new legislation offered by members of the House of Representatives since January 3, 2011 is required to include, under House Rule XII,...

House Offers Protest Vote as Obama Raises Debt Ceiling Again

Dave Bohon January 18, 2012

How high can America’s astronomical debt reach? The level is set to increase once more in late January as Congress, in effect, rubber...

One Lonely State Representative Opposes Indefinite Detention

Bob Adelmann January 16, 2012

Rhode Island Representative Daniel Gordon has drafted a resolution to express his opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) “that suspended habeas...