House Passes ObamaCare Repeal
The United States House of Representatives voted 245-189 today to repeal President Obama’s signature healthcare law, often referred to as ObamaCare. The vote followed a full day of debate on the...
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PATRIOT Act To Be Quietly Renewed
The controversial USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act), signed into law in 2001, is quietly up again for renewal....
Polls Show Grave Concern About Federal Debt
The American people, according to a January 11 Reuters poll, strongly oppose raising the debt ceiling of the federal government. The poll shows that 71 percent of respondents are against raising...
Senator Rand Paul Proposes Debt Ceiling Solution
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has announced an alternative solution to the current debate over whether to raise the country’s debt ceiling. ...
Rep. Clyburn Miffed That TSA Treats Congressmen “Like Everybody Else”
“We’ve had some incidents where TSA authorities think that congresspeople should be treated like everybody else,” Rep. James Clyburn (left, D-S.C.) told Fox News Sunday. ...
House GOP Leaders Mount Challenge to Debt Increase
Among the top priorities for some GOP House leaders is challenging a raise of the nation’s debt ceiling. On Thursday, House Republicans told the White House that its request to raise...
New Leadership, New Rules: GOP Begins Promised Overhaul
Nine words taken from Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution are causing quite a stir among journalists and pundits today. The “controversial” clause reads in relevant part: ...
Incoming Tea Party Politicians Vow to Change Washington
Incoming Tea Party-elected officials continue to vow to target deficit spending. Fox News writes, “Republicans elected to Congress with the help of Tea Party support pledged Sunday to devote themselves to...
Feds’ Financial Statements Impossible to Audit, Says GAO
According to the federal government’s 2010 financial statements, released in late December, the 2010 deficit was $1.29 trillion, a slight decrease from the 2009 deficit of $1.42 trillion. Despite this minor...
Austan Goolsbee’s Petulance
During Sunday’s interview on ABC’s This Week with the Obama administration’s chief economics advisor, Austan Goolsbee, he warned opponents not to treat the issue of raising the debt ceiling as a...
The 112th Congress: Real Substance, or Just Smoke?
When the House of Representatives announced new rules for the Congress that convenes on Wednesday, the mainstream media immediately called them “strict” and even “unprecedented.” The first new rule to take...
Tea Party Hypocrisy on Display?
Tea Party support helped coast a number of congressional candidates to victory in the 2010 midterm elections. However, whether those victors will stay true to their alleged Tea Party values remains...
Will New House Rules Mean New Hope for the Constitution?
Christmas is a time for hope and as a new Congress is sworn in after the New Year comes the hope that a majority of our elected representatives will honor their...
New Congress Poised for Real Immigration Reform
With the 2010 lame suck session now in the past, what many hope will be a more conservative 112th Congress is poised to begin. As House control transitions from Democrat to...
Three Congressmen Reject Congressional Health Care
While most politicians campaign on the premise that they are “one of us,” they seem to lose touch with the American people once in office. Three elected officials, however — all...