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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...

Raven Clabough January 19, 2011

PATRIOT Act To Be Quietly Renewed

Kelly Holt January 15, 2011

The controversial USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act), signed into law...

Polls Show Grave Concern About Federal Debt

Bruce Walker January 14, 2011

The American people, according to a January 11 Reuters poll, strongly oppose raising the debt ceiling of the federal government. The poll shows...

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Senator Rand Paul Proposes Debt Ceiling Solution

Alias January 13, 2011

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”

Michael Tennant January 11, 2011

“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...

House GOP Leaders Mount Challenge to Debt Increase

Raven Clabough January 7, 2011

Among the top priorities for some GOP House leaders is challenging a raise of the nation’s debt ceiling. On Thursday, House Republicans told...

New Leadership, New Rules: GOP Begins Promised Overhaul

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 6, 2011

Nine words taken from Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution are causing quite a stir among journalists and pundits today. The “controversial”...

Incoming Tea Party Politicians Vow to Change Washington

Raven Clabough January 4, 2011

Incoming Tea Party-elected officials continue to vow to target deficit spending. Fox News writes, “Republicans elected to Congress with the help of Tea...

Feds’ Financial Statements Impossible to Audit, Says GAO

Michael Tennant January 4, 2011

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...

Austan Goolsbee’s Petulance

Bob Adelmann January 4, 2011

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...

The 112th Congress: Real Substance, or Just Smoke?

Bob Adelmann January 2, 2011

When the House of Representatives announced new rules for the Congress that convenes on Wednesday, the mainstream media immediately called them “strict” and...

Tea Party Hypocrisy on Display?

Raven Clabough December 31, 2010

Tea Party support helped coast a number of congressional candidates to victory in the 2010 midterm elections. However, whether those victors will stay...