Politics
Reid and McConnell Compromise on Short-Term Spending Bill
According to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on CNN’s State of the Union, he and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid came to an...
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repealed
The Senate today voted 65-31 in favor of repealing the 17-year-old military policy, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). The historic bill is now...
Read moreTax Debate Over: Tax Bill Passed Despite House Hurdles
At approximately midnight on Thursday, the House of Representatives voted 277-148 to pass the tax cut legislation approved in the Senate on Wednesday....
Read moreReid Concedes to Republicans on Spending Bill
Yesterday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reluctantly pulled the 1,900 page $1.1 trillion omnibus bill laden with earmarks that would have funded...
Read moreArmy Birther Sentenced to Military Prison
On Thursday, an army doctor who disobeyed deployment orders because he questioned President Obama’s eligibility to serve as Commander in Chief was sentenced...
Read moreSenate May Have Enough Votes to Repeal DADT
On Wednesday, December 15, the House of Representatives voted 250 to 175 to repeal the military’s long-standing policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”...
Read moreSurviving Nuclear Attack: “Duck and Cover” Is Back
Almost three decades have passed since the film The Atomic Cafe (1982) offered a cynical, and yet vacuous, denigration of the efforts of...
Read moreBOND Action Contests Michael Steele’s Reelection Bid
In the wake of Michael Steele?s announcement that he would be seeking reelection for the position of Republican National Committee Chairman, a variety...
Read moreJustice Scalia to Teach Bachmann’s Constitutional Seminar
Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota announced in July that she would be forming a Tea Party Caucus. With the creation of the...
Read moreSupreme Court Set to Hear Challenge to Arizona Campaign Finance Law
As the October session came to an end after Thanksgiving, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a First Amendment challenge to Arizona’s controversial...
Read moreCongressional Agenda for Today, December 16
Today, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the tax cut extensions approved by the Senate yesterday by a vote of...
Read moreEarmarks in Spending Bill Reveal Business-as-Usual
There is more to the overwhelming $1.1 trillion spending bill than what initially meets the eye, including $8 billion in earmarks. What's worse...
Read moreSenate to Consider START Arms Control Treaty
ABC News reported on December 16 that with the bill extending the Bush-era tax cuts having been passed by the Senate and headed...
Read moreChallenges to ObamaCare Likely Headed to Supreme Court
In Federalist #84, Alexander Hamilton asked, "For why declare that things shall not be done, which there is no power to do?" To...
Read moreDo We Need Four Political Parties?
Is America destined to move from a two party system to a three or four party system? Is it moving towards a political...
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