Politics
Families Grieve as Six U.S. Soldiers’ Bodies Return From Afghanistan
As the death toll among U.S. service members in Afghanistan continues to mount — 2010 is the deadliest year of the war thus...
House Dems Win Procedural Vote on Tax Cuts
Today, the House Democrats cleared a procedural hurdle to advance a bill extending the Bush tax cuts to middle class families only, prompting...
Read moreHouse Plans DREAM Act Vote for Next Week
While Republicans in the Senate have vowed to block all legislation in the Senate chamber until a decision is made on the federal...
Read moreLame-duck Accomplishments and Upcoming Agenda
Given the quantity of items planned for this year’s lame-duck session, it is imperative to keep up with the items addressed in the...
Read morePentagon Completes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Study
The Pentagon finally completed its year-long study of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy yesterday. While some assert that the results of...
Read moreTSA: Groping Grandmas but Giving Arms Traffickers, Terrorists & Drug Dealers a Pass
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is spending billions of dollars to install naked full-body scanners at airports, and millions of Americans are facing...
Read moreBush and Obama: Standards & Similarities
According to Alex Barker writing in a November 9 blog entry for Britain’s Financial Times, President George W. Bush once confided to several...
Read morePassed Food Safety Bill Provides Government Control
After more than one year of consideration, the United States Senate passed the Food Safety Modernization Act today by a vote of 73-25....
Read moreSorry, Charlie, No Reprimand for You
Embattled Harlem Democrat Charles Rangel wants his sentence for various deeds of misconduct reduced from censure to reprimand, holding that censures are only...
Read moreGroups Continue to Urge for Expiration of Ethanol Subsidies
Ethanol subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, and numerous organizations are asking Congress not to take action and...
Read moreTwo Versions of DREAM Act Await Vote
Passage of the DREAM Act is a top priority for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and with two new versions of the DREAM...
Read moreFederal Judge Blocks Oklahoma Sharia Law Ban
Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange of the Federal District Court in Oklahoma City granted a preliminary injunction on November 30 that blocked an Oklahoma constitutional...
Read moreWikiLeaks Releases U.S. Diplomatic Cables
The Internet-based watchdog site WikiLeaks began releasing more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables in batches beginning November 28, earning the condemnation of the...
Read moreStates Should Enforce, Not Revise, the Constitution!
According to a Gallup poll published on October 13, 2010, 59 percent of Americans think the federal government has too much power. This...
Read moreCongress’ December To-do List
With one month left until the end of the year, Congress has quite a bit with which to contend. Ranging from the unemployed,...
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