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They’re at it again!!!!
It is beyond appalling to see liberals in both parties decrying the burning of the Muslim Koran by a Florida “pastor” and the backing of efforts to investigate and clamp down on freedom of speech through the Congress. Harry Reid,... (Continue reading)
Stopping the Obama/FCC power grab – H.J. Res. 37
Written on 6 Apr, 2011 at 7:48 By: Jacob Luneau in Barack Obama, Congress, Featured, National, The Left
This week the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a measure to stop the Obama White House’s plan to greatly expand the government’s control over the Internet. H.J. Res. 37 will stop the largest expansion of government power over... (Continue reading)
GOP freshman class faces its big shutdown decision: Fight or fall in line
Written on 5 Apr, 2011 at 8:24 By: Christopher Gary in Budget, Congress, Featured, Jeff Landry, National
“I’ve come to realize that the bigger fight is about the budget, about entitlements,” said Rep. Jeff Landry (R-La.), a freshman member of the Tea Party Caucus. The realization, he said, came a few weeks ago when Budget Committee Chairman... (Continue reading)
111th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses Combined
Written on 28 Dec, 2010 at 15:15 By: Christopher Gary in Barack Obama, Budget, Congress, Nancy Pelosi, National
The federal government has accumulated more new debt–$3.22 trillion ($3,220,103,625,307.29)—during the tenure of the 111th Congress than it did during the first 100 Congresses combined, according to official debt figures published by the U.S. Treasury. That equals $10,429.64 in new... (Continue reading)
Where’s the Outrage?
Written on 15 Dec, 2010 at 22:43 By: Michael Youngblood in Al Gore, Congress, Conservatism, Economics, Energy, Environment, Nancy Pelosi
Hat tip: Bob Morgan The Senate today passed the compromise legislation to continue the Bush tax credits. Within that legislation were production tax credits for bio-diesel and renewable diesel fuels, credits for steel industry fuel, alternative vehicle fuels, and an... (Continue reading)
Steve King Has Industrial-Sized Cojones…
…it’s almost hard to imagine how this man walks. On the floor of the House of Representatives, King blasted the fraud-ridden Pigford II settlements the Obama administration and its allies in Congress have put forth and did his best to... (Continue reading)
Fireworks On The House Floor
This video is of Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) haranguing Laura Richardson (D-CA), who is serving as Speaker Pro Tem in the U.S. House, last night on a pece of legislation the Democrats were attempting to push past GOP objections in... (Continue reading)
Whining over Ethics Violations? Grow Up, Please
The fallout from all of this ethics nonsense has done no favors to the public perception of government corruption. First there was Charlie Rangel who bitched and moaned about his representation up until he was indicted on 11 ethics violations. Then,... (Continue reading)
2010 Midterm results: Part 6(B) – 2012 Presidential Race
Written on 29 Nov, 2010 at 20:06 By: JMC Enterprises of Louisiana in 2012, Barack Obama, Congress, Harry Reid, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi
In our prior posting about the House races, we briefly analyzed the 2012 Presidential race through the lens of the electoral behavior of each state during midterm elections. We noted that “….At a minimum, the states which voted for McCain... (Continue reading)
2010 Midterm results: Part 6 – U.S. House races
Written on 28 Nov, 2010 at 9:15 By: JMC Enterprises of Louisiana in 2010 Elections, 2012, Barack Obama, Congress, John Boehner, The GOP
From the Republicans’ perspective, the “crown jewel” of the 2010 midterm elections was the recapture, by a significant margin, of the U.S. House of Representatives. This house of Congress has been under Democratic control since 2007, and since 1955 has been Democratic controlled... (Continue reading)