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Tag Archives: U.S. Congress
Obama-Speak: Serious Plan = Tax Increases
Andrew Stiles and NRO has the details. But in gist here are the supposedly non-serious plans. Republicans will soon have two comprehensive deficit reduction packages on the table — the Ryan budget and “Cut, Cap and Balance.” President Obama has … Continue reading
GOP Willing to Compromise on Military Funding; What Say the Democrats
“All options are on the table” say many GOP lawmakers. When they then walked out of the debt talk meeting last week it drew the ire of some. The question to many was, “How can all options seriously be on … Continue reading
We don’t have a divided government. We have a broken government and no leadership.
The state of our national government is in shambles. We are so far removed from the traditional political divide. To explain what is going on in Washington would require use of a metaphor such as The Mariana Trench to explain … Continue reading
GOP setting new house rules
With new custodians come new rules. The problems has always been to enforce them and make loops wholes as microscopic as possible. Remember, President Obama said that all legislation would be viewable for five days online before he would sign. … Continue reading
Presidential panel intends to freeze military pay and benefits
Ways to cutting federal spending is a target rich environment and the military has always proven an easy one. Discretionary spending accounts — for what? — 20 percent of total government spending. The other 80 percent is mandatory. Our nation’s … Continue reading
Southern states poised to pick up additional House seats
Texas and Florida are estimated to pick up house seats according to latest census estimates. The two leading states are Florida which may pick up two new U.S. house seats, while Texas will receive four new House seats in the … Continue reading
Democratic Whip Count on Bush Era Tax Cuts
The Hill.com has a ‘whip count’ of how many Democrats, in both the House and the Senate, have come out of the closet and are now openly supporting the Bush era tax cuts for everyone. This includes individuals making $200,000 … Continue reading
Arizona and legal police state powers
Much debate has arisen over Arizona’s decision to clamp down on illegal immigration. There has been no shortage of rhetoric, vitriol, and political criminalization directed at the legislative leaders of Arizona. The state has been lambasted as Nazi Germany full … Continue reading
Should the Slaughter Solution lead to the president's impeachment
The health care debate (if it can still be called that) is at fever pitch at the moment. The country’s top ten pollsters show the president’s health care overhaul consistently losing the fight for public support. The numbers vary in … Continue reading
Huge debt puts some in Congress in a fiscal state of mind
A balanced budget amendment has never really been taken too seriously by lawmakers. The idea of restraint is very appealing to voters and almost all agree that such an amendment would be great for our economy and cut out wasteful … Continue reading
