We’ve reached something of grim milestone… It has now been 1,000 days since federal government has had an actual budget: I can’t say it any better than Tina Korbe: No matter what measure you use, government spending has increased since 1965. Total government spending has more than doubled. Federal spending per household has increased from $11,431 [...]
Democrats to Push Tax Hikes First in Deficit Talks
October 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From Reuters: Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year’s budget fights, sources told Reuters. The tough stance by Democratic members of the powerful 12-member congressional panel reflects the party’s wariness that Republicans might [...]
Guilty: House Ethics Panel Finds Rangel Guilty on 11 of 13 Charges
November 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Well it didn’t take long for a House ethics panel to find New York Congressman Charles Rangel guilty on charges of that he violated House rules: A House ethics panel found senior Democratic lawmaker Charles Rangel guilty of 11 of the 13 counts of House ethics violations lodged against him. The New York congressman wasn’t [...]
2010 Election Wrap-up
November 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Well now that the dust has settled a little I thought I’d wade in with my thoughts on the outcome of Tuesday’s election. First overall it was good night for Republicans, they picked up 60 seats in the House of Representatives, 6 in the Senate, 6 Governorships and dozens of seats in state legislatures all [...]
Hey Big Spender: Pelosi Led Congress Has Added $5 Trillion to Debt Since 2007
October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From CNSNews.com: When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave her inaugural address as speaker of the House in 2007, she vowed there would be “no new deficit spending.” Since that day, the national debt has increased by $5 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. “After years of historic deficits, this 110th Congress will commit itself to [...]
WSJ: Democrats Unleash the IRS and Justice Department on Donors to Their Political Opponents
October 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Democrats and Liberal activists love to accuse Republicans of being fascists or Nazis or using McCarthyite rhetoric while at the same time threatening their political opponents with IRS and Justice Department investigations: If at first you don’t succeed, get some friends in high places to shut your opponents up. That’s the latest Washington power play, [...]
Boston Herald: Democrats Would Stall Brown to Pass Health Care Reform
January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
There’s and editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal titled “The 60th Senate Vote“. It details what’s at stake in the January 19, special election to fill the Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy… in short, should Republican Scott Brown win he be the 41st Republican in the Senate and would deny Democrats [...]
Senate Democrats Reach Health Reform Compromise; Drop Public Option
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From the Wall Street Journal: Senior Senate Democrats reached tentative agreement Tuesday night to abandon the government-run insurance plan in their health-overhaul bill and to expand Medicare coverage to some people ages 55 to 64, clearing the most significant hurdle so far in getting a bill that can pass Congress. Liberals dropped the public insurance [...]
Wait, I thought it was Republicans Who Are Divided and Hate Moderates???
November 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Funny how the Associated Press waits until after the election to let this story out: Get on the health overhaul bandwagon, or don’t count on our help in your re-election. That’s the hardball message liberal groups are hurling at moderate Democratic senators in a battle that is dividing their party. Their demands: Support a bill [...]
Harry Reid ‘Likely’ to Make Entire Health Bill an Amendment to Unrelated Tax Bill That House Passed in March
October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
CNSNews.com is reporting that Senate Majority Leader Harry is ‘likely’ to use a tax bill passed by the House in March as shell for enacting the Senate health care bill: A senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told CNSNews.com that it is “likely” that Reid will use H.R. 1586—a bill passed by [...]
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