Nancy Pelosi was on CBS’ “Face the Nation” last weekend, preparing the battlefield for the upcoming fiscal fight. Like a solder following her Commander in Chief, Nancy Pelosi dutifully laid down a marker that Democrats in Congress want to raise even more taxes on the wealthy. This opening salvo didn’t just come from the former […]
Vice President Joe Biden said yesterday that the Obama Administration is considering “Executive Orders” to prevent gun violence. It is clearly stated by the Second Amendment that Americans have a right to keep and bear arms. President Obama must not overstep his powers and trample on the Constitution. He can facilitate legislation in Congress and […]
It is very rare in Washington these days to see bipartisanship, but when President Obama nominated former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense, a chorus of opposition sprung up across party lines. Chuck Hagel is flatly the wrong choice to lead our nation’s military at this time. One just has […]
After what I am sure were a few tense minutes while his fellow members of the House of Representatives rendered judgment, John Boehner was reelected as Speaker of the House earlier this week. Twelve fellow Republicans defected and either voted for another person, voted present, of did not vote at all. Why? Read more at […]
For the third time Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen reintroduced the DISCLOSE Act. With our debt approaching $16.5 trillion and unemployment stagnant at 7.8 percent doesn’t the Congressman have more important things to do then reintroduce a defeated piece of legislation? The DISCLOSE Act is an incumbent protection plan. This misguided bill failed in 2010 […]
The last forty-eight hours have been a complete failure for the Republican Party leadership in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House and scores of their members. With a clear majority in the House of Representatives 85 Republicans voted for a $620 billion tax increase on all Americans. In the Senate, only five Republicans stood their […]
Going over the fiscal cliff was supposed to bring $494 billion in new tax hikes with it. What the United States Senate agreed to early this morning would bring $620 billion in new tax hikes according to the Congressional Budget Office with only $15 billion in spending cuts. As Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said last […]
America is days away from historic tax increases that will affect all Americans. According to the Heritage Foundation, on January 1, 2013, taxes will go up by $494 billion as a result of expiring tax policies and new taxes coming online thanks to Obamacare. With our economy still struggling to gain momentum, now is not […]
“Conservatives are going to want to make sure that the American people, using the [McAuliffe candidacy] as a vehicle, remember” the Clinton-era scandals of the 1990s, said Citizens United head David Bossie. Read more at Politico here.
President Obama is coming back from his Hawaiian vacation to try to stave off the fiscal cliff. In reality, President Obama needs taxes to go up so he can pay for his Big Government programs. Next week taxes will go up for all Americans, millions of whom are President Obama’s supporters in the lower and […]
Little elves form Citizens United deliver presents to Children’s Hospital in Washington, DC. From all of us at Citizens United have a very Merry Christmas!
In the month and a half since the November elections, the conservative movement has taken some not so subtle hits from those in the D.C. establishment. Well, after the show of force by principled conservatives in the U.S. House of Representatives this week, conservatives scored a major victory when Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” tax […]