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Des Moines Register: Bachmann third candidate to RSVP for Huckabee forum in Des Moines
A third presidential candidate has RSVP’ed for an Iowa event that includes a forum on abortion and the premiere of the documentary “The Gift of Life.” Michele Bachmann will attend the event in Des Moines on Dec. 14, organizers said today. It will be hosted by Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor who ran for […]
Cagle Post: Bye Bye Barney
The news of Barney Frank’s retirement on Monday made the political guard at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) shutter. Ranking Member Frank would not be retiring if he thought he would be chairman again of the powerful House Financial Services Committee in 2012. As a key lieutenant to Nancy Pelosi, the liberal’s liberal Frank […]
Catholic Online: Commentary: The Pro-Life Message Moving to Go Mainstream
An entry made Monday, November 21 on Manhattan Declaration website stated, “Through its promotion of the new movie ‘The Gift of Life,’ the Pro-Life movement has begun using mainstream media to spread the important message of fighting for the unborn. This time around, the focus of the movie’s message is not on human development, the […]
Dodd And Frank, Over And Out
A lot has happened in America since President Obama made the monumental mistake of signing the economy-stifling Dodd-Frank regulations into law on July 21, 2010. Remember when now-former Senator Chris Dodd said this about his infamous law: “No one will know until this is actually in place how it works.” Well, Dodd-Frank has now been […]
Politico: Should Elena Kagan recuse on health care?
Justice Kagan is an unabashed liberal. It’s no surprise that she cheered the passage of Obamacare. Kagan was more than Obama’s cheerleader, she was his lawyer. Kagan must recues herself because as Solicitor General it was her job to mount the legal defense of this unconscionable expansion of government. It’s foolish to believe that the […]
Balanced Budget Amendment Falls In Congress
Frustrating news from Washington yet again as the U.S. House failed to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment last week. The amendment garnered 261 votes, 23 short of the 284 required for 2/3 passage. With America now fully $15 trillion in debt, our leaders in Congress still won’t acknowledge that they have a society-destroying spending problem […]
Citizens United Sends FOIA Request To Treasury Department
Citizens United sent a FOIA request to the Treasury Department today to see how much influence Jon Corzine has had in shaping our country’s economic policy under President Obama and Secretary Geithner.
Washington Post – Occupy Wall Street and conservative leaders: No love lost
At a Capitol Hill news conference Tuesday morning on the failure of the debt supercommittee, leaders of several conservative groups focused their message on urging Republicans not to consider any tax increases as part of a broader debt-reduction plan. But then one reporter asked the seven leaders what they thought of the Occupy Wall Street […]
Politico: Should Obama have led the supercommittee?
The supercommittee’s debacle is the latest example of President Obama’s failed leadership. Read more at Politico here.
Manhattan Declaration: The Pro-Life Movement Taps Mainstream Media
Through its promotion of the new movie “The Gift of Life”, the Pro-Life movement has begun using mainstream media to spread the important message of fighting for the unborn. This time around, the focus of the movie’s message is not on human development, the abortion holocaust, or even on the ever so vigilant opponents of […]
Politico: Will the supercommittee hit Congress hard?
The supercommittee did not meet its goals because Democrats insist on raising taxes during a time when our country is in the throes of an economic downturn. Read more at Politico here.