The government shutdown is over and the political elites in Washington, D.C. decided to pass a short-term budget, known as a Continuing Resolution, while fully funding Obamacare. They made sure furloughed federal employees will be paid for their 16-day vacation. Without giving the public a chance to read the compromise, members of Congress added lots […]
While President Obama was trying to take a victory lap for kicking the fiscal can down the road yet again, he let slip that his next priority will be immigration reform. Well, if data from his own polling firm are any guide his push for amnesty may end up being more unpopular than Obamacare. According […]
“A delay in the individual mandate would not be a special favor to American consumers. It’s a matter of fairness.” That is not a quote from Senator Ted Cruz of Texas or The Wall Street Journal editorial board. Instead it is the Chicago Tribune, President Barack Obama’s hometown newspaper, sounding the alarm on just what […]
Vote Alert- Reid-McConnell by CitizensUnited
Harry Reid is out with a new offer this morning that would allow weak-kneed Republicans an easy way out of the government shutdown that Reid himself has made longer and more painful. Reid wants to roll back the spending cuts in the sequester, offering to reopen the government if only Republicans agree to increase spending. […]
Government bureaucrats aren’t good at much, but they are efficient at making words lose their meaning. For example, the affordable part of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, really means forcing healthy millennials to buy insurance they cannot afford. We have also learned that a government shutdown actually means 87 percent of the […]
A missing child is every parent’s worst fear. It’s a terrible tragedy whenever it happens and as a parent you’re grateful knowing that law enforcement does everything in its power to recover a missing child safe and sound. So it came as a shock to all parents when we learned over the weekend that the […]
President Obama AGAIN needs a refresher on what the Citizens United Supreme Court case actually does. It is just more of the same liberal talking points to blame the Citizens United case on our nation’s ills when in fact it is President Obama’s overreaching liberal policies that have America sinking into an abyss. So here […]
If you’ve never visited the WWII memorial in Washington, D.C. you really should. It is a beautiful and fitting testament to the invaluable sacrifices made by so many Americans in the name of freedom. It is also outdoors, located on the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. Read more at Breitbart.com […]
As the clock ticks down towards a government shutdown you would think Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would be hard at work trying to stop it from happening. Unfortunately, Reid is AWOL and did not even bring back the United States Senate into session on Sunday after the House of Representatives softened its position and […]
This week in the U.S. Senate, cloture was approved to end debate on the Continuing Resolution to fund the government until November 15. But the principled CR passed by the House is now unrecognizable, as the Senate resolution includes an amendment by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, which is a complete substitute for the House […]
Northeast Ohio has been home to many unique characters in the United States Congress. Figures such as former Representatives Dennis Kucinich and James Traficant, with their colorful personalities, are hard to forget even for casual political observers. Another not as well-known loudmouth from Cleveland is Steven LaTourette. Recently retired from Congress, LaTourette always prided himself […]