The United States Senate will today vote on the passage of S. 743 “The Marketplace Fairness Act”. Leave it to Washington to include the word “fairness” into a tax levy. In reality “The Marketplace Fairness Act” will raise taxes through a sales tax on the internet. Millions of Americans use their computers to shop for […]
As the old saying goes, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In 1986, acting on the recommendation of a bipartisan task force, President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act. With good intentions, the law originally granted amnesty for those who paid a fine, took a citizenship test, […]
We are approaching the eight month anniversary of the Benghazi terrorist attack that occurred on September 11, 2012 in Libya. The families of the four Americans who were killed, including Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, still do not have a clear picture as to what actually happened. Rasmussen Reports is out with a poll that […]
In his 2013 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama promised his administration “will keep faith with our veterans [by] investing in world-class care, including mental health care, for our wounded warriors; supporting our military families; and giving our veterans the benefits, education, and job opportunities they have earned.” But the reality for former […]
This week, the chairmen of the five standing U.S. House committees who share jurisdiction of the investigation into the Benghazi terrorist attack released their 43-page “interim progress report” to indicate to the American public that their committees are indeed working on this most important oversight priority. While the report did reveal some solid work and […]
Only in Washington! As reported in Politico it looks like the same Members of Congress and their staffers who brought America Obamacare now want to be exempt. This hypocrisy stinks to high heaven and one of the reasons why Americans hate Washington. After Americans made it clear that they did not support or want the […]
Citizens United sent the following letter to all members of the United States Senate to urge them to vote against legislation that would institute a sales tax on the internet: Vote Alert – Marketplace Fairness Act by CitizensUnited Don’t Miss Out Subscribe to our free email newsletter and get all the latest sent directly to […]
Unsurprisingly, President Obama has nominated a radical to head the Department of Labor. Thomas Perez who is currently the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, is the wrong person for this cabinet position. You just have to look at his below board performance at the Department of Justice to see that he would bring the […]
What a week. With the terrorist attack in Boston, the subsequent manhunt and arrest, and the tragedy in West, Texas where the death toll is still not clear, Americans have endured a trying past several days. Read more at Breitbart.com here.
The Obama Administration has a long history of circumventing Congress and implementing new regulations through federal agencies and unelected bureaucrats. Since 2009, the number of those bureaucrats has increased by 13 percent. And in five years, those different departments have wasted little time imposing 106 major regulatory changes, costing the private sector economy at least […]
Citizens United sent the following letter to all United States Senate offices urging Senators to vote against the so-called “Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013” (S. 649), the Toomey-Manchin compromise legislation (Senate Amendment 715), and all other proposed amendments for 2nd Amendment restrictions. Vote Alert – Gun Votes April 17 2013 by CitizensUnited Don’t […]
Yesterday’s terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon that wounded over 170 people and tragically took three lives including an eight-year old boy has rattled the nation and brought us back to the horrible memories of September 11th. However, as we saw in the aftermath of September 11th: Americans rallied and helped their fellow countrymen. The […]