The 112th Congress, which will be sworn in later this week, will have the monumental task of cleaning up the mess made by the Democrat-controlled 111th Congress. First and foremost, it should be the goal of this Congress not to increase the exploding national debt. The 111th Congress added a seemingly impossible $3.22 trillion to […]
Leave it to Democrat Congressman John Hall (NY-19) to equate the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision to Fascism. The soon to be former Congressman talking about the case said “I learned when I was in social studies class in school that corporate ownership or corporate control of government is called Fascism. So that’s really the […]
The 111th Congress added a seemingly impossible $3.22 trillion to the national debt in just two years for a grand total of nearly $13.9 trillion of total debt and counting. The share of the national debt stands at $44,886.57 for every man, woman, and child in the United States. If our government was run like a business, […]
The New York Times reported on Christmas Day, that the Obama Administration will pay doctors who advise Medicare patients on end-of-life care. This is troubling, and an end-around of the flawed heath care legislation passed earlier this year. Starting on January 1st, doctors who receive Medicare payments will be able to discuss end-of-life treatments during a […]
With your generous help, Citizens United was able to provide 900 Christmas turkeys to the soldiers at Fort Bliss in Texas. These brave men and women and their families have sacrificed so much for our country. As you sit down for Christmas dinner please remember those folks in faraway places protecting the freedoms we all […]
Last night in an interview with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper looked cluelessabout this week’s terror arrests in England. The reason why the position of Director of National Intelligence was created is to be the clearinghouse for all intelligence gathering. How could the DNI not know about major terror related arrests […]
Former Vice President Al Gore may claim to have invented the internet, but it is the Obama Administration that will have the distinction of being the first to regulate it. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today by a vote of 3 to 2 to impose the first-ever internet regulations. This overreach by the FCC will […]
On January 21, 2010 the Supreme Court restored the freedom of political speech in the Citizens United v. FEC decision. Allowing membership organizations, small businesses, labor unions and corporations to exercise their First Amendment rights allowed voters access to more information allowing them to make informed decisions on election day. Many members of Congress, including […]
The Washington Post’s Richard Cohen has a column out today calling on Marine Corps Commandant James Amos to be removed from his command because he disagreed with the repeal of “don’t ask don’t tell.” General Amos is a Bronze Star recipient and led a Marine Aircraft Wing in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom. I think […]
CU President David Bossie presents our new video “Lady Gaga DADT – Be careful what you rally for” on The Daily Caller: At Citizens United, we have released a YouTube video to highlight how the very people protesting “don’t ask, don’t tell” could be subject to a new draft if the repeal is signed into […]
The Pentagon says 4 out of 10 Marines may leave the service if Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is repealed. Be careful what you rally for because Uncle Sam may end up drafting YOU. My op-ed in the Daily Caller on The inevitability of the draft Don’t Miss Out Subscribe to our free email newsletter and get […]
Republicans were successful last night in beating back a $1.1 trillion spending bill that was loaded with pork, and would continue to put America’s fiscal future in the hole. The Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate had a year to come up with a fiscally responsible spending bill and failed. Democrats thought they could ram this bill through the […]