Liberal Democrats, including President Barack Obama and Senators Dick Durbin and Charles Schumer, have long railed against the corruptive influence of money in politics. This is a bit ironic considering what prolific fundraisers they have been. President Obama raised $750 million for his 2008 campaign and is expected to raise $1 billion for his re-election […]
FEC member Don McGahn defends free speech and the Constitution. Recall, Citizens United v. FEC was a simple case about whether a nonprofit association was “permitted” to distribute a documentary movie via video-on-demand. Reformers urged the commission to take a staunchly regulatory position (Ornstein himself filed a brief that claimed the movie could be banned). […]
The reported budget deal between Obama, Reid, and Boehner is set to cut $38.5 billion, but did you know that in the eight days it took to reach that deal the national debt increased by $54.1 billion? Last week was a step in the right direction with the budget actually being cut, but the deal […]
Families Make Tough Budget Decisions All The Time, Why Shouldn’t Democrat Leaders Do The Same? If You’re Looking For …
Citizens United has produced a short YouTube video entitled “Barry and Harry: America’s Obstacles to Fiscal Responsibility,” as the budget negotiations have apparently broken down today. CLICK HERE TO VIEW AD Title: “Barry and Harry: America’s Obstacles to Fiscal Responsibility” YouTube (:39) Don’t Miss Out Subscribe to our free email newsletter and get all the […]
The Washington Post, of all publications, calls out Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for her “absurd” and “invented” claims on the effect of compromising with Republicans on the budget. Earlier in the week, Pelosi said that 6 million seniors would be “deprived of meals” if Republicans had their way in the ongoing budget negotiations. The Washington […]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid does not take our budget crisis seriously and is refusing to budge from the failed status quo because he is more interested in scoring political points and protecting his pet projects. Instead of working on a fiscally responsible budget, last month he wasted time pontificating about how a cowboy poetry […]
What a difference a day makes. Today President Obama is gassing up Air Force One and heading out of Washington as a government shutdown looms. But just yesterday President Obama said, “Myself, Joe Biden, my team we are prepared to meet for as long as possible to get this resolved.” (And we all know how […]
It’s been well over a year since the Supreme Court decided the landmark case Citizens United v. FEC which restored the First Amendment protection of political speech. Unfortunately, liberal elites continue to wage war on the First Amendment even today. In the current edition of the New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin lashes out against the Supreme […]
New post on President Obama’s pseudo “energy plan:” President Obama last week tried to reboot his supposed energy policy during a much hyped speech at Georgetown University. The problem is that the Obama Administration does not have an energy policy to reboot. As with other major problems facing the country, the President and his team […]
The same day that President Obama announces his re-election campaign, Eric Holder’s Justice Department announces that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other conspirators in the September 11th terrorist attacks will be prosecuted by a military tribunal – a direct violation of a key campaign pledge Obama made during his last run for president. Coincidence? This […]
A Wall Street Journal editorial today, highlights how the government job sector employs nearly twice as many people than in the manufacturing sector. When you combine the manufacturing, construction, farming, fishing, forestry, mining, and utilities industries you still do not eclipse the number of Americans who work for the government. Big government is draining the […]