The Republican Party is going through a transition that doesn’t bode well for an organization that has dubbed itself the party of responsible government. Now one of the nation’s largest and oldest conservative advocacy groups, the American Conservative Union (ACU,) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Imagine, your school has been gathering funds from bake sales, car washes and donations for a long-awaited trip to the nation’s capital to tour the monuments, the US Capitol building and the White House. Suddenly, something called a sequester hits […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Republican governors are beginning to cave on the implementation of expanded Medicaid eligibility and some of the names are quite disappointing. The first governor to roll over was Ohio Governor John Kasich. Kasich, a noted deficit hawk during his time […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Without the first shot being fired GOP members of the House are already waving the white flag of surrender. The House will vote this week to raise the nation’s $16.4 trillion debt ceiling for three months while denying pay for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After what appeared, even to this author, to be the nail in the coffin of the speakership of John Boehner, an angel came to his defense offering the Speaker a much-needed lifeline. The power behind the well-known “Taxpayer Protection Pledge,” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
President Obama has been traveling around the country telling the GOP to show their hand; and now they have. Monday the House Republicans released their own proposal to avoid sending the nation over the “fiscal cliff” including $4.6 trillion in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Negotiations to avert the “fiscal cliff” have not gone well. After meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, House Speaker John Boehner said Geithner offered no “specific” plan for averting the looming end-of-year fiscal crisis, adding: “This is not a game.” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Amidst the hullabaloo over Obamacare, the contempt charges against Attorney General Holder, staggering news came out of the northern California city of Stockton which became the largest city to file for bankruptcy in U.S. history on Thursday. After years of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report today stating that if the tax cuts signed into law by President George W. Bush are extended and the current spending spree continues, the federal debut could grow to more than double […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tea Party be damned! The Democrats and Republicans will spend with abandon this Holiday season to avoid being labeled uncaring. The House and Senate are set to spend approximately $120 billion to extend the payroll tax “holiday,” plus up to $50 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…