President Obama likes to boast about how the budget deficit has shrunk over the past three years; of course he doesn’t mention that it is primarily due to sequestration imposed by Congress in the Budget Control Act of 2011. Now, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
President Obama announced on Tuesday that his administration had reached a deal that prevents Iran from building nuclear weapons and defended its provisions for verifying Tehran’s compliance. “Every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off,” Mr. Obama said 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…
Holder First Sitting Cabinet Member Found in Contempt of Congress Though bi-partisanship in Congress is rarer than the Dodo, today 17 Democratic members of the House of Representatives joined 238 Republicans to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Debt Ceiling Round 3 Just 5 short months from the debt ceiling debacle of 2011, the Obama administration is preparing to ask Congress to raise the debt ceiling by another $1.2 trillion later this week. Since the gamesmanship of last August […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like Washington as usual? Then Chuck Schumer’s your hero! You might not agree with Newt Gingrich’s statements about the federal court system, but the politics involved is downright repugnant. One more example of Washington corruption, this time a tasty morsel of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Keystone Pipeline The Keystone Oil Pipeline seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, but in fact it’s been a 6-year process. TransCanada Corporation operates numerous pipelines throughout Canada and the United States. The construction of these pipelines to move petroleum products provides […] ↓ 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…
A few months ago former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s GOP presidential bid appeared terminal; campaign staff was fleeing and fund-raising was virtually non-existent. Now after a slew of debates many are giving Newt a second look and the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When was the last time that more than three-quarters of American voters agreed on anything? Today a poll was released that indicated that 76 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. A similar poll in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…