Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and John Cornyn (R-TX) have presented a bill to strip Hillary Clinton and her aides of their security clearances after the FBI recommended she not face prosecution over her emails.
“The FBI’s investigation into...
Democrats Blame GOP After Blocking Zika Funding Bill
This story is a perfect example of why everyone hates Congress.
The senate tried to pass a bill funding research and prevention of the Zika Virus. Democrats blocked it and fully intend to blame the GOP for any spread of the virus.
Veto Threat: Obama waves his mighty pen over Zika funding bill!
While Democratic members of Congress built a pillow fort on the floor of the House to oppose gun rights, the Republicans continued their work on behalf of the American people.
At about 1 am on Thursday, while drowned out by cries of “Shame! Shame! Shame!” from Democrats and partially blocked from C-SPAN’s...
Democrats Build Pillow Fort to Protest Due Process
The Democratic Party is apparently taking cues from progressive campus protesters now. In a move reminiscent of a safe space at Mizzou, congressional proponents of gun control staged a sit-in on the House floor yesterday.
The irony is that these aging, 1960’s obsessed hipsters disguised as elected officials were actually protesting civil...
Momentum Builds for Convention of States
Last week, Louisiana passed a resolution calling for a Convention of States as described in Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The resolution passed on May 25 with a vote of 62-36, making Louisiana the eighth state to call for a meeting of the states for the purpose of proposing constitutional amendments...
Administration Appeases Iran on Visas, Restrictions on US Banking System
Last July, we responded to President Barack Obama’s challenge to read the nuclear deal he made with Iran and concluded that it was awful.
One of the worst parts of the deal was language (appearing twice) that said, “Iran has stated that if sanctions are reinstated in whole or in part, Iran...
Obamacare redux: repeal and replace
[UPDATE 1/6/2016: The answer to the question is yes, the bill will get to Obama’s desk. The measure passed.]
Remember that slogan, “repeal and replace”? There have actually been quite a few bills passed in the House to repeal Obamacare during the last couple of years, whether you’ve noticed them...
Congress targets Obama’s “Green Climate” funding
After Congressman Paul Ryan became Speaker of the House, we remarked that he “may surprise us.”
I must admit, the surprises have exceeded my skepticism, especially after the House defied a veto threat by the President and overwhelmingly passed legislation to suspend Obama’s program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in the...
Meet The Depressed: Chuck Todd Notes Huge Democrat Losses Under Obama
Yesterday on Meet the Press, Chuck Todd outlined the huge losses the Democratic Party has suffered under Obama’s tenure. He even spoke to a Politico reporter who called the Obama machine a lie.
David Rutz of the Washington Free Beacon:
Meet The Press host Chuck Todd and his Sunday panelists outlined the Democratic...
US Unites with Pacific Rim Nations on Free Trade Deal
This morning negotiators from the United States and 11 Pacific rim countries announced that they had finally reached an accord on a free trade deal nearly a decade in the making.
From the Wall Street Journal:
For the U.S., the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement opens agricultural markets in Japan and Canada, tightens...
Secret Service Targeted … Jason Chaffetz
First we had the IRS targeting American citizens, now we have the Secret Service targeting a sitting member of congress. What’s next?
Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah was basically singled out for a smear campaign.
Noah Rothman reports at Commentary:
Pope Francis Addresses the U.S. Congress
Today, Pope Francis will become the first ever Pope to address a joint meeting of Congress.
Tune in here at 10 am EST:
House and Senate go different ways on Iran deal votes
As expected, the Iran deal disapproval measure failed to win the requisite 60+ votes to invoke cloture in the Senate and allow a vote on the merits.
The linked article describes the Congressional Democrats as: “overcoming ferocious Republican opposition and delivering President Barack Obama a legacy-making victory on his top foreign policy...
Gun Hating Little House on the Prairie Star Running for Congress
As a member of Generation X, I have a very clear memory of 1970’s TV shows. In the days before cable, our choices were limited but the quality of many shows was much higher.
Every week, my entire family would sit down together to watch certain programs and one of them...
Ted Cruz explains switch on trade legislation
The senate passed the Trade Promotion Authority bill yesterday but it did so without Ted Cruz who supported an earlier version of the bill.
Janet Hook of the Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Flips on Trade Bill on Eve of Key Senate Vote
Sen. Ted Cruz, a free-trade advocate who had supported legislation to...
Congress ramps up attack on anti-Israel boycott movement
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, conceived at the anti-Semitic 2001 Durban NGO Conference and rolled out with a 2005 boycott call from “Palestinian Civil Society,” is a weapon to isolate, demonize and dehumanize Israel and Israeli Jews.
As documented here hundreds...
Netanyahu: “The days when the Jewish people remained passive in the face of genocidal enemies are over.”
Earlier today we provided full coverage of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks to Congress, and watched the country react as the man many are now calling the de facto leader of the free world completely and utterly devastated President Obama’s plans to strike a nuclear deal with Iran.
During...
