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Democrat Senator uses Oklahoma tornado for anti-GOP rant over global warming
While many Americans were tuned into news coverage of the massive damage from tornadoes ravaging the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took to the Senate floor to rail against his Republican colleagues for denying the theory of anthropogenic global warming. Whitehouse spent 15 minutes chastising GOP senators and justified his remarks… Read more »
DeMint: Taxpayers Would Pay for Amnesty
Now that the “Gang of Eight” has introduced a comprehensive immigration bill in the U.S. Senate, the cost to taxpayers of implementing amnesty for an estimated 11 million unlawful immigrants has come into focus. The core problem with amnesty is clear: It encourages more unlawful immigration in hopes of future amnesties, and it treats unlawful… Read more »
Beware the Internet Sales Tax
The Internet sales tax is back, and it could be the next big vote in the Senate. The proposed law would enable states to force businesses to collect sales tax from customers who live in their state—even when the businesses have no connection to that state. As Heritage President Jim DeMint has said, this violates… Read more »
Four Reasons Jason Lewis Can Beat Senator Al Franken
Look out Sen. Al Franken; talk radio host Jason Lewis will soon replace you in the U.S. Senate. Conservative-libertarian talk radio host Jason Lewis is seriously entertaining a run against Minnesota Sen. Al Franken in 2014. It will not be a slam-dunk, but Lewis can pull off a win for the following four reasons: 1…. Read more »
The budget rhetoric drones on and on and on…
Claiming they had not passed a budget in four years because of fiscal policy disputes with House Republicans, just before 5am this past Saturday, as expected, ‘Prince Harry,’ and his mostly party line crew of miscreants in the Senate, approved by a vote of 50 to 49, the Democrats non-binding blueprint plan for the 2014… Read more »
Assault weapons ban won’t be in Dems’ gun bill
The leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday dropped a proposed assault weapons ban from the chamber’s gun-control package – dealing a blow to supporters of the ban, though it could still come up for a vote. Instead, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she will be able to offer her ban on the military-style firearms as… Read more »
Dems preserve US-Mexico food stamp ‘partnership,’ while USDA prepares for meat inspector furloughs
Salmonella outbreaks. E. coli outbreaks. Millions of dollars in economic losses. These are among the scenarios the Obama administration warned about last month as it claimed the sequester would force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to furlough meat inspectors. But while the administration prepares to take that step, it continues to pursue a “partnership” with… Read more »
Senators Bring Stirring Filibuster Against Obama CIA Nominee
“I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the CIA. I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important…” That was Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on the Senate floor yesterday… Read more »
Sequester cuts are here to stay
The sequester is here to stay — at least for a while. Lawmakers and aides say they do not expect Congress to turn off budget sequestration before April and that negotiations to freeze the automatic spending cuts could drag into May or beyond. Over the last few weeks, there has been increased speculation that the… Read more »
Top 3 Reasons Chuck Hagel Is Wrong for Secretary of Defense
Obama’s pick as the next Secretary of Defense is the wrong one. Defense and foreign policy experts have examined the record of Chuck Hagel, the Republican former Senator from Nebraska, and concluded he simply does not have the experience and skills for the job. What’s more, his vision for dealing with other nations is dangerous… Read more »
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