“Listen. It was never a rule to begin with.”
That was how U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner responded to a question about violating the so-called “Hastert rule” in order to pass Democrat-supported legislation on guns and the budget.
The rule itself, named after former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, states that bills will only be brought to the [...]
Mick Mulvaney’s Poorly Wagered Disaster Relief Fight
RIGHT FIGHT, WRONG PUNCH …
Let’s get a couple things out of the way up front: Mick Mulvaney is a genuine fiscal conservative rock star, and we support his efforts to try and force the U.S. Congress to offset its massive Hurricane Sandy disaster relief bill with spending cuts elsewhere in government. We also applaud Mulvaney’s [...]
Disaster Relief: More Big Government Boondoggling
SUPER-SIZED SUPERSTORM BILL DEMONSTRATES LATEST FAILURE OF PUBLIC SECTOR’S “RELIEF” EFFORT
By Howard Rich || There are plenty of reasons why America is teetering on the brink of fiscal collapse – unsustainable entitlement costs, unprecedented welfare expansion and loose monetary policy from the Fed (to name just a few) – but another reason is the shameful [...]
