The Great Obamacare Hypocrisy

Remember the fantasy U.S. President Barack Obama sold the American people regarding his socialized medicine bill? You know the one in which “Obamacare” would lower the deficit, reduce health care costs and cut the size of your annual insurance premium?
Well guess what … in addition to further exploding the deficit, raising health care costs and [...]

Anti-Gun Bill Going Down

Legislation to expand background checks on gun purchases – a.k.a. the further deterioration of Americans’ Second Amendment liberties – is on the verge of ignominious defeat in the United States Senate.
And that’s a good thing …
“The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides American citizens with an unqualified, unambiguous right to keep and bear [...]

Why Harry Reid Is Ashamed Of His Spending Plan

Hell must have frozen over this past weekend as the U.S. Senate broke a four-year record of intransigence and failure – unleashing a blizzard of votes that culminated with the passage of a budget document that reveals the plans and priorities of the fifty Democrats who supported it.
It was no mistake the Senate Democrats’ big [...]

This Is Budget We Waited Four Years For?

News flash: Senate Democrats pass a budget out of committee that includes massive tax increases, dramatically increases spending, is never projected to come close to balancing the budget, and in a tip of the hat to George Orwell, they call it “balanced” in its approach.
Is there any doubt why House Republicans found it nearly impossible [...]

Holy Moses!

Who is Moses Dixon?
According to The Florence Morning News (a.k.a. the “Flo-Mo”), he’s a 25-year-old “master’s degree candidate at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.” who is currently pursuing a career in “community development.” He’s also a former staffer to ex-U.S. Rep. John Spratt and current U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Why are they (and now [...]

US Senate Kills Obama’s “Jobs” Bill

Forget the Republican-controlled House … U.S. President Barack Obama’s so-called “jobs” plan couldn’t even make it through the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate.
Obama’s $447 billion “second stimulus” fell nine votes shy of receiving the sixty votes it needed to overcome a Republican filibuster.
Two Democrats – Nebraska’s Ben Nelson (of “Cornhusker Kickback” fame) and Jon Tester of Montana [...]

“Debt Dereliction” Bill Clears House

The “debt deal” agreed upon over the weekend by U.S. President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) cleared the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 269-161 on Monday.
A total of 174 Republicans and 95 Democrats supported the controversial measure, while 95 Democrats and 66 Republicans [...]

DC “Leaders” Reach Debt Deal

U.S. President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner have agreed on the framework of a deal that would raise the federal debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion – assuming that roughly the same amount in deficit spending is cut over the coming decade.
The deal includes no cap on future government [...]

US Senate Rejects “Cut Cap Balance”

By a vote of 51-46, the U.S. Senate on Friday refused to consider the sweeping “cut cap and balance” deficit reduction plan that passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week.
“There is simply no more time to waste debating and voting on measures that have no hopes of becoming law,” U.S. Senate Leader Harry [...]

Lindsey Graham’s Port “Heroics”

Like a modern-day John Wayne … err, Rock  Hudson … U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has rescued the state of South Carolina’s economy in old bold move.
After pitching a royal hissy fit, Graham has secured a whooping $50,000 from U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the Port of Charleston – which of course will be [...]

Repeal Vote Scheduled

Empowered by their electoral gains and backed by an overwhelming majority of Americans, Congressional Republicans will vote to repeal U.S. President Barack Obama’s socialized medicine law on January 12.
The two-page Republican resolution (click here to read it) would restore health care statutes affected by “Obamacare” to what they were prior to the law’s passage last [...]

Reid Slammed … From Beyond The Grave

By FITSNews || U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was ripped by one of his former staffers on Tuesday … from beyond the grave.
The posthumous smack came in the form of an obituary for 84-year-old Charlotte McCourt that was published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“In lieu of flowers, vote for another more worthy candidate,” the [...]