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Today, House Conservatives Will Prove They Are the Problem

Yesterday, the White House announced it would stop White House tours in response to sequestration. Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas responded by offering an amendment to the pending continuing resolution that would prohibit federal dollars spent to cover the costs of President Obama’s golf games. Speaker John Boehner and the Republican Leaders ruled that Congressman Gohmert’s amendment was not relevant to the continuing resolution and | Read More »

The One Day a Year Congressmen Can Chew My Ear

Yes, believe it or not, one day a year I consent to make myself available to Republicans in congress without a bodyguard. It’s that time again — the congressional reception our parent company, Eagle Publishing, Inc., holds each year. Just a reminder to members of Congress and their staff that tomorrow night at the fine offices of Eagle Publishing, Inc. at 1 Massachusetts Avenue, we | Read More »

Colorado Senate Meeting to Restrict 2nd Amendment TODAY

Colorado Democrats have gone too far, and the time to stop them is now. On Monday morning the Colorado Senate will take up a package of anti-second amendment measures, four of which have already been passed in the House. It is time for conservatives to take a stand against this assault on our rights. The Democrats in Colorado control both chambers of the legislature and | Read More »

Texas House Republicans Meet TODAY to Plot Cave on Obamacare

Empower Texans brings rather troubling news that today Texas State House of Representatives Republicans will meet at 1p.m. CT to begin “discussing” caving on Obamacare and expanding Medicaid. Governor Rick Perry is solid on the issue, but if enough members of the Texas legislature disagree with him, they could override him. The ring leader is apparently State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, along with Representative John Zerwas. | Read More »

Missouri State Senators Mike Parson and Tom Dempsey Begin Obamacare Sellout

Missouri State Senators Mike Parson and Tom Dempsey are working toward a cave on Obamacare as best they can in Missouri. Senator Parson has filed SB 456, a “shell” of legislation into which multiple sources in and around the Missouri legislator expect they’ll put an expansion of Medicaid. Over 70% of Missourians voted to oppose implementation of Obamacare in a ballot initiative, but several people | Read More »

House & Senate Republicans Set to Endorse and Fund Obamacare

You want to know why the left is more successful at politics? They are willing to move heaven and earth to create new dependency programs, despite the electoral risks. They understand that once the program is implemented, Republicans will never have the guts to undo it. And they are correct. Even some of our best conservatives lack the gumption to do what it takes to | Read More »

The White House Must Make Sequestration Cuts as Nasty as Possible

The White House has an obligation to make sequestration cuts as nasty, painful, and inconvenient as possible. See, this fight has never been about what to cut, but whether to cut. If Americans see that Washington can be cut through sequestration without it being painful, Barack Obama loses. He must make it horrible on the public so that the public doesn’t ever want to cut | Read More »

Yahoo! and Seriously Stupid Media Coverage

I begin this morning with a decidedly non-political topic. Yahoo! has a new CEO named Marissa Meyer. She just had a baby. She was criticized during her pregnancy for how she would or would not take maternity leave. Basically everything the lady does appears to be criticized. But the newest media outrage is perhaps the stupidest, most selfish bottom feeding outrage the media can muster. | Read More »

The Veiled Reference to Nixon

Bob Woodward was pretty clearly making a comparison between Barack Obama and Richard Nixon. Here is his remark: Can you imagine Ronald Reagan sitting there and saying ‘Oh, by the way, I can’t do this because of some budget document?’ Or George W. Bush saying, ‘You know, I’m not going to invade Iraq because I can’t get the aircraft carriers I need’ or even Bill | Read More »

PrimaryMyCongressman.Com: Possibly the Greatest Idea Ever

Club for Growth Action, which is one of the few conservative organizations on the right that actually puts their money where their mouth is, has an excellent new website up at www.PrimaryMyCongressman.Com They started with nine squishy Republicans but a spokesman tells me they will rotate other squishes in and out depending on how they vote. Folks, these Nine Congressmen and women are squishy, much | Read More »