Archive for the ‘Congress’ Category

This certainly is a big surprise but Indiana Senator Evan Bayh has announced that he is going to retire. From Fox News:
Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this November, an unexpected decision that hands Republicans an opportunity for a pick-up in a year when Democrats are already defending several open Senate seats. [...]

Tomorrow June 26th, the House of Representatives votes on the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill, a huge energy tax that will cause your energy bills to sky rocket. If you don’t believe me, listen to President Obama. He’s the one who said it:
“[U]nder my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily [...]

Can someone explain to me how making it illegal for religious organizations or individuals to hold services or meetings on college campuses or any facilities that are improved or renovated with funds from this bill is stimulative. There, tucked cleanly inside, deep beneath the fat of all the social spending are two sentences that make [...]

There has been a swift and wonderful Republican uprising against the monstrosity that is currently making its way through the senate. President Obama and the Democrats are calling it a stimulus package, but it’s any thing but a stimulus. As was reported in the Washington Times yesterday, the CBO came out with its report and [...]

The Hill reports that Senator Reid has two Republicans voting for the stimulus which means passage of the $900 billion boondoggle.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Thursday that he has enough votes to pass a more than $900 billion stimulus bill out of the Senate.
Reid said he believes at least two Republicans [...]

It’s not the Age of Enlightenment as some Obamaphiles would like you to think. It’s the Age of Insanity.
Obama and the Democrats are pushing a stimulus bill that won’t stimulate anything but more government intervention in our lives that’s now approaching $900 billion. If this bill is so necessary, if it’s such a good [...]

I wonder how his constituents feel about this:
Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., says he’d be willing to house prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in his congressional district if President Obama makes good on a plan to close the U.S. prison there.
As one of his first acts in office, the president circulated a draft Wednesday that would [...]

I got this information from an email from the Republican Leader Press Office.  The amount of money the Democrats want to spend is insane (emphasis mine):

The House Democrats’ bill will cost each and every household $6,700 additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren.
The total cost of this one piece of legislation is [...]

Scandal plagued Governor Blagojevich appointed Roland Burris to replace Obama in the Senate. Having previously said he would refuse to seat any appointment by the governor, Harry Reid followed through on his threat. Today the Secretary of the Senate refused to certify Burris.
Roland Burris was denied entry to the U.S. Senate Tuesday morning, when the [...]

The US government is bound and determined to protect us right into a miserable existence. Have you heard about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act? It goes into effect February 10, 2009 and it mandates that everything made for kids under the age of 12 must be tested by a third party for lead and [...]