Archive for the ‘House’ Category

Jun 25

Now back to serious business

Posted at 6:23 pm in Congress & Energy & House

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 [...]

Jan 27

Age of Insanity

Posted at 10:13 pm in Barack Obama & Economy & House & Iraq & Middle East & National Security & Senate & government

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 [...]

Jan 22

Jack Murtha volunteers his district to house Gitmo detainees

Posted at 6:04 pm in Barack Obama & Democrats & House & National Security & Terrorism

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 [...]

Jan 17

A few very important facts about the Democrats’ massive spending bill

Posted at 1:49 pm in Barack Obama & Democrats & House & government

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 [...]