How to Govern, and When | National Review Online Others, though, appear to mean that Republicans have to show that they can get a lot of their bills into law. If that’s the test, I can tell you the results … Continue reading
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Would GOP Conference Chair Vote to Fund Obama’s Amnesty? No Direct Answer | CNS News (CNSNews.com) –Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the House Republican Conference Chairman, said today in response to the question of whether she would vote for a CR … Continue reading
Obama wants to put sanctions on Israel? Congress is fighting back « Hot Air It is unclear if the administration’s outlook on this issue has changed in the wake of the dissolution of Netanyahu’s Cabinet, which indicates that new national … Continue reading
What a difference 6 years make. Congressional districts 2008 vs. 2016 pic.twitter.com/aQ5gidWV1U — Benny (@bennyjohnson) November 6, 2014
Braced for a Shift in Congress, Obama Is Setting a New Agenda – NYTimes.com But if Republicans are fully in charge of Congress rather than mainly an opposition party, both sides may have an incentive to strike deals, at least … Continue reading
GOP can’t give up Obamacare repeal talk – David Nather – POLITICO.com Deep down, Republicans who know health care know the truth: Obamacare isn’t about to be repealed. But you won’t hear that in this election — and maybe not … Continue reading
2010 GOP House rebels go soft in 2014 – Alex Isenstadt – POLITICO.com Remember the rambunctious, rebellious House Republican class of 2010? These days, the flame-throwers have turned into fixers. With the climax of the 2014 midterm season at hand, … Continue reading
Americans don’t want House Republicans to sue Obama over executive actions « Hot Air How do you square these two incongruous results? While a plurality may believe that Obama has exceeded his authority and should be reined in, the public … Continue reading
IRS chief scorched as ‘liar’ ‘We are sick and tired of your game playing’ Uh huh. Get back to me when your party actually does something about it, you gang of pathetic, gutless pussies. You know, I wish our foreign … Continue reading
Cantor to Step Down as Majority Leader | The Weekly Standard Eric Cantor is expected to announce his plan to resign as House majority leader today, probably at a meeting of all House Republicans. Cantor lost the GOP primary to … Continue reading
The Bergdahl deal: A test case for emptying Gitmo? « Hot Air Lawmakers and staffers see the Bergdahl case as only the latest maneuver in a larger plan to cut Congress out of the Guantanamo issue; and they’re not exactly … Continue reading
Cotton’s Former Drill Sgt. Helps Take On Pryor’s ‘Sense of Entitlement’ Jab | National Review Online Earlier this year, Pryor came under fire for saying that Cotton, who served in the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan, was running … Continue reading
House GOP Leadership Finds Getting A Majority Of Votes Too Difficult So They Hold A Sham Voice Vote Instead GOP leadership “didn’t want to stay in session long enough to set up a simple majority vote”. I’m sorry if doing … Continue reading
After Passing Background Checks in 1993, Dems Got Romped in 1994 In 1993, Democrats passed background checks for firearms purchasers, and in 1994, they were romped in the congressional elections. Which, of course, misses the point entirely. Sure, the GOP … Continue reading
House Introduces Bill to Prevent Military Pension Cuts | Washington Free Beacon A bill introduced on Thursday in the House of Representatives would remove pension cuts to military retirees in the budget agreement passed this week and offset the fiscal … Continue reading
In budget deal, a secret reward for Dems | TheHill The two-year budget deal approved by the House has hidden political benefits for Senate Democrats, Republicans charge. Because it sets a top-line budget number for 2015, Democrats won’t have to … Continue reading
Democrats nuked the ratchet Yes, it’s true that the absence of a filibuster could accelerate the destructive policies. That fear is justified, particularly as to the judiciary. But face it, we were headed there anyway unless drastic action was taken. … Continue reading
Boehner Plan Dying? Update: Tonight’s Vote “Dead” POLITICO ? @politico #Breaking: Obama says he would veto debt-ceiling legislation if it includes provision cutting health subsidies for congressional officials. 2:46 PM – 15 Oct 2013 Why should he give an inch? The … Continue reading
protein wisdom | …because not just anybody can summarize the news Or, to put it in more proper terms, the House GOP offers unconditional surrender in exchange for a slowdown in the rate of increased deficit spending. Even better, try … Continue reading
Does The Defund Language In The House CR Shutdown The Entitlement Spending In ObamaCare? Answer: It Seems So | DrewMusings I’ve made this point before, but here Drew digs into the guts of the whole thing. Worth a read. … Continue reading
The Captain’s Journal » Ted Cruz On Obamacare There is too much “inside baseball” analysis going around, like this piece at the WSJ by James Taranto. It’s simplier than it has been made out to be. The GOP is benefiting … Continue reading
Tangled in Obamacare fight, GOP senators wonder: How did this happen? | WashingtonExaminer.com There was a question hanging in the air as Republican senators met privately at midday Tuesday to discuss the divisive fight over defunding Obamacare: How did this … Continue reading
New plan to defund ObamaCare: Filibuster the House bill that … defunds ObamaCare « Hot Air I.e. any Republican who votes to bring the House’s defunding bill to the Senate floor is actually voting to fund ObamaCare. That’s the messaging … Continue reading
Past The Hooplah, One Hopes The GOP Replacement Proposal Gets A Review : The Other McCain Hayward notes at Human Events: Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor made a point of supporting President Obama’s quest for military strikes on … Continue reading
JustOneMinute: Two Down, Many To Go Speaker John Boehner’s spokesman said that he “expects the White House to provide answers to members’ questions and take the lead on any whipping effort.” Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), whose aides and allies … Continue reading
Debt ceiling crisis coming in October. Late Monday, the Treasury Department announced that the federal government will hit the statutory debt ceiling in the middle of October, setting the rough date for the next political/economic crisis. Republicans have been offering … Continue reading
GOP Incoherence: We’ll Shut Down the Government to Get Spending Cuts, Which Aren’t Terribly Popular, But Under No Circumstances Will We Shut Down the Government to Defund ObamaCare, Which Would be Popular If Republicans in Washington don’t want to fight … Continue reading
IRS agent: Tax agency is still targeting Tea Party groups | WashingtonExaminer.com In a remarkable admission that is likely to rock the Internal Revenue Service again, testimony released Thursday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp reveals that … Continue reading
Matt Bevin meets with conservative groups – Alexander Burns – POLITICO.com While the all-but-announced McConnell challenger is believed to be wealthy enough to commit some personal resources to the race, it’s not clear whether he can — or will — … Continue reading
Kill the Bill | The Weekly Standard House Republicans may wish to pass incremental changes to the system to show that they have their own solutions, even though such legislation is very unlikely to be taken up by the Senate. … Continue reading
Cantor Scolds Committee Chairmen | National Review Online Sources say the chairmen were slightly surprised to hear such a warning from the mild-mannered Virginian. But with rank-and-file Republicans angry about the farm bill’s collapse, they know Cantor is facing pressure. … Continue reading
Morning Examiner: Immigration reform is dead and Obamacare implementation killed it | WashingtonExaminer.com Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, who is on the House Judiciary Committee and had been a member of a bipartisan group working on immigration reform, echoed Roe’s concerns … Continue reading
Morning Examiner: Immigration reform is dead and Obamacare implementation killed it | WashingtonExaminer.com Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, who is on the House Judiciary Committee and had been a member of a bipartisan group working on immigration reform, echoed Roe’s concerns … Continue reading
Lights out: House plan would protect nation’s electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb | WashingtonExaminer.com Amid growing fears of a massive electromagnetic pulse hit from either a solar flare or a terrorist nuclear bomb, House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil … Continue reading
Hugh Hewitt | What part of ‘no fence, no deal’ does the Senate GOP not get? | Conservatives4Palin The part where they need to pay any attention whatsoever to people who think that way? I dunno, just a guess here…. … Continue reading
Grassley: Reid Wants 60 Vote Threshold for Amendments | National Review Online Senator Chuck Grassley blasted Democrats for objecting to amendment votes, saying they are pushing for a 60-vote, supermajority threshold on amendments to the immigration bill rather than the normal, … Continue reading
The Statue Quo is Eminently Better Than Bad Legislation | RedState Earlier today, Speaker Boehner announced that he will bring the farm bill to the floor and personally vote for it. This is a sharp departure from his previous statements … Continue reading
Contrite, embarrassed, duped CCRKBA withdraws support of Manchin Toomey bill | protein wisdom u keep telling yourself that, Chairman Gottlieb. You shamed yourself and your organization by pretending that anything MAIG or Schumer or Holder or Obama could have ever … Continue reading
Background check plan defeated in major setback for Senate gun bill | Fox News Only four Republican senators committed to voting for the amendment ahead of time. The last was Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who announced his support Wednesday afternoon. The … Continue reading
Rubio: Heritage’s Cost Concerns ‘Not Accurate’ – By Robert Costa – The Corner – National Review Online Senator Marco Rubio says the Heritage Foundation’s take on the potential costs of immigration reform is “not true” and “not accurate.” “We don’t have … Continue reading