Archive for the 'Congress' Category

Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dies From Brain Aneurysm

ABC News radio is reporting that Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones has taken a turn for the worse and died from an aneurysm that she suffered last night while driving. She was officially pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. this evening.
The AP reported on the event.
The congresswoman had been driving erratically and her vehicle crossed from [...]

Glenn Greenwald Thinks Passage of Senate Surveillance Bill is Some Sort of Coverup

Glenn Greenwald on government surveillance:
It was also as clear a violation of the Fourth Amendment as can be. For the Government to invade our communications with no probable cause showing to a court is exactly what the Founders prohibited as clearly as the English language permitted.
But today, the Democratic-led Congress — with the support of [...]

American Solutions: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less

Update on ‘Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjyT5_2N_I

Our “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” campaign continues to gain momentum. Yesterday, American Solutions delivered the first round of signatures - 350,000 - to the U.S. Senate urging them to take immediate action to lower gas prices by drilling for oil domestically.
We delivered the signatures to [...]

Conservative Marching Orders

Frustrated with Washington, with career politicians, with presidential candidates who do not represent what we believe in, Conservatives presently have only one option

Dem Congressman Admits that Dems Lied About Stopping the War in Iraq to Win Congress

One last thing. We have heard that Bush lied and people died for 5 years now. The Democrats said they would end the war but it has now been admitted that they lied. Is it fair to now claim the Democrats lied and people died?

Michael Hayden is a Hero, and Once again, Dick Durbin is an Embarrassment

Once again the walking embarrassment otherwise known as the senior senator from Illinois, Richard “Eddie Haskell” Durbin and his fellow 5th column members in the democrat party are bemoaning the President’s outrageous and contemptible determination to put preventing another 9/11 ahead of protecting the “civil rights” of our murderous enemies. In a reprise of [...]

Ending Earmarks

Earmarks are ugly. Even described in assiduously neutral government language they sound like nasty end runs around review and fairness:
Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails [...]

Congress Should Worry About Its Own Punctuality

A terrorism drill will be conducted as Congress has required since 2000 and this drill is raising questions about our preparedness especially since the after action report (AAR) from the 2005 drill has not been made public. The lawmakers are concerned because the AAR has not been released and yet we are going forward with [...]

They Serve Us And We Deny Them The Right To Vote

I was impressed by the temperate tone in this Stars and Stripes article, because I was just incensed when I read that our troops, who are putting their lives on the line for us, as a result of bureaucratic inefficiency, are being denied that most fundamental of all American rights, the right to the vote:
Overseas [...]

Another Blow to the Democrats’ Desire for Failure - Sunnis End Boycott of Iraqi Parliament

So once again Democrats are on the short end of the stick, sitting with their white flag and gutless smirks. A pretty good picture in the wake of a wide reaching Democrat fundraising scandal and a speech from Osama bin Laden that reads as if any one of the Dems could have penned it themselves.