Results for: House Democrat

Petition for Transparency
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/09/28/petition_for_transparency
– Republicans are circulating a petition that would force House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow all earmarks to be publicly disclosed and … The petition requires 218 signatures,  in order to succeed; the support of fiscally responsible House Democrats is needed. … Unfortunately, after Democrats won the majority by campaigning on the promise of more transparency in Congress, there hasn’t been one Democrat
Why we need the Government Shutdown Prevention Act
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/09/27/why_we_need_the_government_shutdown_prevention_act
– scare seniors, veterans, and others in order to pass more spending bills bloated with earmarks.Currently, the President and the Democrat … The spending level for each program would be set at the lower of the spending levels provided in the previous fiscal year, or the House
The Taxpayer Choice Act
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/10/10/the_taxpayer_choice_act
– Today I was joined by Congressmen Paul Ryan (WI), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee and Jeb Hensarling (TX), Chairman of … Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Charles Rangel (D-NY), has announced his intention to present “the mother of all tax … This Democrat proposal will effectively keep all tax increases and merely redistribute who has to pay them.…
Not Enough Earmarks?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/10/05/not_enough_earmarks
– Part of their report also highlighted the disparity between the earmarked dollars received by Democrat members, Republican members, … He proposed to close the earmark gap by creating two new spending panel seats on the House Committee on Appropriations.…
The President Just Vetoed the SCHIP bill...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/10/03/the_president_just_vetoed_the_schip_bill
– Today the President vetoed the controversial SCHIP bill that passed the house by a vote of 265-159 last Tuesday.   … The House will not take up a provision to override the veto until October 17th as Democrat leadership knows they don't have the votes … In addition and what is becoming true to form  for recent Democrat proposals , this bill makes it easier for illegal immigrants to…
Ogonowski Onward: Ray of Hope for GOP?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/10/16/ogonowski_onward_ray_of_hope_for_gop
– in Massachusetts today, where Republican Jim Ogonowski (endorsed by Rightroots) is running an unexpectedly close race against DemocratDemocrat Niki Tsongas, the other headliner in the race, employed a slightly less frenetic pace, visiting several senior centers and … holding an ice cream social as she sought to claim for herself the House seat once held by her late husband and 1992 presidential…
Benghazi-gate
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2013/05/10/benghazigate-n1592209
– questions posed to me by MSNBC's Chris Jansing Wednesday morning an hour before the curtain was due to go up on the hearings before the HouseHouse looking for an edge in the on-going battle with the Democrat-controlled Senate across the Capitol Building and the Democratic … Does that mean the House hearings were frivolous? No.…
The Liberal’s Fake War on Whatever is Yielding Fake Results
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2013/05/09/the-li…erals-fake-war-on-whatever-is-yielding-fake-results-n1591019
– according to the Associated Press, the official news agency of the Plenum convened by the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Democrat … You see the teleprompter is more than just a device on which they regularly rely at the White House to make speeches, televise addresses … Democrat Representative Elijah Cummings thus used these words to shrug off four dead Americans in Benghazi, as just a part of the normal…
'Gang of Eight' Dem: No Major Changes to Our Immigration Proposal, Thanks
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/07/gang-of-e…no-major-changes-to-our-immigration-proposal-thanks-n1588815
– gang of eight'  -- says root-and-branch amendments to the proposed immigration legislation would be a non-starter: A leading Democrat … Over the last week, Rubio has acknowledged that the legislation in its current form could not pass the House, and may even struggle … to emerge from the Democrat-controlled Senate. …
College Students Must Hold Their Professors Accountable
https://townhall.com/columnists/gabriellahoffman/2013/05/07…ege-students-must-hold-their-professors-accountable-n1590026
– opined, “The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house … The majority of professors identify as Democrat or socialist; some even identify as Marxist or communist.…
Poll: Sanford, Colbert-Busch Tied on Special Election Eve
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/06/poll-sanford-colbertbusch-tied-on-special-election-eve-n1588160
– in the House of Representatives.   … McAuliffe (Virginia Governor) - Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has opened up a slight lead over Democrat Terry McAuliffe … What people may not know is what an impotent mess Democrat Barbara Buono's campaign is.  …
Congressional Democrat: WH's Benghazi Talking Points Were Garbage
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/06/congressi…l-democrat-whs-benghazi-talking-points-were-garbage-n1587673
– Carol had it right last week: Benghazi is back -- much to the chagrin of the White House, I'm sure.  … On Fox News Sunday, Massachusetts Democrat Stephen Lynch assailed the administration's talking points about the act of terrorism, labeling…
Maxine Waters Set to Run Finance if Dems Win House in '14
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2013/05/04/maxine-waters-set-to-run-finance-if-dems-win-house-in-14-n1586917
–   Barack Obama has promised to take back the United States House of Representatives in 2014 by using his Organizing for Action … Maxine Waters (D-Graft, Theft, Shakedown), becoming the chair of the House Financial Services committee.  … As Ezra Klein pointed out in his WonkBlog, however, the top contender to push Waters aside and replace Frank, Democrat Rep.…
7 Structural Problems That Are Destroying America
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/05/04/7-structural-problems-that-are-destroying-america-n1586899
– starting a business is getting ever harder and our choices about everything from what soda to drink to what light bulb to have in our house … less vibrant and healthy our society becomes. 5) Gerrymandering and Increased Partisanship: The far left-wing took over the Democrat … Republican, but if Planned Parenthood or United Auto Workers got angry at her, either could conceivably fund and support another Democrat
The Know-it-All Suddenly Knows Nothing
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2013/05/02/the-knowitall-suddenly-knows-nothing-n1584764
– “On most days it's hard to tell him he's wrong about anything,” recently confessed one top Democrat about the Commander in Brief. … The Department of Homeland Security and the White House however say they know nothing about it. … The White House took a similar view.…
The Talk Radio Primary Begins: A Tale of Two Senators
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2013/05/01/the-talk-radio-primary-begins-a-tale-of-two-senators-n1584014
– about the decline of the Lakers, the basketball team he has followed since he was a small lad, and on air he made the case for the House … is coming from on that, because anything you send to the Senate, to the Democrat-controlled Senate, there’s a danger there associated … So I hope the House will find their way to do that.…
Immigration Fight Moves To the House With Deep Divide
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2013/05/20/immigration-fight-moves-to-the-house-with-deep-divide-n1601828
– So the House committee meeting will be all talk. … There are serious doubts about whether the GOP-led House and the Democrat-led Senate can reach an agreement. … The question in the House is whether the House Gang can produce some sort of legalization-first scheme that sounds tougher than the…
Triplegate: It's Like Saul Alinsky is Running the Country
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/05/20/t…legate-its-like-saul-alinsky-is-running-the-country-n1601440
– The level of corruption is so high right now it is like Saul Alinsky is running the White House. … Four Americans died during the Benghazi attacks, and it is now coming out that the White House knew the embassy needed more security … Embassy in Libya during 2012, is a Democrat, not exactly someone who has anything to gain for partisan reasons.…
With Obama's Approval, Reid Mulls Nuking the Filibuster in July
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/20/with-obam…proval-reid-mulls-nuking-the-filibuster-this-summer-n1600939
– The White House and the vast bureaucracy of the federal government are laboring through a fundamental crisis of credibility.  … Both Obama and Reid objected strenuously to this exact idea when Republicans proposed it in 2005, natch, as did pretty much every Democrat … The White House sought to circumvent Congress on this score by making a series of "recess" appointments while Congress was...not in…
Triplegate: It's Like Saul Alinsky is Running the Country
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rachelalexander/2013/05/20/tri…legate-its-like-saul-alinsky-is-running-the-country-n1601407
– The level of corruption is so high right now, it is like Saul Alinsky is running the White House. … Four Americans died during the Benghazi attacks, and it is now coming out that the White House knew the embassy needed more security … Embassy in Libya during 2012, is a Democrat, not exactly someone who has anything to gain for partisan reasons.…
Let’s Exploit Liberal Hypocrisy
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2013/05/20/lets-exploit-liberal-hypocrisy-n1598400
– minorities didn’t hesitate to make an icon of Robert Byrd, who was either a Grand Imperial Cyclops or an Exalted Kleagle in the Democrat-founded … mainstream media has itself felt the clammy grasp of government oppression, for the first time since the inauguration the White House
Unreal: IRS Official Who Oversaw Targeting Scandal Now In Charge of Obamacare Division
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/16/unreal-ir…rgeting-scandal-now-in-charge-of-obamacare-division-n1599015
– On a related note, the House just voted (again) to repeal Obamacare in its entirety.   … But here's another key point here: Both Democrat "yea" votes came from House veterans who represent red districts.   … House Republicans couldn't have timed this symbolic vote any better.  …
Constitutional Freedoms Under Assault in Obama's Government
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2013/05/15/cons…utional-freedoms-under-assault-in-obamas-government-n1596673
– more immediate question that needs answering is how far up the ladder of authority in the government and specifically the White House … Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who chairs the Finance panel, said "These actions by the IRS are an outrageous abuse of power and … An armada of House and Senate are preparing hearings into the emerging scandal, including the House Ways and Means Committee which…
Benghazi Scandal gets Deserved Attention
https://townhall.com/columnists/lisaschiffren/2013/05/15/benghazi-scandal-gets-deserved-attention-n1596512
– Persistent orders to “stand down,” came from the White House, where Secretary Clinton and others were watching the events unfold in … In 2008, Major Democrat funders chose to back Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton, because they recalled the “exceptional” lying … , that the White House had participated in redacting the truth out of these memos.…
Broke at the Beginning
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2013/05/15/social_security_broke_at_the_beginning
– Townsend was largely ignored by the Roosevelt White House and that rankled the revivalists. … Long, known as the "Kingfish" in Louisiana politics, wanted to replace Roosevelt in the White House. … He believed that running as a Democrat instead of a socialist increased public support for him.”…
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