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Surprise: Senate Immigration Bill Packed With Kickbacks, Waivers, "Stimulus" Spending
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/06/24/surprise…ill-packed-with-kickbacks-waivers-stimulus-spending-n1626562
– Expect to hear a lot of heated rhetoric like this directed at the House in the coming days. … In 2009, the Democrat-held House narrowly passed the Senate's atrocious healthcare bill.  …
Pandering Is Bad Politics
https://townhall.com/columnists/danholler/2013/06/24/pandering-is-bad-politics-n1624643
– plenty of good reasons to reform our immigration system, but many of these folks had one thing on their minds: winning the White House … explains “should sound familiar” because “it’s quite close to the path and provisions” put forth in the 1986 amnesty passed by a Democrat … having been the driving force behind an amnesty proposal in 2007, GOP nominee John McCain lost the Hispanic vote by 36 points to a Democrat
Cheap Energy: A Human Right Killed By Bad Obama Math
https://townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2013/06/23/cheap-energy-a-human-right-killed-by-bad-obama-math-n1625210
– To date, precious little action to combat climate change has been seen from the White House—which pleases most Republicans and angers … Instead, when the White House made a decision to raise the social cost of carbon emissions by 60%—which will have a costly impact … White House transcripts reveal that Obama knows that “the politics of this are tough.”…
Priests Tell Pro-Abortion Pelosi to Renounce Catholicism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2013/06/20/priests-tell-proabortion-pelosi-to-renounce-catholicism-n1623978
– Priests for Life slammed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in an open letter this week, telling her to “either exercise [her] duties … Church leaders have denied or threatened to deny communion to pro-abortion politicians, although the California Democrat said that’…
Here's How to Solve IRS Scandal in Two Weeks
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2013/07/09/heres-how-to-solve-irs-scandal-in-two-weeks-n1637012
– Based on the details of my case I believe I was targeted for persecution on direct orders of the Obama White House. … Wanna bet that Republicans were audited at a far higher rate than those registered Democrat? … If there is no pattern, no orders from the White House, then Obama has nothing to fear.…
Did Obamacare's Runaway Train Just Flatten Immigration Reform?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/07/09/has-obamacares-trainwreck-killed-immigration-reform-n1636493
– The White House had been so confident that they were going to sign immigration reform this year. … But for the first time I am hearing that there is some doubt seeping in, that they think that maybe the House won’t act … The problem … Many House Republicans want no part of that.  …
The Sudden Decline of Marco Rubio
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/07/08/the-sudden-decline-of-marco-rubio-n1635787
– Rubio’s bill goes much further, signing onto the most radical Democrat proposals. … The House is set to vote on the bill next, and can make important changes to it. … It is highly unlikely the Republican-controlled House will preserve the bill in the form it is in now.…
Data Mining and Elections
https://townhall.com/columnists/barneybrenner/2013/07/05/data-mining-and-elections-n1633684
– In the 13 offices where state-wide voting occurs, there’s not a single Democrat. … The Left’s Holy Grail is both Senate and House majorities in 2014, and a recent Investor’s Business Daily article by Betsy McCaughey … not even necessary to target a great number of congressional districts – just enough of them in amenable areas to take over the US House
Crumble: The Disastrous Obamacare Delay
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/07/03/crumble-the-disastrous-obamacare-delay-n1633396
– If the White House had listened to business owners before passing this law, they wouldn't be mopping up their own mess today because … (It was always bogus because (a) the exclusively Democrat-written and -passed law allowed states to opt out of setting up exchanges … The White House is mired in a competency crisis, and the president's approval rating continues to suffer. …
Rubio's Immigration Strategy Worked Brilliantly, But Disappointed Many
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2013/07/01/rubios…n-strategy-worked-brilliantly-but-disappointed-many-n1631937
– The leader of the Gang, Democrat Charles Schumer, "was delighted to have a Tea Party conservative who could sell an immigration bill … And then, of course, there is the GOP-controlled House, where reform might well die.…
Hollywood Still Seeking the Great Right (Terrorist) Hope
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2013/07/01/ho…lywood-still-seeking-the-great-right-terrorist-hope-n1628100
– My friend and Townhall columnist Lisa De Pasquale did us all a favor by seeing White House Down so we don’t have to. … In White House Down, the military goes kill-crazy to protect its war machine profits. … If you want an urban bloodbath, head to any Democrat-run big city.…
Round Two: 'Shoot the Messenger' Flops at IRS Hearings
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/07/18/round-two-expected-irs-hearing-fireworks-fizzle-n1644058
– One Democrat, Rep. … It's clear he's a loyal Democrat, but he also seems genuinely interested in the truth and put off by the partisan misdirection tactics … When the House Oversight Committee held hearings featuring the IRS' victims, committee Democrats couldn't produce a single liberal…
IRS Hearings: Republicans Ask Questions, Democrats Attack Issa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/07/18/irs-hearings-republicans-ask-questions-democrats-attack-issa-n1643826
– A few thoughts on round one of today's House Oversight Committee's IRS hearings: (1) Right out of the gate, Democrats' top … Ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings also asserted his desire to "get to the bottom" of the IRS scandal, intoning that he's seeking, "the … She testified that hearing statements from Lois Lerner and White House spokesman Jay Carney blaming the improper targeting on "rogue…
Uh Oh: Obamacare Exchanges May Also be Delayed
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/07/18/uh-oh-obamacare-exchanges-may-also-be-delayed-n1643780
– result in significant delays and errors in accepting and processing ... applications for health insurance coverage," he told the House … At this point the individual mandate is still in place, but the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to delay it. … "We can have a real disaster on our hands," Jones, a Democrat, said in an interview.…
Save the Filibuster
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2013/07/18/save-the-filibuster-n1643593
– What they do not expect is for one party, be it Republican or Democrat, to change the rules in the middle of the game so they can make … the legislative branch in oversight of the executive and assures the role of the Senate as a counterbalance to the majoritarian House
Kevin Brady's Monetary Commission Plans To Throw Ben Bernanke's Fed a Lifeline
https://townhall.com/columnists/ralphbenko/2013/07/18/kevin…mission-plans-to-throw-ben-bernankes-fed-a-lifeline-n1642994
– meticulously bi-partisan (6 commissioners issuing from the Republicans, 6 from the Democrats) and bi-cameral (6 issuing from the House … Delaney, a centrist Democrat and a member of the Joint Economic Committee, has extraordinary stature for a freshman Congressman.…
Democrats: Let's Investigate the IRS Inspector General Whose Facts We Don't Like
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/07/17/democrats…the-irs-inspector-general-whose-facts-we-dont-like-n1642412
– Late last week, House Democrats charged that some of Mr. … Connolly, a Virginia Democrat on the oversight panel who questioned Mr. George during a May 22 hearing... … When the House Oversight Committee held hearings featuring the IRS' victims, committee Democrats couldn't produce a single liberal…
Greatest Deliberative Body
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2013/07/17/greatest-deliberative-body-n1642713
– Leader -- Republican or Democrat -- successfully uses the existing filibuster rules to slow progress on legislation or nominations … I have worked on both the House side and the Senate side. … In the House the rules are different.…
Pulling Back From The Nuclear Brink
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2013/07/17/pulling-back-from-the-nuclear-brink-n1642068
– The Nevada Democrat, whose state (with 9.5 percent unemployment) represents the epitome President Obama's failed economic policies … Unlike the House, where the leadership decides what legislation will be brought to the floor and the rules under which it will be … It also gives each house of Congress the sole power "to determine the rules of its proceedings..."…
Another Democrat Calls ObamaCare Implementation a "Real Disaster"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/07/15/another-democrat-calls-obamacare-a-disaster-n1640800
– postpone the employer mandate for a year, Democratic Senator Tom Harkin questioned the legality of the delay and now, California Democrat … "We can have a real disaster on our hands," Jones, a Democrat, said in an interview. … House Republicans are expected to vote today to delay the individual mandate in Obamacare, saying that the delay of only the employer…
So Who Exactly is Stronger Than Rick Perry in 2016?
https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2013/07/12/so-who-exactly-is-stronger-than-rick-perry-in-2016-n1637961
– But amid all the buzz about Texas shifting from red to purple, be aware that we are nowhere close to electing a Democrat Governor. … So we’re a good decade away from any notion of a Democrat in the Governor’s mansion in Austin. … A poll this month already shows more Texans stoked about Cruz than Perry for the White House.…
Nuclear: Reid, Senate Democrats Poised to Change Filibuster Rules
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/07/11/reid-poised-to-nuke-the-filibuster-n1638704
– With an explicit blessing from the White House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has signaled that he and his fellow Democrats are … When the White House changed hands, Republicans turned the tables and used the Democrat-invented moves to thwart a handful of Obama's … And one of those nominees had been held up by inaction over at the White House related to structural reforms that the Administration…
As Its Ratings Slide, The Confessions Of A Recovering CNBC Pundit
https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrybowyer/2013/07/11/as-it…s-slide-the-confessions-of-a-recovering-cnbc-pundit-n1638360
– standard network rule that conservatives must always be counterbalanced, the network teamed the Republican Kudlow up with the Democrat … ,’ nicknaming him “the Supply-Sider at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” on the basis of the merest tiny rhetorical hint from the White House … original Larry, the guy who understands the supply-side model, holds to it on principle, and defends it no matter who is in the White House
Do-Nothing Senate: Shutdown Edition
https://townhall.com/columnists/danholler/2013/10/07/donothing-senate-shutdown-edition-n1718573
– By comparison, the House logged more than 50 hours during the first six days of the shutdown. 10. … The number of funding bills the White House has threatened to veto since the government shutdown began. … The number of bills passed by the Republican-controlled House and ignored by Harry Reid’s Senate.…
Another Pretend Government Shutdown
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/10/07/another-pretend-government-shutdown-n1718336
– The Republican-controlled House could not agree with the Democrat-controlled Senate this time over Obamacare. … The House has voted 42 times in the past on defunding or repealing all or part of Obamacare, with no success. … Furthermore, he said it can’t be done; even if the House can get the Senate to agree, Obama will veto it.…
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