Oct 17, 2013 – Apparently it is now offensive for Representatives in the House to refer to themselves as 'we, the American people'. … Isn't it their responsibility to represent the American people in their respective districts? … Who voted for him?…

Oct 17, 2013 – and the rest of the GOP that wanted to fight. … The democrats, as Karl Rove told my audience yesterday, are fully invested in doing to McConnell what the GOP did to Tom Daschle in … accompany Paul Ryan to the table.…

Oct 17, 2013 – Furloughed federal employees will now head back to work. … “We are excited to reopen and welcome visitors back to Yosemite,” park Supt. Don Neubacher said in a statement. … “Autumn is a particularly special season to enjoy Yosemite’s colorful grandeur.”…

Oct 17, 2013 – According to Susan B. … I can give a guidance opinion to the Board of Health to grandfather in those remaining clinics to keep them open. … For one thing, the board already voted to apply the new rules to existing clinics.…

Oct 17, 2013 – Obama voted to shut down the government rather than automatically to extend the debt ceiling. … The next year, Obama voted "present" rather than to approve another $160 billion in annual borrowing that would add to the debt. … Nancy Pelosi agreed with Obama's worries over serial deficits, at various times voting no to President Bush's requests to raise the…

Oct 16, 2013 – Opponents of the deal like Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Marco Rubio declined to exercise their prerogative to delay the vote, effectively … it to the president's desk. … to talk about it.…

Oct 16, 2013 – And how many dozens of states have expressly voted against gay marriage? Are we up to three dozen yet? … But liberals consider repeated votes of the people merely an invitation to run to the courts to get the people's will overturned. … In 1996, the people of California voted to amend the state constitution to prohibit race discrimination by the state.…

Oct 16, 2013 – In some cases, they will have access to personal and financial information, from ID cards to medical histories. … The House voted 345-75 to strike ACORN funding from a student aid bill with two voting present. … Later, the Senate voted 85-11 to eliminate ACORN funding from an Interior Department spending bill.…

Oct 16, 2013 – Maybe Harry Reid, Barack Obama, and MSNBC love Obamacare soooooo much, they are willing to “risk default” in an effort to keep from … The one that wanted to fundamentally transform the nation?) that refused to even sit down with Republicans before the shutdown. … That seems to imply, according to Robert’s partisan logic, that the President preferred default over changes to the ineptly named “…

Oct 15, 2013 – Whether they have the votes to pass it without any Democratic support -- Pelosi will likely whip hard against it -- remains to be seen … to repeal altogether, as well as a somewhat stripped-down Vitter Amendment. … Harry Reid is likely to say "stuff it" to the House-passed bill -- if it passes.…

Oct 15, 2013 – fight if they want to put it forward again and stick to it, why are they refusing to pull the trigger? … If these mediocrities are so desperate to get in the good graces of the media that they're willing to try to sabotage their own party … that we were not going to accomplish. -- John McCain 3) The House seems to be having a hard time.…

Oct 14, 2013 – On the medical device tax, 79 Senators have already voted to repeal it. And this deal might only delay it. … -11, Dems from -26 to -28, and GOP from -46 to -53 … Paul Ryan is going to try to push this as a "win," but it's more of a not-loss.…

Oct 14, 2013 – I imagine the framers of the Constitution would have something to say to him about that. … When Senior replied, “No,” it drew an “Oh, my” from Scalia, which led to further dialog about who goes to heaven and to hell (a dialog … What happened to the Devil, you know? He used to be all over the place. He used to be all over the New Testament.…

Oct 14, 2013 – The House Republicans have voted repeatedly to repeal Obamacare, and polls show that the general public has consistently opposed the … Using a government shutdown to try and force reforms may seem extreme to some, but it is not unreasonable given the huge damaging … “go along to get along” governing approach.…

Oct 13, 2013 – When I, as a naturally-born citizen of the United States, travel abroad, I have to stand in line to show U.S. … Customs agents my passport that proves I’m an American citizen to regain entry to the country. … John "The Government is Broke and Continuing to Spend WAY Too Much Money" Ransom wants to mobilize a DEA task force to address the…

Oct 13, 2013 – to happen. … They refused to change it. Now they have to be made to live with it. … As the old saying goes, “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” The last few weeks have proven this to be true.…

Oct 13, 2013 – To ensure that Americans got the message, the National Park Service was told “to make life as difficult for people as we can,” one … The House voted to restore the government employees’ paychecks once the brinkmanship is over; the Senate will almost certainly follow … – and restore our nation’s ability to do what it once did so well: innovate, create jobs, attribute dignity and responsibility to…

Oct 13, 2013 – You would have had to be under a rock to miss our President stating that recently. … But since financial matters originate in the House, they did not want to provide a carte blanche to the executive branch to incur unlimited … Then again, as has been said, facts to a liberal are like kryptonite to Superman.…

Oct 12, 2013 – level of due diligence with respect to the rest of the bill or perhaps, all bills presented to Congress for approval. … If the answer is no, we need to understand why this should be acceptable to us. … changes to Obamacare, there is an issue in the current Obamacare debate that the citizens need to fully understand.…

Oct 12, 2013 – The House has voted to cut $39 billion over the next ten years from the SNAP budget. … To understand what these cuts to SNAP would really mean, we have to look at how the program has changed over the past few years. … To this end, able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 50 were required to work or to perform work-like activities in order to…

Oct 11, 2013 – to find ways to make the cuts needlessly painful for innocents caught in the Beltway crossfire. … Republicans have voted to reopen parks, fund cancer trials for children at the NIH, and to keep FEMA and the FDA going through this … It's his express policy to punish innocent bystanders in order to score partisan points.…

Oct 10, 2013 – Five years ago, they refused to rent a double-bedded room to a homosexual couple, since they only rent these rooms to married men and … (Note that Jones came to national fame as a hymn-singing child, and in 2004, he was voted Religious Broadcaster of the Year by the … What in the world happened to Aled Jones?) How does Hazelmary reply to his challenge? You’ve got to love this!…

Oct 10, 2013 – According to Fox News' Ed Henry, the White House knew these benefits would be frozen days ago and did nothing to stop it. … The bottom line is that Jay Carney did tell me, we should say in fairness that there is one way to solve this, there’s one way to deal … The House voted unanimously yesterday to reinstate death benefits for military families.…

Oct 9, 2013 – Responding to the people's will, House Republicans first voted to fund all of government -- except Obamacare. … Then the Republicans voted to fully fund the government, but merely delay the implementation of Obamacare for one year. … Finally, the Republicans voted to fully fund the government, but added a requirement that everyone live under Obamacare.…

Oct 9, 2013 – The House of Representatives voted unanimously this afternoon to restore military death benefits to family members of fallen … The $100,000 benefit is usually delivered to family members within three days, but late Wednesday we learned due to the partial government … It is now up to the Senate to pass the legislation.…