Results for: House Democrat

Buh Bye: Another Vulnerable House Democrat Announces 2014 Retirement
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/01/14/buh-bye-a…vulnerable-house-democrat-announces-2014-retirement-n1778958
– Bill Owens, an endangered House Democrat from upstate New York. … For instance: In November, House ethics panel said Rep. … Bill Owens was 20th most moderate House Dem in 2012 (per NJ). He is 12th of the 20 to either retire or lose.…
Memo To GOP: Vote No On Veteran-Betraying Appropriations Bill
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2014/01/14/memo-t…gop-vote-no-on-veteranbetraying-appropriations-bill-n1778802
– Incredibly, the lead negotiators for the House GOP have just agreed that the only group deserving budget punishment in the new spending … I had assumed sane people who remind the House GOP that spending discipline shouldn't begin and end with hammer blows to the career … House Republicans who break faith with the soldiers, sailors airmen and Marines --really, $45 billion in new spending but the career…
The Immorality of Leaving Iraq and Afghanistan
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2014/01/14/the-immorality-of-leaving-iraq-and-afghanistan-n1778545
– Discussing Iraq last week, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, "The president made a commitment to end the war in Iraq. … Forced by the Democrat-controlled Congress, the United States abandoned Vietnam in 1975.…
Surprise: Dem Senator Won't Attend Obama's Speech in NC
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/01/13/surprise-kay-hagan-wont-attend-obama-speech-in-nc-n1778288
– The president is visiting North Carolina for what the White House calls "an event on the economy." … could very well upend his bid for re-election, no matter how hard he tries to portray himself as a “Pryor” first -- rather than a “Democrat
Preparing for President
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2014/01/13/preparing-for-president-n1777967
House, and Governor, while they are brushing their teeth every morning, hums "Hail to the Chief" to see if they can make it fit. … On C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" program yesterday morning, Democrat (and Mullfave) Maria Cardona and I were discussing the issue of…
I’m A Traffic Survivor
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2014/01/12/im-a-traffic-survivor-n1777624
– We will need him if, God forbid, some other random New Jersey Democrat says something about Chris Christie. … visible harm as possible on his constituents, on a much larger scale by using sequestration spending reductions to close the White House
Oh, Colorado! It's a Joker; It's a Smoker; It's a Midnight Toker
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2014/01/11/oh-colorado-its-a-joker-its-a-smoker-its-a-midnight-toker-n1777086
– If you don’t believe me, try to count the number of lies the White House-- and the Democrat leadership-- has tried to tell you to support…
You Say You Want a Revolution?
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2014/01/11/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-n1773761
– what I believe happened to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, which is now nothing more than a pawn for the same Democrat … The verdict is still out on Rand Paul’s White House ambitions as well as the liberty movement itself.…
So Long, Rep. Waxman (D-CA)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/01/30/another-prominent-house-democrat-to-retire-n1787172
– Another day, another House Democrat is announcing he will retire from public life: Representative Henry … Waxman of California, a diminutive Democratic giant whose 40 years in the House produced some of the most important legislation of … Incidentally, now that many House Democrats are opting to retire rather than seek re-election, has the Democratic Party fully given…
Lots of Laughs, but Sad Commentary
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2014/01/30/lots-of-laughs-but-sad-commentary-n1787134
– If it weren’t for those rotten House Republicans, he implied, by now everyone would have a 0 percent mortgage, a subsidized college … Every Democrat stood, clapped robotically for 22.3 seconds, and sat down. … Did the president have an audience applause director hiding off-camera in the House chamber?…
Politics Double Standard
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2014/01/30/politics-double-standard-n1786777
– Possibly he will go back to talk radio, possibly as a Democrat. … It was most spectacularly on display in 1983 in the congressional sex scandal of two congressmen, a Democrat and a Republican. … The Democrat, the Hon. Gerry Studds, was caught with a minor, a congressional page who happened to be a male.…
Audio: Prominent Clintonite Struggles to Name One Hillary Accomplishment
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/01/29/audio-pro…intonite-struggles-to-name-a-hillary-accomplishment-n1786523
– DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz basically conceded on the record last night that Democrats won't win the House this coming … fall: “Yes, I do think in 2015, I’m not going to confidently predict that Democrats will take the House back, but what I … Obama's bailed on House Democrats, as has the party's chairman. Uh oh.…
No, Mr. President, The State of Our Union is Not Strong!
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2014/01/29/no-mr-president-the-state-of-our-union-is-not-strong-n1786045
– not going to raise tax rates in a sluggish economy and Democrats facing tough elections in the fall have privately told the White House … to be the kind of answer that satisfies the middle class," says New York's Charles Schumer, the Senate's third highest ranking Democrat
Next Ambassador to China: 'I'm No Real Expert on China'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2014/01/28/new-ambassador-to-china-says-hes-no-real-expert-on-china-n1786017
– Yet the White House has nominated someone who apparently knows little about those issues. Why? Democrats wanted Gov. … Steve Bullock to appoint a Democrat in Baucus’ place in order to get a leg up in the 2014 midterm race in what was going to be an open…
Congress Moving to Legalize Industrial Hemp
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2014/01/28/congress-moving-to-legalize-industrial-hemp-n1786101
– fighting for a change, and they said Tuesday that they’ve managed to get the relaxed rules written into the farm bill, which the House … Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Democrat and one of the group that was pushing for the change.…
Why Pro-Amnesty Republicans Are So Desperate To Pass Immigration Reform This Year
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2014/01/28/why-p…e-so-desperate-to-pass-immigration-reform-this-year-n1785691
– After all, because of Obamacare the electoral landscape is so tilted towards the GOP that it looks likely we'll add seats in the House … How could we possibly negotiate a good deal when the people who control the White House AND the Senate think like that? … In other words, this whole immigration push that the GOP leadership in the House is embracing is a scam.…
State of the Union Cancelled – Will Air Reruns of Previous Speeches Instead
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelschaus/2014/01/28/sta…elled--will-air-reruns-of-previous-speeches-instead-n1785677
– The White House is also setting up an interactive experience, in a Google + “hangout” (yeah… that’s a thing) for people to “engage” … with the White House later in the week. … Barring a surprise Democrat landslide in 2014 (I’ll go back and underscore “surprise” later) Mr.…
How The GOP Can Win The Upcoming Battle Over Income Inequality
https://townhall.com/columnists/ralphbenko/2014/01/28/how-th…can-win-the-upcoming-battle-over-income-inequality-n1785662
– It so far has attracted 33 House co-sponsors, 32 Republicans and one Democrat, and steadily is gaining. … Dave Camp (R-MI), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, to reform the tax code stumbled out of the gate. … Now economic thought leaders of the Congress — such as John Cornyn, Kevin Brady, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling…
Obama to Demand More Taxes on Employers During State of the Union Address
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/01/27/obama…axes-on-employers-during-state-of-the-union-address-n1785471
– offer” President Obama is making is to raise net taxes on employers, and use some of the tax increase revenue windfall to pay for Democrat-aligned … The Republican House would never support a net tax increase, and using the money to fund Big Labor (and, by extension, Democrat campaign…
Poll in NC: Tillis: 47; Hagan: 40
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/01/27/poll-in-nc-tillis-47-hagan-40-n1785377
– weeks ago which showed Hagan losing to every GOP candidate vying for the Republican nomination: Incumbent Democrat … A new statewide survey of Likely North Carolina Voters shows Thom Tillis, the Republican speaker of the state House of Representatives…
Marriage: The Real Fight Has Just Begun
https://townhall.com/columnists/harryrjacksonjr/2014/01/27/marriage-the-real-fight-has-just-begun-n1785389
– The Chicago Sun-Times reported on their activity in May, noting, “stubborn resistance within the House Black Caucus, a 20-member bloc … It is worth noting that the margin in the House was razor thin. … Only one of the remaining states (which have not redefined marriage) has a Democrat-controlled state legislature.…
The House GOP Sounds Retreat (Or Should.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2014/01/27/the-house-gop-sounds-retreat-or-should-n1785343
– The House GOP deep thinkers don't want that though. … It is a toxic bill, and the House knows it. Let it die. … Then the wave of opposition will roll down on the House members while the Manhattan-Beltway media elite gleefully cover the real House
Not Even Trying Anymore: White House Blames Bush for Weak Economic Data in 2014
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelschaus/2014/01/27/not…re-white-house-blames-bush-for-weak-economy-in-2014-n1785107
– When asked about the poor economic conditions in America ahead of the President’s State of the Union speech, Senior White House … But don’t let that stop the White House from trying to cast blame for today’s economic failures on an economic crises that came to … Republicans in Congress also received a few passed bucks from the White House.…
Let Women Carry Concealed Firearms on Campus
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiekieffer/2014/01/27/let-women-carry-concealed-firearms-on-campus-n1784313
– One in five female college students are sexually assaulted or raped according to a new report issued last week by the White House Council … Or, Obama’s memorandum could give 2016 Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton (shhhhh, nobody knows!)…
Benghazi Ruining Liberals Deal With She-Devil Hillary
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2014/01/26/benghazi-ruining-liberals-deal-with-shedevil-hillary-n1784734
– I did not say that Hillary won’t be nominee from the Democrat Party for president of the United States. … to Saturday Night Live: They did a spoof of the “Hillary 3AM” commercial in which Obama didn’t even know how to turn on the White House
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