Results for: House Democrat

Government Can't Say No
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2014/04/13/government-cant-say-no-n1823577
– happens, there will be "large across-the-board cuts for all beneficiaries," warn James Lankford, the Republican chairman of the House … subcommittee that oversees entitlements, and Jackie Speier, the subcommittee's ranking Democrat. … The White House has submitted a budget that would fund fraud prevention, and that, too, should help.…
Video: Will Obama Finally Approve the Keystone Pipeline?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/04/11/video-will-obama-finally-approve-the-keystone-pipeline-n1822984
– I discussed the issue with a pro-Keystone Democrat on Fox News, laying out the basics of the White House's political quandary: … So far, it looks like the money men and hardcore activists are still winning: The White House on Thursday rejected a push … or Congress," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters.…
House Democrat: Why Yes, Of Course I Still Believe Clarence Thomas is an "Uncle Tom"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/04/30/house…rse-i-still-believe-clarence-thomas-is-an-uncle-tom-n1831815
– He’s the Mississippi Democrat who called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom” last weekend in a radio interview. … defended his unsubstantiated claim that no president in history has ever been more disrespected than the current occupant of the White House
House Democrat: Basically All Criticism of Obama is Straight-up Racism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/04/30/house-dem…sically-all-criticism-of-obama-is-straightup-racism-n1831285
– Congressman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, has his finger on the pulse of America. And the heartbeat he detects is unremittingly racist (via Buzzfeed): A Mississippi Democratic Congressman says Clarence Thomas is an “Uncle Tom,” Mitch McConnell is a “racist,” and that Republicans are...
Hang in There, America! The Day of Political Reckoning is Only Six Months Away
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2014/04/30/hang…day-of-political-reckoning-is-only-six-months-away-n1831137
– Or for that matter from Democrat leaders in Congress who were fond of labeling all of the jobs created during the explosive Reagan … The Post-ABC poll found that 45 percent of registered voters said they plan to vote for the Democrat in House elections this fall … When Democrats lost control of the House in 2010, they led by five points on this question.…
Why Elizabeth Warren Should Run For President
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2014/04/29/why-elizabeth-warren-should-run-for-president-n1831332
– So here are five reasons -- there are probably more -- why Warren should make a 2016 run for the White House. 1. … She might not run, and the Democrat in second place in the polls, Vice President Joe Biden -- 74 on Inauguration Day -- is too old…
Recommitting to an America that Works
https://townhall.com/columnists/ricksantorum/2014/04/28/bemidji-woolen-mills-n1829458
– campaign, the workers at Bemidji Woolen Mills turned out sweater vests by the hundreds, running them down the street to the embroidery house … He told me about a Democrat in the Minnesota senate who had proposed a tax on clothing priced over a hundred dollars.…
Dem Commencement Speakers Outnumber Republicans 57-to-26
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/sarahjeanseman/2014/04/26/stud…em-commencement-speakers-outnumber-republicans-2to1-n1829524
Democrat speakers at 2014 college commencements outnumber Republicans by a two-to-one margin, according to a study … Senate: Democrats: 9, Republicans: 4 Nine Democrat senators are scheduled to speak, including Richard Blumenthal … House of Representatives: Democrats: 8, Republicans: 5 Republicans control the House with a 34 seat margin, 233…
Hoisting the Left from Its Own Petard
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2014/04/26/hoisting-the-left-from-its-own-petard-n1829400
– At a press conference during his first term, ABC News’ Chief White House Correspondent Sam Donaldson asked Reagan if all the blame … for the recession at the time rested with the Democrat-controlled Congress. … Without skipping a beat, Reagan winsomely replied, “Yes, because for many years I was a Democrat.”…
Oversight Committee Members Demand Answers About DOJ Role in Targeting Conservative Groups With the IRS
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/04/24/oversight-demands-answers-about-doj-contact-with-irs-n1828795
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa and sixteen Committee members are demanding answers from Attorney General Eric … forwarded the following email to Nicole Flax, the former chief of staff to former IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, who visited the White House … Contact With DOJ About Prosecuting Tax Exempt Groups RELATED: Emails Show Lois Lerner Fed True the Vote Tax Information to Democrat
The Gender Hypocrisy of the Liberal Left
https://townhall.com/columnists/nicolemccleskey/2014/04/24/the-gender-hypocrisy-of-the-liberal-left-n1828803
– Governor Palin was herself the target of a liberal media machine desperate to see Barack Obama elected to the White House. … Republican women under attack today are leading their states and the nation in markedly different and better directions than under Democrat
The Press Never Calls
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2014/04/24/the-press-never-calls-n1828310
– Its subject was that fantastical concoction that the Clinton White House created in the mid-1990s, "the media food chain." … The Clintons had brought it right into the White House. … Neither a conservative Republican nor a liberal Democrat had ever brought the paranoid style into the White House.…
Who Needs Laws?
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2014/04/24/who-needs-laws-n1828159
– amnesty front, President Obama travels the country trying to sell a disinterested public on the concept of creating 30 million new Democrat … voters, Nancy Pelosi joins in with cries of racism, and House Republican leadership scrambles to help them. … citizenship for millions of people who knowingly and willingly thwart our nation’s laws and sovereignty are conservatives in the House
MSNBC Host: "You Can't Keep Your Crappy Plan! Just Deal With That!"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/04/22/fox-news-obamacare-poll-n1827266
– that this may not be the wisest approach: Clearly unpersuaded by the president, one Massachusetts Democrat … Mediaite's Noah Rothman for flagging this: Speaking to Boston Herald Radio last week, the only member of Massachusetts’ all-Democrat … “We will lose seats in the House,” the Bay State congressman confessed when pressed on the likely political impact of the ACA.…
Prof Calls Republicans Racist and Misogynist, Warns They Will Close Colleges
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/sarahjeanseman/2014/04/22/prof…acist-and-misogynist-warns-they-will-close-colleges-n1827580
– If the GOP takes control of the House and the Senate in 2014, Professor Brent Terry warned, ‘colleges will start closing up’ and America … It's absolutely possible that the Republicans will take over the Senate as well as the House. … Special interest groups lobby for both Democrat and Republican policies.…
Unmasking The Imperial Presidency
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2014/04/22/unmasking-the-imperial-presidency-n1827252
– A remarkable 33-page report posted on the Internet by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor proves how imperial the Obama administration … This easy-to-read report, which can be downloaded by anyone, details dozens of examples where the current occupant of the White House … The House can also pass more bills to reduce funding for specific federal operations.…
UAW to Try U.S. Senate 'Fix' for Survival
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2014/04/22/uaw-to-try-us-senate-fix-for-survival-n1827035
– to Congress, they really mean the United States Senate, because the Republicans, who would not be very sympathetic, control the House … The UAW and its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Democrat party, will try to make the case that the Volkswagen deal was just a case of…
Morning Joe Roundtable: Delaying Keystone Decision Makes Very Little Sense
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/04/21/morni…keystone-pipeline-decision-makes-very-little-sense-n1827048
– The bombshell announcement last week that the White House would delay (once again) making a decision vis-à-vis the Keystone … So why further jeopardize control of the upper chamber by punting on a Democrat-friendly issue, Scarborough asks, when approving the … If anything, the White House’s decision will put additional pressure on vulnerable House and Senate Democrats to come up with inventive…
T.W. Shannon - Rising Black Republican Star
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2014/04/21/tw-shannon--rising-black-republican-star-n1826212
– He became the first black speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. … And, at the age of 34, he became Oklahoma’s youngest House speaker in history. … He has stepped down from his position as House speaker to run for the U.S.…
Manmade Climate Disruption – the Hype and Reality
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2014/05/10/manmade-climate-disruption--the-hype-and-reality-n1836216
– The White House has released its latest National Climate Assessment. … Although atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been rising steadily for decades, contrary to White House claims, average planetary … Moreover, much of the White House and media spin contradicts what the NCA report actually says.…
Why the GOP is So Divided
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2014/05/10/why-the-gop-is-so-divided-n1835427
– The Democrat state senate leader in my state is a fearless, hard-left ideologue. … The Democrat leadership in my state legislature united around holding the line for the child killers, moral depravity lobby, educrats … Rather than holding the line on defunding Obamacare, House Speaker John Boehner used Democrat votes to cave.…
Rep. Trey Gowdy Writes Op-Ed, Explains Why Benghazi Matters
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/sarahjeanseman/2014/05/08/gowdy-pens-oped-explains-why-benghazi-matters-n1835517
– Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat. … The USA Today editorial team penned a response to the piece, stating that while the White House was wrong to withhold information, … Naturally, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) retweeted the excerpt: "A select committee on #…
See No Evil
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallmagazine/2014/05/08/see-no-evil-n1831146
– A suspected arms dealer, an allegedly crooked mayor dealing in White House access, and a cowardly attorney general walk into a bar. … along the city’s new train lines, there’s one thing that always catches the media’s attention: a connection straight to the White House … Philadelphia’s District Attorney Seth Williams, a black Democrat, spoke up for the investigators: “I am offended.…
Democrats Prepare to Throw Temper Tantrums Over Benghazi Select Committee
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/05/07/democr…hrow-temper-tantrums-over-benghazi-select-committee-n1834695
– Because Republicans are the majority party in the House, they have also been appointed the majority on the committee. … Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 House Democrat, sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner late Tuesday urging him to reconsider plans to put seven … The House is expected to vote Thursday on the resolution establishing the committee, over Democratic objections.…
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