Nov 19, 2011 – Wilson, our first Ph.D. in the White House, made clear his complete rejection of the ideas of Thomas Jefferson and classical liberalism … Another stain is the resegregation of the White House under Wilson. … The HUAC was founded by another progressive Democrat, Samuel Dickstein, to investigate German sympathizers.…

Nov 18, 2011 – As time runs out for the Super Committee of twelve House and Senate Members to strike a deal to reduce the federal deficit by $1.5 … The good news – maybe – is that, "Several members of Congress, especially Republicans on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees … Senator Carl Levin, the Democrat Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says that the announced Pentagon cuts will be "very…

Nov 18, 2011 – The Balanced Budget Amendment failed by 23 votes in the House today, as Republicans were unable garner support from their Democrat … The House has 242 Republicans and 192 Democrats, with one vacancy -- but eight members did not vote. … Even if all 240 House Republicans who did vote had supported the measure, passage would have required 46 Democratic votes.…

Nov 18, 2011 – Here's House Energy and Commerce Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) recapping all of the emails, warnings, assessments … even some Democtrats:   One of the most aggressive lines of questioning Chu has received came from, surprisingly, a Democrat…

Nov 17, 2011 – The Texas governor and GOP presidential hopeful had sent a letter to Pelosi, the House’s top Democrat, challenging her to a debate … the letter to Pelosi, first obtained by The Hill newspaper, Perry said he was responding to criticism from her lieutenant in the House…

Nov 17, 2011 – Yesterday, in comments on the floor of the Senate, the Democrat Leader said the following: "While it's proper to guard against and … for denying the Senate even one vote on any of the "Forgotten Fifteen" regulation relief bills that have been passed by the GOP House…

Nov 17, 2011 – Ikle.No conservative known to me was present at the Motion Picture Association of America presentation, which was presided over by a Democrat … He is the objective journalist who, in his book, "The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House," assessed the Clintons as "the two…

Dec 6, 2011 – And soon they’ll be at your house, whether you invited them or not. … America that would prefer to remember the late 1990s, the people who thought up the idea of recreating the riots during the 1968 Democrat…

Dec 5, 2011 – That made him the 24th House incumbent to announce that he won't seek re-election. … ("My colleagues on the other side have decided to adopt a Marxist idea," he said during one House debate. … The Massachusetts Democrat will be remembered not just for his left-wing politics or as the first openly gay member of Congress, but…

Dec 5, 2011 – While there has been some talk about scratching Maxine Waters as the replacement for Barney Frank on the House Financial Service Committee … Frank, the ranking Democrat on the committee, announced he would retire rather than face a tough reelection fight. … As Ezra Klein pointed out in his WonkBlog, however, the top contender to push Waters aside and replace Frank, Democrat Rep.…

Dec 5, 2011 – With Democrats holding the White House and holding only a very slim majority in the Senate, they have become concerned about the Hatch … Unfortunately, these efforts were not only supported, but egged on, by Democrat political operatives, such as Congress Waxman, who…

Dec 4, 2011 – But she will be the ranking Democrat on the committee in any case.       … Only if the house goes back to the Democrats. … Not the White House, right now.      …

Dec 4, 2011 – “It is where you take them to make candidates look authentic,” explained a Democrat strategist who routinely works on presidential … That trend solidified when the much more conservative Pat Toomey, a Republican, beat former congressman Joe Sestak, a Democrat, for … House seats, a U.S.…

Dec 2, 2011 – itching for a fight to begin that they have wanted for four years, which Senator McCain never even began, and which the new GOP House … I remember Newt Gingrich through the prism of a former Democrat.…

Dec 1, 2011 – Sowell explains: "His powerful position on the House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Services gave him leverage to force … Frank denied knowing that his lover, a convicted drug dealer, was running a prostitution business out of the congressman's house. … The ranking Democrat who stands to inherit his position on the powerful House Financial Services Committee is none other than hyper-lefty…

Dec 1, 2011 – Called by Britain's Telegraph newspaper "one of the most strident liberal voices" among the Democrat members of Congress, Frank championed … reach of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 and opposed oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for many years during both Democrat … As ranking minority member of the House Financial Services Committee starting in 2003, Frank strenuously opposed tighter regulation…

Nov 30, 2011 – And then bureaucratically engineered darkness settled over the land.For three years, White House officials have rolled out countless … As evidence of this historic openness, Obama flacks point to farces like last week's Thanksgiving-timed release of White House visitor … Maddow made no mention of the visit on her August 5 show, which promoted the latest batch of White House stimulus proposals.…

Nov 29, 2011 – Although the IRS later exonerated him, the House ordered him to pay a $300,000 penalty. … Republicans barely kept control of the House in the 1998 midterm elections, losing five seats. Rep. … Salmon and 11 GOP House members openly opposed Gingrich.…

Nov 29, 2011 – But there is more than a whiff of Democrat-style swooning in the Republican contest so far. … It isn't the ethics violation, for which the House Ethics Committee cited him when he was speaker. … Gingrich was the only speaker of the House in U.S. history to be removed by his own party.…

Nov 29, 2011 – While Politico reports that Democrats aren’t yet writing off winning back the US House of Representatives, Townhall Finance will tell …  Committee, presuming the Democrats could win back the House, would be This Old Socialist, Maxine Waters (D-Bat Stuff Crazy), according … Until a Democrat wins a race that a Democrat is supposed to lose, nothing has changed.…

Nov 28, 2011 – Barney Frank, the former chairman of the influential House Financial Services Committee, will not seek re-election next year. … The Democrat chaired the financial services committee from 2007 until his party lost its House majority in the 2010 election. … He also has gained attention as an openly gay member of the House; a 2009 biography by Stuart Weisberg is subtitled: The Story of America's…

Nov 28, 2011 – More to come...UPDATES:   (1) With Frank out, the Democrat next in line to become the ranking member on the House Financial … Massachusetts lost one Congressional seat in reapportionment; two sitting members from the state's 100 percent Democratic House delegation … ignorant of some of the prostitute's activities, his indiscretion was so great that his standing in Congress was greatly damaged and a House…

Nov 28, 2011 – It was a rare moment of candor from a California Democrat, acknowledging environmental and labor regulations make it hard to build … And to their credit, House Republicans were thinking even bigger things earlier this year. … House-passed Ryan budget.…

Nov 27, 2011 – As President Obama and his Democrat allies work to tighten the grip of government on the economy, remember capitalism can survive without … And Chris Matthews, the former Democrat aide and speechwriter, who, in between getting thrills in various parts of his body when hearing … Openly supported by the president, the former Speaker of the House, countless members of Congress and the media, the mutants, on a…

Dec 16, 2011 – The House of Representatives approved by voice vote a bill to reauthorize the U.S. … Then, the Senate and House passed a resolution to maintain funds through Nov. 18. … The House-approved version had reduced the panel to five members.…