Apr 4, 2011 – Administration's plans for energy dependence, outlined in the 44 page,   Blueprint for A Secure Energy Future, recently released by the White House … Of course, Obama isn't the only Democrat leader who just doesn't get it.  … At almost the same time, that Obama was claiming that his Democrat leadership team was going to make energy independence a priority…

Apr 3, 2011 – With a Democrat in the White House, the anti-war corner has a much more civil tone. … Anti-war House members have asked the GOP leadership to schedule an up-or-down congressional floor vote on the use of military force … Now the Obama administration is in the hot seat -- crushed between critics who charge the White House was too slow to authorize a no-fly…

Apr 1, 2011 – . -- A bill that would have legalized same-sex civil unions in Colorado was defeated in a Republican-controlled House committee March … Democrat Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign the bill, which passed the House in March.…

Apr 1, 2011 – Census data will result in a shift of 12 House seats and electoral votes affecting 18 states beginning with the 2012 elections, msnbc.com … Most of the states gaining seats, such as Texas and Florida, are Republican-leaning though their growth is driven by Democrat-leaning … Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Minnesota Gov.…

Apr 1, 2011 – Last year, he fared reasonably well in a district that's been voting Democrat since the Reconstruction. … But, that impatience, too, can be heard in the voice of the Speaker of the House. … The Speaker of the House cannot unilaterally make the will of the House law. He needs more votes in Washington.…

Apr 20, 2011 – editor at The Huffington Post, who said, back in February on Lawrence O'Donnell's "The Last Word," that the "whole idea of a Reagan Democrat … Reagan-Democrats-Come-Home canard as his own fresh insight in his column and on "The Ed Show," where he said that the Obama White House…

Apr 17, 2011 – The House speaker then was southern Democrat Linn Boyd, who was critical in shepherding the passage of the 1850 Compromise that defused … As the previous House speaker, Pelosi, D-Calif., rarely if ever compromised with House Republicans; the Democrats’ majority was so … Most House speakers are impressive politicians, says presidential historian Dr.…

Apr 16, 2011 – elites opposed to the right to bear arms for folks in flyover country “who cling to guns or religion,” as their champion in the White House … According to The Democrat Daily, a progressive Web site. … The bill has 163 co-sponsors in the House.…

Apr 16, 2011 – There was no clarity, no plan, and he reverted to the old Democrat mantra of "Tax the Rich More" as a solution to our debt crisis. … There isn’t a problem in the world that doesn’t involve a multi-billion dollar budget when a Democrat gets involved.   … Here’s what Democrat Charles Rangel said about the deal in the NY Daily News: "’What [Obama has] done politically does not fit what…

Apr 15, 2011 – In actuality, all American taxpayers should be proud that the people's House has acted to save the social safety net by halting its … Kudos are also in order for the House Republican leadership, which has been the target of some conservative ire in recent days.  … Every Democrat voted no, along with four Republicans (one of whom was Ron Paul, natch). …

Apr 15, 2011 – On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," this writer asked Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform exactly how many GOP members of the House had … His response: "The commitment that 235 Republican members of the House and 40 Republicans in the Senate have signed is the Taxpayer … Put bluntly, a vote by a Republican House to raise taxes as part of a big budget deal would be an act of collective suicide by the…

Apr 14, 2011 – Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, vetoed a bill April 13 that would have repealed the state's medicinal marijuana law, which has been criticized … In March, the Idaho House of Representatives passed the ban in a 61-8 vote, while the Senate voted 31-2 for the measure.…

Apr 14, 2011 – The biggest hurdle to the 2011 CR deal has been cleared:  The House has passed the measure by a fairly overwhelming margin, 260-167 … The 108 Democrat nays were primarily spurred by a sense that the deal cut too much. … UPDATE IV - The Senate, as expected, has passed the House bill.  The president will sign it. …

Apr 13, 2011 – But Democrats control the Senate and the White House, and the media were gearing up to blame Republicans for any government shutdown … Reid, who is known as a "pro-life Democrat," said cutting Planned Parenthood's funding was the "one issue" on which he would not budge…

Apr 12, 2011 – The Republican House -- whose leaders kept the government "open" by city-slicking or overawing Democratic budget negotiators -- isn't … Well, to beat up on the GOP as -- a familiar trope -- the party of encrusted wealth, eager, as fellow Democrat Harry Reid so eloquently … The hope-and-change president, it seems, is a Republican: a less honest party member, alas, than the one he replaced in the White House…

Apr 11, 2011 – The Democrat-controlled Senate is expected to defeat both proposals. … Anthony List, commended House pro-life leaders for achieving the ban on abortion funding in D.C. … , "hen in our contemporary history has a Speaker of the House made the sanctity of human life such a priority as this one has?…

Apr 11, 2011 – is taking heat this morning as rumors swirl on the Hill about how he got the job done on Friday, negotiating a deal between the democrat … controlled Senate and White House resulting in $38 billion in cuts and preventing a government shut down. … Boehner is being accused of using the military as a pawn in order to get freshman House members on board with the Friday compromise…

Apr 11, 2011 – But as President, working with the Democrat-controlled Senate, he’s toying with a government shut down over the House’s responsible … Democrat Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of Obama’s Deficit Commission, reinforces that concern: “I think we face the most predictable … Paul Ryan, head of the House Budget Committee, has presented a bold budget that promises to decrease our spending by over $6 trillion…

Apr 11, 2011 – Somehow, the GOP, holding merely one house of one branch of government imposed it’s will on the rest of the government. … Substantive spending reform can only happen if conservatives win the Senate or the White House in 2012. … For all the Democrat disdain of the folks back home, it was the Tea Party, not Obama, which brokered the spending cuts.…

Apr 29, 2011 – "Tea Party" fraud Jack Davis has previously run for office three times...as a Democrat. … He told the Buffalo News that he "couldn't be happier" to have played a small role in helping Democrats win back the House in 2006. … Wealthy businessman Jack Davis, a former Democrat running as a Tea Party candidate, earns the backing of 23 percent of likely voters…

Apr 29, 2011 – Reid wants to put Republicans on record supporting legislation authored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) that … “I understand that the Majority Leader would like to have a vote on the House-passed Ryan budget and we will,” Mr. … Since there is no Democrat budget in the Senate, we’ll give our colleagues an opportunity to stand with the President in failing to…

Apr 29, 2011 – Similar measures are being advanced by Democratic governors and Democrat-run legislatures from Massachusetts to New York to California … Corporation and Chick-fil-A for daring to associate with social conservatives.And we're seeing it again this month as the Obama White House…

Apr 27, 2011 – When the Democrat-dominated Massachusetts House passes it by a huge margin -- crickets: House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly … DeLeo said the House measure would save $100 million for cities and towns in the upcoming budget year, helping them avoid layoffs and … Deval Patrick said today, adding that he’s glad the House dealt with the controversial topic and hopes to see a final bill soon.…

Apr 26, 2011 – Though the House voted overwhelmingly to defund Planned Parenthood, in the Senate, every single Democrat voted to maintain taxpayer … So it came as little surprise to us that in the Senate not one Democrat voted to defund Planned Parenthood.…

Apr 26, 2011 – House of Representatives took up the defense of DOMA. To do so, they retained former U.S. … House of Representatives. This isn’t some traitor, or depraved serial murderer of children, or terrorist regime. … This is the House representing the American people, chosen by We the People.…