Jan 4, 2013 – All in the name of letting Obama “have his way” in sticking it to the rich, the deal to avert the country’s cliff dive doesn’t do anything … Republicans, yes, REPUBLICANS, voted for the first time since 1991 to raise taxes on Americans, a lot of taxes and postponed dealing … family but rather should leave it to federal government to waste and redistribute to its heart’s content.…

Jan 4, 2013 – to throw him out of office. … To block further tax hikes, all the House need do, from now to 2017, is stand united and just say no. … Most Democrats are not going to agree to freeze or cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, food stamps, federal aid to…

Jan 4, 2013 – Borders must be closed to illegal immigration, and Hispanics already here enabled and encouraged to learn the English language and … follow the example of immigrants before them, who came to assimilate -- to take their place in the melting pot and reject hyphenated … give way to the new age of the diverse 'other.'"…

Jan 3, 2013 – Hollywood producers to expense up to $15 million of their project costs. … The House voted to pass it by 257-167. … to the American people, the country will continue to go off the fiscal cliff.…

Jan 3, 2013 – Heflin would go on to vote against Judge Bork and to tell his credulous constituents he voted no because he thought the judge was " … Bork had to be brought down. And liberals were willing to do anything to achieve that end. … Rehnquist's history lesson noted that a Federalist senator in 1805 urged his friends to hurry to Washington City: You are used to seeing…

Jan 3, 2013 – Breaking news: Republicans were ready to raise taxes on the middle class to shield top earners from a tax increase. … What's to like about the deal? Republicans would do well to adopt the attitude of Rep. … What's not to like? Given the shaky recovery, this is a bad time to raise taxes.…

Jan 3, 2013 – , is: How are we going to continue paying for the government we've been promised? … Yes, this is what Americans voted for in November. … Failure to surrender to the president's demands allows the media to portray Republicans as the ones pushing the nation into default…

Jan 3, 2013 – When it comes to nations, size has often led to a might-makes-right scenario, yet when it came to foreign policy there used to be an … I've written extensively that at some point taxes in some shape or form would have to hit all working people to pay for the furious … The loyal opposition owes it to those folks that voted them into office to stand on principle while also making sure the nation doesn't…

Jan 3, 2013 – The Republicans, once again, refused to stand toe-to-toe for fear of not being re-elected.  … People who truly believe in their position do not agree to take anything less.  … I’m sure both Boehner and McConnell would have tried to settle for something in between. …

Jan 3, 2013 – to do about the debt ceiling. … According to the Congressional Budget Office the ratio of new taxes to spending cuts is 41 to 1. … One didn't have to be in the room to "hear" what was said because it's always the same.…

Jan 2, 2013 – You don't fight and win unconventional wars with conventional weapons; that's why we lost in November.The majority voted to continue … The answer to that is: Only if we let it. … We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die."…

Jan 2, 2013 – House Republicans wringing their hands over what to do about the Senate-passed bill to crawl back up the fiscal cliff. … thing to do." … 85 Republicans voted for the motion; 151 against. 172 Democrats voted for the motion; only 16 against.…

Jan 2, 2013 – In response to criticism, Google defended the scheme as a legal response to government incentives. … Like The Washington Post, the Costco board of directors voted to pay special $7 per share year-end dividends to avoid higher taxes. … In addition, Costco will borrow $3.5 billion to finance the payout, according to The Wall Street Journal.…

Dec 31, 2012 – if not to the politicians. … component of any bipartisan deal to reduce the federal deficit."  … The worst-of-the-worst ideas would be to raise corporate tax rates. …

Dec 30, 2012 – Those same people are now desperately seeking to avoid the simple cuts they agreed to just a year ago. … to return him to office. … To say society is being dumbed down is to insult both the dumb and the concept of down.…

Dec 29, 2012 – ended when the majority of the American public voted to maintain their entitlements -- so long as someone else paid for them. … to keep less of what he earns? … It's not too late for conservatives to try to make these arguments -- but first they have to understand them and believe them themselves…

Dec 29, 2012 – Bottom line: the first three policies you voted for mean that those on the bottom rung of the income ladder are not going to get a … And to rub salt in the wound, the very people you voted for will be telling the world at every opportunity how much they care about … The second set of policies you voted for adds up to another bottom line: with respect to the nation's fiscal health, you voted again…

Dec 28, 2012 – President Huckabee is expected to announce his nomination to replace Justice Bork in January. … Would federal taxpayers be forced to continue to provide Medicaid and other funding to Planned Parenthood? … Two decades after Justice Bork voted to overturn Roe, Americans have become comfortable with abortion policies and most other social…

Dec 28, 2012 – We have to assume it can. … Committee member Gina Fuller, who voted against the contract, told the Sun, “The elimination of (two) steps did nothing to adjust payroll … All four committee members who voted for the contract were supported by the teachers union in their election campaigns, according to…

Dec 26, 2012 – So how do Republicans, so desperate to be a party to the resolution of our fiscal crisis, square the hole? … Shields was angry they wouldn't "give up their virginity," even to offer a head-fake to Obama. … He offered his "optimistic" take that conservatives would cave to Boehner as soon as the markets react badly, like they voted for the…

Jan 10, 2011 – The new financial stewards in Washington will be forced to address this gap by creating what the economists euphemistically refer to … Now, we are starting to talk about real money, to paraphrase the late Senator Everett Dirksen. … to the Health Care Bill last winter.…

Jan 9, 2011 – Forty-one minutes and 434 votes later, Altmire was the first of 19 Democrats to voice their opposition to Pelosi, the largest public … Not only will it be the year we are likely to discover if the Republicans return to their small-government ways, owing to the pressure … She and her House caucus may make it difficult for Obama and Reid to tack to the ideological center and to position themselves for…

Jan 9, 2011 – In 2000, Americans went to the polls, and a plurality voted for Al Gore. But George W. … But the virtues ascribed to each amount to lame rationalizations for a mess we can't seem to escape. … We are hostages, and some of us have succumbed to Stockholm syndrome, coming to identify with our captors.We may have to live with…

Jan 9, 2011 – ’s not hard to see the coming dilemma. … sober up, but not wanting to talk about that issue when deciding whether to order another round of drinks. … the Obama administration’s “overused tactic of claiming crises to push legislation.” Lott explains that Congress has voted not to…

Jan 8, 2011 – About 18 months ago, the school board voted to no longer deduct dues from employees’ paychecks, which meant union members had to physically … Marjorie Hayward objected to her president’s behavior and refused to pay up. So the union took her to small claims court. … We gave two years to try and allow people to meet those obligations.…