Aug 19, 2011 – That’s why he was able to shield mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during his tenure as Chair of the House Banking Committee … Being a House banking member has always had its rewards. … While still a junior member on the House Banking Committee in 1991 he secured a big-time job at Fannie Mae for his then-husband.…

Sep 7, 2011 – First, the wild White House/Boehner/Jobs Speech fistfight broke out on the day he tried to roll out his economic plan.  … Paul - Ron Paul's campaign has been hounding Rick Perry this week, drawing attention to (then-Democrat) Perry's one-time support for…

Sep 7, 2011 – Like most Democrat administrations, Obama’s challenge wasn’t in getting elected. … The special problem that the Democrats face- and Bill Clinton was really the only Democrat to master it since Harry Truman- is that … Mike Shedlock Brace Yourself: US, Euro Banks About to Go Down Again Bob Beauprez The Repugnant White House Speech Delusion…

Sep 7, 2011 – Step 3 - An enterprising journalist asks the White House spokesman if the president condemns the union boss' inflammatory rhetoric. … Step 4 - Said White House spokesman bobs and weaves for two minutes, ultimately refusing to disavow or apologize for the remarks.  … Tapper, who's tangled aggressively with Carney before, cagily reminds the White House spokesman that Obama's campaign once adopted…

Sep 7, 2011 – "The White House team is flailing – reacting, regrouping, retrenching.  … Not exactly the way Barack Obama would like to like to be described by one of the most myopic Democrat sycophants in the nearly homogeneous … Shedlock Brace Yourself: US, Euro Banks About to Go Down Again Bob Beauprez The Repugnant White House…

Sep 6, 2011 – Even the Democrat-controlled Congress refused to pass President Obama’s federal card-check legislation to abolish the secret ballot … And next year the American people must replace the current occupant of the White House with one who understands and adheres to his…

Sep 6, 2011 – Obamacare may have some unknown complication, a government agency may implement some incredibly costly new regulation, the White House … may go after them to help a connected Democrat donor, or Obama may impose a new tax in the name of "fairness."…

Sep 6, 2011 – "Last February, the House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation. … Solyndra employees contributed over $10,000 to various Democrat candidates and committees in 2010 including Harry Reid, Gabrielle Gifford … Committee, specifically, OMB’s internal communications and documents relating to Solyndra, and its communications with the White House…

Sep 2, 2011 – institutionalized care rather than allowing children, the sick or elderly to be cared for in their homes. " A spokesperson from Democrat … California, Homecare Consultants (2), Homecare Specialists (2), Independent Living Resource Center SF, Individual oppose (4), In-House…

Sep 2, 2011 – US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, kicked up a political storm this week … Indeed, under both Democrat and Republican administrations, the US has frequently acted successfully outside the UN framework. … Ros-Lehtinen's bill is expected to be blocked in the Democrat-controlled Senate before Obama has the opportunity to veto it.…

Sep 2, 2011 – , we released The House Republican Plan for America’s Job Creators earlier this year. … Democrat-controlled Senate. … During this time, it is essential that the House continue our focus on the jobs crisis.…

Sep 1, 2011 – Despite White House Press Secretary Jay Carney's bald face lie about the timing of the president's proposed speech to a Joint Session … You know, I think the White House viewed it, and probably still continues to view it, as a beneficial contest for them, the President … And I’d say this if it was a Republican in the White House and Democrats debating.…

Aug 31, 2011 – result, as we head into the Labor Day weekend, is a shrinking labor force, stalled economic growth, deepening debt, and a White House … economy, fearing that it's not going to get better anytime soon and, indeed, will likely get worse in the months ahead as the White House … It's hard to see their plan passing the Democrat-run Senate in this election cycle.…

Aug 29, 2011 – House of Representatives. … tantalizing question in conservative circles: can Massachusetts, for the first time since 1994, elect a Republican to the Lower House … On the heels of the corruption convictions of ex-House Speaker Sal Dimasi, ex-Sen Dianne Wilkerson and ex-City Councilor Chuck Turner…

Aug 29, 2011 – , and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about" (1 Kings 3:1). … The highlight of the excavations is the complete exposure of the gate house. … The students also did service projects at My Friend's House and the Texas Heritage Camp.…

Sep 17, 2011 – It must feel like SSDD at the White House – same stuff, different day.  … Prior to appearing before the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, the White House reviewed and recommended changes … According to the report, the White House pressed Gen.…

Sep 16, 2011 – States has made it clear that we will patently veto such a measure (thank goodness, despite the less-than-firm support of the White House … That claim gained urgency on Tuesday, when Republican Bob Turner’s criticism of Obama’s Israel policy helped him defeat Democrat David…

Sep 16, 2011 – The Massachusetts House passed a bill Sept. 14 that would add three resort-style casinos and one slots-only gambling parlor to the … Deval Patrick, a Democrat, has signaled support. The bill passed the House, 123-32.…

Sep 16, 2011 –   Barack Obama's troubled presidency was hit hard again this week on several fronts that shook the White House and raised fears … who were formerly comfortable in their 'safe' Democratic districts: No Democrat is safe." … This week's special House elections were an important preliminary referendum on this administration.…

Sep 16, 2011 – Despite his "jobs" speech, President Obama's own handpicked White House Office of Management and Budget has just predicted grim employment … enablers and protectors in the White House, Congress and statehouses — and as those unions took that unchecked power and made more … Marching proudly right behind the corrupt unions and Obamacare, you have the Democrat-beholden, job-killing trial lawyers. …

Sep 16, 2011 – On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee's Immigration subpanel entertained calls to save the EB-5 law. Democratic Rep. … The legislation (sponsored by open-borders Democrat John Kerry and Republican Richard Lugar in the Senate) also creates a second program … Bryant, a Texas Democrat, protested on the House floor: "This provision is an unbelievable departure from our tradition of cherishing…

Sep 15, 2011 – AttackWatch laughingstock, and the CLASS Act shadiness circulating through the headlines this week, I would wager that the White House … And the White House asked the general to alter the testimony to add two points: that the general supported the White House policy to … It’s not just a Democrat problem or a Republican problem. It’s a problem of our permanent political class.…

Sep 15, 2011 – Does the American public have the bandwidth to follow two Solyndra-style White House scandals at once?  … Kent Conrad, a Democrat, as decrying the program as a Madoff-style "Ponzi scheme." Why?  … So the White House was telling the public everything was copacetic while internal government experts were frantically warning that…

Sep 14, 2011 – (BP)--A bill repealing New Hampshire's gay "marriage" law passed a House subcommittee by a vote of 3-1 Wednesday, potentially putting … The bill is favored to pass the state House and Senate, although it is unknown if the GOP can overcome a certain veto by Gov. … John Lynch, a Democrat. He signed the 2009 law.…

Sep 14, 2011 – The North Carolina Senate made sure of that Tuesday, passing a marriage amendment, 30-16, one day after the state House passed it, … It needed 72 votes in the House and cleared that margin by only three votes. … Susan Fisher, a Democrat. "So why is a constitutional amendment needed?"…