Dec 6, 2011 – plan to change how U.S. presidents are elected. … to adopt the NPV plan. … Constitution.NPV lobbyists are trying to get state legislatures to enact identical bills requiring their own state's presidential electors…

Dec 5, 2011 – Even if he has no sense of call to change churches, the very fact that a search committee contacted him at least causes him to pause … Perhaps it's not best to send 200 inquiry letters to 200 different pastors to see if anything sticks. -- Have a clear plan for the … AN IMPERFECT PROCESS There is no perfect way to call a pastor to a church.…

Dec 5, 2011 – "When you're going back to basics, it's usually best to go to the Apostle Paul." … They voted to start a seminary from scratch and locate it in New Orleans. … to Jerusalem to receive a blessing as well.…

Dec 5, 2011 – Meanwhile, President Obama continues to travel around the country on the taxpayer dime to campaign for the rich to "pay their fair … Dare the Senate Democrats to vote down the grandest of all bargains. Dare Obama to veto his own debt commission. … Dare the Democrats to actually do something about debt.…

Dec 5, 2011 – Working as a child wasn't abuse; it was a privilege to learn the importance of hard work and to contribute to the success of his family's … To dad, charity wasn't the government's job; it was our job to help. … To dad, faith was more than going to church.…

Dec 4, 2011 – It sounds so scandalous to hear those five words strung together in that order- or at least it’s supposed to sound that way. … One of the most challenging ways to respond to the comments of a politician is to simply ask them, “What do you mean by that?” … Congress and former President Bush all voted to reduce federal income tax rates back in 2001. …

Dec 3, 2011 – ICE would have to monitor rental applicants as well as buyers. Contrary to Sen. … as a place to live. … Which is to say that if house prices have to come (and stay) down for a few extra years to generate sales, so be it.…

Dec 2, 2011 – Now at least one elected official is declaring disdain for individuals who seek to live according to the moral dictates of conscience … vote for this bill today, they will be voting to say that women can die on the floor and health-care providers do not have to intervene … to wanting women to die is one of the most outlandish and hyperbolic statements I have ever heard.…

Dec 2, 2011 – In response to that report, messengers adopted a Cooperative Program budget of $860,000, raising the percentage of receipts sent to … worldwide mission causes to 30.5 percent. … The messengers voted, however, to decline changing the convention's name from Nevada Baptist Convention to "Nevada Baptist Network,…

Dec 2, 2011 – Kirkpatrick reports: "The Brotherhood has pledged to respect basic individual freedoms while using the influence of the state to nudge … to revoke women's rights or equal citizenship rights for Coptic Christians or to establish religious police, enforce sharia law or … resist attempts from at least some among them to enact a legally based blasphemy regime, in whole or in part, and to curb efforts to…

Dec 2, 2011 – This is what the pre-primary game has become: Stick to script, stay on pitch and you won't get voted off by the chattering class this … Ramesh adds: If Romney was to McCain's right then, he is still. He's to George W. Bush's right, too. … get to do a lot of the things he says he wants to.…

Dec 2, 2011 – And so, in June, 2010 the Provincetown, Massachusetts school board voted unanimously to begin distributing condoms to elementary school … After a public outcry, the district agreed to consider restricting condom distribution to grades five and up, meaning, to kids as young … According to the official policy, “the school nurse is to give counseling and abstinence information to a student prior to handing…

Dec 2, 2011 – The Senate decided to vote in a tax break package to keep Sears and the exchanges ($CME, $CBOE) from leaving. … The Illinois House voted against the Senate bill. … Lifestyle business jobs are going to be impacted.  …

Dec 1, 2011 – Senate has voted to protect military chaplains from being required to conduct same-sex "weddings." … Senators passed the legislation Nov. 30 by voice vote as an amendment to the Defense authorization bill, according to the Army Times … In July, the House voted 236-184 for an amendment to its Defense authorization bill that would prohibit the performance of homosexual…

Dec 1, 2011 – to increase their percentage CP giving from 8 to 13 percent. … We just want to do what God wants us to do: to think bigger than here, but not just bigger. … to be an encourager to many.…

Dec 1, 2011 – strategy designed to induce low-risk employees to retain ESI [employer-sponsored insurance] but incentivize high-risk employees to … to receive federal subsidies.  … 1099 tax provisions and the pack of lies known as the "CLASS Act" (which a House panel voted to repeal just today).…

Nov 30, 2011 – This might leave a mark:   What makes this ad particularly brutal is the degree to which its content is comprised … The spot's implicit question: If Republican voters aren't willing to back Romney because of his shape-shifting political opportunism … Its intended answer, of course, is Ron Paul, but he only appeals to a small sliver of the electorate, and doesn't stand a chance. …

Nov 30, 2011 – "George Bush goes from Planned Parenthood to anti-choice to placate the Republican right wing. … And for George Bush to go from Planned Parenthood to anti-choice, that's quite a journey, folks. … As a registered independent, Romney had voted in the Democratic presidential primary in 1992 to support Paul E.…

Nov 30, 2011 – Congress always seems to need a deadline to make the members focus on the country's business, and December promises to be a busy month … Republicans were not willing to pay it. Expect to hear about this issue often on the campaign trail. 4. … Whether Americans choose to hold him accountable for the decisions he's made as president remains to be seen.…

Nov 30, 2011 – It used to be common for people to urge us to learn "the lessons of history." … That turned out to be enough to beat Dewey, who simply stood in the center. … Johnson was at least as far to the left as Goldwater was to the right.…

Nov 30, 2011 – It was the GOP's refusal to raise taxes on the super rich, the Dems maintain, that resulted in the committee's inability to reach a … Obama's February budget, which would have increased spending, was laughed out of the Senate, voted down 97 to 0. … This Congress and this President have had more than enough time to act, but they have failed to do so.…

Nov 29, 2011 – Wright said he didn't want to gloat, but he did compare Gingrich to "an arsonist who sets fire to his building without stopping to … But because Gingrich provided "inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable" information to the House Ethics Committee, members voted to fine … I don't want to think about the fact that Gingrich started dating his last two wives while married to the first two wives.…

Nov 28, 2011 – "respond" to its recommendations. … It's going to take all of us -- all 2,100 churches -- to make this happen." … The resolution also called on parents to monitor their children's use of technology and to give children biblical instruction "to help…

Nov 28, 2011 – "We have a responsibility to be a neighbor to those who have nothing to offer to us," Jordan, celebrating his 15th anniversary as executive … "We are going to challenge Oklahoma Baptists to do two things ... to give $1 million next year to the state missions offering this … coming September so we can present the Gospel to every person in this state, and we are also going to challenge our churches to give…

Nov 28, 2011 – After Chaz had explained that being transgender could be likened to having a “mismatched” brain and body, similar to a “birth defect … class queen while in another school, a female teen was voted class king. … I just don’t want to go to the bathroom next to a man.” Today, Ms.…