Jan 4, 2009 – pay to play scandal to Britney Spear's meltdown and resurgence. … and the hopes of all to be better and to live better in the year to come. … to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward…

Jan 3, 2009 – I'm back in DC as a newlywed and doing my best to sift through the fallout from Blagojevich's decision to appoint Roland Burris to … Senate Democrats might be able to use the Secretary's refusal to sign to refer the appointment to the Rules Committee where it could … take up to 90 days to figure out what to do with Burris.…

Jan 2, 2009 – On Thursday, Livni travelled to Paris to discuss it with French President Nicolas Sarkozy ahead of his trip to the region on Monday … According to its draft cease-fire proposal, the EU has agreed to return European monitors to Rafah, and is "willing to examine the … over international borders and end its missile offensive against Israel, the EU would have to throw out the draft it just voted to…

Jan 2, 2009 – As I have often said to my liberal friends who have never voted for a Republican and yet voice “anger” at how the Bush presidency turned … out, those of us who actually voted for him and left our outside the Beltway lives to work for him are the ones who have a right to … time to consistently read.…

Jan 1, 2009 – This, according to Ehrenstein, explains Obama's "crossover" appeal. … tried to enter his restaurant. … So who should apologize to whom?…

Dec 31, 2008 – liberals refuse to learn. … Ravens can learn to snatch fishermen's untended lines to get fish. … Again, as I noted in "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)," Cleland voted against the establishment of a Homeland Security Department…

Dec 31, 2008 – The only word to describe the efforts of California Attorney General Jerry Brown to muzzle the voice and votes of the more than seven … that the Court take a jackhammer to the people’s broad power to amend their constitution through voter initiatives. … Brown’s invitation to suppress the people’s voice.…

Dec 30, 2008 – They voted 32 percent for Obama, twice the percentage of that demographic group who voted for John Kerry in 2004. … to the back burner. … Ayers has been on a decades-long mission to transform education into anti-American indoctrination and to get young people to demand…

Dec 29, 2008 – According to party rules Emineth needed 15 different members from 16 different states to trigger the emergency meeting. … email directly to their RNC representative to lobby them for their vote.I'm proud of it, too. … This move by Emineth, however, seems to want to kill that entire spirit.…

Dec 29, 2008 – If your answer is not much, I'd tend to agree with you. … Whether Kennedy succeeds in her effo rt to slide into Hillary Clinton's soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat will have little to do with … give money back to low-income Americans.…

Dec 28, 2008 – Two years later, Johnson came to Congress, a rung on the ladder that led to glory as Egg Czar. … Frank: "I'm not competent to say." … greater incentives to buy these cars?"…

Dec 28, 2008 – Dixon, to “bring the Bible’s true message to its most faithful believers.” … to the Rock.” … Though attempts are made to build bridges – to reach out – it is only for the purpose of bringing people to a relationship with Jesus…

Dec 27, 2008 – There's a metaphor here for how I think Obama is going to conduct himself as president: He's going to try to keep his distance from … And remember how Obama first came to our attention. … It was a signal to evangelical Christians that he intends to be their president, too, and that he sees them as a large and legitimate…

Dec 26, 2008 – in loans to the Big Three "to make sure the economy doesn't collapse." … Of the senators who voted to pull the plug on General Motors, Cheney is said to have remarked, "It's Herbert Hoover time" up there … Awfully late in the game, Bush seems to have awakened to an ancient reality.…

May 20, 2011 – The Illinois Senate voted 42-1 today on a bill that will protect the names of Illinois firearm owners from being made public, a … Kirk Dillard, commenting on the overwhelming vote in favor of the bill, said it was "pretty easy" to get the bill passed. … One of the arguments Madigan's office made in a letter requiring the information to be disclosed was that it was a way to basically…

May 20, 2011 – On Thursday, top Congressional leadership agreed to extend the three expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act for four more years … John Boehner have agreed to push a vote before the current expiration date of May 27, 2011. … organized groups but acting alone to commit acts of terrorism.…

May 20, 2011 – On Thursday, May 19 Senate Republicans refused to vote for cloture in sufficient numbers to allow the Senate to move to the consideration … One Republican voted to move Liu's nomination along --Lisa Murkowski. One Democrat voted to block it --Ben Nelson. … to some degree from the political wars.…

May 19, 2011 – Bill Haslam to sign it into law. … The Tennessee House of Representatives voted 70-26 for a Senate-approved version of the Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act, which … To do so mitigates the value of inalienable rights and trivializes the effort of those who seek to protect them."…

May 19, 2011 – That evening in a business meeting, her church, First Baptist in Live Oak, Fla., voted to participate in Rebuild Haiti, an effort to … I wanted to help her." … He not only gave her permission to set up her bake sale outside his store but also offered to match any funds she raised up to $750…

May 19, 2011 – Liu to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. … to block his nomination.  … Yet in my short time as a member of the Senate I have voted to confirm many nominees with whom I fundamentally disagree.   …

May 19, 2011 – In fact, if the Senate were to pass the kind of proposal it voted on this week, the Congressional Research Service warns that American … One such "subsidy" is actually a credit known as Section 199 and applies to all domestic producers -- from music producers to soft … Note that the Finance Committee has yet to call Sony or Coca-Cola to testify on the massive "subisidies" they’re receiving through…

May 19, 2011 – In 2007, he asked Congress to give the FBI the power to block gun and explosives sales to suspected terrorists. … Last week, members of the House Judiciary Committee voted on an abbreviated version of the bill: the Quigley amendment to the Patriot … It was voted down. On what basis?…

May 19, 2011 – Why the Jewish demographic voted for Barack Obama in 2008 is beyond me considering Obama's "I will negotiate with Iran," stance … and his close ties to anti-Isreal Louis Farrakhan, Rev. … Israeli press has indicated Obama will call for the country to go back to its 1967 borders.…

May 19, 2011 – find a constitutional right to welfare and gay marriage, and to read the 14th Amendment as providing a right to health insurance and … Liu has said "The resistance to this practice is difficult for me to grasp, since the United States can hardly claim to have a monopoly … The other eight GOP senators who voted earlier this month to support McConnell did not offer a clear response on how they plan to vote…

May 19, 2011 – And Gingrich seemed to trash it. … to our party. … But the party he seeks to lead is already committed to ideas that are apparently contrary to his.…