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Hmm: NY Democrat Might Back Boehner for Speaker?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2010/11/24/hmm_ny_democrat_might_back_boehner_for_speaker
– What to make of this?  Is a possible party switch in the works?  … Owens was one of 150 Democrats who voted to keep Pelosi as their leader, despite the party's huge midterm election losses. … To Townhall readers who are smarter than I am: How do you square the two bold quotes?…
It's About Time We Politicized the Fed
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2010/11/24/its_about_time_we_politicized_the_fed
– Monetary policy is a complex and mystical business -- yet it was not, as far as I know, handed down from God to Moses to Alan Greenspan.But … "You want to be very careful not to take steps that hurt our credibility." … boost the economy voted with Bernanke in the name of institutional solidarity.That sounds pretty "political" to me.Now, the argument…
Obama Using Executive Orders to Implement Radical Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/20…24/obama_using_executive_orders_to_implement_radical_agenda
– Does President Obama plan to move to the center in response to his overwhelming rejection at the polls on Nov. 2? No way! … After he lost Congress in 1992, Bill Clinton, too, resorted to executive orders to maintain his momentum as president. … He is passing ideas Congress refused to pass, even when he had huge majorities. Obama will live to regret these moves.…
Health Tyrants
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2010/11/24/health_tyrants
– Do federal, state and local governments have a right to intervene in our lives when it comes to choices affecting our health … Recently, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to forbid restaurants from giving gifts with meals that contain too much fat … There's no limit to what do-gooder zealots will do to accomplish their mission.…
Hey Congress, Wake Up and Take Fiscal Responsibility
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/11/23/hey_congress,_wake_up_and_take_fiscal_responsibility
– the 18-member panel, which will be voted on Dec. 1. … to rein in spending and borrowing. … to fiscal 2009 levels.…
Save Us From the Intellectuals
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2010/11/23/save_us_from_the_intellectuals
– giveaways to the rich." … To extend those rates would not be a cut. To fail to extend them would constitute a tax increase. … Bush to Sarah Palin.I'll tell you what is rather silly; I don't want to say "stupid."…
SBTC hosts NAMB commissioning
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2010/11/22/sbtc_hosts_namb_commissioning
– Following Ezell's sermon -- an exhortation from Mark 2 to get people to Jesus with the same determination shown by the four men who … Land said ERLC trustees voted to honor Richards "for his exemplary service to the Kingdom of God as a prophetic reformer at a critical … "It honors our award to have given it to Dr. Jim Richards," Land said.…
Outreach foreshadows Georgia 2020 plan
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2010/11/22/outreach_foreshadows_georgia_2020_plan
– Messengers also voted to establish a new association, Southwest Atlanta Baptist Association and to accept 50 churches and missions … In other business at the meeting, messengers voted to: -- Approve a $45 million budget for 2011, a $500,000 decrease from the current … The convention will continue to allocate roughly 59 percent of the budget for Georgia Baptist ministries and 41 percent to the national…
Decision Point: George W. Bush's Pro-Life Path
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulkengor/2010/11/22/decision_point_george_w_bushs_pro-life_path
To cite just a few examples: Bush's confirmed picks to the Supreme Court, from a pro-life standpoint, were superb. … Clearly, this suggests that their goal is not to inform a woman's "choice," as they claim, but to advance abortion. … To bring this back to the person of George W.…
It’s Time for School Choice!
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2010/11/22/it’s_time_for_school_choice!
– Take time to watch Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim’s Waiting for Superman, voted best U.S. documentary at the prestigious … As President Obama’s team love to say, “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” … This is a way for everyone to be able to make something out of themselves.”…
Could California Sink The Obama Presidency?
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2010/11/21/could_california_sink_the_obama_presidency
– First, let me be clear about this: Contrary to the growing consensus, I am still not convinced that President Obama is destined to … aren’t going to happen. … So what’s a guy like Barack Obama to do?…
Will Republicans Get Serious on Spending?
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2010/11/21/will_republicans_get_serious_on_spending
– claiming to be publicity-shy." … My administration's ratios of spend-to-GDP, taxes-to-GDP, deficit-to-GDP, and debt to GDP are all lower than the averages of the past … In fact, many Republicans campaigned by roasting Democrats for allegedly cutting Medicare -- though the Democrats had voted only to
La. Baptists maintain CP percentage
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2010/11/19/la_baptists_maintain_cp_percentage
– (BP)--Messengers to the 163rd annual meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention voted without discussion to keep the percentage of … In response to the current climate, Hankins stated the Louisiana convention's intentions: to assist and strengthen churches; to be … to thwart the evils rampaging across America.…
A Big, Ripe Target
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2010/11/19/a_big,_ripe_target
– Promise), I ran into an anecdote that encapsulates the obvious contempt McCaskill feels for the good, hard-working Missourians who voted … Louis airport characterized by the woman who endured it as a "sexual assault") are nothing more than "love pats" (before trying to … And obviously there is plenty of material out there for any Republican who chooses to take on McCaskill in 2012.…
Madame Ovary of the Minority
https://townhall.com/columnists/janetmlarue/2010/11/19/madame_ovary_of_the_minority
– Despite their objections to the abortion spending in ObamaCare, several Blue Dogs voted for it after Obama issued a sham executive … free to dis them. … According to Thomas L.…
Who Fed the Tiger?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2010/11/19/who_fed_the_tiger
– Repeatedly, Republicans voted to extend most-favored-nation status to China. … Colin Powell was forced to apologize. … As LBJ said in 1964, "We are not about to send Americans boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to
GOP Doesn't Need to "Bury the Hatchet"
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/11/18/gop_doesnt_need_to_bury_the_hatchet
– A majority of those who went to the polls voted against these and other spending schemes championed by the Democrats. … More than 60 House Democrats lost their seats on Election Day, 43 House Democrats voted to replace Pelosi as minority leader with a … token challenger, and, in a further rebuke of her failed policies, 68 of them voted to postpone any leadership vote until next month…
Reid: Senate will vote on gays in military
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2010/11/18/reid_senate_will_vote_on_gays_in_military
– In addition to Lincoln, Pryor and Kirk, other senators who are key to the vote include: -- New West Virginia Sen. … President Obama wants to see the policy reversed and has urged Democratic leaders to hold a vote, Politico.com reported. … More than 60 chaplains signed a letter to Obama and Gates, urging them not to overturn the policy.…
Fate of Bush Tax Cuts Still Uncertain
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jillianbandes/2010/11/18/fate_of_bush_tax_cuts_still_uncertain
– Republicans are refusing to compromise. … What's going to happen to the extension of the Bush tax cuts, which must be addressed before Congress goes home for winter break? … to permanently stop all of the tax hikes. …
McConnell: "Our first goal is to reverse the damage that's been done."
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jillianbandes/2010/11/18/mcconnell_our_first_goal_is_to_reverse_the_damage_thats_been_done
– Mitch McConnell was too busy to meet with President Obama today, but he wasn't too busy to speak to the Federalist Society.The Senate … earn back the trust of the people who voted for them, and that under his leadership, Republicans will be committed to repealing the … Voters want us to try to get on the back on the road of limited government and Constitutional limits, but Republicans still need to
The Fed's $600 Billion Bond Buy Is Bad Here and Abroad
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/11/18/the_feds_$600_billion_bond_buy_is_bad_here_and_abroad
– Both are widely interpreted as attempts to lower the value of the dollar to make American exports cheaper and to reduce the huge export … to compensate for our own weakness. … policies to the outside world, and he voted with Bernanke on QE2.…
Food Fight Breaks Out in Senate
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2010/11/18/food_fight_breaks_out_in_senate
– It’s worse than your kids at the dinner table: the battle over food safety has gotten worse after the Senate voted to move forward … A complicated reconciliation process would have to take place in order for the bill to be sent to the President’s desk, but those will … We don't want to make life harder for small operations, but we've been trying for a long time to get FDA's food safety program to be…
How To Control Congress
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2010/11/17/how_to_control_congress
– Regardless of party, congressmen face enormous lobbying pressures and awards to spend more and little or no pressure and awards to … Contrast that to the years 1787 to the 1920s when federal government spending never exceeded 4 percent of our GDP except in wartime … -based Tax Foundation computes that the average taxpayer is forced to work from Jan. 1 to mid-April to pay federal, state and local…
There's No Such Thing as a Pro-Gay-Agenda Conservative
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2010/11/17/theres_no_such_thing_as_a_pro-gay-agenda_conservative
– Fidelity to the natural law -- including in the laws of our land -- is at the very core of what conservatives seek to conserve. … House Speaker-to-be John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in which the writers professed to speak … of government is to protect (not infringe on) our God-given rights, including the right to life.…
A House Earmarking Ban?
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/11/17/a_house_earmarking_ban
– I plan to write each Republican senator and ask how he or she voted on the earmark ban. … Those who voted for the ban will be able to bask in the credit. … Why, they will be asked, are we not permitted to know how you -- who we elected -- voted?…
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