Dec 21, 2010 – The FCC has just voted down party lines, 3-2, in favor of federally regulating the internet. … The regulations, which have sparked considerable controversy in Washington and nationwide, are designed to ensure that the Internet … Capitol Hill insisted that the new restrictions are unnecessary, while some prominent watchdogs complained they don’t go far enough to…

Dec 21, 2010 – The Hill: Senate Democrats appear to have the nine Republican votes they need to ratify the New START nuclear treaty this week and … this point, it appears several Republicans will have to change their minds to scuttle the deal.  … Mark Kirk is a centrist who voted on Saturday to repeal the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which barred gays from serving…

Dec 21, 2010 – One of the most effective ways to overturn a culture is not to take it on directly, but to undermine it gradually. … When someone tries to marginalize our faith, we need to respond. … And if a city government decides to remove a nativity scene from public display, those responsible should be voted out at the next…

Dec 20, 2010 – Desegregation was good for our country because it allowed for all people to serve our country in equal ways and to advance themselves … They might claim to believe in God, but they could not care less about how He wants us to live. … Sin in any form is always destructive to the individual and to society as a whole. The late Sen.…

Dec 20, 2010 – "We hope that our nation's leaders will work to ensure that none of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines are ever made to choose … And ADF stands ready to defend service members if they are ever unconstitutionally required to make that choice." … "We believe it to be contrary to Scripture to commend open homosexual relationships in general, including within the military ranks…

Dec 20, 2010 – But Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was able to persuade Republican appropriators not to swallow the bait. … At the south end of the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to watch gloomily as her Democrats failed to rally majorities to alter … Republicans, having succeeded in holding down tax rates, clearly have a mandate to hack away at spending, and to defund and derail…

Dec 19, 2010 – $44 to $66, it could be cheaper for one person to drive and certainly cheaper for two. … and Ohio to 14 other states. … Rail Authority voted to approve the first segment of the project.…

Dec 18, 2010 – (Five Democrats also voted to kill the DREAM, and three Republicans voted yes -- Bennett, Murkowski, and Lugar -- which the Associated … Press somehow fails to mention).UPDATE: 63 Senators have voted to invoke cloture on Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal.  … Only 33 Senators voted to block a stand-alone vote.  Lieberman was right -- in fact, he underestimated the numbers. …

Dec 17, 2010 – When the GOP successfully filibustered a defense bill earlier this month that had a repeal attached to it, only Collins voted with … with Democrats to oppose a filibuster. … I don't want to lose any Marines to the distraction.…

Dec 17, 2010 – House of Representatives has voted 212-206 to ban the Obama administration from spending any funds to try terrorism suspects in civilian … funds from being used to prosecute terrorist detainees in federal criminal courts, according to Susan Crabtree writing for The Hill … Maybe Holder was really trying to convince the Swiss to let him house and try KSM and company in an Alpine ski village.…

Dec 17, 2010 – As I noted last night, more Democrats than Republicans ended up voting to affirm President Bush's tax policies when all was said and … Dozens more House Democrats voted to extend Bush's signature domestic policy accomplishment than supported President Obama's in March … Actually, on second thought, don't try to imagine the desolation on the Left.  Soak it in. …

Dec 17, 2010 – to triple university fees." … ; who will hold it out to his or her mommy or daddy to show them what a wonderful gift they have received. … Those children will have to do it.…

Dec 17, 2010 –   (139 Democrats voted to endorse Bush tax policies.  138 Republicans did the same).  … Obama successfully whips Dem caucus to endorse Bush tax policy." … These are critical priorities the new majority has pledged to act on in the next Congress, and I hope President Obama will listen to…

Dec 17, 2010 – Code -- the provision of law that deems homosexual conduct to be "an unacceptable risk" to our nation's "military capability." … Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid immediately promised to "attach the measure to a bill that will pass before the Senate adjourns." … "just say no" to the Obama administration's "strategy" for dismembering our national security.…

Jan 5, 2011 – Every single Democrat on the committee voted against it. … Those involved in the Enron manipulations went to prison. … Twelve billion, one hundred and sixteen point four million dollars might not sound like a lot to you, but it starts to add up.…

Jan 5, 2011 – Ezell's nomination was announced Aug. 31 after NAMB's seven-member presidential search committee voted unanimously to recommend him … "I will do everything I possibly can to honor the Lord in this and to lead the board to a place where it is as effective as it possibly … "I am looking forward to being able to give a very clear vision for it.…

Jan 5, 2011 – I didn't feel called to run. I felt called to do the job. … I was very, very pleased to be able to go compete for and to get the committees I was wanting to be on. … you to be able to research and teach from.…

Jan 5, 2011 – In a truly historic achievement for the GOP and America, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi passed the gavel to Congressman John Boehner (R … - OH), making him the first ever Orange-American to become Speaker of The House.   … "John Boehner's ascension to the Speaker's position is just such a moment for orange men and women across this great nation."  …

Jan 5, 2011 – One of the rules taking place this year will require health insurers to pay a minimum of 80 percent of all income to their customers … And insurance premiums will continue to rise to offset the costs of government-imposed benefits. … Half a trillion dollars needed to pay for Obamacare was supposed to come out of the Medicare budget, but after seniors voted heavily…

Jan 5, 2011 – As we begin a new year, it may be useful to look back to one particular piece of advice that George Washington gave us in his farewell … Political calculations are being made from Capitol Hill to Pennsylvania Avenue to K St. intended to perpetuate the destructive governmental … usurp our liberty to enhance the power of government; have taxed and borrowed from those who produce to transfer to those who neither…

Jan 4, 2011 – Davis, they continue to elect and re-elect spend-happy Dems, while rejecting general tax increases and, to make matters worse, passing … down Proposition 1A in 2009 by a 2-to-1 vote." … la Arnold that are supposed to go to early childhood education and mental health, and include severe cuts that probably won't remain…

Jan 4, 2011 – If he does, the republic may start to recover its lost political, economic and cultural capital. … He might, in truth, want to keep her photo -- steely eyes and all -- taped to his shaving mirror.Boehner's advantages are not wholly … voted, for instance, to let the government mostly run health care.…

Jan 3, 2011 – switch to the Republican Party. … This 135-page monstrosity was immediately recognized as a payoff to the AARP, which supported ObamaCare, to the detriment of everyone … Layer on to that rigid regulations that restrict individual freedoms and if the deficit continues to soar, his goose is cooked.…

Jan 1, 2011 – To help me decide, my buddy John C. … Anyway, for 2011 I am dead set to morph from being a pretty good conservative gadfly to the lunatic Left to becoming an even more annoying … Welcome to Obamaland: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn’t Work, has penned a book to help me chart the course to be even more mordant…

Dec 31, 2010 – But when the bill had passed and was ready to be signed, he told his minister not to. … Some French don’t understand why they should be forced to pay for Greeks to riot. … to Allah as “occupying”.…