Mar 1, 2010 – Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz told the House Armed Services Committee: "This is not the time to perturb the force … Then, on Wednesday, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead rolled in, warning the House Armed Services Committee that "There … At a House Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, one of the homosexual advocates, Rep.…

Mar 1, 2010 – In November, Pelosi had 220 votes for the House bill. … The Senate bill lacks the amendment sponsored by House Democrat Bart Stupak banning abortion coverage, and Stupak says that he and … But House Republicans couldn't get it into reconciliation, even though a majority of House members were for it.…

Feb 28, 2010 – Joe Sestak, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Democrat trying to take out one-time Republican U.S. Sen. … have only become more dire: Cook said last week that it is "very hard to come up with a scenario where Democrats don't lose the House…

Feb 28, 2010 – Democrat Andrew Jackson wouldn’t even pay a courtesy call on outgoing President John Quincy Adams. Mr. … Speaking of Presidents and courtesy calls, Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, sat famously in the car under the White House portico … The other day, during that good-for-nothing White House meeting on health care, there was a telling exchange between President Obama…

Feb 26, 2010 – , by the way) walked into the meeting imploring the White House to start over, to begin again, to hit the reset button. … But it's not voters' slowness that's the problem; it's the White House with the issues. … Bart Stupak, a Democrat, to the summit, when Rep.…

Feb 26, 2010 – In other good news, lead investigative reporter for the Associated Press, Larry Marasak, is reporting that the House Ethics Committee … has found that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel "knowingly accepted Caribbean trips in violation of House … Margasak identifies Rangel as "a New York Democrat" (which is sort of a redundancy) and writes that the Committee found that "Rangel's…

Feb 26, 2010 – One thing is clear from the Healthcare Summit at the Blair House today: the President Congressional Democrats are more committed than … Only one Democrat was sensible enough to join Republicans in voting against SB 810, Senator Lou Correa from Orange County.…

Feb 26, 2010 – In the end, the vote in this Democrat-dominated Senate was only 52 to 33 for advancing his nomination, well short of the magic number … Was the president so determined to reward the unions for all the backing they'd given him on the way to the White House that he really … Professor Guinier was unceremoniously dumped by the White House, and a cipher found for the position.…

Feb 25, 2010 – That is, the Founders -- who liberals evidently believe were dolts or knaves -- designed it to represent states rather than, as the House … 1960 (64), 1962 (66), 1964 (68), 1966 (64), 1974 (61), 1976 (62) and 2008 (60, following Arlen Specter's discovery that he is a Democrat…

Feb 25, 2010 – For hours, the White House gave the impression of internal chaos. … He rushed into the White House pressroom and uttered those now famous lines about how he was in the White House and in charge. … But he wasn't at the White House at that crucial time.…

Feb 24, 2010 – The White House along with the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate believed they could use their huge majorities to ram a … The bill will pass the House and the Senate and, healthy or not, it will go to the President for his signature. … majorities in the House and Senate.…

Feb 22, 2010 – President Obama has invited Democrat and Republican leaders from the House and Senate to a meeting at Blair House on Thursday to discuss … The House and Senate come back to work today following a week of snow days followed by a week of recess. … Leave five seconds at the end for Republican Members of the House and Senate to put their "disclaimer" on it.…

Mar 11, 2010 – How many flavors of crazy is it for President Obama and Democrat leaders to continue the forced march toward a vote on a health care … The New York Times lays out what's happening:Leaving a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus, lawmakers said they had received few … This is legislation that would remake fully 1/6 of the US economy, and the House members who are being pushed to vote on it aren't…

Mar 11, 2010 – House have a parliamentary trick up their sleeves, too. … Politico is reporting that: "[Democrat] Party leaders have discussed the possibility of using the House Rules Committee to avoid … Rather than stammer and stomp to the press and fleeing members that the House passed a version of the health takeover already, House…

Mar 10, 2010 – lot smoking cigarettes for the past week instead of sitting in class, there is this guy, Eric Massa, who, until Monday, was a DEMOCRAT … Massa resigned on Monday saying he was being forced out of office by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer … Without Massa, the number of votes needed for an absolute majority in the House goes down to 216 because of vacancies for one reason…

Mar 10, 2010 – And now the House Democrats line up at the instruction of their blind commanders for a final charge into glory as they battle to foist … Before this last, demented attempt to pass health care, the Democrats would have lost control of the House anyway. … The echo of this push/pull will take place in the minds of the Democratic House members.…

Mar 9, 2010 – the House health care takeover in November -- that, desperate to enact the bill, House leaders were willing to stick their thumbs … The political in-fighting at the White House, and within the Democrat party, is already reaching a fevered pitch. … Making matters worse for the White House, party leaders in the House and Senate are incompetent at best and corrupt and dangerous at…

Mar 9, 2010 – In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house … After imprisoning the former slave, the Southern Democrat would allow him to work off his fine by picking cotton on a plantation.…

Mar 8, 2010 – Parker Griffith of Alabama, who was elected as a Democrat in 2008 and was part of the House Democratic caucus until last Dec. 22, when … (Republican-turned-Democrat Sen. … Marsha Blackburn recently, referring to the day-long White House health care confab on Feb. 25.…

Mar 8, 2010 – David Axelrod is the most Senior of Advisors at the Obama White House. … Tim Kaine, the DNC chairman; or to the White House political director. He reports to the president. Informally. … Meanwhile, those very same House Democrats are lining up at the House Ethics Committee like s'mores at a summer camp color-war kick-off…

Mar 8, 2010 – All aspects of President Obama's Chicago-style tactics are on display as he cajoles, bullies and bribes the House … Jim Matheson, endangered species -- a Utah Democrat -- succeeded in getting his brother Scott appointed to a federal judgeship. … Matheson voted against Obamacare when it first passed the House.…

Mar 7, 2010 – Bayh’s consistent message has been that moderates should have room at the table but don’t, and plenty of House members whisper the … House seats have the potential to swing back to Republicans: the 8th, held by Brad Ellsworth, the likely Democrat choice to replace … That race probably will pit Democrat Ellsworth against Republican Dan Coats, the state’s former U.S. senator.…

Mar 5, 2010 – Eric Massa, the New York Democrat caught up in the midst of an ethics investigation for allegedly sexually harassing a male staff member … Last year, he was amont the 39 Democrats who voted against the House bill.…

Mar 5, 2010 – So, Republican and Democrat nominees will be chosen and running against each other by, for the most part, late summer. … Republican challengers in Democrat districts can preempt that plot by claiming the Tea Party mantle starting, oh, tomorrow would be … House. That is a dangerous storm bearing down on GOP hopes for November.…

Mar 5, 2010 – Who among House Democrats is with the President and the Speaker, and who among them have decided their re-elections matter to their … Sargent's The Plum Line is relaying every scrap of news and near-news about the intentions of key House members. … Democrat Frank Kratovil of Maryland, Sargent reports, was a "No," and remains a "No," disappointing enthusiasts of the federal takeover…