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Blacks’ Loyalty to First Black President Got Blacks Nothing
https://townhall.com/columnists/crystalwright/2015/02/19/bla…loyalty-to-first-black-president-got-blacks-nothing-n1959615
– In 2010, the black jobless rate soared to over 16 percent, the highest since 1984. … Over 90 percent of blacks voted for Obama during both the 2008 and 2012 elections, and what do they have to show for it? … to Obama purely because he’s black.…
Indiana Pro-life Bill Exposes how Aborted Babies are Flushed Down Sewers
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2015/02/19/india…exposes-how-aborted-babies-are-flushed-down-sewers-n1959429
– After listening to her comments, along with several other abortion clinic workers and post-abortive women, the senators voted in favor … Hopefully this bill helps to restore some humanity to our most helpless. … Both bills need to pass the Senate to advance.…
There Is No Bottom For The Left’s Hypocrisy
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2015/02/19/there-is-no-bottom-for-the-lefts-hypocrisy-n1958940
– The Times continued, “On immigration, the Republicans seem to want only to savage the president’s efforts to address a pressing nationwide … These constituents may not be all that bright – after all, they elected people who came to Washington and voted for Obamacare. … Why ask for it to be changed when this is what you voted for?…
Poll: GOP Somehow Losing DHS Funding PR Battle
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2015/02/17/how-last…on-executive-amnesty-impacts-the-dhs-funding-debate-n1958427
– Security if Congress fails to supply appropriations to the agency prior to funding expiring later this month.   … decisively entrusted to them by voters -- to block it.   … : "House Republicans have voted to fund DHS.  …
What You Need To Know About The Injunction Stopping Obama's Amnesty
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2015/02/17/everyth…o-know-about-the-injunction-stopping-obamas-amnesty-n1958369
– That said, in order to secure a temporary injunction, one of the requirements a plaintiff must show is that they are "likely to succeed … Speaker John Boehner issued a statement Tuesday urging "Senate Democrats who claim to oppose this executive overreach" to now "let … More to come soon...…
Hey Alcee, Give it Back!
https://townhall.com/columnists/dwwilber/2015/02/17/hey-alcee-give-it-back-n1958221
– Sending to Congress to represent them an individual who was impeached and removed from a federal judgeship for bribery and perjury, … Back then even the ‘Queen of the Partisans’ Democrat Nancy Pelosi voted to impeach Hastings! My how times have changed. … According to court records what helped keep Hastings from also going to prison was the refusal of a key witness to testify about Hastings…
The Return of the Firing Squad
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/kevinglass/2015/02/16/the-return-of-the-firing-squad-n1957342
– That criticism and excessive media attention was one of the reasons many lawmakers voted in 2004 to stop allowing condemned prisoners … to choose death by firing squad. … The leader of Utah's senate and the governor of the state have both declined to say if they support the firing-squad measure.…
Dem Admitted He Didn't Know if Obamacare Subsidies Were Legal
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelfcannon/2015/02/15/de…ted-he-didnt-know-if-obamacare-subsidies-were-legal-n1957681
– or what now he says to influence the courts after the clear language he voted to enact has proved problematic? … This tells us either (A) Casey does not understand the legislation he voted to enact into law, or (B) he is willing to dissemble to … enact, or what he now says to influence the courts after what he voted to enact has proved problematic?…
Divest UC of USA or Vice Versa?
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2015/02/15/divest-uc-of-usa-or-vice-versa-n1957349
– The University of California Student Association has approved a resolution to direct UC regents to divest financially of the governments … In 2006, they voted unanimously to divest holdings in Sudanese companies with ties to the government-led genocide in Darfur. … His student association, he told me, didn't get enough feedback to know how to represent the campus.…
Two Big Fiscal Lessons from Colorado’s Pot Legalization
https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2015/02/14/t…big-fiscal-lessons-from-colorados-pot-legalization-n1957426
– So I was happy when folks in Colorado voted to decriminalize marijuana use, even if part of me didn’t like the idea that politicians … According to the bill, refunds are to be considered when state tax revenues don’t match up to the state estimates. … Colorado will likely have to return to voters to ask to keep the pot tax money.…
The Ethics and Realities of Divestment
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2015/02/14/the-ethics-and-realities-of-divestment-n1957249
– This fact is not lost on university presidents, who have a fiduciary duty to grow their endowments, to pay for student scholarships … Harvard must be “very wary of steps intended to instrumentalize our endowment in ways that would appear to position the University … to climate changes, and early death.…
Kansas Secretary of State: Illegal Aliens Registering to Vote is a Massive Problem Nationwide
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/02/13/obamas…mnesy-may-give-millions-of-illegals-ability-to-vote-n1956644
– Husted sent a letter to President Obama in January asking for the ability to access up-to-date and accurate Social Security number … information to ensure non-citizens are not voting and to prevent illegal voter registration.  … Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have vowed to further look into this problem as they try to find ways to defund President Obama's executive…
RNC Honors The Late Edward Brooke At Trailblazer Luncheon
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2015/02/12/rnc-honors-the-late-edward-brooke-at-trailblazer-luncheon-n1956646
– He urged Republicans to match the Democrats in coming up with programs to aid cities and the poor. … He was a man who marched to the beat of his own drum. … “You never know in life what you’re going to be called upon to do,” he said. Two years later, then-President George W.…
Worse Than No Strategy
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2015/02/11/worse-than-no-strategy-n1956070
– Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad who has used chemical weapons to scorch the lungs of his opponents, and are continuing to illicitly … Israel and Saudi Arabia, nations that Iran’s rulers have threatened to wipe from the map, would be left to fend for themselves. … And some Sunnis would almost certainly turn to al Qaeda and the Islamic State to help defend them from Shia domination.…
President Obama's Cheap Talk on Religious Liberty
https://townhall.com/columnists/ericawanis/2015/02/11/president-obamas-cheap-talk-on-religious-liberty-n1955742
– Our job is not to ask that God respond to our notion of truth – our job is to be true to Him, His word, and His commandments. … our faith how we choose, to change our faith if we choose, to practice no faith at all if we choose, and to do so free of persecution … to their employees due to strong religious objections to such technology.…
Boko Haram Vows To Defeat Opposition: New Video Includes Images of ISIS Leader
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/vivianhughbanks/2015/02/10/bok…au-forces-new-video-includes-images-of-isis-leader-n1955549
– Union to take down the militant group. … In the wake of deadly Boko Haram attacks in Niger yesterday afternoon, Niger’s Parliament voted unanimously to send 750 troops to … “We never rose up to fight Africa. We rose up to fight the world,” Shekau said in the video.…
In Other News: Obama Trusts Iran Because Nukes Are "Against Their Religion"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/michaelschaus/2015/02/10/in-ot…rusts-iran-because-nukes-are-against-their-religion-n1955512
– I guess we’ll find out whether or not there are enough of them to stop the latest anti-gun bill proposals being pushed by the state … (Watchdog) The University of California student government voted to have the university financially divest from America. … (The College Fix) An archer in California is receiving death threats after offering to teach children how to hunt.…
Obama’s India Trip Paves Way for Green Energy Cronyism
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephendemaura/2015/02/10/obamas-india-trip-paves-way-for-green-energy-cronyism-n1954995
– due to expire. … climate change,” according to the president. … The Free Beacon report – citing the Bank’s own board meeting minutes – notes that Farrell voted in 2011 to provide Azure Power with…
The Squabble Over Bibi's Speech
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2015/03/01/the-squabble-over-bibis-speech-n1964111
– And with Obama and Vice President Biden pointedly refusing to see Netanyahu when he comes to Washington — ostensibly to avoid influencing … to say. … which voted to condemn Israel in the UN, and suspended the delivery of jet fighters as a mark of displeasure.…
Republicans Attacking Janet Yellen Should Be Careful What They Wish For
https://townhall.com/columnists/larrykudlow/2015/03/01/repub…g-janet-yellen-should-be-careful-what-they-wish-for-n1963654
– Later in the 1970s, however, a Democratic Congress voted for the Humphrey-Hawkins bill, which mandated the Fed to keep both unemployment … (who wanted to replace the Fed with a computer). … But Ronald Reagan told Volcker to do whatever was needed to conquer inflation while he and Congress reduced marginal tax rates and…
Cruz: Leave the Internet to the People
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/vivianhughbanks/2015/02/27/cruz-leave-the-internet-to-the-people-n1963357
– The FCC voted yesterday to adopt the “Open Internet Order,” designed to ensure equal treatment of legal content on the Internet. … to pass it to find out what's in it.” … Here's what we need to do with the Internet: don't tax it, don't regulate it, don't do nothin' – leave it to the people!”…
Boehner's Gambit Fails
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2015/02/27/boehners-gambit-fails-n1963609
– More than 50 Republicans joined with Democrats to vote no against Boehner's short-term bill while just 12 Democrats voted with Republicans … You can see which Republican senators voted with Democrats to fund Obama's amnesty here. … You can see which Republicans voted against a short-term DHS bill here.…
Obama Gets Punished for Education Tax Idea
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johnransom/2015/02/27/obama-gets-punished-for-education-tax-idea-n1963411
– This month the GOP passed a bill to expand the use of 529 plans to include reimbursement for computers, in part to punish Obam. … House voted for 401 to 20, to allow families to use money from 529 plans on computers for students. … go to the president's desk for signature before becoming law.…
Friday Filibuster: Preparing to Punt
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2015/02/27/friday-filibuster-n1963382
– Other Major Stories: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to confirm AG nominee Loretta Lynch, so her full confirmation vote … now heads to the entire Senate. … to the Internet.…
Net Neutrality Will Become the Internet’s ObamaCare
https://townhall.com/columnists/charlottehays/2015/02/27/net-neutrality-will-become-the-internets-obamacare-n1963306
– Almost behind the public’s back and with little fanfare, the FCC acceded yesterday to an Obama administration demand and voted that … “We need a raise in the minimum wage because you shouldn’t have to win the boss lottery to be able to live a decent life,” Perez said … If we are ever to return to prosperity, the government is going to have to get out of the way and let the people, in their hit and…
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