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Majority Leader and Armed Services Chair Visit Kiev: European Leaders Increasingly For U.S. Arms to Ukraine
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"The United States and international community can and should do more to support Ukraine's efforts to stabilize its economy, build … On the same day, the House voted in overwhelming bipartisan support (348 to 48) of a resolution to urge President Obama to provide … lethal weapons to Ukraine to defend territorial integrity, but the legislation has not yet seen further action.…
Congressman’s STREAM Act Seeks to Reign in Anti-Coal Mining Agency
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2015/03/30/congr…ssmans-stream-act-seeks-to-reign-in-anticoal-agency-n1978443
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Coal is pretty important to West Virginia. … that once they’re done with that study, they have to wait a year to actually implement the rule.
2. … It will then move to a full committee vote, where Rep. Mooney’s office expects it to be voted on on the floor.…
Oh Dear: The Liberal Hysteria Over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Bill Has Begun
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Then, it worked its way to the Senate, where members voted 97-3 in favor of the law. … Senate–current and former–who voted in favor of the bill, to voice their outrage. … to prison security.…
Mandatory Voting: Let’s Do It
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2015/03/29/mandatory-voting-lets-do-it-n1977375
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A measly 57.5% of Americans voted in our last presidential election. Are we really going to let Kim Jong Un dung us? … Wouldn’t that be cool to do to judges or better yet school board members? … to cool jazz.…
Los Angeles' City Council Cannot Understand Why Its Nanny State Zoning Change Miserably Failed
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelhausam/2015/03/28/los…why-its-nanny-state-zoning-change-miserably-failed-n1977476
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In the summer of 2008 they voted unanimously to forbid the opening of any new stand-alone fast food areas in a 32-square mile section … In other words, despite an attempt to reduce the growth of the quantity of the stores as a way to reduce consumption and obesity, they … The ban, which specifically applied to stand-alone stores, didn't apply to those in strip malls or other similar locations and so that's…
Senate Passes Budget on Straight Party-line Vote, Cruz and Paul Vote 'No'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2015/03/27/senat…et-on-straight-partyline-vote-cruz-and-paul-vote-no-n1977199
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No Democrats voted for the budget. … announced his intention to do so, voted no. … Perhaps this is why so few Republican lawmakers will be sorry to see him go.…
Making Sense
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If what happened in '08 and '12 happens in '16, we are going to blow our chance to regain the White House once again. … We need to decide early who we want to lead the GOP ticket in 2016. … because too many Democrats voted to reelect Obama.…
Common Core Opt-Out Included in Senate Budget
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2015/03/26/common-core-opt-out-included-in-senate-budget-n1976878
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Thanks to the efforts of Sen. … at a later date:
Voting soon on my amendment, Local Control of Education Act, to allow states to opt out of #CommonCore without … Passed my amendment to allow states to opt out of #CommonCore without penalty, prohibit federal mandates. — David Vitter (@DavidVitter…
A Fair – but Ultimately Misleading – Critique of GOP Budgets
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…All together, the tax breaks add up to $898 billion over the next decade, according to CBO. … …Most Republicans in Congress have voted numerous times to temporarily extend them. … And over the past year, the Republican-controlled House has voted to make some of the more popular ones permanent."…
Again: Reid Prepares to Block Another Bipartisan Bill Over Abortion Funding
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Unable to even get a hearing on desired changes to bills, Republicans answered Reid's control freak dysfunction by objecting to votes … Our plan would start to move us to a patient-centered system. … , who see it as an opportunity to reject allowing the perfect to become an enemy of the good -- and as a constructive way to adopt…
A Real Doc Fix: Entitlement Reform without a Tax Increase
https://townhall.com/columnists/deestewart/2015/03/25/a-real-doc-fix-entitlement-reform-without-a-tax-increase-n1976199
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The House of Representatives had a unique opportunity this week to vote for real entitlement reform, without having to swallow a tax … [o]thers tighten eligibility rules to achieve savings, and others are likely to catch and block some attempts at Medicare fraud.” … Voting YES this week is one place to start.…
In Other News: Obama Still Has Support in Congress...One Senator
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One… It’s nice to see the President’s budget proposals finally starting to build up some support. … (The Blaze) The State Department is basically telling America that we need to accept a deal with Iran, in order to find out what is … (NY Post) A Nebraska lawmaker tried to equate American police officers with ISIS terrorists, claiming cops have authority to kill…
The Siren Call of Universal Democracy
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To bolster his case, Mr. … CNN helpfully notes that, “less than 37% of eligible voters actually voted in the 2014 midterm elections, according to The Pew Charitable … There is only one reason to oppose common-sense electoral reforms and to push instead for universal registration – to make it easier…
Time to Hit “Delete” on Net Neutrality
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And now that the FCC has voted for the third time in the last decade to institute “net neutrality,” it’s fair to ask if we’re about … to see it online. … It needs to be eradicated, not embraced. The government is here, all right, but not to help. Time to hit “delete.”…
Breaking: Obama Outraged that Israel Reelected a Pro-American Prime Minister.
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HBO used to show Hollywood movies. MTV and VH1 used to show music videos. They all migrated to creating original content. Why? … to the extermination of Jews. … PS: Friends, we need to find a way to break the Big Ed cartel's insistence that a degree is the only way.…
America's Left-Wing Jews Ashamed of Israel's Jews
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It means pushing the Obama administration to present out its own peace plan, and to punish -- yes, punish -- the Israeli government … But none of that matters to the left. The left lives in John Lennon's song "Imagine." … As I wrote some 30 years ago: "Being on the left means never having to say you're sorry."…
A Time for Clarity
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2015/03/23/a-time-for-clarity-n1973693
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It doesn’t seem so hard to appreciate why the Israeli prime minster, and those who voted for him, are not anxious to turn political … and swept him back to power. … Yet, in January, President Obama cut short a trip to India so that he could go to Saudi Arabia and pay respects to their newly installed…
Liberal Policies vs. Affordable Housing
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to reinvest in the public housing stock." … The peculiarity is not hard to explain. … The feds are also partly to blame.…
You Blew It! Force People to Vote
https://townhall.com/columnists/markskousen/2015/03/22/you-blew-it-force-people-to-vote-n1973734
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“It would be transformative if everybody voted,” President Obama said. … If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country.” … To force people to vote goes directly against America’s founding principle of freedom.…
Too Soon to Go Full Totalitarian
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2015/04/10/too-soon-to-go-full-totalitarian-n1983007
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To its credit, the gay rights movement has worked hard to shift culture and opinion. … to coast. … The Supreme Court declaring it legal and imposing it on states that voted to prohibit it will not, like with abortion, change church…
How the House GOP Voted to Strengthen Obamacare
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On March 26, 2015, just a few days after the five-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, a GOP-led House of Representatives did the unthinkable: They strengthened Obamacare. They passed the Doc Fix—eliminating the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and extending the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)....
Oklahoma Senate Passes Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act
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Oklahoma is about to join Kansas and become the second state to pass a bill banning the dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion technique … The Oklahoma Senate voted yesterday on the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act as well as a bill that required … South Carolina and Missouri are also considering bills to ban D&E abortions in their states.…
The Faint Case for Rand Paul
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that I wanted to like." … He rejects same-sex marriage, which he attributes to a "moral crisis." … As Paul said of Obama, I'd like to be able to like him. But he doesn't make it easy.…
Senate Conservatives Fund: McCain 'Betrayed' Conservative Principles
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McCain gone–and the Senate Conservative Fund appears to fired the first salvo in that effort. … In an email to supporters, SCF President, Ken Cuccinelli listed the reasons not to support the incumbent Republican:
There are … He voted for the Wall Street bailout, to fund the implementation of Obamacare, for the $600 billion "fiscal cliff" tax hike, and to…
Will Republicans Protect the Lives of 20-Week-Old Human Beings?
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The bill did not get the two-thirds needed to pass under a suspension of the rules, but it did get a majority: 220 members voted for … Six Democrats voted for this version, which allowed a doctor to kill a 20-week-or-older unborn child if the child was conceived in … If we human beings have a God-given right to life -- which we do -- it belongs to all of us, not only to those who belong to groups…