NationalJournal brings us more evidence for why the Tea Party must be ever-vigilant: Members of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus may tout their commitment to cutting government spending now, but they used the 111th Congress to request hundreds of earmarks that, taken cumulatively, added more than $1 billion to the federal budget. According to a [...]
On November 15th, the Virginia Tea Party Patriots sent a letter to the Virginia Congressional Delegation condemning the “Quantitative Easing” (i.e., printing money and causing inflation) strategy the Federal Reserve is pursing. We want to provide you with the responses we received. ---- Rep. Eric Cantor—who is a co-sponsor of the Audit the Fed bill—provided [...]
For once, I’m thankful for our “representatives’” total ineptitude when it comes to the Constitution they swore to uphold. The Food Safety Bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday, is in serious jeopardy, because that pesky Constitution (Article 1, Section 7, specifically) tripped up Harry Reid (again). From RollCall: A food safety bill that has burned up [...]
No surprise there--the Senate is still controlled by Democrats pretending that recent election didn't happen. Eight Republicans voted against the ban as well, which also isn't surprising, considering the Republican Party is still populated with many Big Government believers who have no qualms about purchasing votes at taxpayer expense. Fortunately, the Republicans in the House DID vote to [...]
This first appeared on BigGovernment.com: It’s Official – The FCC Will Vote to Take Over the Internet in December by Seton Motley Just this past Friday, we warned you that a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) December Internet power grab was probably coming. Well, we now know that it is – and it may be even [...]
If you haven’t heard about the state repeal amendment yet, take some time to read this article and this one. The push for this amendment to the U.S. Constitution is really taking off, and it’s been only a couple months since it was introduced. Expect to hear a lot more about this in the coming [...]
When: Friday, Jan 7, 2011, 12:30-5:00pm Where: the James Monroe Building, Richmond Register: www.thebeaconhillsociety.com by Jan 3 See our fb page! Come learn more about these timely issues: Our true impact upon the environment and environmental policy with experts from the Heritage Foundation. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will address current state battles on environmental policy and healthcare legislation. [...]
Charles Krauthammer has penned a brilliant column for the Washington Post, the power of which I will not dilute by commenting on it. Instead, I bring you the following excerpts and urge you to read the entire piece. Don't touch my junk is the anthem of the modern man, the Tea Party patriot, the late-life libertarian, [...]
We warned you that the lame duck session after the election would be the Big Government advocates' last hoorah to jam through as much of their wish list as they could before finally being checked by a new Congress in 2011. And it has begun. Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised to bring the [...]
Remember when I told you about the health care waivers the Obama Administration was granting selected corporations? At the time, the number was 30. It’s now well past 100. Michelle Malkin tells us: Now comes word that Torquemada HHS Secretay Kathleen Sebelius has approved a whopping 111 waivers for businesses of all sizes, along with [...]
I originally titled this post “Good News/Bad News on Earmark Reform,” but a shocking update just broke. Instead of rewriting the whole thing, though, I think keeping the original followed by the update will highlight the dramatic turnaround this issue has taken, largely because of the Tea Party's efforts. ---- First, the good: Presumptive Speaker Rep. John [...]
According to Ilya Somin of the Richmond Times-Dispatch: When 21 states and several private groups initiated lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Obama health care law earlier this year, critics denounced the suits as frivolous political grandstanding. But it is increasingly clear that the plaintiffs have a serious case with a real chance of victory. [...]
