Category: Congress
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Mr. Potatohead! Mr. POTATOHEAD! Back Doors Are NOT Secrets!
It’s nice to see folks like Ronald Reagan and Fred Thompson make a go at politics after long and successful acting careers. And, it’s a little known fact that Anthony Weiner had a small, but important, role in the movie WarGames! And, as it turns out, Weiner probably should have spent more time considering the…
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McCaskill Sides With More Energy Tax Increases
In Claire McCaskill’s most recent mailing to her subscribers list, she joins the latest Democrat attack on business — this time against the Big Oil companies: Sad. At a time when Americans are already suffering from the increase in gas prices, the Democrats’ answer is not to find ways increase the supply of Oil and…
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CBO Monthly Budget Review (04/2011)
I receive weekly/monthly e-mails from the Congressional Budget Office which is widely acclaimed to provide and unbiased view of the costs of bills and income to the government. Except… …they are constantly wrong. In the summary statement in today’s e-mail: CBO Monthly Budget Review: Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for March and the Daily…
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Tax Away The Deficit
Two weeks ago, a liberal co-worker claimed that the FY2012 Paul Ryan budget reduced the top tax rate from 35% to 25%. I hadn’t seen that news, so a few days later, a USA Today appeared on my desk with a highlighted note about the top tax rate reduction. I haven’t reviewed the veracity of…
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Schumer: Eliminate Senate Confirmation of Czars
From our friends at Let Freedom Ring we get a heads-up on Charles Schumer and Lamar Alexander’s latest attempt to usurp the Constitution. “MEMO FOR THE MOVEMENT Senators Schumer & Alexander plan to reduce number of Presidential Appointments subject to Senate confirmation process undermines Advice & Consent role and weakens Congressional Oversight responsibility. No More…
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