May 17, 2012 at 9:53 pm in John A. Boehner, News by Tea Party Patriots ·
With the sweeping 2010 victory in the House, there was some glimmer of hope that Congress would try to get its fiscal house in order, especially with the pledge from Republicans to cut $100 billion in discretionary spending. However, like a reverse auction the amount went from $100 billion to $61 billion to $38.5 billion,…
May 17, 2012 at 9:12 pm in Accountability, GAN, House, John B.T. Campbell III, Marco Rubio, News, Senate, Todd Rokita by Greyson Peltier ·
If you’re part of a union, the collective bargaining agreement may be tying your employer’s hands. Have you ever wondered why the guy in the cubicle next door gets paid the same as you for lower quality work? According to James Sherk of The Heritage Foundation, collective bargaining agreements were originally designed to keep employers…
May 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm in Jim Cooper, Mike Lee, News, Patrick Toomey, Paul D. Ryan, Rand Paul by Tea Party Patriots ·
The Congress of the United States is broken. Yesterday there was a six-hour farce on the floor of the Senate to supposedly consider five different budget proposals. 57 Senators (including Senators from both parties) voted “no” on all five budgets. Four of the proposed budgets were Republican budgets and included Congressman Paul Ryan’s House-passed budget…
May 13, 2012 at 7:09 pm in Accountability, GAN, John Cornyn, News, Senate by Kim Robinson ·
House leaders confirmed on May 3, 2012, they have drafted a contempt order against Holder for his refusal to produce to Congress documents requested in the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal. “We have a few other options (but) to a great extent we’ve been stonewalled by the Justice Department,” said Issa, R-CA. The US Department…
May 7, 2012 at 6:53 pm in Accountability, Blog, Crony Capitalism, House by Phil Kerpen ·
On Wednesday, the House will vote on reauthorization of a corporate welfare slush fund known as the Export-Import Bank. The bill, H.R. 2072, would expand Ex-Im’s borrowing authority from $100 billion to $140 billion, potentially putting taxpayers on the hook for the full amount. Historically, Ex-Im loans have overwhelmingly benefited one company: Boeing. Boeing…
May 6, 2012 at 2:40 am in Accountability, GAN, House, News, Norman D. Dicks by Larry ·
Job Opening WA State 6th Congressional District TPP Citizen Journalist Larry Killion After nearly 40 years in office, Rep. Norm Dicks (71) WA 6th Dist. Democrat has announced he will not run for another term. There were already a number of GOP candidates waiting to try another run at him in the next election…
April 9, 2012 at 10:21 pm in Accountability, GAN, House, John B.T. Campbell III, News by Greyson Peltier ·
Sodium Cyanide and Compound 1080 are used routinely to kill coyotes and other wild animals that prey on domestic livestock. US Dept of Agriculture Wildlife Services has used these methods for many years. In the case of Compound 1080 this is done with with a protection collar put on sheep that may be bitten into…
April 4, 2012 at 10:54 am in Accountability, Bill Posey, GAN, House, News by Mark Hall ·
There are some in Congress that give out bonuses to their staff at the end of each term as if was somebody else’s money. Oh, wait it is somebody else’s money. Yours. Some of our representatives do not see it that way. U.S. Congressional Representative Bill Posey is one. Returning every annual pay raise was…
March 17, 2012 at 12:30 pm in Accountability, GAN, Gary G. Miller, House, News by Mark Powell ·
With nearly $100 billion in outstanding loan guarantees the Federal Export-Import Bank is coming up against its loan limit ceiling. Supporters in Congress are proposing to raise taxpayers’ exposure to these loan guarantees to $160 billion over the next three years, $20 billion more than requested by the Bank. The author of the House Bill…
March 16, 2012 at 1:47 pm in Accountability, GAN, John Cornyn, News, Senate by Kim Robinson ·
The Department of Justice blocked a new Texas Voter ID law put in place to alleviate voter fraud. In 1965 the Voting Rights Act was enacted as temporary legislation for certain states. On March 12, 2012, acting under Section 5 of that Act, the U.S. The DOJ claimed the law would disenfranchise minority voters –…
