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…

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…

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 –…

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan spoke out in support of H.R. 452, the Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011, which passed the Ways and Means Committee earlier today. H.R. 452 repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a federal agency empowered to administer cost-cutting measures in Medicare without Congressional oversight. According to current law, Congress…

Senator Johnny Isakson called the Obama budget proposal for 2013 a “budget for failure,” saying the president’s plan keeps the federal government on a path of reckless spending and unsustainable debt. “The president claims his plan will reduce the deficit by almost $4 trillion over the next 10 years, but his proposal relies on a…

Rep John Campbell (R-CA) was one of two lone votes against HR 1148 also known as the STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act).   This insider trading bill had just previously passed the Senate by a 96-3 margin.   When it reached the house, amendments added by the Senate were removed to make it more…

President Obama has frequently stated that a major part of his plans to stimulate the economy would be development of infrastructure, like roads, train tracks and utilities facilities. His American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included $105.3 billion in infrastructure spending. Republicans argue that these projects do not deliver as many jobs as promised and unnecessarily…

There has been a rash of articles lately about possible favoritism by Washington D.C. lawmakers for earmarking millions of dollars for agencies run by family members. One man that has drawn fire is Norm Dicks, 71, (WA. D.) Journalists and the Dicks family have parried back and forth in The Washington Post, The Bellingham Herald,…

            Introduction of The Employee Free Choice Act and Employee Rights Act has prompted both business and organized labor to unleash what each calls its most aggressive lobbying effort in history. The EFCA, if passed, would bring about the biggest changes in the federal labor laws since 1935 when passage of the National Labor Relations…

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli joined 14 other states in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gases. Attorney Generals are challenging the EPA’s rule on greenhouse gases. In discussing the EPA rule Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli referred to the EPA as the “Employment Prevention Agency“ and voiced concern that the EPA’s policies…