July 22nd, 2011
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A Quick Note to House Republicans
Cut, Cap, and Balance failed in the United States Senate with four votes shy of 50. The vote was 51-46 to table. Hold the freaking line. You only need four votes in the Senate to have a majority. You do not need Plan B. You do not need to negotiate. You do not need to [...]
Congressman Paul Ryan Discusses a Debt Ceiling Deal, the Gang of Six and Fixing the Economy
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca and Congressman Paul Ryan to discuss the latest in the debt ceiling negotiations, the Senate’s Gang of Six plan, and the need to means test entitlement reform. We’re [...]
Mr. President, We Are Waiting for an Answer
Tuesday night, the House of Representatives offered President Obama a deal he should not refuse. And yet, the president seems intent on doing just that. For many months, President Obama and members of his administration have warned that failure to raise the debt limit will result in economic Armageddon. As we approach the president’s Aug. [...]
20 Democrats Lie about supporting balanced budgets.
The Club for Growth has put out this video showing twenty sitting Democrats and their past ‘support’ of a balanced budget amendment (H/T: Instapundit). ‘Support’ is in scare quotes because it’s all a lie, of course: one of the people in that video is Harry Reid, who is currently screaming about the (popular. Among adults, [...]
The List of Senators to Call
Jim DeMint just sent out this email. Please note the list of Senators to call ASAP: The Senate will vote TODAY at 10:00 AM Eastern on the “Cut-Cap-Balance” legislation that we have been working so hard to advance. Republicans in the House passed it earlier this week with bipartisan support. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. [...]
Filling In for Neal Boortz
I’m filling in for Neal Boortz today. If you want to listen, you can click right here and listen live. The call in number is 1-877-310-2100. The show runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET live. Consider this an open thread.
The Easiest Test to Find Out if Your House Member is a Real Conservative
There are many House Republicans. And most of them call themselves conservatives. In fact, what we see over time is that most of the House Republicans ultimately wind up being what I call pro-life statists. They claim they are conservative because they vote right on life issues and against Obama, but they are perfectly happy [...]
Democrats Threaten FAA Shutdown Over Rural Pork
Amidst the circus surrounding the looming debt ceiling deadline, there is another deadline that is coming due tonight at midnight; funding for the FAA. The Democrats in the Senate are obdurately refusing to pass either a short-term or long-term extension of the FAA reauthorization, threatening to furlough 4,000 precious union workers beginning Saturday. Their rationale? [...]
First Suggested 2012 Obama Campaign Ad
Cross-Posted: TobyToons.com (Conservative Political Cartoons)
The Politics of Dopes
Here is the way things work in Washington. One group in Congress comes up with a bold plan to save the country. Let’s call it Cut, Cap, and Balance. Everyone else sets out to undermine their plan. Heck, most of the rest of Congress doesn’t have a plan at all — they just want to [...]
