July 26th, 2011
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In Case You Missed It: Dems Hitting The Panic Button Over Losing Latinos
The Daily Caller: “Look no further than Barack Obama’s Monday speech at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, one of the nation’s largest Hispanic advocacy groups. After being chided a week before by the organization’s leader, the President offered hints of support for immigration reform, but was clear about one thing: [...]
Bringing You Up to Speed #EERS
Yes, I was on the radio for 4.5 hours this morning. And I’m going to be back on the radio at 7:05 p.m. ET tonight for 3 more hours. I’ll be bringing you up to speed on the latest about John Boehner’s plan and the Congressional Budget Office score that shows it will only cut [...]
The Boehner Plan: Phony Cuts, Slimy Procedures, Dangerous Ignorance
The main problems with the Boehner proposal are: Most of the initial $1.2 trillion of discretionary cuts are (1) from defense, or (2) are phony, out-year, and easily avoided. The compensatory immediate $1 trillion increase in the debt limit is, on the other hand, very real. Even worse, however, the notion of giving a Reid/Pelosi/McConnell/Boehner-appointed [...]
In Defense of Holding the Line
I’m getting beat to hell and back by conservatives for insisting the GOP hold the line on Cut, Cap, and Balance. Even here at RedState, I’m getting accused of “ideological intransigence.” Yeah, here at RedState. There’s a first time for everything. People want a deal. People want John Boehner’s deal. People are upset with me [...]
Wisconsin labor union reform: saving jobs, money, schools.
There is a striking (if you’ll pardon the pun) dichotomy taking shape in the Wisconsin public school system right now, and it’s one that should hardly be surprising to anybody who was paying attention to this spring’s labor union reform struggles. Said dichotomy is as follows: School districts that were able to institute Scott Walker’s [...]
Get on the line to hold the line
You can go to http://www.redstate.com/action to bypass the congressional switchboard and get the direct dial to your Congressman. Tell them to hold the line on Cut, Cap, and Balance. A host of conservative organizations are coming out against Boehner’s plan because, among other things, it only cuts $6 to $7 billion and punts major reform [...]
Dem official pleads guilty in NY election fraud investigation
In Jaunary, I wrote about indictments in a New York State election fraud investigation. In a September 2009 Working Families Party primary in Troy, NY, there were allegations of voter fraud. Two Democratic members of the Troy City Council were indicted on 116 charges related to absentee voter fraud. Now the (Democratic) City Clerk has [...]
Breaking: Wu resigning from congress
Promoted from the diaries as a break from our All-Debt-Ceiling-All-The-Time coverage. Link to story from Roll Call. –streiff Congressman Wu has just announced he is resigning from congress. The seat still leans democrat according to Cook political report.
Punt
I honestly cannot tell you how disgusted I am with the House Republicans today. They will yet again pass off their responsibility to a committee that will do nothing. We know it will do nothing because we have had 17 of these committees come before this one and the debt has gone up from $1 [...]
The Speaker’s Plan Is A Bad Bargain
Unlike several of my colleagues, I find there is a lot to like in the plan put forward yesterday by Speaker Boehner. I like the idea of a smaller increase in the debt ceiling to give time and a sense of urgency to work out some very difficult problems that can’t be solved in the [...]
