How Progressives Will Steal Votes with 2010 Census

2010 Census Won't Question Legal Status

Once every 10 years the federal government conducts a census, as mandated under Article 1 Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. The express purpose of a decennial census is to apportion seats in the House of Representatives, as well as determine each state's assigned number of electoral college votes. With [...]

Democrats Insist on Healthcare Nuclear Option

Rangel Submits Nuclear Option Letter
On Thursday, October 15th, the majority of Democrats in the House Ways and Means Committee, under the leadership of Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel, chose to disregard all amendments to H.R. 3200 being offered by Republicans. Rather than continuing debate, Rep. Rangel instead submitted a letter to the Budget Committee that has [...]

Baucus Bill Passes

Interested parties from both sides of the health care debate have eagerly anticipated today’s vote by members of the Senate Finance Committee on the Baucus bill.  Democrats outnumber Republicans in the Finance Committee 13-10, so a favorable Democratic outcome was all but certain. It was expected that today’s vote would be divided strictly upon party [...]

Barthold Letter on Insurance Mandate

 Buy Health Insurance or Else

On Thursday, Senator John Ensign (R-KS), questioned Thomas Barthold, Chief of Staff of Joint Committee on Taxation, about the proposed health care mandate penalty. Ensign stated, "We could be subjecting those very people who conscientiously, because they believe in the U.S. Constitution, we could be subjecting them to fines or the interpretation of [...]

Financial Crisis Commission Holds First Meeting

Commission to Investigate Cause of Economic Crisis
In an effort to investigate the causes of the recent economic crisis, both domestic and global, Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Kent Conrad (D-ND) introduced legislation that would set up of a fact-finding Financial Crisis Commission. That legislation passed and was signed by President Obama in May ‘09. Senator Conrad [...]

Dems Continue Self-Congratulatory Signage

S. Amdt. 2361 to H.R. 3288
While the rest of us are watching our dimes, the Senate just voted to continue the use of stimulus funds for self-congratulatory signage promoting the spending of taxpayer dollars on stimulus projects. Sponsored by Senator Gregg, with eight other senators co-sponsoring, the section cited as "Axe the Stimulus Plaques Act" [...]

Baucus Bill Unveiled

Baucus Bill: America’s Healthy Future Act 2009
The highly-anticipated health care proposal authored by Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) has officially been unveiled. Titled "America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009," this 223-page proposal is presented in the form of a chairman’s mark and carries a price tag, in its current form, of $856 billion. [...]

Czar Resolution: H.CON.RES.185

GOP Calls for CZAR Transparency
On September, 15th, 2009, along with 93 original cosponsors, Republican Representative Marsha Blackburn of the 7th District of Tennessee has introduced H. Con Res. 185 questioning the Constitutional requirements of Czar appointments. As stated by Blackburn, "All Presidents have a right to staff their administration as they see fit within the [...]

Amendment 2355: Halt ACORN Funding Passes Senate

SUMMARY "Mr. President, the people of Nebraska sent me to Washington to protect them from waste and fraud and abuse, and they asked me to change the status quo. And I take that responsibility very seriously. That is why my amendment would prohibit one more penny, one more penny of taxpayer money from going to [...]

Cass Sunstein Cloture Vote Results

The lunatic is in the hall. The lunatics are in my hall. The paper holds their folded faces to the floor. And every day the paper boy brings more.  — Pink Floyd
Sunstein Nomination Affirmed
The cloture motion results for the nomination of Cass Sunstein to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office [...]

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