Budget
How Reconciliation Violates Senate Rules
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich gives an excellent explanation of the Reconciliation process being tossed about in the Legislature as a way of circumventing a Republican filibuster and passing ObamaCare with a simple majority.
Harry Reid flat-out lied when he said “nobody is talking about reconciliation” as a way to pass the health care [...]
Largest Drop in Federal Tax Revenues Since Great Depression
Remember how irresponsible the Liberals said George W. Bush was for spending money on Iraq when the economy was in such bad shape, by their reckoning?
Well, he doesn’t hold a candle to Obama’s spendfest in the face of the single largest one-year drop in tax revenues since the Great Depression.
At this rate, Social Security is [...]
Obama’s Lies About Stimulus
In his own words:
Obama Budget Raises Deficit To Record Highs
The Office of Management and Budget is predicting a higher-than-expected, $1.8 Trillion budget deficit for 2009 and a $1.3 Trillion deficit for 2010, according to a statement released by Peter Orszag, Director of the OMB.
The effect is the same as making $50,000 per year, but spending $100,000 a year. It is mathematically impossible to pay [...]
Obama’s $17 Billion Budget Cut
Pres. Obama has increased the amount to be cut from the federal budget to a whopping $17 Billion. I remember when $17 Billion would have made a pretty good dent in the budget. Of course, I was three years old at the time.
Obama has been touting the significance of his $17 Billion budget cut. Funny…it [...]
AP Political Headlines
- FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories March 10, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.... […]
- Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer March 10, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped a male staffer in a non-sexual way but later denying any groping.... […]
- Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan March 10, 2010JERUSALEM (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday - a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.... […]
- Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud March 10, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.... […]
- Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' March 10, 2010TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."... […]
- Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally March 10, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts sparked frenzied trading.... […]
- Obama pushes senators for climate bill March 10, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year.... […]
- AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health March 9, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight.... […]
- Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle March 9, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.... […]
- Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail March 9, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments that could give them ammunition for November's congressional elections.... […]