This Week in Washington – September 27, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | September 27th at 10:30 AM |
The House has no votes scheduled for Monday and 63 suspension votes scheduled for Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday the House is expected to consider H.R. 847, the James Zagroda 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, H.R. 2378, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, and the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3081, the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Act. The Senate Amendment will be a continuing resolution to keep the | Read More »
This Week in Washington – July 19, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | July 19th at 11:00 AM |
Last week, WH Press Flack Robert Gibbs declared the House is lost and this week it was up to Vice President Joe Biden to bring a happy message to Democrats. Biden declared his opinion yesterday on This Week. “I don’t think the losses are going to be bad at all. I think we are going to shock the heck out of everybody.” AP reports: Vice President Joe | Read More »
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Today in Washington – May 21, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 21st at 12:45 PM |
Financial Services “Reform” passed the Senate yesterday on a 59-39 vote. Now the question is what will happen next? What is the end game for this legislation? What will it look like when it is presented to the President to be signed into law? A conference between the House and Senate is expected in the next month to negotiate the differences between the house passed measure | Read More »
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Norquist on Value Added Tax (VAT)
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | April 23rd at 04:15 PM |
Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform has an excellent Op Ed, Don’t Give Obama a VAT, on the Value Added Tax (VAT), also known as Obama’s National Sales Tax, in Human Events today. Grover, like other pundits, believe that the actions of this Administration point to the fact that President Obama is seriously considering imposing a VAT on the already over taxed citizens of the | Read More »
This Week in Washington – April 19, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | April 19th at 01:53 PM |
As President Obama prepares to throw some fastballs at the heads of the American taxpayer, Conservatives need to be aware of the issues at the plate on Capitol Hill. Liberals in Congress have plans that will transform America into a European style social democracy. The Senate is gearing up for another battle over a liberal Supreme Court nominee and Congress has quite a few left wing legislative issues in the on | Read More »
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