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    Top Ten Reasons To End The Export-Import Bank

    By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  May 4th at 03:00 PM  | 

    Corporate Welfare and Crony Capitalism are the two phrases that come to mine when a free market conservative hears talk of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank.  According to The Hill, it looks like the House will take up a Export-Import bank reauthorization, including a massive $40 billion increase in loan authority, as early as next week. A draft deal negotiated by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Minority Whip | Read More »

    Today in Washington – July 14, 2010

    By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  July 14th at 11:00 AM  | 

    Thank you President Obama.  We couldn’t have done it without you.  The Conservative movement is back and strong as ever.  Liberals and Progressives are in tears.  Keep up the good work, Mr. President. More on this issue below the fold. The House will vote on H.R. 1722, the Telework Improvements Act, and 6 suspension bills.  The Senate is scheduled to continue work on H.R. 5297, TARP, Jr., and | Read More »

    Today in Washington – June 22, 2010

    By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 22nd at 10:30 AM  | 

    Conservatives and libertarians in Washington are buzzing about Thomas Sowell’s Op Ed in Investor’s Business Daily titled “Is U.S. Now on Slippery Slope to Tyranny?“  These are trying times for Americans who treasure the idea of small government.  Many share the concern of Sowell that the damage being done by this Administration and Congress in expanding the size and scope of the federal government, can’t be undone | Read More »