Anne Boleyn was queen for 1000 days then her head rolled off her shoulders thanks to a Frenchman’s sword. We’re seeing the Anne Boleyn of budgets making its way to Capitol Hill now — after 1000 days the President is finally presenting his budget. But like the last one that got rejected 97-0 in the Senate, this one too, it seems, will get rejected by | Read More »
Senator Kent Conrad is about to release the Senate Democrats’ budget. What we know so far is that Senate Democrats are aghast at what might be in it. Now, I can’t actually tell you what is in Senator Conrad’s budget because only Senate Democrats have actually seen it. It is not released to the public. Even Senate Republicans have not seen it. Based on what | Read More »
Friday night the Republicans and Democrats reached a deal to avoid a government shutdown. The Republicans had promised $100 billion in cuts. They back pedaled to $61 billion in cuts. They have actually agreed to $38.5 billion in cuts, or about four days worth of spending by the federal government. Many of the conservatives who booed them for going from $100 billion to $61 billion | Read More »
Today you are going to hear a lot about Paul Ryan and his budget deal. He has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal previewing it. You can read that here. The budget proposal is a solid proposal of solid reform. I like what I see. But I also foresee real problems with it as a result. Let me first say the number you are | Read More »
There was a USA Today story the other day that taxes in the United States are ridiculously low now. The basic gist of the story, pushed by leftwing groups who want everyone to bow down and face Washington for its “gifts” — never mind that it is your money to begin with — is that there is no conceivable way anybody in their right mind | Read More »
“Barack Obama refused to help get unemployment down in 2009 by design so he could get credit in the 2010 election year instead.” Many of us have been saying it for a while. The White House intended that the stimulus money, which the White House intended to use to save or create jobs, would not really be spent in 2009 as unemployment soared to over | Read More »
Bart Stupak is learning a valuable lesson in dealing with Barack Obama. The visuals all around on this look bad — especially with the Winter Olympics coming up. Congress funds a $1 million scholarship fund at Northern Michigan University for aspiring Olympic athletes. Robert Costa notesthe scholarship was renamed in 1998 for Bart Stupak’s son who had committed suicide. Stupak, you will remember, insisted that | Read More »
Naturally the White House waited until Friday evening to let this news out. It is catastrophic to his agenda even though he’ll want to blame George Bush. The Obama administration has released new deficit numbers, and they are not pretty. The deficit for Fiscal Year 2009, which ended Sept. 30, came in at a record $1.42 trillion, more than triple the record set just last | Read More »
We need to get the Blue Dog Democrats to slow down budget approval in the House of Representatives. The vote in committee is tonight. STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING. PICK UP THE PHONE. CALL 202-224-3121. Ask for one of these five Congressmen: 1. Alan Boyd of Florida 2. Bob Etheridge of North Carolina 3. Charlie Melancon of Louisiana 4. Chet Edwards of Texas 5. John | Read More »
Read this: During this unprecedented time in our nation’s financial history, Americans everywhere are experiencing hardships and personal crises they never would have imagined. But with these difficult times often come great courage and perseverance. House Republicans want to know your story. While President Obama’s team tells us that only the most successful Americans will soon be subject to a massive tax hike, the simple | Read More »
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