Jim Jordan

    Jim Jordan Will Be At The RedState Gathering. Will You?

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 12th at 04:46 AM  | 

    The leader of the conservatives in the United States House of Representatives, Jim Jordan (R-OH), is coming to the RedState Gathering. Congressman Jordan is the Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, which often fights the Republican Leadership from the right. It’s a tough job and he handles it well. Future Indiana Governor Mike Pence was once the RSC Chairman, along with Congressmen Jeb Hensarling and | Read More »

    The Party That Brought Us Dede Scozzafava Wants to Stop Ann Marie Buerkle

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 9th at 07:20 AM  | 

    Remember Dede Scozzafava? In 2009, the New York Republican Party tried to foist her on the people of New York. She was a liberal Republican who, with the backing of unions, almost got elected until conservatives stood up and said no. She wound up dropping out and endorsing the Democrat. The same New York GOP that gave us her and spectacularly saw the next several | Read More »

    House Conservatives Support Barack Obama’s Latest Stimulus

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 9th at 04:46 AM  | 

    Since February of 2009 when President Barack Obama began his aggressive push for stimulus into the American economy, he focused on one core area — infrastructure. In fact, in his stimulus speech before Congress in 2009, his States of the Union in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and his Jobs Act speech of late 2011, the President repeated referred to spending government money to create jobs | Read More »

    Cut, Cap, and Balance

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 27th at 02:36 PM  | 

    As you probably have heard by now, the United States has reached its statutory debt limit, and the Treasury Department each day performs “extraordinary measures” to prevent the federal government from having to make any real choices to reduce debt or prioritize spending. As of right now, only one entity on Capitol Hill has put forward a serious, robust plan to truly reform the way | Read More »

    Really Grover? Losers?

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 8th at 08:09 PM  | 

    As you will note from my posting over the past several weeks, I have declined to write about CPAC and the related controversy. RedState is assisting FreedomWorks in sponsoring Bloggers Row, but I have personally done my best to keep my head down and mouth shut. I’ll be speaking Friday at noon to the Young America’s Foundation luncheon. I’m happy to do so. Nonetheless, I’m | Read More »

    Just Say No to Louie Gohmert’s Write-In Bid

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 1st at 05:44 PM  | 

    The Republican Study Committee is the group in the House of Representatives that makes up the real conservatives among the Republicans. The body frequently pushes back on squishy Republican ideas and, over the years, has come up with some pretty bold and unapologetically conservative policy ideas. (One side note — it needs to stop letting in every person with an “R” next to their name, | Read More »

    A Tale of Budget Cowardice…and Courage

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 22nd at 11:00 AM  | 

    “The U.S. House has never— NEVER —failed to pass a budget resolution since the current budget rules were put into place in 1974. Until today. ” So the Democrats have finally admitted they will not produce a budget plan this year. This is the ultimate in political cowardice. To understand how cowardly, one must understand what a budget plan really is. In short, a budget | Read More »