Why Does This Obama Voter Keep Telling the GOP How to do Things?

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  March 10th at 10:14 AM  | 

Guess who’s still talking (and telling the GOP to turn “Hard a’Port!”)? Yep, it’s Obama Voter (and New York Times house “conservative”) David Brooks, who uses his formerly-coveted space in the Times today to tell Republicans that actually returning to a platform based in promoting fiscal conservatism and opposing radical, unprecedented borrowing/spending and government expansion is “totally misguided.” Thankfully, GOP leaders appear to be wisely | Read More »

House GOP Leaders Reach Across Aisle, Pledge to Support Obama if he will Attempt to Fulfill Promise of Fiscal Responsibility

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  March 6th at 02:06 PM  | 

Last Friday, ten House Republican leaders sent a letter to President Barack Obama. In it, they offered to work across party lines and Congressional divisions with the new president to achieve the latter’s stated commitment “to fiscal transparency and accountability and ensuring that [all] spending commitments are paid for without burdening our children and grandchildren with excessive debt,” and to “slash[ing] earmarks to no greater | Read More »

If You Live in AZ-6, the House Democrats’ “Stimulus” Bill Will Cost You $2,573,511,534.00

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  January 30th at 02:39 PM  | 

That’s the amount the entire district is on the hook for– over $2.5 billion. You can see how the rest country’s GOP districts break down here (all averaged out to $2,761 per person); a sample of those numbers is below: AZ-2: $2,474,391,634.00 FL-5: $2,334,577,355.00 GA-7: $2,334,199,098.00 UT-1: $2,325,954,752.00 CA-45: $2,263,658,309.00 TX-3: $2,233,546,843.00 (See the rest here) At least the entire Republican caucus (along with eleven | Read More »

House Republicans Returning to Capitol Hill Tomorrow to Continue Energy Debate while Democrats Enjoy Paid Vacations

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  August 3rd at 02:48 PM  | 

A number of Republicans will be taking to the floor tomorrow, despite the fact the House is officially in a five-week recess, to continue what Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is calling a “historic effort to free Americans for generations to come from dependence on foreign oil.” Last Friday’s spontaneous uprising garnered both media attention and the ire of Democrat leaders, who responded to the GOP’s | Read More »

Looking back on the House GOP sit-in

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  August 2nd at 01:30 PM  | 

When the Democrats canceled yesterday’s scheduled debate on solutions to the energy crisis, voted for early adjournment, and fled the Beltway for their posh five-week paid vacation destinations, they had no idea the House floor, in their absence, would be turned into the location of a rousing symbolic action by their GOP counterparts. When wind of the growing protest reached the Speaker’s office, Nancy Pelosi | Read More »