It’s official. The Dems have cancelled the budget. At least until after the election… We have confirmed that the federal budget planned for fiscal year 2011 has been canceled. The cause: Washington Democrats’ out-of-control spending spree. We are here now outside the Capitol awaiting an apology from Washington Democrats for this betrayal of hard-working American taxpayers. Background info is here. Crossposted
After much delay and languishing in conference since March of this year, H.R. 2194:Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009 passed the House 412-12 and the Senate 99-0. The full text of the bill can be seen here. The CBO estimates the cost of this bill to be a mere peanuts compared to what this administration has spent so far: about $15 million. | Read More »
A shocking report came out from the Government Accountability Office that millions of our hard-earned tax dollars have gone to abortion groups in the last eight years. Planned Parenthood is the biggest receiver, $650 million. Rep. Trent Franks (AZ) asks in the video below: “we are spending a billion dollars for the killing of innocent babies. Is that who we really are?” Wendy Wright of | Read More »
First, before we get into the heavy stuff. I had the opportunity to meet Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Chairman of the House Republican Conference at CPAC. This video confirms what I already knew. In addition to being a great Congressman, he is also an all-around regular guy. Reference this “Office Space” video where he shows you around his office in DC. Frankly, when he first | Read More »
“American taxpayers should not be forced to bear the risk for nations that have avoided making tough choices.” Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) 5/13/10 As noted on my post Medusa is alive and well.. from several days ago, the US is already on the hook for $6.8 billion dollars to bailout Greece. We could be subsequently on the hook for $50 billion more to other European | Read More »
Today Mr. & Mrs Obama released their 2009 tax return. Somehow I feel I am back in France circa 1789 and about to hear the words “let them eat cake” said to the peasants. At a time when Americans are suffering the Man in the Oval Office had $5,505,409 in adjusted gross income. Here is a snapshot of the return: The total return is 65 | Read More »
“Hey, Obambi! We told you Zero-care was gonna place a huge budget problem on the states! But did you listen to us? NO! Now face the consequences and don’t say you are “embarrassed” like you did to all those CEO’s taking charges. We warned you!” John Boehner, Tim Pawlenty, and many more. Last week I related the story of DC’s impending “Salem Witch Trials.” You | Read More »
Mike Pence (R-IN) today issued this statement that Democrats are no longer accepting changes to their plan for a government takeover of healthcare: A recent report alerts Members of Congress that the ‘trading post’ for health care deal making has closed. For weeks now Democrat leaders have traded special deals for votes and in the process have traded away any hope of passing meaningful health | Read More »
Less than 24 hours ago Reps. Mike Pence (IN), Jeb Hensarling (TX) and John Campbell (CA) introduced their Spending Limit Amendment or SLA (short page here) and longer version here (large PDF file). This amendment differs from the Balanced Budget Amendment in that the SLA would focus on limiting government spending, while the Balanced Budget Amendment would simply focus on limiting taxation. I had an | Read More »
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