By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  April 4th at 05:07 PM  | 

Several gun ban bills are expected to be debated in the Senate soon, but Senator Harry Reid may have to deal with opposition from moderates. Everyone knows that moderate Democrats (especially those up in 2014) are concerned about voting for this bill. But who would have thought that liberals oppose these gun control bills? The Daily Caller interviewed a leading official of the ACLU who | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  March 21st at 07:44 PM  | 

Last year, articles were written about the fierce and strong conservatives who were unwilling to compromise their values for the satisfaction of the leadership. Conservatives like Tom Graves, Jim Jordan, Steve King, and others were herald as heroes  of our movement. That is why today was a shocking disappointment. The Continuing Resolution that passed today failed to defund Obamacare. It included wasteful spending for the Departments of Commerce, Judiciary, | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  March 20th at 08:27 PM  | 

No rules passed. No debate on rules. No amendments allowed. Tomorrow, the GOP House will likely vote to pass the Continuing Resolution of the Senate. House GOP leadership won’t even allow discussion in opposition to the bill. It will be interesting to see which Spineless Republicans vote to pass this wasteful continuing resolution (or if the GOP leadership will break the Hastart Rule AGAIN!) The | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  March 20th at 05:33 PM  | 

While this vote doesn’t and shouldn’t automatically deem somebody a complete RINO, the vote today was disappointing as 118 Republicans voted against the RSC Budget which would balance in 4 years (a whole lot better than the Ryan Budget). This was very sad, and while I think the Democrats voting “present” should stop playing games, Republicans must decide whether they truly want to be the | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  March 15th at 04:04 PM  | 

     Only 3 Conservative Representatives Opposed Both Spending Bills (Amash, Massie, and Bridenstine). This week, the House GOP voted on two bills that are well-intentioned: The Skills Act (HR 803) and the Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2013 (HR 890). Both bills follow conservative policies: reducing the number of programs and requiring people to be looking for work before they can get welfare. | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  March 5th at 04:41 PM  | 

Update 1 (3/5/13 about 5 P.M.) : Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) stated during the Rules Committee that while he likes Rep. Huelskamp and Bridenstine’s attempt to defund Obamacare…he stated that he doesn’t know “if now is the time for this fight”. Question to Mr. Burgess: If not now…when? Today, the House Rules Committee is likely to pass a closed-rule that does not allow votes on | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  March 2nd at 09:17 PM  | 

A different opinion on SC-1. — Erick    Endorsed by Tea Party Congressmen Mick Mulvaney (R-SC 5) and Jeff Duncan (R-SC 3). Supported by many tea party groups including the Tea Party Leadership Fund. Recipient of awards from the Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Club for Growth. Larry Grooms is the true conservative running for Congress. He’s a true defender of Life, Liberty, | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  February 13th at 03:07 PM  | 

Cross Posted from my website: http://llphsecondrevolution.wordpress.com/ Washington D.C. is up to its old tricks again as seen on February 4, 2013. The House voted on two pieces of legislation that are just a small microcosm of the spending and unconstitutional problem in the House of Representatives. The first bill which was voted on, the National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013, does not have any additional | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  February 13th at 12:12 PM  | 

Only in Washington D.C. would people pass a bad deal and then fight about how to replace the bad deal. That is essentially what is happening today. The sequester would implement $1.2 trillion in true and immediate spending cuts to be divided equally between defense and domestic programs. Liberals are screaming bloody murder on the cuts to domestic programs, and some RINOs are doing the | Read More »

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  January 4th at 09:19 PM  | 

I’m encouraging conservative reps to get together and write an amendment to offset the Sandy funds (the $51 billion that will be coming up). For the appropriate parts, they should find wasteful spending and bring the amendment to the floor of the house. Then, they can vote for the amendment. Even if it fails, they have something to back up their vote. A lot of | Read More »