Byron Dorgan

    Your money? The government’s “income”

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 11:48 AM  | 

    There was an interesting comment made on the floor of the United States Senate yesterday. I first noticed in from Senator Jim DeMint’s twitter feed. DeMint tweeted, “Sen. Dorgan just said a vote for tax cuts is a vote to ‘reduce this country’s income. To Democrats, it’s the government’s money. Not yours.” Really? I mean it wouldn’t surprise me, but we rarely hear the Democrats | Read More »

    Today in Washington – June 22, 2010

    By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 22nd at 10:30 AM  | 

    Conservatives and libertarians in Washington are buzzing about Thomas Sowell’s Op Ed in Investor’s Business Daily titled “Is U.S. Now on Slippery Slope to Tyranny?“  These are trying times for Americans who treasure the idea of small government.  Many share the concern of Sowell that the damage being done by this Administration and Congress in expanding the size and scope of the federal government, can’t be undone | Read More »

    Today in Washington, May 14, 2010

    By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  May 14th at 11:00 AM  | 

    The Elena Kagan nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is still in the early stages, but problems are emerging.  Meet and greets for Kagan completed Day 2 and more one-on-one meetings are expected in the days ahead.  Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Scott Brown (R-MA) sounded like supporters of Kagan after one-on-one meetings and had nice things to say about the nominee.  Maybe they don’t even know that Kagan | Read More »