Barack Obama’s Potemkin Bipartisanship

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 24th at 04:03 PM  | 

One of the major reasons why Mitt Romney was able to make such rapid inroads against Barack Obama in their first debate, and why poll after poll shows that independent voters have turned decisively against Obama, is that Romney was able to lay bare the hollowness of Obama’s claims to bipartisanship. And given the Obama record of the past four years, there is no reason | Read More »

It’s Time For Congress To Act Like A Branch Of Government

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  February 24th at 09:30 AM  | 

The Congressional Review Act (5 USC 818-808) passed both houses of Congress in 1995 and was signed into law. It allows the US Congress to pass a resolution of disapproval any time it doesn’t want a major regulatory reform or ruling to go into effect. This would apply directly to the HHS contraception mandate that Secretary Kathleen Sibelius handed down earlier this month. Here’s how | Read More »