Because a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) is the only type of budget reform capable of binding future Congresses, it is disappointing that the pending debt ceiling bill does not contain the Boehner bill’s requirement that a BBA be approved by Congress and sent to the states. However, there is some good news for BBA supporters in the bill (the Budget Control Act of 2011 or | Read More »
You can go to http://www.redstate.com/action to bypass the congressional switchboard and get the direct dial to your Congressman. Tell them to hold the line on Cut, Cap, and Balance. A host of conservative organizations are coming out against Boehner’s plan because, among other things, it only cuts $6 to $7 billion and punts major reform to a commission of 12 that will only need 7 | Read More »
Senator Helms once said, “Compromise, hell! That’s what has happened to us all down the line — and that’s the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time?” The Democrats and Republicans in Washington may | Read More »
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) was on Fox News a while ago saying House Republicans are standing behind John Boehner and his proposal. They might want to think again. Having now reviewed it, it seems pretty clear that we will lose our credit rating as it does a lot of what the credit agencies have said not to do — mainly to punt. Beyond the Speaker’s | Read More »
The Club for Growth has put out this video showing twenty sitting Democrats and their past ‘support’ of a balanced budget amendment (H/T: Instapundit). ‘Support’ is in scare quotes because it’s all a lie, of course: one of the people in that video is Harry Reid, who is currently screaming about the (popular. Among adults, even) CCB bill because…
Today comes word that Mitch McConnell has signed on to the DeMint strategy of cutting, capping, and balancing the budget. Legislation has been introduced by the Republicans and they are calling it CCB, for “cut, cap, and balance.” With Moody’s statement yesterday that the nation’s credit is at stake and demanding a long term plan to deal with our debt, it seems McConnell’s own plan | Read More »
Many of us thought John Boehner would not turn back from the negotiating table. But he did. The media is a real tizzy trying to explain it. As is typical, they’re dumbing it down. Boehner backing away from the negotiating table (1) had nothing to do with tea party opposition, (2) nothing to do with fears of helping Barack Obama’s re-election, and (3) nothing to | Read More »
The most effective proposal for dealing with the debt ceiling vote that has the backing of conservatives is the Cut, Cap, and Balance plan brought forth by the RSC. Accordingly, virtually every major conservative organization has coalesced around a pledge forcing all members of Congress to support the plan as a condition to raising the debt ceiling. The presidential candidates are also being recruited to | Read More »
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are pushing out stories, encouraging various media outlets to write about “pledge fatigue.” This is in response to the Cut, Cap, Balance Pledge being pushed hard by conservative groups. One reporter called me for comment and said several senior Republican offices on Capitol Hill had pointed to my recent posts on the pledge as evidence of fatigue. Boy were they | Read More »
“To win this fight, Republicans and conservatives must be willing to operate in ways Washington isn’t suppose to operate.” There is a lot of handwringing out there about how to actually implement the Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge. First, let me say that you should take the pledge and every Republican in Washington should sign on to the pledge. Second, the strategy is very, very | Read More »
There is a big press conference that will be happening on Capitol Hill at 4pm today regarding the Cut, Cap, and Balance pledge. You’ll be able to watch the video feed here: Conservatives need to rally on this issue and support the pledge.
I’m already hearing whining and lamenting about my post this morning on conservatives’ need to do more than pledge. It’s only 10 a.m. and I’m getting the “how dare you question my integrity” emails and the “who the heck do you think you are” emails. “But . . . meow . . . I’m a 501(c)(3). I can’t do anything . . . meow.” That’s | Read More »
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