Today, House Conservatives Will Prove They Are the Problem

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 6th at 04:30 AM  | 

Yesterday, the White House announced it would stop White House tours in response to sequestration. Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas responded by offering an amendment to the pending continuing resolution that would prohibit federal dollars spent to cover the costs of President Obama’s golf games. Speaker John Boehner and the Republican Leaders ruled that Congressman Gohmert’s amendment was not relevant to the continuing resolution and | Read More »

Just Say No to Louie Gohmert’s Write-In Bid

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 1st at 05:44 PM  | 

The Republican Study Committee is the group in the House of Representatives that makes up the real conservatives among the Republicans. The body frequently pushes back on squishy Republican ideas and, over the years, has come up with some pretty bold and unapologetically conservative policy ideas. (One side note — it needs to stop letting in every person with an “R” next to their name, | Read More »