On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Congressman Tom Price to discuss his proposal to reform budget scoring, the scandal at the IRS and the unfolding cover-up of Benghazi.
Read More »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 »
We’ve been discussing the importance of the RSC Chairman race over the past few weeks and the imperative to elect Tom Graves as the next chairman. That is undoubtedly the most important leadership election for this term. However, there is another election into which conservatives must interject themselves: the race for Conference Chair between Tom Price and Cathy McMorris-Rodgers. Aside for the fact that Price | Read More »
Tom Price is the former Republican Study Committee Chairman who is now running for conference chairman within the House Republican Conference. His opponent is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington State. She has a HAFA score of 56%, 10 points lower than the House Republican average. Rep. Price, however, a 78% score, twelve points higher than the House Republican average. Speaker Boehner is pushing McMorris | Read More »
As soon as we’re finished with the national elections next week, we as conservatives must assert ourselves over the congressional leadership elections. Even if we win the political elections on November 6, we must win the policy elections in Congress. There will be a number of important races to focus on over the next few weeks, including committee assignments, committee chairmanships, and the race for | Read More »
Cheers for Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) for standing up to President Obama on his unconstitutional recess appointments. Finally, one member of the United States Senate is standing up for the Constitution. Where are the rest of them? The House and Senate kick into second gear this week. The first two weeks of the session were light on legislation and heavy on retreats. Expect the STOCK | Read More »
Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) took the time to chat with us today regarding his impressions of Don Berwick’s fractious testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee. A physician himself, Price pressed Berwick on questions regarding the rationing of care and other key matters. This line of questioning led to a side-by-side moment that is really made for TV — Berwick today saying: “I abhor | Read More »
In light of the ongoing debate in the Senate over whether to approve the Obama Administration’s New START treaty with Russia, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and I recently sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asking that they delay action until the 112th Congress can convene and review the treaty. While we recognize that it | Read More »
“The U.S. House has never— NEVER —failed to pass a budget resolution since the current budget rules were put into place in 1974. Until today. ” So the Democrats have finally admitted they will not produce a budget plan this year. This is the ultimate in political cowardice. To understand how cowardly, one must understand what a budget plan really is. In short, a budget | Read More »
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