WASHINGTON – A continuing weak economy and last month’s bipartisan tax cut legislation will drive the government’s deficit to a record $1.5 trillion this year, a new government estimate predicts. The eye-popping numbers mean the government will continue to borrow 40 cents for every dollar it spends. The new Congressional Budget Office estimates will add [...]
Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) introduced legislation to fully repeal the Democrats’ government health care takeover that President Obama signed into law March 23, 2010. Thirty-four Republicans have already cosponsored this bill. “Republicans are standing with the American people who are demanding we repeal this government takeover of health care,” said Senator DeMint. [...]
The Tea Party movement will be two years old in February! We’ve stunned the establishment once, imagine what we can do with the next 40 years! Join Tea Party Patriots February 25-27, 2011 – the second anniversary of the Nationwide Tea Party Protests. Help write the first pages of a new chapter in American history [...]
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) were elected to the United States Senate in 1976, both from solidly Republican states. They quickly became Washington fixtures and, like clockwork, were easily re-elected every six years thereafter. Ordinarily, their re-election campaigns this year would be a formality; Democrats wouldn’t really challenge (preferring to invest campaign funds [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction ordering officials to stop [...]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 20 points, returning to the psychologically important 12,000 level, which it hit earlier in the session. The last time the Dow closed above the benchmark was June 19, 2008. The S&P 500 rose to above 1,296, while the Nasdaq gained the most for the day in percentage [...]
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