Border fence bill alive in Mississippi Legislature
Posted by bryanrudnick Liberty Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
From SunHerald.com JACKSON, Miss. — A bill to help fund a border fence between the United States and Mexico is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature. Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Joey Fillingane said earlier this week that he didn’t plan to bring the bill up for a vote in his committee because the measure [...]
Global warming advocates suggest a tax on milk and meats
Posted by bryanrudnick Taxes Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
By Kenneth Schortgen Jr, Washington Examiner A new study published in the journal, Climate Change, suggested that the world should impose a new tax on milk and meats to stem the growth of global warming. In a Discovery News article from Monday, the authors of the study believe that imposing a tax on foodstuffs will [...]
Florida Governor Hits Road to Sell His Budget Overhaul
Posted by bryanrudnick Finance Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
By ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES, The Wall Street Journal LEESBURG, Fla.—Gov. Rick Scott is crisscrossing Florida this week, offering glimpses of what he says will be one of the nation’s most fiscally conservative budget proposals this year. In his push to close a $3.6 billion budget deficit and make good on his promise to create 700,000 private-sector [...]
Senate defeats Republican-led health-care repeal effort
Posted by bryanrudnick Health Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
By Felicia Sonmez, The Washington Post The Senate on Wednesday defeated a Republican-led effort to repeal the entire national health-care overhaul, with lawmakers voting strictly along party lines. The decision underscores the hurdle that the GOP faces in that Democratic-majority chamber as it tries to overturn the law. All 50 Senate Democrats present and one [...]
Posted by bryanrudnick 2012 Elections Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
BY ED MORRISSEY, HOT AIR The working title for my column at The Week, which appeared late yesterday, wondered whether Barack Obama would have political severability from ObamaCare if the Supreme Court grabbed the case early and overturned the PPACA. The editors made a wise change, because the impact of an early review ahead of [...]
Tea Party congressman clashes over Islam at town hall
Posted by bryanrudnick Liberty Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
By Jim Acosta and Evan Glass, CNN Boynton Beach, Florida (CNN) — Freshman Republican Congressman Allen West clashed with an advocate for Muslim-American civil rights at a sometimes-rowdy town hall meeting Monday night. The tense exchange drew boos from a standing room only, largely Republican crowd. The confrontation came as West, an Iraq War veteran who was [...]
Tea Party activist: Conservatives will back Allen alternative in Va. primary
Posted by bryanrudnick Activism Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
By Shane D’Aprile, The Hill Virginia Tea Party activist and U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Radtke says she’s confident conservatives in her state will unite behind an alternative to former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) ahead of next year’s Senate primary. Aside from Allen, Radtke is the only other Republican already in the race for Sen. Jim [...]
Posted by bryanrudnick Breaking News Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
From FOX Nation, by John Hudson, The Atlantic Wire WASHINGTON, DC – The Internet’s finest satirists snookered a big fish in the media world last night. In an embarrassing segment on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow slammed conservatives for attacking President Obama’s Egypt policies. Her targets included Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, former ambassador to the [...]
Reagan’s 100th wins a gala for the Gipper
Posted by bryanrudnick Headlines Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
By Valerie Richardson-The Washington Times SIMI VALLEY, Calif. | Ronald Reagan loved birthdays. He kept a chocolate cake aboard Air Force One at all times just in case someone on the flight happened to be celebrating another year. Don’t believe it? There’s a replica of the cake inside the Boeing 707 that served as Reagan’s [...]
New chief of staff: More cuts could be needed beyond freeze
Posted by bryanrudnick Finance Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
The White House acknowledges that more cuts are needed beyond the spending freeze President Obama proposed, chief of staff William Daley said Sunday.
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