The first procedural vote on Obama in the Senate will come tomorrow as Democrats try to win 60 votes to begin debate:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the first crucial vote on an $848 billion health care overhaul package would probably happen Saturday.
That procedural vote will decide [...]
If I told you a United States Senator drew this picture of his home state, you wouldn't believe me. It looks just like the State of Georgia.
You can check out other Senators' drawings here.
[...]Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) may be in trouble if he gets a primary challenger:A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks [...]
In case you're interested, Brett Bittner and I talked with former Congressman Bob Barr about a letter he co-signed earlier this week with David Keane of the American Conservative Union and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform supporting a move of detainees from the United' [...]
On news of the score from the CBO on the Senate version of ObamaCare I wrote:As I've noted in posts on previous scores, the CBO always adds that each score is "subject to substantial uncertainty" because these estimates are almost always inaccurate.This morning, thanks to Jamie' [...]
US Rep. Nathan Deal, who is seeking the GOP nomination for Georgia of Georgia, told the Savannah Morning News that he'd sign a $1 per pack cigarette tax hike into law if it were passed by the legislature, hoping to use the revenues to plug the budget gap:U.S. Rep.' [...]
Remember all those jobs supposedly saved or created by the so-called "stimulus" bill? The guy responsible for federal oversight of "stimulus" spending can't verify the Obama Administration's claims:Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney was responding to a request for information by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the' [...]
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Libertarians believe capitalism works better than any system that instead is based on government intervention. [...]
Congrats to Kelly McCutchen, who has been named President of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
[...]Yes, this is the dumbest resolution to ever come before Congress.
I'll complain if I damn want to.
' [...]There is yet another score from the Congressional Budget Office for ObamaCare (it hasn't been released to the public). According to the Wall Street Journal, the legislation will cost $849 billion in the first ten years and also cut budget deficits by $127 billion. Oh, and it contains' [...]
We can't buy alcohol on Sunday in Georgia, but it looks like momentum is building to bring horse racing to the state:A bipartisan panel of state lawmakers on Wednesday backed a plan to legalize betting on horse racing in Georgia.
Rep. Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell), the chairman of the Special Equine' [...]
Over at the Tax Foundation, Gerald Prante explains some of Frédéric Bastiat's economic beliefs by using New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on 4th and 2 against the Indianapolis Colts:The type of response we see to Coach Belichick's decision is too [...]
The national debt of the United States has topped $12 trillion:It's another record-high for the U.S. National Debt which today topped the $12-trillion mark. Divided evenly among the U.S. population, it amounts to $38,974.34 for every man, woman and child.
Technically, the debt hit the new high yesterday, but it [...]
The Florida legislature passed a $1 dollar tax increase on cigarettes this year, on top of the increase passed by Congress with SCHIP expansion, and sales have taken a hit:Cigarette sales have fallen sharply across Florida since a $1-a-pack tax increase took effect July 1, plunging nearly 50 [...]
China wants to know the fiscal implications of ObamaCare:
Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House [...]
The House of Representatives will vote this week on a $300 billion "doc fix," similar to what failed in the Senate last month:Say you are a member of Congress who agrees that the cuts should be rescinded -- that physician payments shouldn't be reduced, that is -- but' [...]
We all know the jobs "created or saved" by this Keynesian spending are bogus, but [...]
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[...]Sen. Johnny Isakson doubts ObamaCare is going anywhere and notes that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will not listen to any compromises (not that a compromise would be a good thing):Georgia’s senators are bracing for a contentious debate on health care reform and are dubious of Majority Leader [...]
It looks like President Obama is backing away from job-killing environmental policies that would have come out of Copenhagen:President Barack Obama and other world leaders agreed today that next month's much-anticipated climate change summit will be merely a way station, not the once hoped-for end point, in the search [...]
You've got to appreciate humor, especially when it's at the expense of a racist.
' [...]Congress will vote to raise the debt ceiling by the end of the year: The Obama administration is confident Congress will raise the country’s debt limit by year end to avert a showdown similar to the one that shuttered parts of the government in 1995, administration officials said.
The White [...]
Rep. John Barrow (D-GA) explains his vote against ObamaCare:Late Saturday night, the House of Representatives voted on H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act." Health care reform is one of the most critical issues facing this nation right now, and fixing the problem in a way that [...]
Jim Galloway gives us details about House Speaker Glenn Richardson:Last Sunday, Paulding County sheriff deputies and others were called to Richardson’s home in Hiram, set on scrubland that he’d purchased to give his boys a place to rev their ATVs.
The next day, the speaker missed a major GOP bash [...]
President Barack Obama is talking about addressing the deficit, apparently telling cabinet departments to expect the issue to be addressed either by a spending freeze or cuts:The Obama administration, mindful of public anxiety over the government's mushrooming debt, is shifting emphasis from big-spending policies to deficit reduction. Domestic agencies [...]
Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) recently attempted suicide and is admitting to suffering from depression:Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) suffers from depression and recently tried to take his own life.
Richardson, in a statement to the media, said he has been suffering from depression for the past two-and-a-half years since [...]
Gallup is out with a new poll with that shows a majority of Americans do not believe that government should be in the business of ensuring health care:More Americans now say it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage (50%) than say [...]
The RNC will opt-out of the abortion coverage provided by its insurance plan, reversing what had been in effect for years:The Republican National Committee will no longer offer employees an insurance plan that covers abortion after Politico reported Thursday that the anti-abortion RNC's policy has covered the procedure [...]
George W. Bush, the man that was the biggest spender since LBJ (at least until Barack Obama), is warning against government intervention in the economy:The former president, who was outlining his vision for a policy institute to bear his name at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, warned that [...]
Reason also talked to Nathaniel Branden, who was once Rand's heir, talks about his time with the individualist author:Also, Politico has an excellent write up on Ayn Rand and the resurgence of her work and ideas as America witnesses the rise of statism.
[...]You remember all that grandstanding over the issue of abortion and the Stupak Amendment by Republicans on Saturday? Turns out the health insurance plan that the Republican National Committee offers employees covers the controversial procedure:The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s [...]
As you've probably heard, Lou Dobbs resigned from CNN:CNN's Lou Dobbs, a lightning rod for criticism following his transition from a business journalist to an opinionated anchor on such issues as illegal immigration, told viewers on Wednesday that he was quitting his nightly show to pursue new opportunities.
"This will'" [...]
The flow of red ink continues:October was another costly month for Uncle Sam. The Treasury Department reported on Thursday that federal coffers racked up a worse-than-expected deficit of $176.4 billion for the month.
It was the 13th straight month of a reported monthly deficit. Treasury said it was the largest [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is looking at a possible payroll tax increase to help fund ObamaCare:Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next [...]
ObamaCare has been placed on the Senate calendar for Tuesday:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) late Tuesday laid the groundwork for the Senate's healthcare reform debate to start next Tuesday.
Reid filed a motion to introduce the bill on Monday, Nov. 16. Anticipating a Republican objection, the bill would be [...]
We citizens elect people to public office with the hope and expectation they will represent our values and deliver honest, transparent operation of government. Since the days [...]
Nick Gillespie of Reason.tv explains the UPS/FedEx "bitch fight":
[...]I don't agree with Keith Olbermann very often, but he absolutely destroys Carrie Prejean here:
H/T: Below the Beltway
Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute explains why ObamaCare is going to bust the budget:
[...]During a recent interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama said that he believed individuals that didn't buy health insurance should face some form of monetary penalty, comparing it to state requirements for car insurance (these types of mandates don't guarantee coverage), and brushed aside talk of possible [...]
Two California Democrats are bragging about pork they got out of the health care bill passed by the House on Saturday in exchange for their votes:California Democratic Reps. Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza touted new funding for projects and facilities in their districts coming as a result of the [...]
Amanda and I are hitting the Old Spaghetti Factory and going to see The Get Up Kids tonight, who despite breaking up in 2005, got back together for a tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of Something to Write Home About (which is still one of [...]
If you know a veteran, please take time out of your day to thank them for protecting the freedoms we have.
To the veterans that read this blog...thank you for your service.
[...]Contrary to what the Obama Administration and it's apologists want you to believe, despite increased government spending on a scale we haven't seen since the Great Depression, businesses are still struggling:President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package is not having as big an impact as some thought it would.
A survey [...]
Valerie Meyers, who is seeking the GOP nomination in GA-8 and the chance to take on Rep. Jim Marshall, talked with Travis Fain of the Macon Telegraph about why she is running and what she wants do in the Congress.
[...]John Muhammad, the Beltway sniper, will be executed tonight in Virginia:Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.
Kaine denied Muhammad's clemency request Tuesday. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night at a Virginia prison for killing [...]
