By William Warren – Today’s cartoon focuses on the reading of the Constitution on the House floor yesterday.

Americans For Limited Government has talked about it before and now it’s back…the movement to defund NPR and Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The senior Vice President who made the call to fire Juan Williams last year has now stepped down and Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn is trying again to keep taxpayers from paying for it. Reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story.

Congressman Phil Gingrey speaks with Americans For Limited Government about the Federal Employee Accountability Act

By Kevin Mooney — With John Boehner (R-Ohio) now officially sworn in as the new House Speaker you might think that organized labor’s pursuit of special interest paybacks from the Obama Administration is dead in the water. You would be wrong. The stipulations and restrictions […]

Obama has chosen Bill Daley to become his next Chief of Staff, replacing Peter Rouse who was filling in as acting-Chief while they searched for a replacement to Rahm Emanuel. Bill Daley is part of the Daley political dynasty that runs Chicago–so it’s no coincidence […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : 2011: A fiscal reckoning that cannot be avoided Defense spending should not be a sacred cow ObamaCare rewards friends, punishes enemies Robert Gibbs leaves the White House Congress’s broken windows Speaker Boehner: “This is the People’s House” New governors could drown in red ink Barone: Wily old Dems take on whippersnapper Republicans Raising the debt ceiling is the beginning of the end for Republicans Use debt debate to slow spending Obama’s oil war Long live the Constitution…

By NRD Staff – Sixty-three new GOP House Members are settling into their new office spaces and organizing their work lives as well as their new personal lives in D.C. But theirs aren’t the only lives changing. Each of these 63 members first order of […]

By Howard Rich – While the extension of Bush-era tax cuts dominated headlines during the recently-concluded lame duck session of Congress, the coming year will bring with it a renewed focus on public debt — whether policymakers like it or not. A fiscal reckoning is […]

Americans For Limited Government spoke with members of the 112th Congress including Denny Rehberg of Montana, newcomer Todd Rokita of Indiana, Phil Gingrey of Georgia, and Rob Bishop of Utah. Reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story on the cuts they want to make.

Congressman Bishop in DC office VO SOTs on New Congress and Speaker Boehner
(CG: Rep. Rob Bishop (R)/Utah Congressman