By William Warren – Today’s cartoon focuses on the “GOP Establishment”, which is contemplating jumping into the pool of “Red Ink” along with the Dems.

Host Frank McCaffrey speaks with ALG Communications Director Rick Manning about the budget battle on Capitol Hill as well as a proposal by Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan to cut spending. Plus, hear from Louisiana Representative John Fleming on the oil permit freeze in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Kevin Mooney – With a little help from the unelected fourth branch of government, union operatives with UNITE HERE have sidestepped a challenge from Hyatt Hotels Corp. to participate in a federally supervised secret ballot election. Although Congress thus far rejected legislation that would […]

Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson praised House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposal to rein in so-called “mandatory” entitlement in the 2012 budget by “more than $4 trillion” : “Budget Chairman Ryan’s proposal to rein in so-called ‘mandatory’ spending by ‘more than $4 trillion’ in the 2012 budget is one that all Americans can understand. This is a savings plan. The fact is, tens of millions of […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : The Fed bails out the world… The 19 percent solution: How to balance the budget without increasing taxes Obama and Senate Dems have no excuse for “shutting down” government… Republicans and the real budget prize Barone: GOP shouldn’t if white becomes a minority A renaissance of education in Detroit? Would we be better off without TARP? Tea time Boudreaux: Despite the scary warnings, U.S. not running low on oil Ryan budget: A huge opportunity to improve health care Secrecy hides taxpayer dollars used in Big Green lawsuits Obama launches re-elect bid with video Campaign spending limits are dead

“From a partisan point of view, I think it would be the best thing in the world to have a shutdown” – Former Vermont Governor and DNC Chairman Howard Dean RE: The Republican led House of Representatives passed a spending plan this past February for […]

By Frank McCaffrey – Americans for Limited Government’s Don Todd has the scoop on Jamie Gorelick and her absurd resume.

By Adam Bitely – In Robert Samuelson’s recent op-ed praising TARP as a success of government intervention that stabilized the financial market, he stated , “Without TARP, we’d be worse off today. No one can say whether unemployment would be 11 percent or 14 percent; it certainly wouldn’t be 8.9 percent .” Samuelsson must have access to information that the rest of us have been denied. […]

By Rick Manning – Imagine the uproar if one candidate for president refused to accept the campaign spending limits that he voted for, and proceeded to outspend his opponent by more than a 3 to 1 margin. I’m sure you heard the repeated cries of outrage from […]

By Robert Romano – The Federal Reserve is the world’s central bank. There is simply no question now. In 2008, while the financial crisis was at its peak, the Fed was lending at lightning speed to financial institutions all over the world. “The biggest borrowers from the […]