This is pretty low : Rep. Xavier Becerra (D., Calif.) has begun touting his seat on the exclusive panel to raise money for his political campaign. Just hours after Mr. Becerra was named to the committee today, his political supporter began inviting Wall Street lobbyists to a fund-raising event […]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) to be a delegate to the joint deficit reduction committee today.  Coinciding with this announcement, Americans for Limited Government (ALG) released a report entitled “Pay-To-Play Politics” which anoints Clyburn as the “King of Schemes.” “James Clyburn’s propensity for pay-to-play politics disqualifies him from serving on any committee tasked with reducing spending. This is like appointing Ben & Jerry’s to a […]

Next week, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is holding a field hearing—in Maui, Hawaii! This taxpayer-all-expenses-paid field trip for Senate staffers will be addressing “Overcoming Barriers to Economic Development in Native Communities”, but after that? Members and their staffs are likely to head out […]

The Congressional super-committee is finally set. Nancy Pelosi named her 3 picks for the debt committee, rounding out the 12 members needed. Here is how the committee is composed: Nancy Pelosi’s appointments: Reps. James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, and Chris Van Hollen John Boehner’s appointments: Ways […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : 500 billion news reasons to invalidate Obamacare The downgrade of America’s credit rating reveals the nation’s long-term fiscal insanity Politics as usual infects Congressional Super-Committee Obama’s very bad week Britain’s riots: Paying the price for an entitlement culture The next Greece The growing bipartisan consensus on Obama 44% say they will not re-elect Obama Public Employee Unions’ stand Wisconsin backfires Tea Party activists: Bring on defense cuts Why take advice from Senators? Mr. Green Jobs Boondoggle rides again Terminating the Small Business Administration Pseudofacts from the MSNBC Three

By Frank McCaffrey – The landline phone is being phased out by the cell phone. So landline phone workers are protesting. This is probably not a good idea since their product is dying out. Reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story.

By Rebekah Rast “Roll on highway, roll on along Roll on daddy till you get back home Roll on family, roll on crew Roll on momma like I asked you to do And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on (roll on)” –Alabama, Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) […]

By Rick Manning – The Congressional super-committee got off to a rough start as Senator Harry Reid announced his three delegates to this congressionally created deficit reduction committee — Senators Patty Murray, John Kerry and Max Baucus. Reid’s appointment of Senator Patty Murray of Washington state would […]

NRD Editor’s Note: The below column from our Chairman was first published at Investor’s Business Daily . By Howard Rich – A few hundred billion dollars here, a few hundred billion dollars there — sooner or later we’re talking about the real cost of Barack Obama’s new socialized […]

The landline phone is being phased out by the cell phone. So landline phone workers are protesting. This is probably not a good idea since their product is dying out. Reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story.