By Robert Romano Turns out there is a breaking point for Republican leaders in the House and Senate on the budget. On November 14, the Washington Post’s Robert Costa broke major news on Twitter “a series of short-term spending bills seen as the probable response by GOP, should Obama act [on executive amnesty], avoiding shutdown, fund gov[ernment] […]

By Rick Manning “The private sector can be expected to develop improved solar and wind technologies which will begin to become competitive and self-supporting on a national level by the end of the decade if assisted by tax credits and augmented by federally sponsored R&D,” testimony before the […]

Photo credit: lightfoot from morguefile.com By Rick Manning Who would have guessed that the November 4 election results would break the logjam on an issue that pits North American energy independence and radical environmentalists determined to stop the use of fossil fuels? Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana did not […]

By Robert Romano “If, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress then I would do so. But we’re also a nation of laws. That’s a part of our tradition.” That was Barack Obama in November 2013 , responding to a heckler at a San Francisco speech who insisted “You have a power to stop deportation for all […]

By Robert Romano If the federal government is fully funded through fiscal year 2015 which ends on September 30, 2015, you can pretty much kiss Commerce Department oversight of the Internet governance goodbye. Why? Transferring control over the Internet’s domain name system and assigned numbers functions from […]

By Marita Noon One-and-a-half million to 2 million men and women served in America’s defense during the Global War on Terror. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 250,000 service members enter civilian life each year — and that number will rise with the […]

By Robert Romano “The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency, and ultimately this decision is theirs alone.” That was President Barack Obama’s November 10 take on who gets to decide whether new rules governing so-called “net neutrality” — regulating broadband Internet providers as “common carriers” under the Communications Act of 1934 — gets implemented. At issue are proposed regulations by the Federal Communications Commission […]

The full version of this article was originally published on TheHill.com , linked below. By Rick Manning The newly elected members of the House of Representatives will be arriving in Washington for their first big decisions — leadership elections and hiring of staff. Here is some unsolicited advice […]

By A.F. Branco

Veterans Day is a day to thank those who served honorably in our military services.  Marked by parades and ceremonies featuring local veteran services organizations local affiliates it should be a time of celebrating our nation’s freedoms and those who wore the uniform to protect […]