By Rick Manning — Speaker Boehner has achieved a goal that most politicians can only dream of through the consolidation of his power in the House of Representatives. He is putting his Committee Chairmen in place and has circled the wagons on his leadership team with the […]
By Rick Manning — Democrat Senators and President Obama have been spending a lot of time worrying about the so-called fiscal cliff, and you would think that they would be gushing with new ideas or even identified budget areas that could be cut. But no, with the […]
By Rick Manning — Legal actions against Obamacare are clearly still considered viable as the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear Liberty University’s suit against provisions of the law under First Amendment grounds. Does this give hope that other lawsuits based […]
By Rick Manning — Fiscal cliff discussions are going to cause Congress to look at the entire tax code for areas where loopholes can be closed and deductions tightened, causing lobbyists to be in hyperdrive during this normally quiet time in Washington, D.C. Scrambling to protect and […]
By Rick Manning — The City of Los Angeles should arrest any person who blocks traffic without delay. If these Service Employee International Union (SEIU) occupiers are allowed to arbitrarily disrupt the City of Los Angeles without interference, they will be encouraged to engage in further, even […]
By Rick Manning — Millions of words will be written and spoken about the so-called fiscal cliff that our nation faces should Congress and the president fail to act on the massive tax increases that are scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013. The arguments […]
By Rick Manning — The national health care law jumped back into the headlines last week as a deadline for states to decide whether to establish individual state health care exchanges approached and then was extended by the Obama Administration to December 14. The delay was requested […]
By Rick Manning — Republicans in the House of Representatives have chosen as a new chairperson for their Conference, Cathy McMorris-Rodgers from Washington State. McMorris-Rodgers is now the fourth-ranking Republican in the House. McMorris-Rodgers, who was mentioned as a possible vice presidential choice for Mitt Romney, ascended […]
By Rick Manning — Analyzing elections when feelings are still raw is usually a bad idea. Of course that doesn’t stop those with an agenda from opining and pushing specific pet ideas. That is what we have been witnessing in the wake of Tuesday’s massive disappointment. The […]
By Rick Manning — My prediction of a Romney win was not only wrong, but as everyone knows, it wasn’t even close. In fact, the exact opposite occurred than what I expected. Rather than being a drag on the ticket, Obama was able to sweep into a […]
