By Rick Manning Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) got five minutes to question new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and forced her into a stunning admission — the EPA cannot quantify that their global warming regulations have actually done anything to move the needle on any of the 26 […]
By Rick Manning One hundred years ago, the United States economy was changed forever. Yet, few recognize the significance of the year that Woodrow Wilson became the 28th president of the United States, the U.S. Department of Labor was formed and the Panama Canal was completed. All […]
By Rick Manning The movie Braveheart stands as one of the classics of all time. Embodying the courage of William Wallace in his fight to overturn English rule over Scotland, the movie is a testimony to the power of an individual who is willing to risk it […]
By Rick Manning The inside the Beltway war against Senator Ted Cruz has been fully joined. Fox News’ Chris Wallace revealed, “This has been one of the strangest weeks I’ve ever had in Washington. As soon as we listed Ted Cruz as our featured guest this week, I got unsolicited research […]
By Rick Manning More than five years ago , the application to build the Keystone XL pipeline to transfer oil from a fertile Canadian field to American refineries was filed with the U.S. State Department. The application still languishes in the Obama Administration Obama supporters in Big Labor have spoken […]
By Rick ManningA version of this article appeared in TheHill.com. Rahm Emanuel’s infamous quote, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that, it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before,” has never been more relevant than it is today when […]
By Rick Manning House Speaker John Boehner and his leadership team are engaged in a cynical attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of voters on the issue of defunding Obamacare, and they are hoping no one back home notices. The ploy is to pass a […]
By Rick Manning After more than thirty years in the political world as a lobbyist, House leadership staffer, anonymous administration source and communications professional, people often ask if anything still surprises me. The answer is yes. It still surprises me that President Obama gets away with counting […]
By Rick Manning One year ago, our American consulate in Benghazi was in flames, our ambassador, his deputy and two security operatives who were defending the compound lost their lives, and no one knows where the president was or what he was doing. No one knows for […]
By Rick Manning There are times that I wish I wrote for Comedy Central or Saturday Night Live, sadly this is one of those because Obama and his foreign policy team have proven to be the butt of many jokes, and that makes America less safe. After […]
