By Robert Romano – The big-spending politicians in Washington cannot say they were not warned. As the financial system was brought to its knees in 2008, a torrent of government spending, borrowing, and money-printing was unleashed by Congress, the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve. First, Fannie Mae […]

Here are the names, via Rob Bluey at Big Government , of the 47 Congressmen that have supported every single spending cut during the Continuing Resolution debate last week in Congress: Amash, Bachmann, Broun, Campbell, Chabot, Chaffetz, Coffman, Duncan (TN), Duncan (SC), Flake, Fleming, Franks, Garrett, Gowdy, Graves (GA), Heller, […]

By Bill Wilson – On Feb. 25, the people of Ireland headed to the polls to elect a new government for the first time since the nation accepted an €67.5 billion bailout from the European Union (EU) and International Monetary Fund (IMF). The result is widely expected […]

By Howard Rich – President Obama has said that the cuts included in his fiscal 2012 budget will force “tough choices and sacrifices.” Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner invoked a former tax-hiking president in defending his chamber’s proposed budget reductions. “When we say we are […]

Below is a special letter from RSC Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan on our nation’s debt: To My Fellow Americans, Uncle Sam is spending you into the poorhouse. Taxes, inflation, unemployment, interest rates – all could skyrocket if Washington keeps spending trillions of dollars it doesn’t have. Unless we begin […]

By Kevin Mooney — Although the showdown between Gov. Scott Walker and public employees in Wisconsin has understandably seized media attention, business interests should not lose sight of administrative activity in Washington D.C. Labor bosses who lost out on major legislative favors over the past […]

Surprise, surprise, Congress hasn’t changed–they’re still nervous to cut spending! Here are the names of the 92 House Republicans that stood with Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats when they voted yesterday AGAINST Rep. Jim Jordan’s amendment to cut government spending , keeping with Eric Cantor’s and the rest of the House GOP’s “Pledge to America” (NOTE: Eric Cantor voted against the amendment, […]

This just in from House Leadership: the RSC Amendment to the Continuing Resolution will be debated on the House Floor at 12:30 today! The vote is expected to occur between 1:00 and 1:30. Support the RSC Amendment to the CR The FY 2011 continuing appropriations […]

By Robert Romano – According to Barack Obama’s ten-year budget, the $14 trillion national debt will increase every single year and never be repaid. But don’t believe your lying eyes. When Obama delivered his budget to Congress, he boldly suggested that “[B]y the middle of this decade […]

By Howard Rich – Washington politicians have worked themselves into a fine lather lately debating spending cuts. Yet as familiar rhetorical jabs are exchanged over proposed reductions to things like NPR and the National Archives, the real spending debate is being ignored. I’m referring of […]