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06.27.2014

Supreme Court delivers blow to Obama on NLRB appointments, now Congress must act

By Rep. Austin Scott, Nathan Mehrens Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in National Labor Relations Board vs. Noel Canning put the brakes on one of President Obama’s most egregious examples of overreach. The Court decided that the president’s January 2012 installation of three members […]

06.27.2014

Boehner to take Obama to federal court on executive overreach?

By Robert Romano “I intend to bring to the floor in July legislation that would authorize the House of Representatives — through the House General Counsel and at the direction of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) — to file suit in the coming weeks in an […]

06.26.2014

Democrats deliver Cochran Senate primary victory in Mississippi

By Robert Romano It is often said that politics makes for strange bedfellows. But it can also make for messy divorces. Case in point, the closely contested Mississippi Senate Republican primary, where 36-year incumbent Thad Cochran narrowly defeated conservative challenger Chris McDaniel. Doing some quick back of […]

06.26.2014

Cartoon: “Incompetent or Corrupt”

By William Warren

06.25.2014

Join the Movement: Repeal the Income Tax, IRS

Had enough? Time to end IRS abuse once and for all – tell Congress to repeal the Income Tax Constitutional Amendment.  

06.25.2014

McConnell-Reid fight over amendments on appropriations creates opportunity for GOP

By Robert Romano “It was my hope we could get forward on this appropriation bill with a full and open amendment process and a reasonable number of amendments from both sides.” That was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last week pushing for simple majority amendments to a $180 billion Senate appropriations measure combining the budgets of Agriculture, Transportation-Housing […]

06.25.2014

Central planners take aim at motorists in Washington, D.C.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. A far-reaching plan cooked up by transportation officials in the District of Columbia aims to propel the nation’s capital into a position of undisputed leadership in the wondrous world of “sustainability.” The District’s “Multimodal Long-Range Transportation Plan” sets goals for […]

06.24.2014

IRS evidence purposefully destroyed? Congress needs to act now

By Robert Romano American Center for Law and Justice’s Jay Sekulow might get to the bottom of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scandal of targeting the tea party and other 501(c)(4) organizations long before the House of Representatives ever does. Lois Lerner’s emails outside the IRS are […]

06.24.2014

Cartoon: “Liar’s Den”

06.23.2014

1974 or 2014?

Can you guess what year these charges against the President of the United States were filed? “Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States […]

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