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 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 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 […]

By Robert Romano 24 new federal judges by Christmas ? That’s what outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants in the lame duck session of Congress. Faced with an incoming Republican majority, Barack Obama and Harry Reid want to stack the judiciary in yet another egregious power grab. Reid also wants to […]

This full version of this article was originally published on TheHill.com , linked below. By Rick Manning Nothing is more fun in Washington than a good election cleansing followed by the spin doctors trying to define what it means. Tuesday’s bloodletting was no different, but that time is […]

By Tom Toth After sweeping the electoral map on Tuesday, the Republican Party has a clear, historically powerful mandate from the American people: stop Obama and his healthcare takeover. And there’s a clear plan to do just that. In an election night interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier , Texas Sen. Ted Cruz outlined exactly how a […]