By Bill Wilson It has been almost a year since Detroit filed for bankruptcy on its $18 billion of debt, and now state and local leaders are on the verge of a deal to bring the city onto its own feet again. Under the deal, city employee […]

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By Rick Manning The clock is rapidly expiring on the 113th Congress. While in the rest of the world, the beginning of June signals a nearing to the midpoint of the year, in Congress during an even-numbered election year, when the calendar flips to June, it signals […]

By Robert Romano “This amendment is about power and it’s about politicians silencing the citizens.” That was Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) , speaking out against a proposed constitutional amendment by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.). The bill would for all intents and purposes abolish the freedom of speech under the First Amendment — by […]

By Rick Manning Politicos across the nation have been eagerly watching the pitched battle in the Mississippi Republican Senate primary between long-time incumbent Thad Cochran and challenger state Senator Chris McDaniel, and it looks like they will get to watch it a little longer. As of 5:39 […]

By Rick Manning As originally published at TheHill.com. President Obama just fired/accepted the resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki in the hopes of quelling the budding political problem he faces over the VA health scandal, but the truth is that the real scandal is that denial of health […]

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Rep. Sean Duffy’s (WI-7) Amendment to CJS Appropriations to Prohibit the Relinquishment of Internet Responsibilities passing the House of Representatives passed the House of Representatives with 229 votes. This amendment represents one of the few times the House of Representatives has used the power of the purse […]

By ALG Staff As reported on NetRightDaily.com, 41 Senate Democrats have signed onto a proposed Constitutional Amendment that guts the right to political speech in America.  (read about it here ) Now, the Democratic Party controlled Senate Judiciary Committee is trying to railroad this partisan attack […]

By Rick Manning “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech , or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -First […]