By Rebekah Rast — The American Wind Energy Association is breathing much easier after the New Year’s Day vote on the fiscal cliff deal. Why? Wind energy tax credits were extended for another year. The group stated in its press release , “America’s 75,000 workers in wind energy are celebrating tonight over […]

UPDATE: The full results of the vote are posted below. By Adam Bitely — Michele Bachmann, who has been scorned by House leadership, surprised the House chamber this afternoon when she cast the 218th vote for John Boehner, handing him the Speakership. One Tea Party […]

UPDATE 12:00 PM: Click here to watch a live feed of the House . By Adam Bitely — This afternoon the Speaker of the House will be elected for the 113th Congress. As we noted yesterday , rumors are running wild on Capitol Hill that Boehner will fall short of the necessary 218 votes to secure the speakership. Outgoing […]

UPDATE at 9:40 AM: The Boston Globe has endorsed Boehner for Speaker because he will keep Tea Party “extremists” from being relevant in Congress… “For placing ideological purity over compromise, and a willingness to use procedural mechanisms to gum up Congress in order to get his way, […]

By Rick Manning — The Environmental Protection Agency has been rocked by two major scandals in the past weeks culminating with Administrator Lisa Jackson’s resignation this past week. The agency charged with responsibility for overseeing the nation’s environmental laws has become one of the most controversial federal […]

By Duane A. Miller — “Resolved!”  The word just feels strong.  By definition, resolve is, “to make clear or understandable.”  In legal documents, the word heads the paragraphs that follow the “Whereas’.”  What is resolved is what is decided and promised based on the stated […]

Bill Wilson , President of Americans for Limited Government which is the parent organization of this website, condemned the members of Congress that voted in favor of H.R. 8, legislation that raises taxes on those making $400,000 and more, which includes many small businesses. According to Wilson, […]

Here are the names of the 85 Republicans that supported the ‘fiscal cliff’ deal in the House: Alexander Barletta Bass (NH) Benishek Biggert Bilbray Boehner Bono Mack Brady (TX) Buchanan Calvert Camp Coble Cohen Cole Crenshaw Denham Dent Diaz-Balart Dold Dreier Emerson Fitzpatrick Fortenberry Frelinghuysen Gallegly Gerlach Gibson Grimm Hanna Hastings (WA) Hayworth Heck Herger Herrera Beutler […]

Americans for Limited Government, a non-partisan group dedicated to limiting the size and scope of government at all levels and is the parent organization of this website, blasted members of Congress who voted in favor of the tax increase measure that passed both the Senate […]

Shocker : The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just now released its score of the bill the Senate passed early this morning  while everyone was celebrating the beginning of the New Year. Despite knowing for a long time that taxes would go up on all Americans today, the Senate waited until we technically went over the cliff to act. Washington’s dysfunction was even fodder for […]