Next week, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is holding a field hearing—in Maui, Hawaii! This taxpayer-all-expenses-paid field trip for Senate staffers will be addressing “Overcoming Barriers to Economic Development in Native Communities”, but after that? Members and their staffs are likely to head out […]

The Congressional super-committee is finally set. Nancy Pelosi named her 3 picks for the debt committee, rounding out the 12 members needed. Here is how the committee is composed: Nancy Pelosi’s appointments: Reps. James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, and Chris Van Hollen John Boehner’s appointments: Ways […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : 500 billion news reasons to invalidate Obamacare The downgrade of America’s credit rating reveals the nation’s long-term fiscal insanity Politics as usual infects Congressional Super-Committee Obama’s very bad week Britain’s riots: Paying the price for an entitlement culture The next Greece The growing bipartisan consensus on Obama 44% say they will not re-elect Obama Public Employee Unions’ stand Wisconsin backfires Tea Party activists: Bring on defense cuts Why take advice from Senators? Mr. Green Jobs Boondoggle rides again Terminating the Small Business Administration Pseudofacts from the MSNBC Three

By Rebekah Rast “Roll on highway, roll on along Roll on daddy till you get back home Roll on family, roll on crew Roll on momma like I asked you to do And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on (roll on)” –Alabama, Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) […]

By Rick Manning – The Congressional super-committee got off to a rough start as Senator Harry Reid announced his three delegates to this congressionally created deficit reduction committee — Senators Patty Murray, John Kerry and Max Baucus. Reid’s appointment of Senator Patty Murray of Washington state would […]

NRD Editor’s Note: The below column from our Chairman was first published at Investor’s Business Daily . By Howard Rich – A few hundred billion dollars here, a few hundred billion dollars there — sooner or later we’re talking about the real cost of Barack Obama’s new socialized […]

The Congressional “super committee” to tackle the national debt has begun to take shape. Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and John Boehner have all named their representatives to the committee. Here is what it looks like so far: Harry Reid’s appointments: Patty Murray of Washington, John […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Fed projects weak economy two years ahead The Fed doubles down on zero What’s next after the S&P’s downgrade? Don’t blame the Tea Party for the downgrade Unions lose big in Wisconsin The crumbling cult of Obama Amending the 10th amendment Education czar Duncan rules by decree, not law Barone: How Iowa’s straw poll can make a president What is democratic government? Stimulus: $490,000 spent to plant trees in 1 county in Nevada?

By Frank McCaffrey – The amount of Americans who are without work or are underemployed is staggering. We did the math and you will be floored by what we came up with. See for yourself.

By David Bozeman – With no record to run on in 2012, look for Democrats (along with their accomplices in the mainstream media) to attack like cornered animals.  They will continue the narrative, so ingrained in American political thought as to be considered gospel, that […]