On: 05/23/2010 22:51:58 In: Big Labor By Bill Wilson A pension bailout for Big Labor is in the works for underfunded multi-employer pension funds. New legislation sponsored by Senator Bob Casey, S. 3157 , would give taxpayer backing via the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). If the union bosses get their […]

On: 05/19/2010 10:35:55 In: Economy By Robert Romano Today, the Senate is expected to vote to invoke cloture on the Dodd financial takeover bill, giving new meaning to the “fast track.” Debate on the legislation only began on April 26th, when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid began a […]

On: 05/12/2010 22:16:14 In: Barack Obama By Trevor Sides Comparing Obama to the Dark Knight’s Joker is a tricky endeavor. “The whole Obama/Joker “socialism” poster from last August ruffled some feathers. The poster didn’t make sense and came off as racist. Then again, anyone who criticizes Obama […]

On: 05/06/2010 06:33:31 In: Health Care By Howard Rich A little over a year ago, a columnist for the newspaper that once served as the official communications organ of the Central Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had some choice words for what remains […]

On: 05/28/2010 12:10:36 In: Elections By Michael Swartz With his win earlier this month in Kentucky’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Senator Jim Bunning, Rand Paul termed it a victory for the Tea Party movement. In the May 18 […]

On: 05/23/2010 22:51:15 In: Hard Left By Rick Manning House Democrats plan to leave the country without a budget according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer who stated, “ It’s difficult to pass budgets in election years because they reflect what the [fiscal] status is.” Now that’s courage, leadership and transparency. It is stunning that the Majority […]

On: 05/18/2010 00:16:09 In: Economy By Robert Romano Rescinding government control of the nation’s financial sector — along with repealing ObamaCare and restoring fiscal sanity to the nation’s budget — all may have to be put off for some time after elections have taken place. And put onto […]

On: 05/11/2010 22:54:50 In: Economy Yesterday, the U.S. Senate defeated two amendments to the Dodd financial takeover bill that would have begun to address the root, government causes of the financial crisis that began in 2007 when the housing bubble popped. It is now up to […]

On: 05/06/2010 06:32:18 In: Elections  

By Rick Manning America is discovering in horror just what Nancy Pelosi meant when she famously stated during the health care debate that, “we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” The past […]