President Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back On Medicaid
There is good and bad in President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget when it comes to Medicaid. First the good: The President’s budget proposal takes modest… Read More
There is good and bad in President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget when it comes to Medicaid. First the good: The President’s budget proposal takes modest… Read More
In anticipation of the Match 18 oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the D.C. v. Heller gun-ban case, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) told… Read More
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) has joined six of his Senate colleagues (Jeff Bingaman, Carl Levin, John Kerry, Susan Collins, Joe Lieberman and Ron Wyden) in… Read More
Now that headlines across the world proclaim “Al-Qaeda leaders admit: ‘We are in crisis. There is panic and fear.’” the campaign promises of prominent political… Read More
Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) introduced a CPAC panel titled “Reforming Entitlements Without Raising Taxes” with the following anecdote (this is a very rough transcript): When… Read More
While most news outlets are reporting that the final total for the stimulus deficit spending package is $151-152 billion, the actual total is $168 billion… Read More
John McCain’s loudest applause line at his CPAC appearance yesterday came when he said: It’s shameful and dangerous that Senate Democrats are blocking an extension… Read More
Senate Budget Committee hearings are often boring, but sometimes they can be extremely illuminating. And Sen. Judd Gregg’s (R-NH) questioning of OMB Director Jim Nussle… Read More
Possibly the scariest outcome from Super Tuesday is that the top three candidates to become president all support a cap-and-trade approach to global warming. Sens…. Read More
How can Congress both fight wasteful pork barrel spending and support our troops all at the same time? By backing Sen. Jim DeMint’s (R-SC) new… Read More