PoliticsCommentary
Today, America has a choice of two paths. We can embrace the foundational principles that created this nation of limited government and individual liberty. Or… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The two biggest events of 2020 have exposed a frightening fact: A passing grade in civics class wasn’t a prerequisite for many of our political… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Bills that genuinely promote the common good typically don’t get rushed to passage under the cover of night on strict party-line votes. Yet that’s what… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Traditionally, funerals are supposed to serve at least three purposes: honor the life of the deceased, comfort those who mourn his passing, and preach a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
America’s founding creed is “e pluribus unum.” “Out of many, one.” That is the motto that appears on the seal of the House of Representatives…. Read More
PoliticsNews
If President Donald Trump’s goal was to get people talking about his latest tweet, he again succeeded after floating the idea of delaying the November… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The House of Representatives will likely vote later this week on H.R. 7617, a 1,165-page behemoth that would spend more than $1 trillion in taxpayers’… Read More
EducationCommentary
Congress is considering spending an additional $105 billion on education as part of a Phase IV COVID-19 relief package called the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The House of Representatives and the Senate approved their respective versions of the National Defense Authorization Act last week. Both passed with strong bipartisan support…. Read More
PoliticsNews
Attorney General William Barr announced a new investigation Tuesday while strongly defending the Justice Department’s actions in protecting the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon. Barr’s… Read More
PoliticsFeature
Rep. John Lewis broke another barrier Monday when, in death, he became the first African American to lie in state in the Rotunda of the… Read More
PoliticsNews
A bill to remove statues of Confederate leaders and figures who advocated for white supremacy from the Capitol passed the House on a bipartisan vote Wednesday,… Read More
SocietyNews
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday the introduction of a bill intended to protect statues and monuments from damage and destruction by protesters and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The House Appropriations Committee approved its fiscal year 2021 funding bill for the Department of Defense on July 14 on a straight party-line vote of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Independence Day weekend, typically a festive time, saw many parades and parties canceled as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast, the House… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Congress likes to spend money and create new programs, but when it comes to coronavirus recovery, lawmakers need to keep it simple. Congress already has… Read More
LawNews
Democrats in the House on Thursday blocked consideration of a Republican resolution opposing efforts pushed by some on the left to defund police departments across… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In December 2013, 11.8 million Americans had individual health insurance coverage. The federal government provided no subsidies for that coverage. Six years later, in December… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
While President Donald Trump has endured criticism from some for planning to hold one of his first political campaign rallies Saturday evening in Tulsa, Oklahoma,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
For months, the news media and health experts have repeatedly told Americans that the main way to stop the spread of COVID-19 is to avoid… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
“Freedom has a taste to those who fight and almost die that the protected will never know.” Those words were etched into the wall of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
We have been reminded in this time of pandemic that necessity is the mother of invention. People have modified many regular activities. They’ve gone to… Read More
Economy Analysis
States across America are weighing the decision of whether or not to reopen their economies. Some—such as Georgia and Florida—have few restrictions in place now… Read More
Health CareCommentary
President Donald Trump is again at the center of another hydroxychloroquine controversy after he disclosed earlier in the week that he has been taking the… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
Democrats passed proxy voting in their fourth coronavirus recovery bill on Friday. “Instead of 435 [people] representing districts across the nation … 20 people control… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
In the pantheon of great lines suitable for induction into “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” is Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2010 comment about Obamacare: “We have to pass… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has already approved more than $2.4 trillion in new deficit-increasing measures, from new spending to tax relief…. Read More
PoliticsNews
House Democrats have rejected an amendment that a Republican congressman proposed to their $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, dubbed the HEROES Act, that would have… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If you followed only the headlines and mainstream press coverage, you might think that the U.S. Postal Service was on the verge of bankruptcy and… Read More
PoliticsNews
Eighteen Republican attorneys general called Friday for a congressional probe into China’s deliberate concealment of the severity of the coronavirus outbreak at its onset. “Recent… Read More
