PoliticsCommentary
Why Washington’s Political Class Is Losing Control
The Washington political establishment has hit the panic button. Not because they are afraid of any one individual or candidate, but because they are afraid… Read More
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Mike Lee Will Let Federal Aid Flow to Flint If It Doesn’t Add to Deficit
Sen. Mike Lee is willing to drop his objection to the Flint, Mich., federal aid package under one condition: It can’t add to the deficit…. Read More
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The Problem With the Bipartisan Push to Bail Out Flint
Anyone who agrees that the federal government has gotten too big and that Washington lawmakers are addicted to spending money we don’t have should applaud… Read More
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Here’s Why Mike Lee Opposes Federal Aid for Flint
If you give a city a bailout, it’s bound to ask for another. That’s the philosophical foundation of Sen. Mike Lee’s opposition to federal aid… Read More
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Mike Lee: D.C. Politicians Trying to Take Advantage of Flint Crisis
The Virginia Tech professor who discovered toxic lead levels in Flint’s drinking water said he finds a federal aid bill for the Michigan city “disappointing.”… Read More
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Tim Scott: Congress Will ‘Use Every Weapon in Our Arsenal’ to Stop Obama From Closing Guantanamo
Sen. Tim Scott vowed Thursday that the Republican-led Congress will “stand strong and use every weapon in our arsenal” to stop President Barack Obama from… Read More
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In 7 Quotes, Sen. Ben Sasse Gives History Lesson on American Exceptionalism
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., believes that the country is in a time of “constitutional crisis,” and he served up a history lesson at the annual… Read More
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Sen. Ben Sasse: Democrats Have Gone ‘Post-Constitutional’
Is the United States facing a constitutional crisis? Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., thinks so, saying that the Democratic Party has largely gone post-constitutional and that… Read More
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Make Congress Great Again
The federal government is broken, and congressional weakness is to blame. The authors of the Constitution made Congress the most powerful of the federal government’s… Read More
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A Conservative Senator’s 5 Steps to Fix Congress
After Republicans won a majority in the Senate and maintained their majority in the House in November 2014, I proposed that the two chambers take… Read More
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Why Senators Should Want to Preserve the Filibuster
It’s been reported that some Republican senators are looking to eliminate the filibuster on the Motion to Proceed to appropriations bills, citing frustration at the… Read More
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Freshman Senator Fights to Save Senate Tradition
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., has made the case that the Senate filibuster should be preserved. The freshman senator told The Daily Signal: Senators from both… Read More
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Obama Outlined His Agenda. Here’s What Conservatives Have on Theirs.
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama laid out his agenda in his final State of the Union. On Wednesday morning, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and… Read More
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Mike Lee’s 1-Minute Response to Obama
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, responded to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address in a one-minute video Tuesday night.
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Why McConnell’s ‘Filibuster Fix’ Won’t Cure the Senate
After another year of a messy appropriations process, which left only Democrats happy, Senate Republican leadership is proposing to eliminate a senator’s right to filibuster… Read More
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Important Lessons One Senator Has Learned After First Year in Congress
Almost a year ago, I stood next to my wife Bonnie, put my hand on my Father’s Bible, and swore to uphold the Constitution and… Read More
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Senate Reconciliation Bill Will Remove the Budgetary Core of Obamacare
The Senate will vote this week on a reconciliation bill (a fast-track budget process) that repeals the budgetary heart of Obamacare and restricts funding for… Read More
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Policy Riders: What They Are, How Congress Uses Them, and Why They Matter to You
In broad strokes, it’s simple how a bill becomes law. But in detail, that process can be much more complex. One legislative provision in particular,… Read More
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How the Byrd Rule Could Affect Attempts to Defund Planned Parenthood Through Reconciliation
Those following the debate over Planned Parenthood funding and recent efforts to repeal Obamacare may have heard or read about something lately called the “Byrd… Read More
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The Senate’s Dysfunction Helped Administrative State Grow
It’s billed as “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” But at a time when public polls routinely place the popularity of federal lawmakers in single digits,… Read More
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12 Bills That the Filibuster Stopped From Becoming Law
Frustrated by an entrenched Democratic minority in the Senate, some of the Republicans who control both houses of Congress have renewed calls for filibuster reform. House… Read More
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Why One Freshman Senator Waited a Year to Tell Congress ‘The People Despise Us All’
Sen. Ben Sasse, a 43-year-old conservative from Nebraska and former university president who possesses five college degrees, didn’t need to experience Congress very long to… Read More
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31 of the Best Quotes From Fred Thompson
Former United States Sen. Fred Thompson passed away on Sunday, according to a report from The Tennessean. Thompson, 73, who served in the Senate from… Read More
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Cruz Attacks GOP Senate Leadership: McConnell ‘Very Effective Democratic Leader’
In a speech Thursday on the Senate floor, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sharply criticized the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, a budget deal between former… Read More
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Ted Cruz: ‘Meaningful Concessions’ Republican Leadership Should Receive in Debt Ceiling Fight
Sen. Ted Cruz says Republican leadership should make sure it receives “meaningful concessions” in the fight over raising the debt ceiling. But he’s not holding… Read More
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Poll Reveals What Americans Fear the Most: Corruption of Government Officials
Chapman University in Orange, Calif., recently conducted its second annual survey on fears possessed by Americans in order to pinpoint what Americans fear the most…. Read More
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Be Careful What You Wish For. Getting Rid of the Senate Filibuster Is a Bad Idea.
Republicans hold majorities in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. They got those majorities by making promises that, once elected, they announced they couldn’t… Read More
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How Senate GOP Leadership Is Silencing Americans’ Voices With Procedural Tricks
As you may have heard, bad things are happening on Capitol Hill. Here’s the really bad news: it’s even worse than you probably think…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
8 Reasons Congress Should End Taxpayer Support for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) provides loan guarantees, political risk insurance, and direct loans to U.S. and foreign companies to encourage investment in developing… Read More
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How Senate GOP Leadership Stymied Ted Cruz on Defunding Planned Parenthood
Days after Sen. Ted Cruz criticized his party’s leadership for preemptively surrendering to President Barack Obama, those GOP leaders exacted their revenge on Cruz. As… Read More
