Congress can end one fit of idiocy promptly by making English the official language. The English Language Unity Act (HR997), sponsored by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) and 145 co-sponsors, is pending and the House could act at any moment. It should act at this moment. Two Senate bills (SB 1335 and SB 2715 are also [...]
As part of their continuing campaign to keep John Sununu out of the U.S. Senate — an effort which failed in 2002, when then-Rep. Sununu (RN.H.) was first elected to “the world’s greatest deliberative body” — pro-Israel PACs bestowed a whopping $44,000 on would-be Democratic opponent Katrina Swett in 2007. In case that name doesn’t [...]
This week, Congress prepares work on the Farm Bill, Veteran’s Benefits, Wage Discrimination, Genetic Information and Non Discrimination, Medicaid, and Housing.
Ron Paul supporters who swarmed the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for the April 15 Freedom Rally came from near and far. Â One dynamic duo from Maryland, Mike Hargadon and Collins Bailey, are both running for Congress on Paul’s platform. In fact, four of the eight people seeking House seats representing Maryland are on [...]
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have criticized the Department of Homeland Security for pressuring balky states to adopt new federally approved drivers licenses, with one accusing Secretary Michael Chertoff of “bullying†the states into compliance under a threat of blocking citizens’ travel. “We ought to engage in a fairer, more productive negotiated rule-making with [...]
