USA Today reports that President Obama’s budget proposal is unpopular with Republicans and Democrats alike. Everybody hates it. President Obama will unveil his budget later Wednesday, offering a fiscal plan that even before it’s officially released is eliciting groans from…
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Uh Oh – Bipartisan Group Of Senators Working On Gun Control
by Lonely Conservative • • 5 Comments
A bi-partisan group of Senators, led by Chuck Schumer, is working on gun control legislation that would require background checks on all private sales of guns. I’m especially disappointed to see Tom Coburn is involved. The talks, led by two…
Obamacare’s Medical Device Tax On the Chopping Block Again
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Obamacare’s medical device tax is back on the chopping block, and the push to repeal it has bipartisan support. Gee, did the Democrats who passed this thing really believe Nancy Pelosi when she said they had to pass it to…
Senators Reach Deal On Immigration, Immigration Reform Could Swamp Obamacare
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
A bipartisan group of senators has reached a compromise deal on immigration reform. Hey, did someone set the clock back six years in Washington? Because today looks a hell of a lot like the dawn of the Bush-Kennedy-McCain 2007 illegal alien…
Sore Losers
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker hosted a picnic on Tuesday for Republicans and Democrats in a bipartisan effort to move beyond the bitter recall election. He even manned the grill. Well, Big Labor doesn’t want to move on, so they showed…
Van Jones on Obama: He was just too darned bipartisan!
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In his first two years in office, President Obama and the Democrats in Congress shoved the highly unpopular ObamaCare down our throats. They spent nearly a trillion dollars on “stimulus” that failed to stimulate anything but a few of their…
Paul Ryan Finds Strange Bedfellows on Medicare Premium Support
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
If you take President Obama out of the equation, there is a little bit of hope out there. The Wall Street Journal detailed Paul Ryan’s premium support plan. It’s a pretty decent proposal, especially considering he’s the only one out…
Republican Jobs Bill Got More Senate Votes Than Obama’s
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
The other day President Obama mocked opponents of his half a trillion dollar stimulus bill, saying it would have to be broken into smaller pieces so they could understand it. Well, it was broken into smaller pieces, and the piece…
Obama Signs Free Trade Agreement in Private
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President Obama sure does love going out and blasting Republicans for blocking his expensive “job creation” proposals. He’s been oddly silent on the bipartisan trade agreements that passed Congress and landed on his desk. In fact, he’s been so silent…
The Latest in the Debt Ceiling Debacle
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In case you didn’t know, the Democrats could have increased the debt ceiling and taxes, too, when they controlled both chambers of Congress last year. They chose not to. But that hasn’t stopped them from blaming Republicans for the mess…
House Votes to Defund Czars and Net Neutrality! – Updated with More Good News!
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
It’s a great day to be alive and to be an American. After two years of one-party rule there’s finally hope – hope for some real change. Jimmie Bise thought it was his birthday, it’s such a good day. Here…
Carter Wants Obama to Stop Faking Bipartisanship
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President Obama met with Republican leaders today to show he’s open to bipartisanship or something. Apparently, nobody uttered the words “I won.” President Obama declared the nearly two-hour bipartisan meeting at the White House today “a good start,” to a…
Democrats Keep DREAM Act Alive in Lame Duck Session
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The Democrats won’t let something like a complete repudiation of their governance and their policies stop them from pushing on. President Obama and the Hispanic Caucus want to ram through the DREAM Act during the lame duck session of Congress.…
Waxman Sees November Silver Lining – Difficult Democrats Won’t Be Back
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By “difficult Democrats” Waxman means those Democrats who don’t come from liberal, Kool-Aid drinking, gerrymandered districts. The Hill: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) believes the November elections will likely weed out some of the “most difficult Democrats” that leadership lawmakers have…