Baby steps. This afternoon the House passed the “No Budget, No Pay Act” and has sent it to the Senate. According to The Hill, 33 Republicans voted against it because it didn’t include any spending cuts, but 86 Democrats voted…
Kudo’s to Major Garrett for asking President Obama about his previous opposition to raising the debt ceiling. Too bad the president totally ignored the part about when he voted against raising the debt ceiling. Tweetvaso link
President Obama held the last press conference of his first term today and it was just more of the same. He said that he will use executive action to enact some gun control, and during the same presser he accused…
These Democrats are such hypocrites, and they get away with it because the press does their bidding. Senator Leaders Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer and Patty Murray have written a letter to President Obama urging him to raise the…
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is resigning, even if no debt ceiling deal is worked out by the end of the month. Knowing how things are done in Washington, DC these days it’s doubtful any agreement will be reached before his…
The Washington Examiner has a preview of what’s in store for us from Washington, DC in 2013. It’s not going to be pretty. Now that the fiscal cliff crisis was resolved in the middle of the night, they will move…
Good grief. First we find out that House Speaker John Boehner offered to agree to tax hikes, now we hear that he also offered to lift the debt ceiling for a year. Has he lost his mind? It’s like giving…
It’s always the same thing. Every day is just like the other days. There’s some crisis. President Obama screeches about the crisis at campaign stops, makes outrageous demands and refuses to negotiate with anyone. This fiscal cliff business is just…
The Hill reports that Speaker John Boehner and others met with President Obama today to discuss some of Obama’s expensive economic proposals as well as the Debt Ceiling Fiasco Part II. President Obama brought hoagies and his typical bad attitude.…
Last year Republicans and Democrats agreed to increase the debt ceiling and part of the deal was across the board spending cuts, including $500 billion in cuts to the Defense Department, in the event Congress fails to act by January…
Remember when then-Senator and candidate Barack Obama called George Bush irresponsible and unpatriotic for raising the debt ceiling? Well, he’s singing a different tune now that the national debt was raised to $16.4 trillion! By election day in November, that…
Following the happenings in Washington, DC is like watching the movie “Groundhog Day,” except there’s nothing funny about DC. Expect to hear more bitterly partisan speeches from President Obama as Congress fights yesterday’s battles again, including extending the payroll tax…
If you thought we’d have a respite from this big spending, debt accruing president while he vacations in Hawaii, think again. According to Reuters, President Obama is going to ask Congress for another big hike in the debt ceiling by…
It’s Super MariObama 2! After making his way through the debt ceiling debate course, Super MariObama 2 scored points by choosing fundraising and golf over reducing the national debt. Nothing like driving that debt can down the fairway! Why not…
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