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Both the Weekly Standard (which I do not fully trust) and the Wall Street Journal (which I trust more) have called for a biometric ID card for ALL US workers to prove they have legal status.  Here’s the Weekly Standard’s quoting the WSJ: The Journal writes that “at least five of the eight senators writing [...]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. The president’s mask is off, and it didn’t take long did it? This week’s winner, Joshuapundit’s The Hagel And Brennan Nominations And What They Tell Us about Obama is my view of what President [...]

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Speaking on the Senate floor this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell discussed one of the key obstacles to obtaining an agreement to avoid the approaching fiscal cliff. “I believe the two parties can avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. And in the process, I even believe we can agree on a framework for a bipartisan plan [...]

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In an editorial today, The Wall Street Journal editors takes a top Senate Democrat to task for a speech staking out a position that would sink tax reform efforts. They write, “The polls say voters want more bipartisanship, and one possibility in 2013 is tax reform that trades lower rates for fewer loopholes. Well, so much for that. [...]

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The Wall Street Journal reports today, “Some manufacturers have delayed hiring while they wait to see whether they will face sharply higher U.S. taxes and deep cuts in government spending in 2013, a new survey shows. Uncertainty over U.S. tax and spending plans has prompted about a third of 60 large and small manufacturing companies—two-thirds of them [...]

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  Politico reported yesterday, “The DISCLOSE Act has died again. Senate Democrats’ second attempt in less than 24 hours to advance the campaign finance bill failed Tuesday — even after at least 16 senators held the floor for six hours Monday night in support of the measure. On a strictly partisan 53-45 vote, it fell short of [...]

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In yet another attempt to pass their partisan DISCLOSE Act last night, Democrats once more fell far short of the 60 votes that would be needed to advance the legislation. After Democrat senators spent until after midnight complaining about this result on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has decided to… have [...]

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As Americans struggle to pump gas in their cars to go about their daily lives, Democrats have no problem with the price of gas. This is simply unbelievable. And unacceptable. Watch this video and see if you agree. These guys are talking about the Democrat’s gas plan. DEMS: ‘It Is Not A Question Of Gas [...]

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Dem Gas Price Priorities President Obama’s Energy Secretary Confirms That Their Goal Isn’t Lower Prices And A Top Senate Dem Only Wants To Increase Production Overseas   Q: ‘Is The Overall Goal To Get Our Price Lower?’ SEC. STEVEN CHU: ‘No’   “The Energy Department isn’t working to lower gasoline prices directly, Secretary Steven Chu [...]

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At a press conference on Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), a key member of Senate Democrats’ leadership, took to the podium to criticize something Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) said in his Republican Address the night before. Gov. Daniels said, “On these evenings, Presidents naturally seek to find the sunny side of our national condition.  But [...]

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After ignoring or avoiding the stimulus bill President Obama has been campaigning around the country for the last few weeks, Senate Democrats are finally holding a vote this afternoon on it. Of course, the vote is expected to fail, and despite Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) predictions on MSNBC this morning that the “overwhelming majority of [...]

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President Obama’s tax hike plan is generating more opposition by the day, and remarkably, an awful lot of it seems to be coming from Democrats.   As The Wall Street Journal editors write today, “[T]he bigger news may be how much resistance Mr. Obama’s ideas are drawing from the Democrats who control the Senate. Senators [...]

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As President Obama finally engaged in talks about addressing this country’s massive debt and deficits in connection with the White House’s request to raise the debt ceiling, Democrats seemed to double down on their insistence on tax hikes. As CNN Money put it in a headline this morning, “Debt ceiling talks turn to taxes – [...]

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‘The Talks Frayed Over Democrats’ Insistence That Tax Increases … Be Part Of The Final Deal’ SENATE DEM MESSAGE MAN: ‘Tax — You Know, Revenue Increases’   “Baucus made clear that the talks frayed over Democrats’ insistence that tax increases of some sort be part of the final deal.” (“Baucus: Revenues In Debt Limit Deal [...]

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Previewing the competing budget votes coming up in the Senate, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on the floor today, “Sometime today or tomorrow, Senate Democrats will have an opportunity to show what kind of future they believe in. They can vote for one of the Republican plans to get our nation’s finances under control, each [...]

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As The Hill reports today, the Senate is scheduled to vote tonight on Democrats’ bill (S. 940) to raise taxes on American energy producers, which many Democrats admit will do nothing to lower the high gas prices Americans are struggling with each day.   Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), a member of Democrat Senate leadership, admitted [...]

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The top three Democrat leaders of the Senate, Harry Reid (D-NV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), all went to the floor this morning to argue for their plan to raise taxes on domestic energy producers, despite the fact that doing so would clearly result in lost jobs and higher gasoline prices.   The [...]

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Says our source: “They lost in the Supreme Court, they lost in Congress, they lost at the FEC, so now the president is just going to do it by edict.” Download the PDF here. April 19, 2011 – by Hans A. von Spakovsky   An impeccable source has provided me with a copy of a [...]

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Richmond, VA – George Allen issued the following statement today commending the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment as a first step in reining in federal deficit spending: “The federal government’s exploding debt has become a national crisis, and it is urgent that Congress act now.  I commend the 47 Republican Senators who have co-sponsored the Balanced [...]

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