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Alexandria, Va. - Taxpayers Protection Alliance president David Williams today released the below statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act. “Obamacare today became the largest tax increase in American history. The health care law has nearly doubled in cost from $940 billion to $1.76  trillion and taxpayers deserve nothing less than full repeal [...]

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Like everyone else on the right, I detest this ruling and truly hoped that it had gone the other way. But in the back of my mind, when the government made the argument that the mandate was a tax, I thought that was something worth worrying about. Of course, the argument during the legislative process [...]

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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! This week was an important one in the history of our beloved Republic. The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments for a ruling they’ll make in June or so on ObamaCare’s constitutionality. [...]

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The real question that will be answered by the Supreme Court in the ObamaCare case that begins today concerns the Commerce Clause and whether or not the Federal Government has any limits placed on it by the Constitution. We all know that the intent of the framers of the Constitution was to place the powers [...]

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The following is a letter from Bob Shannon, a leading local activist. There are a lot of people urging Governor McDonnell to sign HB 1160. Virginia Right! also urges the Governor to sign the bill into law. WILL   WE   EVER   LEARN  ? Once  again  we  find  ourselves  wringing  our  hands  and  burying  each  other  with  [...]

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‘Would Seriously Impair Our Ability’ ‘To Put Our Unemployed Back To Work’   “America’s job creators… are critical to the effort to rebuild our economy and create the jobs necessary to put our unemployed back to work. Unfortunately, the Senate is expected to take up yet another bill that, if enacted, would seriously impair our [...]

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On Tuesday, President Barack Obama tried to keep the pressure on Congress to consider his nearly $450 billion jobs bill, saying it had been two weeks since he sent the bill to Capitol Hill “and now I want it back.” “I want it back, passed, so I can sign this bill and start putting people [...]

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It’s not from the Onion; I promise! Obama lets states opt out of No Child Left Behind It shows us the way to get rid of pesky Federal programs by simply not enforcing them.  Read what our liberal President said about NCLB: “Today, our kids trail too many other countries in math, in science, in [...]

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Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va-6) joined House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA-7)  today in endorsing Virginia’s former Governor and US Senator George Allen for US Senate in the 2012 race. On a conference call, Congressman Cantor made the argument that Allen would be ready to lead on day one and has a proven record of leadership. [...]

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Ok, I really don’t like the idea that this bill “prevents default”. If the government shuts down, we still have money. Defaulting on the debts will be a choice by the President, not an inevitability. And the task before Congress is twofold. Protect the credit rating and keep the government running. Simply borrowing more money [...]

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In a turnaround, one of Sandy’s articles was cited on another blog – Sentry Journal. I was unfamiliar with Sentry Journal but let me thank them for citing my article.  It was THIS one!  Feel free to cite again! PS:  They did!  They just cited my comment on the Ron Paul speech to Congress.  If [...]

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Most bets were on Speaker Boehner being the first to capitulate to President Obama on the debt ceiling. But it turns out Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell put out an “in case we fail” deal, signaling a huge weakness in McConnell’s resolve. McConnell essentially wants to give Obama a blank check to raise the debt [...]

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The Hill reports: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) credited Tea Party activists with refocusing GOP attention on an expanding federal government, calling the grassroots movement a “surge protector.” Speaking at an event in San Diego, Calif., on Monday, Cantor said that Tea Party voters propelled Republicans to majority status in the House last year, [...]

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‘If the President wants to shut down the government over this bipartisan troop funding bill, that is his prerogative. But I would urge him to reconsider his veto threat and join us in preventing a shutdown instead.’ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Thursday following the President’s threat [...]

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OBAMA SAVING TIME! We could end the national nightmare that is Obama on Sunday by simply setting the Calendar up a year (and 8 months). To heck with this one hour nonsense. Let’s go all the way to November 7, 2012 (that’s the DAY AFTER the election for the mathematically challenged). This is a bold [...]

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Federal Court: Dem Health Spending Bill ‘Unconstitutional’ Court says ‘Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority in passing the Act with the individual mandate’ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement Monday regarding a ruling in the U.S. District for the Northern District of Florida that the Democrats’ health [...]

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“Independence is about Actions, not Words, Senator Webb” Webb’s comments on Health Care bill conflict with his votes U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Radtke today questioned Senator Jim Webb’s explanation of his support for Obama-care. “Senator Webb said this week the Obama administration ‘did a really terrible job handling health care reform’ – that it made [...]

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This tax “compromise” bill has turned into another pork filled vehicle that exemplifies all that is wrong with our government. The voters spoke in November. NO MORE! Yet, here comes a large dose of more of the same. This time the excuse is “we must pass the Bush Tax Cut extension” or the world as [...]

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We can now say that exhaustive studies and calculations have concluded and that without the Bush Tax Cuts, America would be in a depression. Unemployment would be far greater – perhaps as high as 20% – without the business stimulating Bush Tax Cuts on the employment creating sector of our economy, known in Obama circles [...]

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