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Benghazi Saga: Gowdy vs. DoD
A "different definition of burden" depending on who's investigating.
Months Later and Congress Doesn't Have a Budget
No wonder grassroots conservatives are angry.
Red Meet: GOP Huddles Over 2016 Strategy
For once, the GOP isn't in retreat — they're headed to one. After a few rocky years, the House's new leadership team is ready to kick off a new chapter at its planning and strategy meetings in Baltimore this week. Many would say the year is already off to a good start after Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) put the first-ever rebuke of ObamaCare and taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood on the president's desk. Now, with Obama prepping for his final act, one last State of the Union speech, Republicans are chomping at the bit to help drive the messaging in a year pivotal to their — and the country's — survival.
How Lawmakers Stopped Part of Obama's Assault on First Amendment
There is no question that the omnibus appropriations bill that Congress passed just before its holiday recess is full of wasteful spending. Even worse, it completely funds Obama's unilateral, above-the-law executive actions in almost every area, from his immigration amnesty program to his overregulation of power plants. However, there is one area where Congress acted through the omnibus (and tax extenders bill) to stop part of the administration's assault on the First Amendment.
Republican Congress Delivers a Year to Forget
A tumultuous year for the Republican-led Congress has come to an end. If you were a supporter of the GOP establishment's shallow goal to show the country that it could "govern" by passing bloated spending bills, congratulations. If you're a special interest, congratulations are probably in order, as well. If, however, you held out hope that the GOP would put up a fight for smaller government, I hope the New Year's Eve Champagne helps with the disappointment.
Republicans Surrender to the 'Dark Side'
Since nearly everyone else seems to be employing "Star Wars" metaphors these days, permit me to use some of my own. To conservatives, the Republican congressional majority was supposed to be the good side of "The Force," as opposed to what they regard as the Democratic "dark side." And yet, unlike the film, "dark side" Democrats have triumphed again in the latest budget battle, which was no battle at all. The supposed good guys surrendered without a fight against the relentless onslaught of the Democrat "stormtroopers" and their media enablers.
All Roads Lead to Washington as Congress Resurrects Ex-Im Bank
After allowing the Export-Import Bank of the United States' charter to lapse June 30, Congress voted to revive it this month on the back of an expensive highway bill. The agency is the modern iteration of a New Deal-era program that mostly extends loans and loan guarantees to foreign companies to buy U.S. goods and services, backed by your hard-earned tax dollars. It's an outrageous example of corporate welfare for companies with no need of government subsidies, and its reauthorization is yet another sign of how much power the business lobby and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hold.