Category: Porkbusters
-By Warner Todd Huston Oddly enough, a coalition of big tax hikers in California, including the American Cancer Society, has attacked me by name for daring to write about …
Me either. I was just thinking about that today when I remembered them from years ago. Seems like they just up and quit when it came time to actually …
House Democrats, clearly feeling the heat from dissatisfied and very angry voters, tried to put a populist fig leaf on the naked earmarking that has plagued the budget process …
This is how it goes in collectives. You're allowed the freedom of speech, but only when you agree with the collective. This is the position the White House is …
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made some big promises when the Democrats took over Congress after the 2006 mid term elections. Among them was this whopper: "This leadership team will …
My problem with the current Republicans in Washington the last few years has been this: they've seemingly tried as hard as they can to be Democrat-lite. They pay lip …
Ed Morissey at Captain's Quarters has declared this Christmas Campaign ad the one that tops them all because it reminds us that we have other Americans than Presidential candidates...
According to John Boehner, Republicans are going to get serious about earmarks.Minority Leader John Boehner threatened Democratic leaders Tuesday, vowing to slow down legislative activities in the House until …
In this Examiner editorial the corruption seen in the criminal cases of William Jefferson, Randy "Duke" Cunningham and others is compared to the widespread and growing corruption that is …
The Examiner has some good information about a very useful resource.In a city that lives on rhetorical excess, it's often easy to dismiss grandiose claims by senior federal officials. …
