by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Politics
House Speaker John Boehner and GOP leadership have removed several conservative House members from their respective powerful committee positions, Breitbart News has learned. Effective next Congress, leadership pulled Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Michigan...
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Politics
Arguing that it will more fairly represent the will of the people, Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Chester, said Monday he plans to propose a change that would award the state’s electoral votes proportionally, in place of the current winner-take-all method....
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
No matter how much the economy might contract as it free falls down the fiscal cliff, this much is true: We now have proof that the U.S. economy is totally — totally — dependent on federal government spending. The sequestration piece of the cliff calls for...
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
President Obama’s plan for the Outer Continental Shelf does not include any new oil and gas leases in the Atlantic Ocean over the next five years, but it does include windmills. The Interior Department wants to lease nearly 278,000 acres off the coasts of Rhode...
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Attorneys general in New York and nine other states have written to U.S. Senate leaders urging them to stop legislation that would allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed firearms across state lines. Letters sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and...