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Dirty Money Watch: Rep. Bennie Thompson

By: Commentary Staff 03/07/11 10:05 PM
WHO: Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. WHAT: Thompson received $1,000 from General Motors' Political Action Committee. WHY IT'S DIRTY: General Motors was the recipient of a $60 billion taxpayer bailout last year that has not been paid back, so the automaker has no right to curry congressional favor at Americans' expense. Read More

Cutting spending without closing government

By: SF Examiner Editorial 02/22/11 12:08 AM
Washington Democrats and liberal-leaning mainstream media journalists have been wearing out their tongues for a week predicting House Republicans will force a government shutdown just as they did in 1995, with the same disastrous results for the GOP. They are framing the issue this way because they want a government shutdown, thinking it will blunt the drive by House Republicans to cut federal spending, which voters demanded last November. Read More

Tim Geithner calls Obama's budget plan unsustainable, still not fired

By: J.P. Freire 02/17/11 3:52 PM
How Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has a job after close of business today, I don't know, but yes, this is him in a committee hearing being extremely candid about how unsustainable President Obama's budget proposal is (don't mind the sleep-deprived guy behind him): Read More

Dirty Money Watch: Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.

By: Mark Hemingway 02/15/11 9:05 PM
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Dirty Money Watch: Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.

By: Mark Hemingway 02/14/11 9:05 PM
WHO: Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y. WHAT: Towns received $1,000 from General Motors' Political Action Committee. WHY IT'S DIRTY: General Motors was the recipient of a $60 billion taxpayer bailout last year that has not been paid back, so the automaker has no right to curry congressional favor at Americans' expense. Read More

Paul Ryan to lock in cap on discretionary spending

By: J.P. Freire 02/08/11 2:30 AM
House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is expected to enter into the congressional record a cap on discretionary spending as promised by House Republcians prior to the election. From National Journal: Read More

It’s time Americans discover our Constitution all over again

By: Bruce Cole 02/05/11 5:36 PM
Suddenly the Constitution is newsworthy. The House of Representatives recently read it aloud for the first time ever. It’s been called obscure beyond understanding, termed a document of racist oppression, invoked by the Tea Party, and proposed as the basis for new legislation. The Constitution hasn’t made such news since ratification or at least the Civil War. But what do Americans know about it? The answer is, sadly, not much. Read More

Aristotle would scold Obamacare's defenders

By: David Freddoso 02/01/11 9:05 PM
Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher, is known for clearly enunciating the very basic idea that it is impossible for anything both to be and not be at the same time and in the same respect. He called this "the most certain of all principles ... for if a man were mistaken on this point he would have contrary opinions at the same time." Read More

Dirty Money Watch: Charles Boustany, R-La.

By: Mark Hemingway 02/01/11 9:05 PM
WHO: Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La. WHAT: Boustany received $2,000 from General Motors' Political Action Committee. Read More

Dirty Money Watch: Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.

By: c-Dirty Money 01/31/11 9:05 PM
WHO: Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. WHAT: Becerra received $1,000 from General Motors' Political Action Committee. WHY IT'S DIRTY: General Motors was the recipient of a $60 billion taxpayer bailout last year that has not been paid back, so the automaker has no right to curry congressional favor at Americans' expense. Read More
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