The National Center's Ryan Balis attended the Republican Study Committee's alternative budget proposal press conference today, and filed a report and photo: At a Capitol Hill press conference today, members of the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) introduced their alternative ... READ MORE
BizzyBlog and QandO are discussing the President's new proposal for a line item veto, and why it may -- or may not -- pass the Constitutional test. In my view the Court was wrong to strike it down the last ... READ MORE
From David Ridenour: CNN's Miles O'Brien recently asserted that the Heartland Institute "desperately wants us to believe" there's a conspiracy to distort information about global warming. O'Brien said so in his Tuesday story about the Chicago-based group's March 2-4 international ... READ MORE
Joe Roche, who spent a year as a volunteer in Israel assisting the Israeli military before joining the U.S. Army after 9/11, has some thoughts he wanted to share on the UAE port deal: When I heard the sale of ... READ MORE
It has just been brought to my attention that, a few weeks ago, the NAACP issued a press release attempting to smear Project 21 members as "right wing fanatics" and "far right." The press release also quotes Bruce Gordon, the ... READ MORE
According to reporting by Brent Baker at Newsbusters, CBS "revealed today" that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has sent thank you notes to people who have expressed support or good wishes to him, or who say they have prayed for ... READ MORE
The wave of the future in Canada: Replacing the anachronistic "socialized medicine" health care model with one based on private enterprise. The New York Times has the story. An excerpt: ...[Canada's] publicly financed health insurance system -- frequently described as ... READ MORE
Senator James M. Inhofe Chairman Committee on Environment and Public Works 453 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Inhofe: The U.S. Supreme Court’s contentious decision in Kelo v. New London has brought the need to protect private ... READ MORE
Washington, D.C. - Today, a letter signed by 85 major national and state policy organizations was delivered to Senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee. The letter warns Senators that any Endangered Species Act reform effort must include strong ... READ MORE
Although it isn't addressed in her post, Ann Althouse makes very good arguments today for extending C-Span-style camera coverage to arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a soapbox I have been on for years (see here for one ... READ MORE
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