In Criticizing Paul Ryan, Sarah Palin And The Tea Party Confirm Their Own Irrelevance
As Sarah Palin and the Tea Party turn on Paul Ryan, they are making apparent their own lack of relevance in the political process.
As Sarah Palin and the Tea Party turn on Paul Ryan, they are making apparent their own lack of relevance in the political process.
Refusing to raise the debt ceiling does nothing at all to control spending.
There are some signs that there may be room to strike a deal on the extension of unemployment benefits, but it’s likely to require some drama on Capitol Hill before it happens.
Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.
A budget deal has been reached, now it has to get through both Chambers of Congress.
The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.
Are we headed for another Federal Government shutdown, or will Congress actually do its job this time?
John Boehner’s position as Speaker of the House seems quite secure.
The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.
Being Speaker of the House has become much more of a difficult job than it used to be.
Paul Ryan is back, and he has a plan his party ought to be paying attention to.
The real world impact of what’s happening in Washington is becoming apparent.
Congress is still getting paid during the shutdown, and there’s nothing that can be done about that.
The GOP’s plan to defund reality becomes even more disconnected from reality.
As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.
There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”
The military’s finance and accounting system has been dysfunctional for decades and is getting worse.
We’re paying a lot of money for defense contractors. It’s not clear how much of this is wasteful.
A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.
The jobs news in May was good, but far from great.
The Federal Budget Deficit appears headed in the right direction, for now.
The April Jobs Report was good, but not exactly anything to write home about.
Once again, politics is dictating military policy.
Airport delays are the latest example of targeting sequestration cuts where the taxpayer will feel them most.
The Navy’s Blue Angels demonstration team has canceled the rest of its 2013 season in response to budget cuts.
One Virginia Republican Member of Congress recently got a lesson in what going against the GOP’s hyperpartisan atmosphere feels like.
The head men of the three most prestigious US national laboratories say the sequester will devastate scientific research in this country for decades to come.
The political antics surrounding the sequestration cuts is a prime example of what’s wrong with Washington.
The sequestration cuts are fast approaching, and the political battle is continuing.
Based on the polls, the odds of some changes to America’s gun control laws will become law. It’s unlikely they’ll accomplish anything, though.
The Speaker’s version of what went down during the negotiations does not make the Speaker look good.
The next six weeks or so will see Congress once again fighting over a self-created crisis.
It’s time to start thinking outside the box when it comes to disaster relief.
Another mostly disappointing report on the state of the economy.
One of the few areas of disagreement was how big our military should be.
President Obama seems to have given away the store when it comes to the defense sequestration cuts.