As you probably know by now, the budget and debt ceiling deal I wrote about a few days ago has officially passed the House of Representatives. And while it’s true that it runs contrary to every principle that Republicans campaigned…
Do you remember the 1980s TV show “The A-Team?” Hannibal Smith—played by George Peppard—would frequently be heard saying: Following today’s announcement by Congressional Republicans and Obama, you can almost hear those words echoing through the halls of the Capitol and…
If you live in Illinois, went down to the QuickieMart, bought a lottery ticket and struck it it lucky, well… sucks to be you. In 2012 both the City of Chicago and State of Illinois’ Democrat-dominated legislative bodies voted to…
(Washington, D.C.) Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray its July Porker of the Month because of his gross mismanagement of the CFPB’s headquarters renovation budget, which has ballooned by almost 300…
In the usual back and forth between the Democrats who want socialized medicine and the rest of the world who don’t, the Saul Alinsky-ites of the left often rail about the lack of an alternative from the Republicans. Besides the…
One Nation: What We Can All Do To Save America’s Future Dr. Ben Carson, MD with Candy Carson – New York: Sentinel Penguin, 2014, 256 pp Our growing debt and deteriorating morals have driven us from the [Founding Fathers’] intent. We’ve made…
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) honored Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) as its March Porker of the Month for her support of a parochial pet project involving the construction of a 38-mile dead-end “Road to Nowhere.” Sen. Murkowski…
