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Sean Lengell The Washington Examiner 12/13/2014 A federal lands package tucked into Congress’ annual defense policy bill has sparked a larger debate over the government’s role as a landlord. The package, which was approved with broad bipartisan support Friday as part of the 2015 Defense Authorization Bill, designates 250,000 acres of new federal wilderness, in […] December 13th, 2014 | Tags: 2015 Defense Authorization Bill, National Park Service, pork barrel spending, public lands, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Maria Cantwell, Sen. Tom Coburn | Category: Congress, Federal spending, legislation | Comments are closed
Editor AgainstCronyCapitalism 12/10/2014 The below commentary and letter were just posted to Representative Justin Amash’s Facebook page. I post here for your review.
When I learned that the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2015 was being rushed to the floor for a vote—with little debate and only a voice vote expected (i.e., simply declared […] December 10th, 2014 | Tags: E.O. 12333, executive authority, H.R. 4681, Intelligence Authorization Act 2015, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), pork barrel spending, public lands, Rep. Justin Amash, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Tom Coburn | Category: Congress, Federal spending, legislation, Military, National Intelligence, Right to Privacy, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Josh Feldman Mediaite 3/25/2014 Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst put out a campaign ad this week that might contain one of the best lines in any political ad, and it came in the context of a line about something unpleasant you do with barnyard animals. Here’s how Ernst opens the ad: “I’m Joni Ernst. […] March 25th, 2014 | Tags: Bruce Braley, campaign ads, hog castration, Joni Ernst, pork barrel spending, Sen. Chuck Grassley | Category: Elections, Federal spending, Iowa, Politicians | Comments are closed
Joe Saunders BizPac Review 5/23/2013 This is how a conservative Republican smacks down the media. Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn on Thursday went into the lion’s den of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program and not only stuck to his guns on his longstanding opposition to pork-barrel spending dressed up as disaster relief, he went after liberalism’s essential […] May 23rd, 2013 | Tags: "off-sets", "provincial" spending, disaster relief, pork barrel spending, Sen. Tom Coburn, tornadoes | Category: Federal spending, Oklahoma, Taxes, Video | Comments are closed
Washington proves again it’s incapable of course correction. Mark Steyn The Orange County Register 1/4/2013 The politics of the “fiscal cliff” deal is debatable: On the one hand, Boehner got the “Bush tax cuts” made permanent for most Americans; Obama was forced to abandon his goal of increasing rates for those earning $250,000. On the […] January 4th, 2013 | Tags: "fiscal cliff", Brian Kilmeade, campaign contributions, class warfare, crony capitalism, debt ceiling, Mark Steyn, pork barrel spending, Rasmussen Reports, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Rand Paul, Speaker John Boehner, tax credits | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Federal spending, Politicians, Taxes | Comments are closed
Twitchy 1/4/2013
President Obama is safely back in his grass skirt in Hawaii, but back here on the mainland, all is not well. In addition to dealing with escalating taxes, Hurricane Sandy victims bear the additional burden of being hung out to dry by the man who pledged to help them. Only a […] January 4th, 2013 | Tags: Donna Vanzant, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Neil Cavuto, pork barrel spending, Scott McGrath, Sen. Chuck Schumer | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, New Jersey, New York, Taxes | Comments are closed
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