Category: Congress

Merry Christmas! BarryO wants another $1.2 TRILLION.

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

That debt ceiling deal Republicans sold us on a few months back is going from bad to worse. We were told the country would go into

DeMint: Big-spending business-as-usual in Congress

Posted on December 21, 2011December 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), writing in The Hill over the weekend, says The Tea Party needs to finish what it started in 2010 if real change

Ellmers-Etheridge: The Sequel ???

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I’ve believed for some time that Bob Etheridge was planning a comeback bid in North Carolina’s Second Congressional District, now held by freshman Republican Renee Ellmers. The man

SC : Nikki LOVES Mitt ( Tea Party falling OUT of love with Nikki?)

Posted on December 17, 2011December 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In North Carolina, Republican Renee Ellmers was unexpectedly propelled past Democrat Bob Etheridge in the 2010 race for the state’s 2nd congressional district seat in Washington.

Will indictment of Boss Bev’s bag man bounce back on Senator Hagan?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev’s campaign finance chief was in court yesterday, and WRAL was there: Gov. Beverly Perdue’s former campaign finance chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstruction of justice in connection with

Boozing it up — on the clock — on Capitol Hill

Posted on December 10, 2011December 10, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The latest dispatch from “The NW Daily Marker” — a Seattle based political blog — is giving Seattle area congressman Rick Larsen (D) a perpetual migraine.

For BarryO & the gang, GAY is OK as the word of the DAY

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The economy is in the the toilet. Our troops are at war. Political chaos is popping up all over the globe. BarryO, “Dingy Harry” Reid, and Miss Nancy are

One More Time: Government DOES NOT CREATE JOBS

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Economist Paul Gregory has an excellent piece on Forbes.com slapping down the notion put forth by BarryO and his allies that MORE government spending is

Renee Ellmers: THERE she is …

Posted on December 6, 2011December 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Renee Ellmers is beginning to give a lot of ‘street cred’ to those blonde jokes. I watched a recent floor speech by the 2nd district congresswoman dealing

Howard Coble: 1978 was a very good year. (or was it?)

Posted on December 4, 2011December 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I was really bored, trolling around on the Internet, and found this biographical info on Congressman Howard Coble’s official web site: Professional -1961-67 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Claims