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Grover Norquist’s GOP Tax Pledge: What It Is and How It Started
via Chris Good, ABC News As Congress wrangles over the fiscal cliff, one tiny document will loom large over the negotiations. Known in Republican circles simply as “The Pledge,” the Americans for Tax...
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Amid Protests From Unions, Michigan Becomes A Right To Work State
via Matthew Dolan and Kris Maher, The Wall Street Journal The Republican-led Michigan legislature approved a pair of right-to-work bills, sending them on for the governor’s expected signature, as...
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Court Decision Ends Illinois’ Ban On Carrying Concealed Weapons
via Dave McKinney and Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times In a huge win for gun-rights groups, a divided federal appeals court in Chicago Tuesday tossed the state’s ban on carrying concealed weapons and...
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Republican Governor Jindal Wants Oral Contraceptives To Be Available Over The...
via Lauren McGaughy, New Orleans Times Picayune Gov. Bobby Jindal said oral contraceptives should be available over-the-counter in a Thursday evening op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. The...
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John Boehner Fails To Rally Republican House Members Around ‘Plan B’
via New Jersey Area News Group Things were so bad for Speaker John Boehner Thursday night, support for his Plan B tax bill so diminished, the limits of his power with his own party laid bare, that he...
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A Picture Worth A Thousand Words: Briefing On Syria
The check-in line at yesterday’s Bipartisan Unclassified Congressional Staff Briefing on U.S. Policy for Syria. No other commentary necessary. Filed under: AMERICA AT WAR, CONGRESS & POLICY,...
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Congressman Honda: Paul Ryan’s Budget Would Destroy The American Dream
via Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA), Politix This election year Americans are faced with a difficult decision on how to best move our country forward. Among the proposals to address our economic...
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