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Jun 07 2019
News
Minnesota Board: Yes, Omar Violated State Campaign Finance Rules
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) repeatedly violated campaign finance rules by using funds from her congressional campaign to pay for personal travel and on her tax returns, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled Thursday.
The Democrat must reimburse her former campaign committee approximately $3,500 for those expenses. She must also pay a $500 civil penalty to the state for using campaign
TownhallMay 15 2013
News
Projected lower deficit could slow any budget deal
he good news is the budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago. The bad news for deficit hawks is that the development could further curb the already slowing momentum for a budget pact this year.
A Congressional Budget Office study released Tuesday cites higher tax revenues and better-than-expected payments from
TownhallApr 30 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Big Government Makes a Comeback
The era of small government is over.
Technically speaking, there was never really an era of small government in modern America history. It was more of a rhetorical device and overall attitude toward government spending than a set of policies that were ever enacted. But when Bill Clinton used his 1996 State of the Union address to declare “the era of big government is over”, the
Dan SchnurJul 25 2014
News
Busted: Obamacare Architect Caught in Epic Lie, Confirming Opponents' Argument
When a DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel released its Obamacare-related decision earlier this week, the Left's self-appointed "wonk" class kicked into damage control overdrive. The three-judge panel ruled that the 'Affordable' Care Act's explicit language proscribed the distribution of subsidies to anyone who did not enroll through state-based marketplaces. The fallout of this decision, if it'
TownhallAug 23 2019
Opinion
A plan to end gun violence from students who survived it
AFTER LAST year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, it quickly became clear that students who had survived the horror weren’t willing to let their murdered classmates and teachers become just another statistic in America’s unending carnage of gun violence. They demanded change and ignited a grass-roots movement that has given youthful new vigor to the fight for gun safety
Guest Writer - LeftJul 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Delta Variant Prompts Return of Some Mask Mandates
Cases of the Delta variant, a more contagious variation of COVID-19, have been been rising across the U.S., and the CDC says Delta now accounts for over 83% of U.S. COVID-19 cases. New COVID-19 cases are climbing in all 50 states, but remain much lower than the pandemic's peak. According to the New York Times, the 7-day average in new cases topped out at 259,616 in January; as of Wednesday,
AllSides StaffJun 07 2019
News
Dems set to use McConnell's legislative graveyard against him
House Democrats are hoping to use Sen. Mitch McConnell's “legislative graveyard” as a messaging tool to topple GOP candidates in 2020.
McConnell (R-Ky.), the Senate majority leader, is embracing his role as a roadblock to the Democrats' legislative agenda, casting himself as the “Grim Reaper” poised to kill the Democrats’ top policy priorities. The barrier has frustrated Democrats as
The HillMar 12 2019
News
House lawmakers clash over GOP allegations Dems coached Cohen
Lawmakers are clashing over GOP allegations that Democrats met extensively with Michael Cohen before his scheduled testimonies, an early sign of partisan divides growing deeper amid the House investigations into the Trump administration.
Republicans claim Democrats knew ahead of time what the president’s former personal lawyer was planning to testify to on Capitol Hill, voicing concern
The HillJun 05 2019
News
At graduation time, even the speeches can sound political
Most commencement speakers deliver inspirational advice. But for politicians, the chance to tout a record – or sneak in a jab – is hard to pass up.
Dear reader:
It’s graduation season. And that means we get to watch many of our politicians give commencement speeches.
These days, the ritual often comes with controversy. Speakers get boycotted; conservatives complain that
Christian Science MonitorAug 23 2019
Opinion
Daniel Turner: Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal is an impossible dream that would be a nightmare
In 1605, Miguel de Cervantes published his novel “Don Quixote,” about a delusional man who thought he was a knight in shining armor and who jousted with windmills he imagined were evil giants.
In 2019 we have Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who embraces windmills and announced a $16.3 trillion proposal Thursday for a Green New Deal, saying it would pay for itself in 16 years by
Guest Writer - Right