Bob McCarty Writes

President Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address contained realizations of the economic crisis in which the country found itself, but it also contained several common-sense statements President Barack Obama would do well to incorporate into his political repertoire.

Most noteworthy in the speech was the line below:
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution [...]

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Though the U.S. House of Representatives passed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (a.k.a., “SCHIP”) by a vote of 290 to 135, not everyone in Washington, D.C., is excited about the bill which gained Senate approval last week and is expected to be signed into law by President Barack Obama this afternoon.  Among them is [...]

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s recent proposal to include birth-control and abortion funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (a.k.a., H.R. 1 and “The Stimulus Package”) prompted public outcry in many forms.  One example can be found in the form of “Retroactive Birth Control, an editorial cartoon (above) by Michael at [...]

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Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters this afternoon he was disappointed that funding would not come out of the already-approved $700 billion package aimed at helping the economy as a whole and that he was disappointed that no action would be taken today.
Speaking on behalf of a bipartisan group of senators, Senator Levin said, “Our [...]

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stood behind the podium this afternoon and told Americans that they were rejecting calls for the auto industry to opt for bankruptcy and, instead, giving automobile industry executives one more chance — until Dec. 2 — to submit a plan that [...]

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