September 29, 2010

THE HILL — Democrats are considering cramming as many as 20 pieces of legislation into the lame-duck session they plan to hold after the Nov. 2 election... (more)

September 29, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Today is the six-month anniversary of President Obama's signing into law of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, the Democrats' reconciliation package that amended the Senate version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and thereby concluded the first round of the health care reform debate... (more)

September 29, 2010

MONTE KULIGOWSKI — "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked," says the Almighty in Ezekiel, "but that the wicked turn from his way and live." Christopher Hitchens, the infamous British atheist (or anti-theist, as he says) who is widely known for his 2007 book, "God is Not Great," made it known in advance that he would not be "participating" in the pray-for-Hitchens-day recently held by various concerned Christians... (more)

September 29, 2010

CNN — Key provisions of Canada's prostitution law were struck down Tuesday by an Ontario judge who said they endangered the people they were meant to protect. Ontario Superior Court Justice Susan Himel sided with three sex workers who argued that restrictions on prostitution in Canada's Criminal Code forced them onto the streets to conduct business under threats of arrest and violence... (more)

September 29, 2010

THE HILL — House Democrats on Wednesday barely won a 210-209 vote to adjourn the House without extending the Bush tax cuts. Thirty-nine House Democrats voted against adjournment after Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) urged opposition to the motion in a floor speech that said it would be irresponsible for Congress to leave without providing certainty on the tax issue... (more)

September 29, 2010

POLITICO — Fifty-seven percent of Americans do not trust the news media to accurately and fairly report the news, a new high according to a Gallup poll out Wednesday. The percentage of Americans who distrust the media has been steadily climbing since the mid 1990s, when distrusts in the news media rated hovered around 45 percent... (more)

September 29, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — An Army judge has made it "impossible" for a career medical officer to get a fair hearing on charges he refused to deploy to Afghanistan because of concern that obeying orders in the chain of command under an ineligible commander in chief would be illegal, his attorney says... (more)

September 29, 2010

MICHELLE MALKIN — The Service Employees International Union plans to send 25,000 rank-and-file workers on 500 buses to Washington this weekend to protest the tea party movement, Republicans and Fox News. If SEIU members had any sense, they'd be demonstrating at their own bosses' D.C. headquarters... (more)

September 28, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington granted the Obama administration's request to allow the funding from the National Institutes of Health while it appeals a judge's order blocking the research... (more)

September 28, 2010

NEWSMAX — A constitutional amendment should be passed to give states the power to repeal acts of Congress, says Marianne Moran, executive director of The Tea Party in Action. "It's important to restore the balance of power between the states and federal government," Moran tells Newsmax.TV... (more)

September 28, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — Jurors in Michigan have rejected the concept of a "dhimmi" status for Christians, ruling that four evangelists who went to an Arab festival not just to be present but to "change minds" did not commit a breach of peace as police had claimed... (more)

September 28, 2010

NEWSMAX — As the political ball bounces relentlessly toward the finals in the November midterms, Fox News analyst Dick Morris has some quick hits about the players in key U.S. Senate races in process around the nation... (more)

September 28, 2010

NEWSMAX — Riding a fierce anti-incumbent wave, Republicans have an opportunity to make history by electing a record number of black conservatives to Congress in November. Fourteen black Republicans have received the GOP's nomination in their respective congressional districts... (more)

September 28, 2010

NEWSMAX — Only 38 percent of U.S. voters believe President Obama deserves to be re-elected, according to new poll results that figure to greatly complicate the president's effort to erect a last-minute political firewall to save Democratic control of the House and the Senate... (more)

September 28, 2010

NEWSMAX — Republicans are eager to regain control of Congress so they can push Nancy Pelosi out of her position as House Speaker. While Democrats don't want to lose their grip on Congress, some of them aren't so hot on Pelosi either, Roll Call reports... (more)

September 27, 2010

POLITICO — South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint warned Monday evening that he would block all legislation that has not been cleared by his office in the final days of the pre-election session. Bret Bernhardt, DeMint's chief of staff, said in an e-mail to GOP and Democratic aides that his boss would place a hold on all legislation that has not been cleared by both parties by the end of the day Tuesday... (more)

September 27, 2010

ED FEULNER — So, are you ready to comply with the federal government's ban on incandescent light bulbs? Me neither. Starting in January 2012, a little over a year from now, the phase-out begins. Simple, inexpensive lighting will become a time-capsule item. Compact-fluorescent lights, or CFLs--the bulbs that look like a twisted ice-cream cone (and won't fit in many light fixtures where space is tight) -- will become the new norm... (more)

September 27, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — Just seven days after he sparked controversy by omitting the word "Creator" when he closely paraphrased the passage from the Declaration of Independence that says all men "are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights," President Barack Obama again omitted the Creator when speaking about the "inalienable rights" that "everybody is endowed with"... (more)

September 27, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Rep. Dina Titus has been a loyal soldier in pushing the Democrats' ambitious agenda, voting for health care legislation, extended unemployment benefits, new energy taxes and a repeal of the military's ban on gays serving openly... (more)

September 27, 2010

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Transportation issues — like any other debatable causes — can provide fertile ground for those who dash about with propellers atop their heads. This week, we spotlight examples of well-meaning but misguided efforts on both sides... (more)