January 5, 2011

ROBERT COSTA — Eighty-seven Republican freshmen stormed Capitol Hill on Wednesday, bringing with them an unbridled enthusiasm for conservative reform. Rep. Allen West, a former Army lieutenant colonel from Florida's southeast coast, tells National Review Online that he and others are more than ready to rattle Washington -- and the House GOP leadership... (more)

January 5, 2011

DICK MORRIS — The pas de deux between the Republican Congress and the Democratic president and Senate can get old pretty quickly. The Republican House passes repeal of Obamacare. The Senate either kills it or Obama vetoes it. The Republican House passes spending cuts. The Senate ... you get the drift... (more)

January 5, 2011

FOX NEWS — Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is stepping down as the chief spokesman for the White House to become an outside adviser to the president and his re-election campaign. Gibbs will leave after Obama delivers his State of the Union address at the end of this month, a senior administration official told Fox News... (more)

January 5, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — The cost of illuminating your home is about to go up significantly. Most Americans take for granted that when they flip a switch, darkness immediately gives way to a warm, natural light. That's no longer possible in California, where a regulation that took effect Jan. 1 only allows the sale of harsh, cold compact fluorescents above a certain wattage... (more)

January 5, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — The 112th Congress gaveled open Wednesday with Republicans taking control of the House and immediately rewriting the chamber's rules, making it easier to cut spending and taxes, harder to add new spending, and more open to voters who want to keep tabs on what lawmakers are doing... (more)

January 5, 2011

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama and the Democrats will face a newly invigorated House Republican leadership this week with sweeping plans for congressional investigations into a wide range of issues... (more)

January 5, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided a memorial cross on federal land on Mt. Soledad, Calif., violates the U.S. Constitution. In a 3-0 ruling in the Jewish War Veterans v. City of San Diego case, the panel decided that the 29-foot concrete cross, which has stood for 57 years, constitutes a government endorsement of religion and therefore violates the First Amendment's establishment clause... (more)

January 5, 2011

CAL THOMAS — The new House Republican leadership is smart to inaugurate their return to power by reading aloud the U.S. Constitution on the House floor. Recalling America's founding principles is never a bad idea. To some on the left, though, the Constitution doesn't mean what it says, but is to be interpreted by judges and politicians... (more)

January 5, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says that the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation. The comment came during a recent interview he had at the University of California Hastings College of Law, an interview that was published on the website for California Lawyer, a journal publication... (more)

January 5, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota is the keynote speaker at a GOP event in the early presidential caucus state of Iowa later this month, and a spokesman said Wednesday that the tea party favorite has "not ruled out" a bid for president. "Nothing's off the table for her," said Andy Parrish, Bachmann's chief of staff... (more)

January 5, 2011

BLOOMBERG NEWS — Senate Democrats will push as one of their first acts in the new Congress a bid to undercut one of the chamber's most ingrained rules: the filibuster. The effort that begins today is fueled by Republicans' growing use of the filibuster -- the refusal to end debate -- to block legislation since Democrats took control of the Senate in 2007... (more)

January 5, 2011

L. BRENT BOZELL III — national media elite reviewed 2010 with great sorrow for how America has besmirched itself in the eyes of the world with its "seething hatred" of Muslims. CBS anchor Katie Couric announced on her Internet show that there wasn't enough evaluation of "this bigotry toward 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide" which was "so misdirected, and so wrong -- and so disappointing"... (more)

January 5, 2011

TERENCE P. JEFFREY — Next Wednesday, the House of Representatives will take up legislation sponsored by new House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., that is titled, "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act"... (more)

January 4, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — Eager to dispel the notion that their protest movement is a mere flash in the pan, the nation's tea party activists are preparing to welcome the newest crop of lawmakers to Washington by reminding them of the consequences if they walk away from their campaign promises... (more)

January 4, 2011

REUTERS — Republican state legislatures are ramping up a crackdown on illegal immigrants this year, in a concerted drive that risks alienating potential business allies and Latino voters. At least seven states are expected to follow Arizona's controversial push last year to curb illegal immigration... (more)

January 4, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — Another headache has emerged for the largest annual gathering of conservatives slated for next month. With the Conservative Political Action Conference under fire for allowing participation by a homosexual activist group called GOProud and for a financial scandal in which some $400,000 was misappropriated under the watch of current leadership, Frank Gaffney, a leader of the conservative movement for the last 30 years, charges that CPAC has come under the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood... (more)

January 4, 2011

REP. PAUL BROUN — "I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." This oath will echo through the Capitol today as members are sworn in for the 112th Congress. The question is: Do we really mean it? Are we truly committed to abide by the U.S. Constitution as it was originally intended and explained by the Framers of our governing document in the Federalist Papers?... (more)

January 4, 2011

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — The biggest news of 2010 was the gain of 690 state legislative seats by Republicans and their capture of both state houses in 26 states. Here are some New Year's resolutions for laws they should consider passing in 2011... (more)

January 3, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada simply have been erased under a program run by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol that issues The Trusted Traveler of North America cards... (more)

January 3, 2011

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — As you well know, I'm not timid when speaking about my concerns. I'm here to remind grassroots Americans of the undeniable "bottom line" truth that too many "conservatives," and nearly all libertarians, seem to forget that America can be saved and preserved only by the grace of God... (more)