by Bill Scher | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
GOP Civil War Over Budget Tensions rise within GOP over budget. Politico: "House Republican leaders are alarmed that they’ll be unable to corral a majority to pass a budget in the coming weeks ... defense hawks are clashing with fiscal hard-liners over military...
by Bill Scher | Mar 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Republicans Struggle To Craft Budget Republican leaders pull back from ambitious balanced budget goal. Politico: "The House and Senate Budget Committees won’t roll out their tax and spending plans until next week. But all indications are the savings target for...
by Bill Scher | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Winning the Congress has mainly given Republican a bushelful of problems, and a big one is right around the corner: How are they ever going to pass a budget? For years, the Republican House mocked the Senate Democrats for failing to pass a budget. It was an overblown...
by Bill Scher | Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
GOP Warned On Balanced Budget Pledge Leading deficit hawk warns GOP balanced budget in 10 years means unrealistic cuts. Politico: "'It will be about $5.5 trillion to get us to balance in 10 years,' Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...
by Bill Scher | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Several observers have commented on the condescending "Schoolhouse Rock" tone of Sen. Tom Cotton's open letter to Iran. He explains the basics of the U.S. Constitution to note that the "next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen...
