Socialist Party of America announced in their October 2009 newsletter that 70 Congressional democrats currently belong to their caucus

Q: Who are these members of 111th Congress?

A: Find out here.

Democrats give one more big favor to George Soros

While Congressional Democrats dawdle away on deciding our tax rates and refuse to pass a budget, they still find time to pass on favors to special interest groups and people. The latest big favor comes to the sugar daddy that has funded so many of their campaigns and was an early supporter of Barack Obama: George Soros...

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The Food Safety Bill: A Point-By-Point Guide

Another subprime crisis is coming, this time the taxpayers holding the bag for all subprime loans...

President Obama and Democrats in Congress haven't moved to stop subprime lending -- they've just taken it over!

Dear Obama: Inherited from Whom?

Thomas Sowell: Setting the record straight on “the policies that created this mess in the first place.”

No president of the United States can create either a budget deficit or a budget surplus. All spending bills originate in the House of Representatives and all taxes are voted into law by Congress.

Democrats controlled both houses of Congress before Barack Obama became president. The deficit he inherited was created by the congressional Democrats, including Sen. Barack Obama, who did absolutely nothing to oppose the runaway spending. He was one of the biggest of the big spenders.

The last time the federal government had a budget surplus, Bill Clinton was president, so it was called “the Clinton surplus.” But Republicans controlled the House of Representatives, where all spending bills originate, for the first time in 40 years. It was also the first budget surplus in more than a quarter of a century.

The only direct power that any president has that can affect deficits and surpluses is the power to veto spending bills. President Bush did not veto enough spending bills, but Senator Obama and his fellow Democrats in control of Congress were the ones who passed the spending bills.

At an Illinois town hall, Rep. Melissa Bean, House Democrat (IL-8) hired thugs to intimidate citizens trying to get their questions answered

Hmmm: Taxpayers' money going to hiring thugs to shut up taxpayers... YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!

Welcome to the Free Lunch Club

Politicians thrive on using other people’s money and promising free lunches. The growth of government has politicized life and weakened the nation’s moral fabric. Government intervention—in the economy, the community, and society—has increased the payoff from political action and reduced the scope of private action. People have become more dependent on the State and have sacrificed freedom for a false sense of security...

The Rise of Government and the Decline of Morality

Steve Wynn: "Those hypocritical SOB's in Congress..."

Las Vegas: VIDEO

The uncertainty of the business climate in America is frightening...we're on our way to Greece in the hands of a confused and foolish government that's living up to the prediction of Alexis de Tocqueville who, in 1909, said

the American system of democracy will prevail until that moment when the politicians discover that they can bribe the electorate with their own money...

MUST WATCH!

On August 3, 2010, Missourians will be the first in the nation to cast a vote on the federal health care reforms passed by President Obama and the Congress earlier this year

The beginning of that roll-back does not occur on November 2, but much earlier. On August 3, 2010, Missouri voters will be tasked with the responsibility of taking the first stand against Obamacare, the progressive panacea, by voting for the Missouri Health Care Freedom Act (MHCFA) in a public referendum...

August 3: The Most Important Day in America

The Obama presidency is nearly out of gas...

Weekly Standard: Running On Empty

From Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely

We need to demand resignations of Obama, his cabinet, and members of Congress...

Don't ask how much it costs to repeal 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'

...it took this dumb grunt about three hours (a journalism intern could have done it in half that) scanning FEC filings to learn all that I need to know about Patrick Murphy: His congressional seat was bought and paid for by MoveOn.org to the tune of $90,000 dollars. You know, the group that brought you such patriotic hits as “General Betray-us.” Still outraged?...

Ask Medal of Honor-winning gunfighters that have had to kill people for a living what they think of this nonsense, not armchair quarterbacks in air-conditioned Quonset huts sipping diet Cokes and i-chatting on Skype. Real grunts, like Major General Livingston, USMC (retired), will tell you what the active guys can’t say: this repeal of DADT is a bunch of PC BS.

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Arizona: NO. Fisting: YES.

Democrats. Figures. Highland Park School Official Won’t Send Students to Arizona But She’ll Send Them to Secret GLSEN Gay Sex Classes...

Astounding visual proof that fiscal and regulatory policies determined by the Democrat Congressional majority (elected in 2006) and Obama (2009) are destroying our economy!

Scroll through all the charts and graphs!

H/T: PowerLineBlog

BREAKING: Democrats release 2300-page reconciliation bill

*Updated* - Included in the bill appears to be the “public option” that was removed from the Senate bill.

Uh-Oh: Reconciliation is NOT dead after all

Terminator...The Undead...Westworld...

Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, tells National Review Online that House Democrats are planning to use the budget-reconciliation process in order to pass Obamacare. “They’re meeting with each other this weekend to pursue it,” says Ryan. “I’ve spoken with many Democrats and the message is this: They’re not ready to give up. They’ve waited their entire adult lives for this moment and they aren’t ready to let 100,000 pesky votes in Massachusetts get in the way of fulfilling their destiny. They’ll look at every option and spend the next four or five days figuring it out.”

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TPM says I've been poking around some sources in Washington, DC (and combining this with what I've heard from our TPMDC team) and my sense is that Health Care Reform is both dead and not dead. Let's say it's among the Undead.

LIBERTY TRUMPS TYRANNY!!!

GREAT SCOTT!!!!!

The SCOTT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD!!!!!

House Dems opposed to Obama's proposed spending freeze, cut

House Democrats are rejecting an idea floated by the Obama administration to freeze or cut discretionary spending in 2011...the Democrats warn that cutting or freezing spending at this point might further damage the economy.

Imagine you are broke and jobless (or, sadly, perhaps you don't have to just imagine). You decide that the only way out of your mess is to:

(a) Find a good counterfeiter
(b) Charge everything on your credit cards
(c) All of the above

Wow, I didn't know any Democrats read this blog...

JAN 18: Help in the MA Senate Election with ALL EXPENSES PAID trip!

Help prevent Democratic voter fraud and support Scott Brown!

One of my readers just contacted me and an opportunity has arisen TODAY (Monday 1/18) and we can now send people to Massachussetts for FREE (travel, lodging, food) to help poll monitor in the MA Senate election tomorrow, (Tues. 1/19). Brief training will be provided.

If you want to go, please email with your name and phone number, and they will book your travel and lodging immediately and put you in touch with the ground coordinator in Massachusetts.

If your email gets returned, please email and .

Please help out in this historic election!

Massachusetts voters - please take cameras and record every act of treachery you see. That ugly criminal machine is going into high gear, the individual can save America. That's you and me.

From PAMELA GELLER AT ATLAS SHRUGS

After all the rule-bending shenanigans of the Massachusetts Democrats, leaving a dying Kennedy in office, and then ramrodding Kirk's appointment to the Senate to help ObamaCare, now they're desperate enough to ignore the people's vote?

Stunner: Scared Mass. Dems Plot to Delay GOP Victory In Teddy Seat Until ObamaCare Passes

Update: Health Care Legislation

House and Senate Negotiations:

Senate Passes Reform Bill: At 7:05 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., along with 59 other Senate members voted to pass reform legislation that would expand health coverage to approximately 31 million people at a cost of $871 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The bill passed on party-lines (60-39), without a single Republican vote. Republicans believe the bill would impose many regulatory and financial burdens on taxpayers and businesses, and would swell government debt.

Reconciliation Poses Difficult Road Ahead: Before lawmakers can present a final health care reform bill to President Obama, the approved Senate bill needs to be merged with the House version passed in Nov. 2009, which extends coverage to 36 million Americans for a cost of about $1 trillion. However, the bills have some major differences that will need to be addressed as lawmakers shape the final package, including:

* Insurance market reform and Exchanges -- Both bills would bar insurers from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions and from dropping coverage for those who get sick. They both would also create insurance exchanges that would allow small businesses and individuals to shop for insurance. However, the Senate bill would create state-based exchanges, whereas the House bill would create a national exchange with an option for states to run their own programs if they meet certain requirements.

* The government-run plan -- A government-run plan was a central component to the House bill. The Senate bill would instead direct the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to contract with private insurance companies to offer policies on the exchanges. Despite much commotion over the need to include the public option, House leaders conceded Tuesday that they may be willing to agree to a bill without a public option if other parts of the bill fulfill the same goals, and they hope to expand available subsidies.

* Reform financing -- With a price tag of approximately $1 trillion, Members of the House would pay for the reform effort through a 5.4 percent surtax on individuals making more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1 million and by imposing a 2.5 percent excise tax on medical devices. Members of the Senate, on the other hand, plan to pay for their $871 billion plan through a 40 percent excise tax on high-cost health insurance plans; an increase in payroll taxes for Medicare on individuals making more than $200,000 a year and couples making more than $250,000 per year; fees on insurers, medical device manufacturers and drug companies; and, a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning. On Wednesday, President Obama expressed his preference for the insurance tax contained in the Senate bill, however this provision is strongly opposed by labor unions.

* Coverage Mandates -- Both bills require that individuals obtain health insurance and would impose a penalty on those who do not. The House bill also includes an employer mandate for companies with payrolls above $750,000. The Senate bill, however, does not include this mandate and would require companies with more than 50 employees to pay a fine if employees obtain federally subsidized coverage on the insurance exchange.

* Medicaid expansion -- Both bills expand Medicaid. The Senate bill makes Medicaid available to those with incomes up to 133 percent of the poverty level, whereas the House allows for coverage for those with incomes up to 150 percent of the poverty level.

* Abortion -- Both bills bar the use of federal funds for abortions; however, the House bill includes stricter language requiring anyone seeking abortion coverage to buy separate insurance riders. The Senate bill would allow states to choose whether or not to include plans with abortion coverage in the insurance exchange and would require those with abortion coverage to write a separate check for this insurance.

President Obama Pushes Swift Action: In a meeting at the White House Tuesday, President Obama encouraged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who participated via phone, to bypass the traditional conference committee used to negotiate reconciliation in the interest of time. The move creates a three-way negotiating construct involving top Democrats in the House and Senate and the White House and will exclude Republican lawmakers from the debate and reduce their ability to delay the voting.

Further, President Obama indicated that he would be taking a hands-on approach to the final stages of the negotiations. The President held another meeting with leading Democrats on Wednesday to help iron out the differences between the House and Senate bills. Democrats also held a meeting and conference call on Thursday to discuss how reconciliation will proceed and some of the priorities for the final bill.

HEALTH ACTION NETWORK