Tag Archives: John Boehner
Rep. Paul Broun Jumps Into Georgia Senate Race
Rep. Paul Broun jumped into the senate race in Georgia to replace Saxby Chambliss. Broun doesn’t have a big name recognition, but if he sounds familiar it’s because I have written about him before. Broun, who still sits on the … Continue reading
House Holds First Five Day Workweek Of The Year!
One of the great things about being the party in charge of the House of Representatives or the Senate is that you get to set the schedule. Once Republicans took over the House in 2010, they have held shorter and … Continue reading
With Obamacare Ruling Republicans Jump On Board And Blame Bush
It’s Bush’s fault! Now after years of Democrats blaming Bush for everything from unemployment, to the suffering economy, to housing prices, Republicans are now joining their ranks and blaming Bush for the Obamacare ruling the Supreme Court announced yesterday. Sure … Continue reading
Eurozone On The Brink Of Failure
The election of Francois Hollande in France was a turning point for the Eurozone and likely marks to beginning of the end of the great European experiment. Now without an ally to back her up, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has … Continue reading
Will Republicans Get Serious And Proposes Fundamental Tax Reform?
Congress is back to work and getting through some very important items on their agenda such as honoring Jack Nicklaus and Mark Twain. In the meantime House Republicans are strategizing as to how to go about tax reform before the … Continue reading
GOP Payroll Tax Cut Reversal!
We are entering a slight lull in the primary season. Super Tuesday three weeks away and everything in between is minor. Other than President Obama’s budget release, not a whole lot has been going on. Except when it comes to … Continue reading
Obama Ignores Do-Nothing Congress – Makes Recess Appointments
President Obama made a brilliant political move yesterday and boy did it get Republicans in Congress fired up. Ignoring the pro forma sessions, which have technically kept the Senate in session, Obama made 4 recess appointments that the Senate has … Continue reading
Joint Session Politics
President Obama requested to address a joint session of congress to present his jobs proposal. The problem is that it was requested at the same time as a Republican presidential debate. House leader Boehner rejected Obama’s request and suggested it … Continue reading
Deregulators in the Super Committee
Why did I bring up Glass-Steagall yesterday? When the announcements for the super committee were made I did some digging into each candidate. When I saw that Pat Toomey was one of the people responsible for the repeal of Glass-Steagall … Continue reading
Europe’s View of the Debt Ceiling Debate
We don’t talk often about what the European countries think about what we’re doing in politics today. Most of the time I could care less, but in this case Europe has a stake in the debate even though they don’t … Continue reading
