Congress

On energy, Paris Hilton makes more sense than Ken Salazar

Submitted by Mark Hillman…
Colorado’s junior U.S. Senator Ken “Silly Sally” Salazar added another layer of nonsense to his no-energy policy recently when he suggested releasing 70 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
To be fair — and proving once again that “even a stopped clock is right twice a day” — there [...]

A Legacy of Change

Submitted by Steven M. Bimm…
In the coming weeks we will be hearing a lot from the left side of the aisle about “Change.” It has been the dominant theme of not only the Obama campaign, but also of the Democrat party as a whole.
Back during the 2006 election cycle, when the Democrats took control of [...]

Salazar and Democrats won’t drill offshore even at $10 a gallon

That is not a misprint!  Senator Mitch McConnell offered a series of amendments to expand drilling offshore.  Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar repeatedly said “I object!”  Watch this video of Senate floor proceedings from July 31.
Salazar objected to McConnell’s amendments even if offshore drilling was withheld until gas reached $4.50 per gallon, or $5.00, or $7.50, [...]

A New Record Low for Reid-Pelosi

The Democrat controlled Congress has established a new record low job approval rating.  Only 14% of the public has a favorable opinion of the Harry Reid-Nancy Pelosi led agenda on Capitol Hill.  Never before in the 34 year history of the Gallup Organization has Congress been held in such low esteem by voters.
Public opinion of [...]

Another Broken Pelosi Promise

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) reminded his colleagues recently of another of the 2006 campaign season promises made about two years ago by the soon to be elected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). 
“Elect us and we will produce a common-sense plan to help bring down the price of gasoline at the pump.”
According to Senator [...]

A brief review of recent past events in history

See how the Democrats changed both their opinions and the facts here.

Democrats Behaving Badly Behind the Scenes During Pope’s Visit

You didn’t see this in the mainstream media, but Barbara Boxer threw a hissy-fit over the following language in a Senate resolution to welcome the Pope to America and blocked even a vote on it until after he’d left Washington and the last ten words of this sentence were stripped:
“Whereas Pope Benedict XVI has spoken [...]

Pelosi’s Free Trade Veto Draws Fire

Nancy Pelosi stuffed another critical piece of legislation in her purse – this time damaging both American interests and those of an important ally in the process.  Last week she strong armed the Democrat caucus into voting with her to indefinitely block a free trade agreement with Columbia that has been years in the making.  [...]

No Solution on Wiretaps - Pelosi takes two week recess, Expiration Now Over 30 days and No End in Sight

Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrat leadership left town in mid-February for a weeklong recess letting expire on Feb. 16 wiretap authority that seriously weakened the intelligence community’s ability to intercept terrorist telecommunications. Now Pelosi recessed the House for two weeks – this time for Spring Break. Two months, and three weeks of recess?
Before leaving [...]

Media Check: Fair and Balanced? - Bush Vetoes Congressional Limit on Interrogation

Saturday, March 8, 2008 President Bush announced his veto of legislation that would have limited CIA interrogation techniques of captured enemies. A Line of Sight has written previously about the fallacy of codifying in law limits to our efforts to extract information from terrorists – something akin to announcing that a military intervention won’t include [...]