President Obama is set to release his budget proposal Wednesday morning, laying out exactly what spending and taxes he wants for fiscal year 2014. Of course, Obama hasn’t had any of his budgets passed by Congress to date, but even ignoring that formality, neither he nor his predecessors have had much luck getting their budgets… Read more »
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Gallup: Majority Want Congress to Return Salary Over Sequester
A new Gallup poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans like the idea of members of Congress returning some of their salaries. When asked whether Congress should return the money as a result of sequestration, 78% of those polled agreed with a 5% payback, while 79% favored a return of 25%. The question arose… Read more »
Weird science: Calif. lawmakers want insurance companies to cover gay infertility
Hey, why not? California has been circling the political drain for some time now, so goofy legislators might as well put a little more icing on that cake, right? Assemblyman Tom Ammiano — a Democrat, natch — has introduced a bill that would require group insurance to cover infertility treatments for homosexual couples — regardless… Read more »
Want to prevent a fiscal crisis? Ignore the unions
This week, the President is expected to (finally) send his budget proposal to Congress. As Tea Party Patriots pointed out last week, the budget is mostly a Dead-On-Arrival (DOA) document that includes tax increases, spending increases, and scant cuts or reforms to federal spending. According to some of the nation’s most powerful unions, however, these… Read more »