Archive: July 2009
Boehner, Westmoreland Unveil “Bloodhounds” Video Asking: Where Are the Jobs?
July 03, 2009House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) yesterday released a new web video targeting Washington Democrats' trillion-dollar "stimulus" bill and asking "where are the jobs?" The tongue-in-cheek web video, inspired by a classic 1984 TV commercial by now-Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY Read More
Fox News Highlights Boehner Web Video Featuring Ellie Mae the Job-Sniffing GOP Bloodhound
July 03, 2009Last night Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier" highlighted a web video released yesterday by House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) about jobs and the Democrats' trillion-dollar "stimulus." Read More
Boehner on Fox News Sunday: "Where Are the Jobs?"
July 04, 2009In an interview today on Fox News Sunday, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) asked “Where are the jobs?” after unemployment has risen again – to 9.5 percent – even after Washington Democrats promised that the trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending bill would create jobs immediately. Boehner noted that the best stimulus – which Read More
Biden Admits "Stimulus" Spending Scheme Is Falling Short, Says Dems "Misread the Economy"
July 05, 2009Washington Democrats are officially all over the map on the spending binge known as the “stimulus.” Vice President Joe Biden was one of many Democrats scrambling over the weekend to defend the trillion-dollar “stimulus” that, by any objective account, isn’t working. The Obama Administration’s latest excuse for the bill’s poor returns? On ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, the Vi Read More
Dems Double-Down on Government Takeover That Will Force 114 Million Americans Off Their Current Health Care Plans
July 05, 2009In a preview of what Americans can expect from Democrats during the upcoming health care debate, on Fox News Sunday yesterday House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) doubled-down on their insistence on a government takeover – which they call a “public option” – as part of th Read More
Oil Price Volatility Makes the Case for GOP’s All of the Above Energy Strategy
July 06, 2009Today's New York Times ran a front page story, "Volatile Swings in Price of Oil Stir Fears on Recovery," which noted that "oil has risen 55 percent since the beginning of the year, to $70 a barrel, pushing gas prices up again to $2.60 a gallon." The Times story also stated that: Read More
Dems Preparing to Finance Government Takeover of Health Care with Small Business Tax Hike
July 06, 2009As Members of Congress return to Washington after the Independence Day recess, a top item on the Democrats’ agenda is determining how to finance their massive government takeover of health care. Providing more proof that history repeats itself, it appears that Democrats are returning to the same well once again to pay for this Big Government expansion: tax hikes. Read More
Trillion-Dollar "Stimulus" Isn't Working, Yet President Says "There's Nothing We Would Have Done Differently"
July 06, 2009It’s clear the Administration’s trillion-dollar “stimulus” isn’t working to help our economy: a staggering 9.5 percent unemployment rate, Vice President Biden’s admission over the weekend that they “misread the economy,” and leading Democrats admitting the first “stimulus” isn’t working and Read More
Dems' Intel Bill Protects Speaker Pelosi, Puts America's Intelligence Professionals at Greater Risk
July 06, 2009House Democrats are set to consider legislation this week that would provide cover for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) while risking the cover and safety of our own intelligence professionals working to protect Americans. Read More
Transparency Watch: Will Congress Vote on Government-Run Health Care Without Reading the Bill?
July 07, 2009House Democrats have made lots of promises about being the most "open and honest" Congress in history but, in practice, they've kept none of them. Speaker Pelosi promised the American people at least 24 hours to read a bill before a vote in her "New Direction for America" document distributed in 2006 that remains on her we Read More