03/06/2007 • 23:28 0
Dems A to Z
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Filed under: 411, american politics, Democrats, Liberal, liberal agenda, liberalism, National Security, Pelosi, War On Terror
16/05/2007 • 17:02 0
In a stunning move, House Democrats today revealed they will attempt to rewrite House rules that have gone unchanged since 1822 in order to make it possible to increase taxes and government spending without having to vote and be held accountable. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today vowed Republicans will use every available means to fight this unprecedented change.
Read more here: corner.nationalreview.com
Filed under: american politics, Congress, Democrats, Double Standards, liberal agenda, News, Pelosi, Uncategorized
22/04/2007 • 01:53 0
The average American family will have to pay an extra $2,641 a year if President Bush’s 2003 tax cuts are allowed to expire — but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats have given no indication they plan to extend the cuts.
“The mugging will lift $3.3 trillion from purses and wallets because the 2003 cuts will begin expiring soon,” Ernest Istook – a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma and a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation – writes in the Washington Post.
“The budget resolution moving through Congress is the blueprint for what’s coming. Higher spending – by hundreds of billions – is the plan. Renewing tax cuts isn’t.”
Istook calls the expiration of the tax cuts in 2010 a “back-door tax increase” because the Democratic-controlled Congress doesn’t have to act to usher in the increase – it simply needs to take no action to extend the cuts or make them permanent, “something the new majority says it won’t do.”
Last September, Democrat Charles Rangel of New York – who is now chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee – said in an interview that he “cannot think of one” of Bush’s first-term tax cuts that merit renewal.
http://www.newsmax.com/
Filed under: Pelosi, Uncategorized
15/04/2007 • 05:50 0
Republican Jewish Coalition TV ad criticizes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s April 2007 visit and statements in Syria.
Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Double Standards, liberal agenda, MadLibz, National Security, Pelosi, Video, Youtube
26/01/2007 • 12:54 3
LOL.. I’ve received this before in email just as Greg (Glib Fortuna) over at StopTheAclu has. Pretty much sums up the MadLibz and their lack of logic. Fun times, funnnn times.
Filed under: Booya!!!, Democrats, Double Standards, Humor, liberal agenda, MadLibz, Pelosi
16/01/2007 • 13:34 0
Congress Cannot Silence Christians!!!
The lobbying legislation we have worried might apply to blogs before, will also apply to much more. The ACLJ is the place to go to learn all about it and get involved to stop it.
Nancy Pelosi hasn’t been Speaker of the House for two weeks yet and there is already proposed legislation which would be the most significant encroachment ever into the affairs and ability of churches and other organizations to communicate. Under the guise of lobbying reform, Speaker Pelosi and others have proposed legislation greatly expanding the scope of lobbying regulation which would have a significant impact on churches, pastors, religious denominations, public interest organizations, civic organizations and other nonprofit groups. Even private individuals who voluntarily pay for media to distribute important messages to the general public on political matters would be impacted.
So draconian is the proposed Lobbying Reform Bill that it would actually impose registration and reporting requirements on churches and other nonprofit organizations. This is because the definition of “lobbyist” and “lobbying firms” includes specifically grassroots-organizing efforts. Under this broad-based regulatory scheme that Nancy Pelosi is advocating, many churches, especially larger churches with TV and radio ministries, would be subject to registration as a lobbying organization. Failure to comply with these lobbying requirements could result in fines and even criminal sanctions. Churches and their pastors who address the social issues of the day and encourage members and non-members alike to mobilize for action, including communications with Congress, would be required to make certain initial and quarterly disclosures to the United States Congress about their activities.
Under the House version of the Bill, a church or organization would be considered a “grassroots lobbying firm” subject to this law if the group attempted to influence the general public to voluntarily contact federal officials in order to express their own views on a federal issue. Furthermore, many large churches and ministries utilize mass media to communicate their message. Under this House Bill by Nancy Pelosi, these communications, as long as they are directed to at least one person who is not a member of the church, would fall under this new Bill. Finally, if the church spends an aggregate of only $50,000 or more for such efforts in a quarterly period, they are now required to register as lobbyists. Many ministries spend $50,000 or more a month for air time.
This attempt to slip in this onerous requirement on churches and other organizations must be stopped. The rationale behind Speaker Pelosi and others’ desire to silence churches is obvious. Pastors addressing the moral issues of the day have been able to mobilize tens of thousands of individuals to speak out on various issues. But under this proposed legislation, if a church or denomination spent $50,000 of its own resources on air time to encourage people to support the confirmation of federal judicial nominees or to lend its support to a federal marriage amendment, then that church or denomination would be classified as a grassroots lobbying firm. This is one of the most significant violations of free exercise of religion and the freedom of political speech in our Nation’s history. Some have said that this plan is the most comprehensive regulation of political speech that has ever been put forward by Congress.
As one of the lawyers who argued against the campaign finance law at the Supreme Court of the United States, I can tell you that this increased government regulation of churches is not only unwarranted but also unwise. In my argument before the Court, I asserted that a prohibition on minors contributing to a political campaign was unconstitutional, and that students have fundamental rights of freedom of speech and freedom of association. A unanimous Supreme Court agreed with me. The same is true here. Lobbying reform can be put forward without impacting the ability of pastors and churches to speak out on the moral issues of the day, which is part of their prophetic responsibilities. The First Amendment of the Constitution provides for the right of the citizens to “petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Previous lobbying legislation recognized this right to petition the government and specifically carved out exceptions in the law. Unfortunately and not surprisingly, Speaker Pelosi’s proposals have no such protection for the ability of our citizens to petition the government. In essence, this proposed legislation attempts to override the United States Constitution.
This is not the way our Republic is structured. Congress has no authority to amend our United States Constitution on its own accord. If the Freedom of Speech and the Free Exercise of Religion Clauses mean anything, they mean that church leaders and other citizens have the right to address the moral issues of the day and encourage participation of the citizenry in support of or opposition to legislative initiatives. Nancy Pelosi’s proposed legislation would have stopped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from gathering support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In fact, as he addressed the social issues from the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA, he might well have had to register as a lobbyist.
What we need to do now is exercise our existing First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, freedom of association and the ability to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Our grievance is simple: Congress cannot silence churches and other organizations from grassroots involvement in critical issues of our day. Let us now petition the government aggressively and support an amendment to this proposed legislation by Senators Bennett, McConnell, Kyl, and Cornyn that would eliminate the provisions of this lobbying reform dealing with grassroots efforts. This way we can ensure that churches and many other public interest organizations would not have to register as lobbyists.
Go Here To Sign The Petition To Stop This Legislation.
Hat Tip: Jay
Filed under: Activism, Christian, conservative, Democrats, liberal agenda, MadLibz, News, Pelosi, Stop The Aclu
13/01/2007 • 20:33 0
There’s a fight brewing on Capitol Hill and it’s led by an angry bunch of Democrats.
“Escalation of this war is not the change the American people called for in the last election,” said Sen. Richard Durbin. “Instead of a new direction, the President’s plan moves the American commitment in Iraq in the wrong direction,” said Sen. Richard Durbin.
A handful of Republicans are skeptical as well, including normally reliable conservative senators such as Sam Brownback. Moderate Republicans are already jumping ship.
“It will put more American soldiers in the cross-hairs of sectarian violence, create more targets,” said Sen. Norm Coleman.
Read more Here: cbn.com
Filed under: conservative, Democrats, Iraq, liberal agenda, News, Pelosi, Republicans, Uncategorized, War On Terror
