It takes some hard knocks to the heads of Republicans to “get” it that they need to stop spending and stop with the earmarks! House Republicans have a new website for Earmark Reform……Earmark Reform - Stop the Earmarks. Fix Washington.
The spending habits of Congress – and pork-barrel earmarks, in particular – have become the […]

The Senate just voted down Senator Tom Coburn’s amendment - The Children’s Health Care First Act.  Apparently most Senators care more about pork or earmarks!
“The Children’s Health Care First Act,” that would have delayed funding for special interest pork projects until the Secretary of Health and Human Services certified that all children have health insurance. […]

Senator James DeMint and 8 other Republican Senators sent a letter to President Bush last week which identified measures to secure and manage the US borders.  All measures exist in current law!
Too bad Tennessee’s 2 Senators (Corker & Alexander) didn’t sign on to this letter!  No instead, they’ve signed onto the Hutchinson Amendment which has […]

So, Senators Kennedy and Kerry brought some of that military spending bacon home and this company received a contract probably based on their minority status being Hispanic likes to hire illegal aliens. 
From The Stein Report:
“The owner and three managers of a New Bedford [Mass.] leather manufacturer that’s won more than $91 million in U.S. […]

Who even knew there was a “Rule 14″ which allows Frist to bypass the committee process to go directly to the floor for a vote. Why haven’t we seen this used before? Frist intends to basically strip Sen. Spector’s Immigration Reform bill of the Guest Worker Program (you know, the Gold Card program) […]

At the very least the House Republicans are starting to understand the discontent of their base. Otherwise I don’t think this would have occurred. Now it would be real nice (drawl sound) if the the Senate would wake up and smell the coffee before it’s too late. I’m talking about the Immigration […]

H/T On The Wire
From a speech given by Rep. Sam Johnson (Tx, Rep) at CPAC last Thursday and it’s about time!
“I do know what it’s like to be far from home, serving your country, risking your life and hearing that America doesn’t care about you,” Johnson said, choking back tears.
“[Hearing] your Congress doesn’t care […]

The Pentagon has agreed to hearings on Able Danger which means Shaffer and Phillpott will be able to give testimony. It also means there are a few with the 911 Commission who are going to get very nervous, like Jamie Gorelick.
Weldon has singled out former 9/11 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick and commission staff member Dieter […]

Back a couple weeks ago when Murtha started to spew his bile for the Democrat Party I wrote about MN Rep John Kline (Col. USMC Ret). Interestingly enough he was in Iraq at the time. John Hinderocker at Powerline Blog interviewed Col. Kline and he made some interesting comments especially considering Kline’s subdued […]

I was wondering why Rep. (Col. Ret) John Kline and Mark Kennedy were missing from the infantile and damaging tantrum by the Democrats last week. Here they were in Iraq.

Dimitri Vassilaros- PittsburghLIVE.com
With many discussing a Flag Amendment (it’s been tried before - forgettaboutit) I saw this and wish this was in front and center instead.
Excerpt:

Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich., wants to change one word in the U.S. Constitution.
Replacing “persons” with “citizens” in the 14th Amendment would force the Census Bureau to discount foreigners — legals […]