Liberty
Texas Democrat Files Bill Against White Supremacy
Allie Griffin writes for the New York Post about the latest bad idea from Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced a bill aimed…
Sheila Jackson Lee
American lawyer and politician (1950–2024)
Education
Would congressional Democrats forgive their own student loans?
Brent Scher and Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon asked congressional Democrats about the impact of student loan forgiveness on their own finances. Just 1 of the 41 Democratic…
Health Care
Another blow for the anti-GMO crowd
Julie Kelly explains for National Review Online readers why recent federal action might mean the beginning of the end for “hysteria” surrounding genetically modified organisms. The GMO-labeling movement — the…
Regulation
Barron’s D.C. man probes the federal debate over online gambling restrictions
Jim McTague devotes his latest “D.C. Current” column in Barron’s to the debate over a proposed federal ban of Internet gambling. Hypocrisy, unlike this city’s delicate Cherry Blossoms, knows no…
Liberty
Pro-Abortion Advocate Calls Baby’s Heartbeat “sounds”
Thanks to JLF’s Roy Cordato for posting this stunning video over at sister blog The Locker Room. If you don’t yet understand that the pro-abortion position is an anti-science position,…
Liberty
Sheila Jackson Lee?out of this world
Let’s hope Sheila Jackson Lee never gets to pilot a SpaceX Dragon, the private space exploration vehicle which recently completed a very successful inaugural flight and landing. For all we…
Liberty
Mel Watt among only 15 to vote against blocking pay raise
It’s nice to see U.S. Rep. Mel Watt of North Carolina wants to share the pain of the dire economy. While giving lip service to the little people who are…
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Congress is listening…really!
Texas Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee put a concerned citizen “on hold” at a public form on health care to take a call on her cell phone. HT: AmSpecBlog
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Obama: First Horticulturist?
So many Obama plants are showing up at town hall meetings you’d think the president has taken on the job of First Horticulturist. First was the “random little girl” in…
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Is Nancy Pelosi a racist?
Must be: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise “contrary views” about the pop star’s…
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No N.C. congressmen in the GLBT Caucus
Fifty Democratic members of Congress and two Republicans have joined together to form the House Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus, but no North Carolinians appear in the group. Even…