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Of all the Fox News personalities, Kiran Chetry certainly ranks among the easiest on the eyes. It is with a heavy heart, thus, that I must report on this PC-comment that she just uttered. Discussing the Miers kerfluffle, Chetry approvingly cited a recent statement by Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski [with whom Kiran would never be confused in a line-up] to the effect that the criticism of Miers is "sexist" and reflective of "a double standard." Please. If Miers were a man, there is no way she would have been nominated in the first place, and even if by some unimaginable...

Ignorance? Or Dishonesty? President Bush has used his recess appointment authority to appoint John Bolton as US Ambassador to the UN. Reading the reactions of Liberal Senators released today makes me wonder – Are some of these Liberal Senators ignorant of the Constitution? Or do they think they can lie to the American people with impunity? Sens. Reid and Kennedy must have collaborated. They both used the “abuse of power” attack. Reid: “[T]he latest abuse of power by the Bush White House.” Kennedy: “The abuse of power and the cloak of secrecy from the White House continues.” What “abuse of...

"Well, you really botched it this time. Too bad your ego is bigger than your brain."

Victory is in sight thanks to your tremendous efforts! The House today passed by a vote of 368-58 the final conference agreement on the Emergency Appropriations Supplemental Act (H.R. 1268) with Rep. Sensenbrenner's (R-WI) REAL ID provisions largely intact. This is a major victory for homeland security and the fight against illegal immigration! These provisions will help keep driver's licenses out of the hands of illegal aliens and the terrorists among them, will close dangerous loopholes in our asylum system, and will improve border security by enabling the completion of the San Diego/Tijuana border fence. Your continuous faxes, emails, phone...

In 2001, Dems claimed to support Social Security reform -- as long as it meant sacrificing tax relief. ----- Did you know there once was a time when Democrats admitted they believed Social Security needed protection and reform? Of course, it's quite significant that, of the occasions they took to trumpet the need to fix the program, they were the loudest when they used Social Security reform to justify their strident opposition to President Bush's first tax relief package in the first few months of 2001. Juxtaposing the Democratic Party's lackadaisical position on Social Security reform today (remember, they actually...

Les Kuczynski, Executive Director of the Polish American Congress announced that thanks to strong pressure from Polish Americans, the U.S. Senate may pass a bill to abolish visas for Poles. The draft bill was submitted for debate by senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) in September, 2003, and fast-tracked. It was subsequently blocked by an anonymous senator, but lobbying from Polish-Americans, the senator withdrew the objection. The so-called anonymous dissenter was reportedly Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.)

..."It's not personal," Pipkin said. "It's about her voting record." Pipkin said his television commercials bashing Mikulski are based on congressional records. The ad claims Mikulski voted for higher taxes 350 times. Mikulski said that's just wrong. She said about half those 350 votes were procedural votes to simply hear bills and not necessarily to pass them. Pipkin's ad also claims Mikulski voted against military pay increases. Mikulski said the ad is true, but it's misleading. She said while she did vote twice against a military pay raise, she also voted for increases 17 times. "What you can do is...

STEVENSVILLE, MD – Maryland U.S. Senate candidate E.J. Pipkin has received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association. “While my opponent has consistently voted to prevent law-abiding citizens from lawfully possessing firearms, she has sought fit to support legislation which infringes on the constitutional rights set by our forefathers-rights I intend to uphold,” says Pipkin. “It is time Maryland had a U.S. Senator who stands up for the rights of law-abiding citizens and supports legislation to put those criminals who commit crimes with a gun behind bars.” In 1994, Senator Barbara Mikulski voted against mandatory sentences for criminals in possession...

According to the Kerry campaign, any normal activity done in the year preceding a presidential election is off limits. This policy is notably something that the Kerry campaign has followed perfectly. Kerry has rarely showed up for Senate votes over the past year, making an exception only for important issues like the protection of partial birth abortion. When Bush offered Kerry an intelligence briefing, he refused, citing a busy schedule dealing with the selection of his running mate. When the same information offered to him was made public, he questioned the timing. When Bush recently announced a plan to remove...

  IT’S OUTING SEASON!  (Has Sen. Barbara Mikulski, just been outed?)Ready for the federal marriage amendment?By Michelangelo SignorileAs the July 12 date nears for a vote on the federal marriage amendment, an outing panic has gripped Washington's political and media circles. Some gay activists have vowed to expose those closeted members of Congress who are supporting the amendment, as well as the closeted gay staffers of any member backing it. And it's not only right-wing Republicans who should be on notice. After initially indicating that she would vote against the constitutional amendment that would make gays and lesbians into second-class...

On June 3, I asked Maryland's Gov. Robert Ehrlich about California's federal Judge Phyllis Hamilton's ruling that Congress' overwhelmingly passed law against partial-birth abortion is unconstitutional. And I also asked about what I thought was the ACLU – but later realized it was Americans United for Separation of Church and State (the Rev. Barry Lynn) who wrote the IRS to complain about alleged "electioneering" by the Colorado Springs Catholic Bishop Michael Sheridan's pastoral letter about Catholic politicians receiving Communion. QUESTION: Since there was no such objection to New Orleans Catholic Archbishop Joseph Rummel's excommunication of arch-segregationist Leander Perez in 1962,...

Washington, Mar. 26 (CWNews.com) - The US Senate yesterday passed a bill that will make criminals punishable for harm done to unborn children in the course of a violent crime. Ten Catholic senators voted against the bill, which was opposed by abortion providers. The legislation which the Senate approved on March 25 has already been passed by the House of Representatives. It now needs only the signature of President George W. Bush in order to become federal law. The President has indicated that he fully supports the measure, and is likely to sign it promptly. The measure passed despite the...

                                    U.S. Senate                                 Committee on Armed Services,                                Washington, DC, October 9, 1998.       The President,       The White House, Washington, DC.           Dear Mr. President: We are writing to express our concern        over recent developments in Iraq.           Last February, the Senate was working on a resolution        supporting military action if diplomacy did not succeed in        convincing Saddam Hussein to comply with the United Nations        Security Council resolutions concerning the disclosure and        destruction of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. This        effort was discontinued when the Iraqi government reaffirmed        its...

Wed Oct 22,12:06 PM ET Sen. Barbara Mikulski (news, bio, voting record, and one-time White House intern), D-Md., speaks at a press conference with Sen. Hillary Clinton (news - web sites), D-N.Y., Sen. Bob Graham (news, bio, voting record), D-Fla., and Rep. Ted Strickland (news, bio, voting record), D-Ohio, right, at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003. The officials spoke out in rejection of the new administration budget proposal for increased membership fees and higher co-payments for veterans medical care. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

DC Sniper Anniversary Brings Call for More Gun ControlBy Jeff JohnsonCNSNews.com Congressional Bureau ChiefOctober 02, 2003 Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - Gun control activists seized on the first anniversary of the Washington, D.C., sniper shootings a day early Wednesday to press their call for expanding restrictions on the Second Amendment right of American citizens to keep and bear arms. Gun rights advocates said Thursday that no one should be surprised by the exploitation of a tragedy. Speaking about the sniper shootings Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) became so angry over the prospect that Congress might not extend a ban on military-looking...

The top two Republicans in the Maryland State Senate are asking Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-36-Upper Shore, to take on incumbent Democrat Barbara Mikulski in next year's U.S. Senate election. "We believe that success you have had in the past will translate into success in a U.S. Senate run in 2004," wrote Sens. J. Lowell Stoltzfus, the Senate Minority Leader, and Andrew P. Harris, the Senate Minority Whip, in a letter to Pipkin. "We hope you will consider seriously our encouragement and look forward to your future candidacy for U.S. Senate." In July, Maryland Republican Party Chairman John Kane also urged...

[ED. NOTE: Following are excerpts from the 1998 Congressional Record. They are EXTREMELY revealing as to who was wringing their hands over the danger posed to U.S. security by Iraq and its WMD just five years ago, and who was calling Iraq’s actions that year a "crisis." These debates led to passage of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, WHICH MADE REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ UNITED STATES POLICY. Please bear with this long post. It’s crucial ammunition for anyone who wants clear, unambiguous evidence of Democrat hypocrisy on Iraq and WMD.] [BEGIN EXCERPTS: Click link above to search the full...

Before you even read this piece, I want you to open a new e-mail and send the link to everyone in your address book. Yes, it's that big - and it's the kind of news you never would have heard about without the so-called new media. I've posted here a letter from the Senate Committee on Armed Services to President Bill Clinton on October 9, 1998. It reminds the president of the February resolution authorizing military force if Saddam failed to comply with UN Security Council resolutions "concerning the disclosure and destruction of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction." June 5,...

Analysis George W. Bush President George W. Bush continues to do very well indeed in Democratic-dominated Maryland, with a steady-as-she-goes 55% favorable rating (54% in January). Thirty percent of Maryland voters view him unfavorably, and 15% have a neutral opinion of Bush. Similarly, the President's job approval rating is, so far, rock solid in the Free State. Sixty-two percent approve of the job Bush is doing as president (63% in September 2002), and 31% disapprove, a two-to-one ratio. The remaining 7% offered no answer. Bush's numbers are certainly buoyed by huge figures among Republicans (91% approval), but he also does...