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Speaker McCarthy and the GOP majority in the US House made a number of promises as this session of Congress began. Will this Congress act or will they pull a Lindsey Graham? In 2018 Senator Lindsey Graham promised to get to the bottom of the Mueller exam. The DOJ and FBI committed crimes in attempting a coup of the Trump Administration. Graham promised to get to who was behind this unconstitutional and criminal effort. But he lied. He never had any intention of digging into Obamagate and all the crimes that took place before the 2016 election and into the...

ASSOCIATED PRESS NOV. 16, 2022 3:32 PM PT WASHINGTON — Republican Mike Garcia wins reelection to U.S. House in California’s 27th Congressional District.

After a turbulent first year confronting friendly fire from President Trump, Senate Republicans are entering the summer before the midterm elections feeling more hopeful about retaining their narrow majority than at any time since the president’s election. And for good reason. Mr. Trump is enjoying a modest increase in his approval ratings this year and, as important, is attacking Democrats rather than inciting the internecine feuds that could depress Republican turnout. The economy continues to grow, as demonstrated by Friday’s unexpectedly strong jobs report, while unemployment has fallen to levels unseen since 2000. Republicans, already on the offensive thanks to...

The Republicans do not have a major legislative victory so far despite controlling the House, the Senate and the Presidency. Much of that is attributable to Republicans in Congress wanting to tread lightly politically so as not to offend. However, in this Divided Era, how the Democrats played politics with the likes of now Justice Gorsuch and the Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff should be a wakeup call for Republicans. Regardless of what you think of Trump, he didn’t get elected by being bashful. He said what was on his mind and promised big changes. On several fronts, at least in...

Democrats are panicking, and rightly so. Going into the November congressional elections, voter opposition to Obama is worse than it was for George W. Bush and for Bill Clinton at their respective six-year marks, and Democrats can’t unyoke themselves from him. It’s not just that Gallup’s latest polls show Obama’s policies are unpopular but that voters are planning to make a statement to that effect in November. Since 1998, Gallup has included a question to determine whether the voters are intending to use their vote to “send a message” that they either support or oppose the sitting president. Gallup found...

After hearing VP Biden discuss strangling Republicans, Barack Obama promises hand to hand combat if Republicans win big in November. From the Los Angeles Times: "A Republican majority in Congress would mean 'hand-to-hand combat' on Capitol Hill for the next two years, threatening policies Democrats have enacted to stabilize the economy, President Obama warned Wednesday. Speaking on Michael Baisden's syndicated radio show, Obama also made a direct appeal to African Americans about the importance of the November vote, even though he's not on the ballot himself. 'The reason we won [in 2008] is because young people, African Americans, Latinos --...

Nancy Pelosi is asking supporters to donate NOW to help prevent "subpoenas and investigations" resulting from a GOP majority. I'll say that again: Pelosi sees a House GOP majority coming at her fast, and she is in full-panic mode. Mama Pelosi is trying to protect Barack Obama, but could she also be personally concerned? Remember the Eric Massa scandal? Remember Air Pelosi and the abuse of her air force plane - her family riding - without her, in fact without anyone from the House traveling?

So, in 2000, a Prop 26 was on the ballot. What did it do? It was an attempt by Prop 13 opponents to undermine that 2/3 majority protection-- in the name of the children, of course! Well, voters solidly rejected this end-run on Prop 13, but one GOP Senate candidate supported it whole-heartedly: Carly Fiorina. Forget what I wrote on Friday. The silver lining about Tom Campbell's apparent collapse in the polls is this: conservatives may not have to make a "who do I think can win?' judgement between Fiorina and DeVore

Assessing the Republican electoral l sweep on Washington’s Fox Morning News November 10, Texas Sen. Phil Gramm said voters “didn’t send us here to raise taxes half as much as Bill Clinton, increase spending half as much as Bill Clinton, or increase regulations half as much as Bill Clinton.” Gramm will try to set himself apart from other presidential contenders with an unapologetic, fiscally conservative agenda.  But will Gramm’s stances position him at the center of his party or on its fringes?  Here are several issues the Republicans must confront if they want to be considered serious government cutters:  * Tax...

Charlie Cook, is an acclaimed political analyst and publisher of The Cook Political Report newsletter, which publishes analysis of the primaries and general elections for federal political offices and state governorships. The Report's predictions are accorded high credibility among journalists and politicians. Three weeks ago Cook's column in the National Journal predicted that if trends continue, the GOP will take over the house in 2010. He says that bad political news breeds more bad political news, and the Democrats have been faced with nothing but bad news. This week Cook has now upped the ante, he now says Presidental screw-ups...

During the healthcare debate "the Senate found itself tied in knots on Thursday over a bipartisan proposal to allow people to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and certain other countries. "Democratic leaders delayed a vote, in part, because they feared that the proposal would be approved, potentially blowing apart a deal negotiated by the White House and the pharmaceutical industry." [excerpted text] Sen. John McLame said: "'If it passes, as it should, it breaks the agreement that the White House made with PhRMA....the White House, as well as PhRMA, has been over here lobbying furiously.'"

The room was a little fuller than it had been in years this past Monday night at the joint fundraiser for the State Senate and House Republican caucuses. In what one legislative leader said was a “record setting” night for the event, the caucuses raised about $350,000 and saw around 550 people come through the door at Flyte. “It was a fantastic event,” said Rep. Jason Mumpower, House GOP Minority leader and likely future House Speaker. “We had old friends and a lot of new ones.” The new friends were apparently the source of a great deal of amusement to...

(Washington, DC) – “Nancy Pelosi should make sure that Pat Toomey is on her Christmas card list. Once again, Toomey and the folks at the Club for Growth are doing Pelosi’s work for her by undermining the GOP majority,” said Sarah Chamberlain Resnick, head of the RMSP PAC. “The Club for Growth’s vicious and deceptive campaign against Congressman Joe Schwarz shows just how far the Club will go to destroy our party. Congressman Schwarz’s loss tonight is a loss for Reagan Republicans everywhere.” “During the campaign, Tim Walberg and his backers at the Club for Growth worked hard to hide...

With their get tough on immigrants stance, Republicans have blown an opportunity to guarantee a GOP majority in perpetuityIn an outdoor press conference held across the street from the Capitol last week, Representative Tom Tancredo—the Colorado Republican who has made a name for himself, momentarily, by bashing illegal immigrants—pretended to be mystified by his more moderate Senate colleagues. "Who are you responding to?" he asked of them. "Nobody," he answered for them. None of the gazillions of citizen-patriots calling his office had expressed anything but dismay over the illegal aliens—a term that makes it sound as if the country were...

April 19, 2006, 6:12 a.m. Party Guy Hugh’s red-paint store. Q&A by Kathryn Jean LopezRadio talk-show host and blogosphere personality Hugh Hewitt is out with another book, this time with his blueprint for keeping Republicans in the majority, in Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority. He recently took some questions from NRO Editor Kathryn Lopez, channeling a lot of pent-up right-wing frustrations. Kathryn Jean Lopez: Why on God's green earth would I, a conservative, want a PERMANENT REPUBLICAN MAJORITY? Hugh Hewitt: Because the alternative — a majority of either the House or the...

WASHINGTON — Republicans say open races in states where a Democrat is retiring offer them the best chance to increase their Senate majority. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, offered an upbeat perspective on the 2006 races Monday. The GOP holds a 55-44 advantage in the chamber, with one Democratic-leaning independent. Dole cited Minnesota, where the party has a single candidate, Rep. Mark Kennedy, running against a number of Democrats hoping to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Mark Dayton. The same is true in Maryland, where the GOP is backing Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, while several...

Illustration by Project Projects ...Democrats constantly lament their financial disadvantage - and in an era in which money speaks louder than ever (and is more unequally distributed), their worries are understandable. But money is just one Republican weapon among many. Over the last decade, Republicans have rewritten the rules of Washington. From control of the agenda to the design of policies to the use of legislative procedure, they have used their ideological unity and the growing powers of the majority to simultaneously pursue conservative aims and avoid electoral fallout. You might call these measures "backlash insurance," because they protect Republicans...

What on earth has happened to Republicans in Washington? Twenty years ago, we conservatives could only dream of an opportunity like the one our elected representatives are now squandering: a Republican President with majorities in both houses of Congress, and two chances to nominate constitutionalists to the Supreme Court. For reasons we can't begin to explain, the Republican Party is in the midst of an identity crisis. Indeed, with each passing week, they behave more like the Democrats we elected them to displace. From education to prescription drugs to transportation to hurricane indemnity, today's Beltway Republicans can't seem to stop...

MPAA chief Dan Glickman says that after serving as a Democratic congressman for 18 years and a member of the Clinton administration (Secretary of Agriculture) for six, he has recognized the "need to build bridges to the Republican Congress." In an interview with today's (Monday) Los Angeles Times, he acknowledged the necessity of contributing to the campaigns of certain pro-movie-industry candidates who don't necessarily share his political outlook. "It's a reality that we have to be actively engaged in the political process," Glickman told the Times. "I've already become a much more active contributor on the Republican side of the...

The Kickoff Rally for George Fassitt, the Republican Candidate for Biloxi City Council's Newly Created Sixth Ward and potentially the first African American GOP member will be held at the Biloxi Beachfront Hotel, 2400 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, Mississippi 39531. The date is March 10, 2005 at 11:00 a.m., and refreshments will be served. Whether or not you can make it, contributions are gladly appreciated and checks may be sent to: Campaign to Elect George Fassitt P.O. Box 4201 Biloxi MS 39532. The number is (228)209-2652 George, a successful mortgage broker and ordained minister, is attempting to become the first African-American...