Make the Lame Duck a Lame Duck

As discussed in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece today, there’s emerging evidence that Democrats intend to move all of their most controversial legislation — and their hearts’ deepest desires — to a lame duck session after the November elections.  That way, their members don’t have to take tough votes in advance of their elections [...]

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Health Care Bill

With apologies to Wallace Stevens. I. Among fifty failing states, The only moving thing Was the cost of the health care bill. II. The CBO was of three minds, Like a hopper In which there are three health care bills. III. A health care bill swirled in the cloakrooms. It was but a small part [...]

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Starve Them.

No, the title does not refer to what I’ve been doing to my readers for the last month.  Well, it doesn’t ONLY describe that. What it does refer to is the very easy, quite appropriate way for Congress to deal with Lisa Jackson’s attempted blackmail of the legislative branch.  It’s plain as day that EPA’s [...]

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Health Care Debate Proves Boehner Was the Right Choice for Leader

Lost among the frenzy of last Saturday’s health care debate were two discordant notes within the Republican caucus.  Both were the brainchild of Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ), who challenged Minority Leader John Boehner for his position during last winter’s the 2006 leadership elections.  I was a Shadegg guy then.  Now I’m glad the caucus voted [...]

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The Health Insurance Mandate: In Case There Was Any Doubt…

The House Ways and Means Committee confirmed today that the mandate provisions in Pelosicare will follow the form we’ve all expected: obey or go to jail.  While it’s an unconstitutional, brutal, and outrageous provision, it does crystallize the legal issues in a way the Senate bill does not.  These people have abandoned any pretense of [...]

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Stimulating Religious Discrimination

Senator Jim DeMint has highlighted a nasty little morsel in the Democratic stimulus legislation: (2) PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.—No funds awarded under this section may be used for— (C) modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities— (i) used for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or a school or department of divinity; or (ii) in which a substantial [...]

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