Posts Tagged ‘Congress’

What is with politicians these days?  Is it impossible for some of them to give a simple yes or no answer to a question?  Unfortunately, that is the case with Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley. A couple weeks ago at the Iowa State Fair, I asked Congressman Braley if he supported the mosque, or the “learning center” ... Full story

By Nathan Tucker The recent discussion over nullification and the 10th Amendment has shown that there is a wide-spread desire for additional constitutional checks on the federal government.  Many supporters of nullification are attracted to it, not necessarily because they understand or agree with the theory behind it, but because they see it as ... Full story

In response to the administration’s silence and lack of a denial, Senator Chuck Grassley and 11 other senators again have asked top government officials if the Obama administration has plans, as has been rumored, to unilaterally extend either “deferred action” or “parole” to millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.  The senators are asking ... Full story

By Congressman Ron Paul Last week I was pleased to see my Republican colleagues take up the cause to fully and completely audit the Federal Reserve by including my language from the Federal Reserve Transparency Act in a Motion to Recommit the financial regulation reform bill. Although this effort was defeated by the Democrat ... Full story

By Nathan Tucker On this day 234 years ago, our Founders declared that “these United Colonies are, and of a Right ought to be Free and Independent States that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown.”  Increasingly, our country’s birth certificate is being cited among conservative activists as binding legal authority to ... Full story

By Nathan Tucker Sharron Angle, the Tea Party favorite who won the Republican Senate nomination in Nevada, has been labeled an extremist for, among other things, wanting to abolish the federal department of education.  The Department of Education was signed into law in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter.  At the time, however, the new department was ... Full story

The race for the Republican nomination in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District continues to be heated. Yesterday afternoon, the Gettemy campaign ripped Miller-Meeks for taking a PAC contribution from the American Medical Association because the AMA supported Obamacare. Miller-Meeks fired back by questioning Gettemy’s association with Rob Parsons, the founder of GoDaddy.com. Rob Gettemy reveals $50,000 ... Full story

Written by Nathan Tucker Shortly after winning the Republican primary for one of Kentucky’s senate seats, Rand Paul, an eye doctor and son of Texas Congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul, said during an interview on The Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC that, from a libertarian perspective, he had reservations about the Civil Rights Act ... Full story

Will Johnson answers the call to educate his opponent on constitutional principles and the Christian morals they represent
. Will Johnson, as the Constitutionally Conservative Republican looking to take on the establishment incumbent (D) Bruce Braley here in the 1st Congressional District of Iowa, fields yet another question his opponent has. Ben Lange, as the only other ... Full story

As primary day draws nearer, candidates running for office are doing all they can to communicate with as many people as possible. Candidates can accomplish that in a number of ways. They can use TV ads, radio ads, direct mail, and phone calls. All of those methods have one thing in common - they all cost money. While the amount one can raise ... Full story