Capitol Hill Updates

  • Hatch, Coburn, Group of Senators Introduce Legislation Preventing Federal Funding of Abortion in Health Law
    Until the Tea Party and other pro-family supporters  --  who dumped six Democrat Senators from office last year  --  get rid of more pro-abortion Senators, mostly from the Democrat Party, there will be little chance of seeing commonsense legislation overwhelmingly supported by the American people passed such as H.R.3, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" which passed the United States House of Representatives by the huge margin of 251-175 yesterday.  However, there are a group of pro-life Senators such as Republican Senators Orrin Hatch (UT), Tom Coburn (OK),...
  • RSC Chairman Jordan on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
    The former Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the United States House of Representatives, the late Congressman Henry Hyde, Republican from Illinois  --  and the pro-life champion of Congress since the most infamous decision by a Supreme Court in American history, Roe v. Wade in 1973  --  introduced legislation shortly after this abominable decision to ameliorate what the court had done. The Hyde Amendment was passed on September 30, 1976 by the House of Representatives, by a margin of 207-167 which barred the use of certain federal funds to pay for abortions....
  • House Republicans Take Action to Defund Parts of the ObamaCare Infrastructure
    One of the most infamous pieces of legislation ever passed by any other Congress, ObamaCare, passed in March of this past year by the Democrat-controlled Congress --  which is still opposed by a large majority of the American people  --  is being dismantled by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives one part at a time. The Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, Congressman Tom Price, a medical doctor from Georgia, reports in the press release below the latest effort by the Republicans to satisfy the will of the American people to defund ObamaCare and...
  • "The policies of this administration remain destructive to our economy and job growth"
    The Chairman of the House of Representatives' Republican Policy Committee, Congressman Tom Price, a medical doctor from Georgia, said today that "The policies of this administration remain destructive to our economy and job growth." Chairman Price was referring to the fact that America's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by a paltry rate of 1.8% during the first quarter of 2011.  The unemployment rate is still hovering around the 9% level.  In other words, after a trillion dollars of stimulus which the Democrat Party forced upon the economy, and after a presidential promise that the...
  • RPC Chairman Price appalled at $4.00 per gallon gasoline prices
    When the Obama administration took over on January 20, 2009, the price of a gallon of gasoline was a high, but tolerable, $1.83 per gallon.  Now, the average price of a gallon of gasoline is flirting with an astounding $4.00 per gallon level, and in some states has already passed the $5.00 per gallon level.   The Chairman of the House of Representatives' Republican Policy Committee (RPC), Congressman Tom Price, a medical doctor from Georgia is saying enough is enough.  In his committee's press release below, Chairman Price says:  “Under their political economy,...
  • Chairman of GOP Policy Committee Condemns Demagoguery on Road
    Congressman Tom Price, the Chairman of the House of Representatives' Republican Policy Committee, and a medical doctor from Georgia, condemned the Democrats, including the president, for using inflammatory rhetoric as they conduct townhall meetings during Easter congressional recess.   As many political analysts are saying on television news programs, these politicians on the left, led by their party's leader, are blatantly lying about the very responsible budget  --  eliminating $6.2 trillion from Obama's budget  --  which was introduced in Congress by the House...
  • GOP Leader McConnell Names GOP Whip Kyl as Appointee in Deficit Talks with VP Biden
    The Republican Leader in the United States Senate, Senator Mitch McConnell, appointed the Senate Republican Whip, Senator Jon Kyl, as the Senate Republican appointee to come up with deficit spending solutions in meetings with Vice President Joe Biden beginning on May 5th.  Directly below is the press release from Republican Senate Leader McConnell's office announcing this appointment: McConnell Taps Republican Whip Kyl for Deficit Meetings with Vice President ‘A serious and credible path forward to reduce spending is the only thing, in my judgment, that will get Republican votes in the...
  • RSC Chairman Jordan says RSC Fully Supports Ryan's "Path to Prosperity"
    The chairman of the nearly 180-member conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) in the United States House of Representatives, Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, said that although he was disappointed that the RSC budget did not pass the House last week  --  a budget which would have cut some $9 trillion from the president's budget  --  he fully supports House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" budget.  Here is today's RSC press release: --- From the Chairman It has been said a million times, but it bears repeating still: America’s enormous...
  • House Majority Whip McCarthy Blasts Obama's "Out-of-Control" Spending and Debt
    The House of Representatives Majority Whip, Congressman Kevin McCarthy, Republican from California, is blasting the Obama administration in the press release below for not being serious about the national debt nor offering up a credible budget.  Here is Majority Whip McCarthy's press release: - - - McCarthy: We Must Address Our Out-Of-Control Spending and Debt Washington, D.C. – House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) issued the following statement regarding today’s Standard and Poor’s statement: “Today’s announcement from S&P should be a wake-up call to those who believe we can...
  • Chairman Paul Ryan's Budget Cutting $6.7 Trillion Passes House Easily
    Note the House Republican Study Committee summary below of the history-making events which occurred in the Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives this week, including the passage by a margin of 235-193 of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-WI which cut some 6.2 TRILLION dollars from the president's first budget for 2012 introduced a couple months ago.  The president was forced to submit a second budget for 2012 this week in order to try to catch up with the House Republicans, a budget which includes massive tax increases on many Americans and very little...