U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has let Politico in on his grand campaign strategy — putting together an Operation Desert Storm-style force that will demolish anyone that gets in its way. “I’m running a Colin Powell military operation,” Alexander says in an interview with Politico posted Sunday, “which is assemble an overwhelming force, focus on a [...]
To help Kansans understand how legislators vote, Kansas Policy Institute has produced the Kansas Freedom Index for 2013.
By Dan Bacher
In spite of overwhelming opposition from environmentalists, fishermen, family farmers, elected officials and the majority of Californians, the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) on Thursday, May 16 unanimously adopted what it described as a …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation joins a long line of agencies that are looking into the inner workings, and possible illegal activity, of Michele Bachmann’s 2012 presidential campaign. The Federal Election Commission, Office of Congressional Ethics, Iowa Senate Ethics Committee and Urbandale Police Department are also investigating the campaign. There is also an Iowa lawsuit [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching. At long last, the idiocy, connivery and outright incompetence of the Obama administration is coming to light … How bad was last week for Barack and his buddies? In an attempt to deflect the torrent [...]
Republicans complimented the restraint exercised by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown in the revised budget he presented May 14.
Several of Brown’s Democratic legislative allies criticized him for being too tight-fisted.
Ultimately, scattered GOP applause isn’t going to translate into budget “aye” votes and Democratic disgruntlement isn’t going to mean less than the 41 votes needed to send a budget back to Brown that looks quite similar to the one that spawned their initial complaints.
What the rhetorical volley does mean is the official start of budget season.
There have been several months of subcommittee hearings and explications of the Read more »
Republicans complimented the restraint exercised by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown in the revised budget he presented May 14.
Several of Brown’s Democratic legislative allies criticized him for being too tight-fisted.
Ultimately, scattered GOP applause isn’t going to translate into budget “aye” votes and Democratic disgruntlement isn’t going to mean less than the 41 votes needed to send a budget back to Brown that looks quite similar to the one that spawned their initial complaints.
What the rhetorical volley does mean is the official start of budget season.
There have been several months of subcommittee hearings and explications of the Read more »