In the history of mankind, many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state. TR
House Speaker John Boehner appeared moments ago to announce that a deal has been reached and that a government shutdown has been averted. Boehner in the past half hour presented the agreement to his caucus, and plans are moving ahead to pass a continuing resolution for at least several days while the deal is written into legislative language and given to Members to read. It
Updated at 10:51 pm Speaker Boehner is now presenting the framework of deal to the House Republican caucus to gain their acceptance. If accepted, a continuing resolution will move through the House to keep the government running. Various reports put the deal at close to $40 billion in cuts – even more than Boehner had been pushing for – but Republican acquiescence on abortion and
The budget deal has ruined the president’s weekend vacation. But there’s no word yet on whether Michelle and the girls will go anyway.
This is a remarkable self-help book by the man who has helped himself to billions. The public perception the Donald Trump, carefully nurtured by The Donald himself, is that of a self-aggrandizing egomaniac who will say anything to get attention. Sure it’s mostly true. But what is forgotten in all this is that Trump is a largely self-made billionaire who doesn’t suffer fools and who
It appears the Obamas may be headed down to Colonial Williamsburg this weekend for more than a history lesson. Mrs. Obama, it seems, wants something much more up to date. According to the Daily Press, which covers southeastern Virginia, the first lady has shopping on the brain. And we’re not talking about the Williamsburg Walmart. Rather, Mrs. Obama has been quietly investigating from afar the
Let’s figure out once and for all if the American people are serious about cutting the federal budget. My guess is they are. If they are, they will blame President Obama for the shutdown. If not, they will blame Speaker Boehner. It’s that simple. But we need to know. A lot of commentators are attempting to forecast who will earn America’s ire for the shutdown,
A third of American voters either do not think President Obama was born in the United States or are not sure about it, according to a Fox News poll. Some 24 percent say the do not believe he was born here, while 10 percent say they don’t know, while 67 percent say he was born in the United States. A few more say there is
President Obama and House Speaker Boehner appear to be arguing less over the amount of cuts than which cuts to make ad who wins politically, according to the Washington Post. The White House purposely saved Obama’s involvement in talks until the end as part of a strategy to show him marching to the rescue, POLITICO writes. Some Democrats blame Obama for the failure to get