Nov 27, 2012 – What is true is that Reid routinely files cloture on matters before the first word has come out of either side’s mouth. … Thus, Reid effectively shuts off any debate or amendment on some of the most important issues of our time. … Remember several things: First, two years ago, Reid promised that he would reciprocate for Republican concessions by allowing the…

Nov 26, 2012 – We Are Ohio’s slogan regarding the constitutional amendment proposed by Ohioans for Workplace Freedom reads like a combination of George … or describing what the amendment would actually do. … The full text of the proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution is included below.…

Dec 13, 2012 – With his March announcement of a constitutional amendment to ban right-to-work and reverse Republican-led government reforms, sources … It was the UAW’s Bob King who fired the first shot.…

Dec 13, 2012 – transformational change, such as free market entitlement reform, elimination of a number of discretionary departments, or a balanced budget amendment … Boehner and the boys are scared to fight now; for the same reason they were scared to fight a dozen other times, including during the first…

Dec 12, 2012 – Thompson, who wrote the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment, also authored the amendment to the Ohio Constitution proposed by Ohioans … “Between 1947 and 1992, the number of jobs grew by 88.5 percent in first-tier counties on the pro-business side, 26 percentage points … more than the 62.6 percent increase for first-tier counties on the anti-business side,” Holmes wrote in the Spring 2000 issue of the…

Dec 11, 2012 – Last June, Senator Rand Paul illustrated this liberal hypocrisy by introducing an amendment to the Farm Bill, S. 3240, which would … Only 1 Democrat (Herb Kohl) in the entire Senate voted for this amendment. So what gives?  … It’s not evil to be rich, so long as that wealth is first transferred through the circuitous cycle of government, special interests…

Dec 18, 2012 – This ban was a truly bad idea when it was first imposed under the equally feckless Bill Clinton in 1994 as the Orwellian named Public … Back in 2004, when the first assault weapons ban had lapsed and Senator Dianne Feinstein was trying to generate interest in its extension … The ban on assault weapon simply allows the anti-Second Amendment people to use the next tragedy… and the last body had hardly hit…

Dec 17, 2012 – whom they wouldn’t care were they just inside the birth canal, let’s have the “conversation” about pretending away the Second Amendment … Because they want to change the law, the burden of proof lies on them; so here is the first question they must answer: Why didn’t … But if we are to discuss the value of gun restrictions, we first need an explanation from gun control advocates of why their ideas…

Jan 4, 2013 – But the first step will be to demolish the Senate rules so that gun control only requires 50 votes -– or so that gun control can be … The first McCain-Levin rules change would make it impossible to fight a motion to proceed to gun control legislation.   … Senator Rand Paul is currently planning to offer an  amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in the Senate before any anti-gun measure…

Jan 3, 2013 – The First Amendment is an important part of the Constitution to remember when it comes to these issues, he reminds us.…

Jan 2, 2013 – Even if something in the Constitution did stand in the way, what’s so onerous about the amendment process?   … John Adams supported the Alien and Sedition Acts, which violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech. … Amendment, as Professor Seidman wrongly suggests.…

Jan 2, 2013 – But in doing so, they need to move economic conservatism away from just tired old 20th century rhetoric into the twenty-first century … It is one of the few striking issues besides the second amendment.…

Dec 31, 2012 – Of course, there is no agreement that Senate Democrats must formulate a budget for the first time in 1342 days. … House conservatives must demand an open floor process so they can offer an amendment to fully extend all the rates including making…

Dec 26, 2012 – They turned the group into a political force, with the Second Amendment as their bible. … During the war, however, blacks obtained guns for the first time. … Which brings us to the Second Amendment – why we have one, what it means, and why it matters. What Is The Second Amendment?…

Jan 10, 2011 – So what do you think Senate Democrats are doing during the first twenty days of the new Congress? … But first, some background: WHAT DO I MEAN BY “CHEAT SCHEME”? … First, we can’t be sure of the political landscape in 2013.…

Jan 19, 2011 – But what makes Ted a truly remarkable candidate are two things: first, his deeply held and very well articulated belief in America … He has fought, among other things, to defend the Second Amendment, to protect American sovereignty, to fight for religious freedom,…

Jan 18, 2011 – In 1997, the United States Senate voted on a balanced budget amendment. … Jim DeMint and several of his colleagues are pushing a modified Balanced Budget Amendment and they want our help. … First, visit http://stopthedebtpledge.com and sign our “Stop the Debt” pledge.…

Jan 16, 2011 – : First, under current rules, Reid can force a “Mr. … WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT: First, Reid would have an absolute right to offer his composite vote-buying amendment, while people like DeMint … has had an opportunity to offer an amendment.…

Jan 15, 2011 – The first boundary is legal. Words inciting violence or panic are excepted from First Amendment protections. … And the first thing we can do is to crank down the rhetoric a few notches.” Shocked?  I thought not.  …

Jan 15, 2011 – This is not the time to restrict the Second Amendment rights of Americans to defend themselves from unbalanced individuals. … Expect 2011 to be a year when the opponents of the Second Amendment try to push for legislation to take away your rights to “keep and … The Second Amendment should not be restricted because of the act of one madman in Arizona. …

Jan 13, 2011 – For reasons that are really unclear to me, one of our own elected officials, Peter King (R-NY) was among the first on this bandwagon … “The Second Amendment is not about hunting deer or keeping a pistol in your nightstand,” the Texas Republican declared in 2006. … The Second Amendment grants the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.…

Jan 22, 2011 – In the first instance, in Scott v. … person”: The appellee and certain amici argue that the fetus is a “person” within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment … established, the appellant’s case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment…

Jan 21, 2011 – First, one Senator needs to use the provisions of Rule 14, to block H.R. 2 from being referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor … Dan Friedman at the Atlantic has this take: Republican aides noted they can force a vote by offering the repeal as an amendment, … Or — and this is what he’ll probably do — he could attach repeal as an amendment to something likely to pass the Senate. …

May 6, 2014 – But don’t violate my precious First Amendment rights to prevent something I’m not doing and can easily be remedied in any of the above … Tonight was my first night hosting our Bible study.  I don’t plan on it being my last.…

May 5, 2014 – The letter of the First Amendment against direct government censorship is still grudgingly respected – although the bureaucracy is…