Jan 15, 2013 – The House will first try to pass a bill (H.R. 152) to provide about $17 billion to address the ‘more immediate’ recovery needs, including … 51% Then the House will consider an amendment, sponsored by Rep. … As for offsets, they did make one amendment in order – a Mulvaney amendment to offset the $17 billion cost with a 1.63% cut in all…

Jan 14, 2013 – It has long been the position of 2nd Amendment advocates that gun control works against the public safety in that it leaves the law … “First and foremost there is no such thing as an ‘assault weapon,’” says radio host and CNN contributor Dana Loesch on her blog this … “[The] Nazi invention (Sturmgewehr) fully named Sturmgewehr 44, and is regarded as the first “assault” rifle.…

Jan 11, 2013 – Moreover, (via Drudge) in Louisiana, the Sheriff’s Department in Caddo Parish is “inviting children to participate in the “Kids First … Checking the box…’ NRA blasts Biden after gun task force meeting After Meeting, NRA Says White House Has ‘Agenda to Attack the Second Amendment … ’ Handy pro-gun talking points Why I’m against gun control Two-Faced Union Bosses Help Shape Obama’s Attack On 2nd Amendment Did Union…

Jan 11, 2013 – announced in a January 9 release that over 1,000 educators have applied for its partner foundation’s Armed Teacher Training Program first … Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, interest from teachers and other school employees was much higher than the pro-Second Amendment … Buckeye Firearms Foundation plans to hold the first Armed Teacher Training Program class this spring, and intends to “select a wide…

Jan 24, 2013 – leader can short-circuit the filibuster against moving to a new bill so long as he allows the minority party to offer two germane amendment … livid, given that Reid’s given up a bit, not least of which is (in at least some cases) his time-honored trick of filling up the amendment … Yes, Democrats can point to some cherished action items that were lost in the first half of Obama’s term (the public option, card check…

Jan 24, 2013 – First, he will offer a rules change that would need 60 votes to get over a filibuster of the rules change because it has been drafted … The first resolution would provide two options to expedite the motion to proceed.  … The first option would allow Senator Reid to file cloture shortly after filing a bill. …

Jan 21, 2013 – That Committee, one third of our RNC members, worked diligently, debated carefully every proposed amendment, reviewed its years of … First, he systematically submitted amendments to reverse the few and useful changes adopted by the Standing Committee and the full … No such amendment shall be adopted after September 30, 2014.…

Feb 1, 2013 – militia as both a bulwark against tyranny and a line of national defense was, of course, famously the backdrop for the Second Amendment … When Washington undertook to form a Continental Army from the forces before Boston in 1775, he initiated the first of several measures … During the first two campaigns of the war, it was the custom to encourage both the enlisted soldier and the militiaman to bring their…

Feb 1, 2013 – All things equal, when preparing to compromise on a policy issue, it is better for conservatives to first work together to craft a … That is why it is so disconcerting that the statement of “conservative principles” on the issue of immigration was first crafted with … In other words, we need ‘comprehensive’ enforcement first.…

Jan 31, 2013 – Hey Chuck Grassley: The first amendment is not a suggestion any more than the second amendment is.…

Feb 19, 2013 – For the first time in history inaction is now a taxable undertaking. … Below is my proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. … Kerry Bentivolio is a first-term Congressman who represents Michigan’s 11th district.…

Feb 19, 2013 – must write good laws establishing delimited parameters for what the government can and can’t have – consistent with the Fourth Amendment … Like then-President and First Lady Bill and Hillary Clinton’s illegally obtained 900 FBI files getting him out of an impeachment conviction…

Feb 16, 2013 – Over the past few days, The New York Times and Politico have run stories describing Cruz’s first 6 weeks in office as combative and … Yet, in just a matter of a few weeks, Senator Cruz has done more to fight the blame-America-first crowd than the brokeback partnership … From his stand against Hagel and Kerry and his strong and articulate defense of the Second Amendment to his leadership against the…

Feb 16, 2013 – As I first reported earlier this week, four Missouri Democrats are leading the charge to confiscate semiautomatic firearms from law-abiding … to obfuscate the real story, which is the disrespect they bear for their constituents with their attempt to limit their Second Amendment … If these lawmakers demand courtesy from their constituents, they can first demonstrate it with responsible legislative action and proper…

Jun 18, 2010 – CQ reports that Senator Coburn (R-OK) has a “clay pigeon” amendment to cut 20 different portions of the bill.  … Amendment rights of Americans to participate in the electoral process.   … Celts were up 3-2 in the series and played excellent defense in the first half of game 7.  …

Jun 17, 2010 – Amendment protections are subject to negotiation. … The Second Amendment surely cannot be far behind. . . .The [Disclose] act serves notice on certain speakers that their involvement … There is no room under the First Amendment for Congress to make deals on political speech, whether with the NRA or anyone else.…

Jun 17, 2010 – NRA claims it is a single issue organization solely focused on the second amendment.If that is true, why is the NRA dabbling in a first … amendment issue?…

Jun 16, 2010 – of the First Amendment. … The NRA stands absolutely obligated to its members to ensure maximum access to the First Amendment, in order to protect and preserve … the freedom of the Second Amendment.”Oh, so they are a two issue organization — defending the second amendment by using the first…

Jun 16, 2010 – First, as I said back them, Bennett and Bridgewater struck a deal to throw support to Bridgewater should Bennett lose. … “Instead, I am just a two-bit, wannabe political consultant, contacted by some Utah folks wanting to exercise their First Amendment…

Jun 16, 2010 – Cutting a special deal at the expense of the First Amendment with lawmakers who have decided for now to stop gutting the Second Amendment … Get a load of this: The most potent defense of the Second Amendment requires the most adamant exercise of the First Amendment. … This is clearly not about “ensur[ing] maximum access to the First Amendment.”…

Jun 16, 2010 – National Rifle Association’s First Amendment Sellout 4. To Democrats, Words Are More Dangerous Than Physical Violence 5. … National Rifle Association’s First Amendment Sellout he National Rifle Association just sold out your First Amendment right to participate … Upon first watching the interview, I saw it a big story and was determined to make it go viral.…

Jun 15, 2010 – The National Rifle Association just sold out your First Amendment right to participate in the democratic process.   … A senior staffer on the Hill tells RedState that “the NRA apparently believes that the 2nd Amendment is the only constitutional amendment … Amendment applies to each and every one of us. …

Jun 15, 2010 – The argument, as I understand it, is that the NRA is a single-issue advocacy group; and their single-issue is the Second Amendment, … not the First. …

Jun 14, 2010 – I support Gun Owners of America, which is a consistent and uncompromising defender of the second amendment, not a weak little girl … If they were really committed to freedom, let alone the second amendment, they should be encouraging more freedom loving, second amendment … amendment advocate and while I’ve been open with my criticisms of him, he and I typically stand shoulder to shoulder on this issue…

Jun 14, 2010 – Supreme Court held that “corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First … Amendment.”  … After the first vote, the succeeding votes will be 10 minute votes.…