Nov 17, 2010 – First is the fact that Senator Jim DeMint’s (R-SC) Amendment to the Senate Republican Conference rules is tough to enforce.   … Senator Reid has indicated that he will use procedural maneuvers to block Senator Coburn from offering the amendment. … The Omnibus spending bill is expected to be loaded with earmarks and may be the first test for the President.  …

Dec 6, 2010 – The first idea that should be deployed by conservatives is to force a vote on the below new rule to protect the Second Amendment rights … Second Amendment Point of Order.  … The first is that there is no language in the constitution that enshrines the filibuster.…

Dec 2, 2010 – In their first post-election coordinated assault, Democrats and their union hangers-on have taken to haranguing Republican opponents … Should supporters of First Amendment rights turn in their library cards? Nonsense.…

Dec 1, 2010 – Founders wanted Senators to be statesmen capable of compromise and negotiation in the face of the threat of unlimited debate and amendment … There is no rule that makes an exception to changes in the Senate’s rules during the first few weeks of a new Congress.  … or 80 votes for that matter) threshold, to consider any bill, resolution or any other legislative matter infringing on the 2nd Amendment…

Dec 10, 2010 – Having exercised my First Amendment rights in Gettysburg recently, I was bewildered by allegations on both Fox Nation and RedState…

Dec 23, 2010 – Liberals are going to destroy the tradition of extended debate and a free amendment process in the Senate if they can pull off this … He uses his right to be recognized first by the chair to offer just enough amendments to bills to block any further amendments. … Wichterman argues that Reid could solve this problem, not with a rules change, but with him allowing more debate and an open amendment…

Dec 22, 2010 – Harvard’s disingenuous Solomon Amendment statement. ———————————————————————- 1. … Harvard’s disingenuous Solomon Amendment statement. … Said campaign absolutely flaunts the intent of Congress (as per the ‘Solomon Amendment’), but has been generally tacitly tolerated…

Dec 21, 2010 – House leadership, as items such as the Pence Amendment which would have defunded Planned Parenthood — the nation’s largest abortion … In 2008, I was first introduced to the personhood movement.   … Did personhood proponents vote for Amendment 62 and leave the checkbox next to Ken Buck blank?  Possibly.  …

Dec 21, 2010 – Said campaign absolutely flaunts the intent of Congress (as per the ‘Solomon Amendment’), but has been generally tacitly tolerated … and desist all aspects of its civil disobedience campaign and put itself in full compliance with 10 U.S.C. § 983 (the Solomon Amendment … take the position that it’s the Ivy League contingent in our government who got the country into its current fiscal mess in the first…

Dec 20, 2010 – The attacks are disguised as political correctness, or a misunderstanding of the First Amendment to the Constitution.…

Jan 5, 2011 – The claim that in the “first day,” they can change the rules with a simple majority vote.  … First, the rules specifically forbid this power grab by liberal Democrats (See Rule 22).  … Extended debate and unlimited amendment is part of the fabric of the institution.…

Jan 5, 2011 – Hammond, former General Counsel Senate Steering Committee 1978-89 In Lyndon Johnson’s time, first-term senators were expected to … But now, a group of first-termers –- frustrated that the Senate will not give them every single legislative fragment they desire -– … He puts an “amendment tree” in place –- meaning that he uses his preferred recognition to file so many amendments that Republicans…

Jan 4, 2011 – election The democratic right of workers to freely and collectively choose if they want to form their UAW local union is the workers’ First … Amendment right. … First, the UAW wants access to employer records and, presumably, books (as in profit and loss statements).…

Jan 1, 2011 – important because it has been widely noted that the Citizens United case would allow the US Chamber of Commerce to exercise its First … Amendment rights more freely. …

Dec 30, 2010 – It will be considered first on January 4th by House Republicans alone, and then thereafter by the full House of Representatives. … This is a major improvement that could be added by amendment when House Republicans consider the package on January 4th. … It is a nice first step by Republican Leaders, and rank-and-file Republican would be wise to resist efforts to water it down and look…

Jul 28, 2011 – Then Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements, and the Tea Party hobbits could … First up, my rendition of the Tea Party Hobbits and Friends (click for full size): (If you can’t guess who everyone is, blame global…

Jul 27, 2011 – There’s a first time for everything.People want a deal. People want John Boehner’s deal. … And a guarantee of a losing vote on a balanced budget constitutional amendment doesn’t get you anywhere.…

Jul 25, 2011 – The first stage of the proposal calls for $1.2 trillion in discretionary spending cuts over the next 10 years, in exchange for a $1 … Under CCB, the passage of a balanced budget amendment is a pre-condition to raising the debt limit.  … Furthermore, it is unclear how much of the $1.2 trillion in first-step cuts would be implemented immediately. …

Jul 24, 2011 – In April, Republicans had their first chance to fulfill their mandate by passing a continuing resolution for FY 2011 that slashed government … majority of voters support repeal of Obamacare; 66% of adults support Cut, Cap, and Balance; 74% of adults support a balanced budget amendment…

Aug 4, 2011 – First they were concerned we did not deal with our debt problem. … I wonder if you could tell us, first off, why you wrote it and who should be interested in reading it? … district, but without earmarks they had to pass the bill on its merit and it wouldn’t pass until they added a balanced budget amendment…

Aug 2, 2011 – To forestall the coming horror, they worked tirelessly to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment, means test entitlement programs, close … announced deal, and the government’s borrowing costs rise as a result, the now relatively small spending cuts contemplated in the first…

Jul 31, 2011 – And I bet, after the first time little Sasha gets groped at the airport, TSA procedures will become a lot more “freedom-friendly.” … LIE #3: BOEHNER 7.0 WILL PROMISE “ACTION ON [OUR] BELOVED [SIC] BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT” There will be two loopholes: The mandate … will apparently be ambiguous about the version of the balanced budget amendment to be considered –- leaving open a proposal allowing…

Aug 18, 2011 – creative economy, limit our ability to access useful information online, harm competition and innovation, and test the limits of the First … Amendment.…

Aug 16, 2011 – the most dimwitted and politically unaware person in the universe would have recognized these ads for exactly what they were at a first … made if the Club for Growth produced a series of commercials starring Adam Baldwin pushing for the passage of the Balanced Budget Amendment…

Aug 25, 2011 – Well, the first comprehensive conservative report card of Congress is out, and we can now determine which members of the “Tea Party … In just the first seven months of the legislative session, they scored 30 votes in the House and 19 in the Senate, many of which dealt … First, the Senate is more decentralized, making it easier for an individual member to oppose leadership. …