For the sake of the safety of the American people, the closing of the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay is one campaign pledge that the president can afford not to keep.
This is a fight that will continue all summer long and into the fall until the Democrats relent and allow votes on meaningful energy solutions. But on behalf of all Americans struggling with high prices at the pump, it is a fight worth having.
There’s something fishy in the Farm Bill, and taxpayers should beware. It’s a $170 million earmark for the salmon industry, quietly tucked into the mammoth bill at the last minute by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Mike Thompson.
A scandal has been emerging in the trial lawyer industry, and it points to a potentially cancerous growth in our economy that is killing jobs and hampering prosperity at a time when families are being pummeled by the rising cost of living. What are Democrats in Congress planning to do about it? So far, the answer has been: nothing.
This week, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will return to Capitol Hill to provide their latest update on the progress made by our troops and their Iraqi counterparts in the year since the troop surge began.
The election-year posturing of Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama is another example of why neither candidate is fit to be president. Come November, voters are sure to embrace John McCain's positive vision of freedom, security, and an end to wasteful spending.
Because of the inaction of Democrats, the Protect America Act expired last night at midnight, forcing our intelligence officials to revert to the same terror surveillance laws that failed to protect America from the al-Qaeda terrorist attack on 9/11.
Last week, led by the Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., congressional Democrats unveiled a breathtaking proposal: the single largest tax increase in American history.
John Boehner is the congressman for Ohio's 8th District and the Republican minority leader for the House of Representatives.
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