Tip #1: Marry the Right Person Well, I don’t really mean You, you. I’m often asked investment questions by seemingly reasonably alert individuals who don’t seem to realize that Richard Young and I don’t tend to talk dividend investing over our evening meals. But even my unserious self can smell something fishy when Nancy Pelosi’s […]
RUNNING SCARED: Democrats Flee Congress Before 2022 Fight
The Democratic Party is watching nervously as a wave of representatives announce that they will not run for Congress again. So far 31 Democrats are leaving the House, including some powerful committee chairs. The powerful chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) has opted to leave the chamber rather than […]
HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS: Rep. Scott Perry Elected New Chairman of HFC
Trump ally and strong advocate for freedom, Rep. Scott Perry, has been elected as chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. Monique Beals reports at The Hill: The House Freedom Caucus has elected Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) as its new chairman starting in January. The move was confirmed in a statement posted to the House Freedom Caucus’s Twitter on […]
Only 16 Years for a Bigger O’Hare Airport?
Does 16 years sound too long to lay concrete on a Chicago runway? James Freeman gives readers the lowdown in the WSJ on government’s failure on “Shovel Ready Jobs.” Don’t Sell the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Short Democrats’ reckless $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill also includes a separate plan to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure. […]
Joe Manchin’s Current Power over Democrats: Unrivaled and Extraordinary
On his blog, Pat Buchanan explains Sen. Joe Manchin’s “unrivaled and extraordinary” power over the Democrats’ agenda. He writes: In 1859, Abraham Lincoln related the tale of an Eastern monarch who charged his wise men with discovering words that would everywhere and always be true. The wise men went away and returned to present the […]
Joe Manchin – a Blue Dog Bites Back
Joe Manchin is being attacked by fellow Democrats for his being consistent on the filibuster. In 2017, Senate Democrats were desperate to stop Donald Trump’s agenda. Sen. Manchin, along with 33 other Dems, signed a bipartisan letter backing the filibuster in ringing terms. Manchin’s role as a senatorial brake on Biden’s left-wing ambitions has made […]
Mitch McConnell Plans Trench Warfare Against Biden Agenda
In 2008 when Barack Obama became president with overwhelming Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, Mitch McConnell employed a trench warfare defense that slowed the Obama agenda. He’s now planning a similar strategy to fight the Joe Biden administration and the razor-thin Democrat majorities in the House and Senate. The Wall Street Journal reports: […]
Ocasio-Cortez Named One of Congress’s ‘Least Effective’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, best known for her support of the radical Marxist Green New Deal plan, has been named by the Center for Effective Lawmaking as one of Congress’s least effective members. According to Jon Levine in the NY Post: She’s the queen of Twitter — but less successful at lawmaking. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among […]
For Sen. Warren, the Filibuster a Tool for Standing Up to Bullies
That’s how Elizabeth Warren felt when she was in the Senate minority. Never once did she stress that filibusters have “deep roots in racism,” as she now claims. For example, when Neil Gorsuch was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2017, Sen. Warrant was pretty darn blunt about the filibuster: “I want to make it […]
A Big Victory for Republicans
Even though Joe Biden has proclaimed a record number of policies during January, the biggest coup may belong to Republicans with their recent vote (it wasn’t even close) to keep Rep. Liz Cheney (WY) in her House leadership post. As Kimberley Strassel points out in the WSJ, the GOP has a long way to go […]