Hon. Ernest Istook

What a rush to have millionaires do your bidding. And President Obama has several of them. (more)

President Obama plans a big jobs announcement—right after he finishes his vacation inMartha’s Vineyard.  Expect him to say that green jobs are the key to recovery -- that they will generate millions of jobs and a new era of prosperity. (more)

Seeking to make virtue out of vice, liberals have launched a desperate, devious and dangerous ploy to prevent the spending cuts that the public demands. (more)

It’s tempting to immediately cut off funds for President Obama’s ill-conceived Libya offensive. But it’s not the right course. For the sake of our allies, Congress needs to be patient in using the power of the purse to correct Obama’s misadventure. (more)

President Obama could learn a lesson from this fable about a great ship. (more)

The U.S. House plans to take another whack Tuesday at defunding Obamacare — although the Senate and White House are poised to protect the funding. (more)

House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a budget for grown-ups. (more)

Untouchable. That’s the treatment being given to the $23.6 billion being spent right now to implement Obamacare. (more)

It looks like history may be repeating itself. (more)

Several members of Congress, like Rep. Denny Rehberg (R - MT) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R - WA), are offering amendments that would prevent any new spending from being used to implement Obamacare. (more)

President Obama’s proposed $53 billion in additional spending for “high-speed rail” (on top of a previous $10 billion) is a testimony to the power of adjectives. (more)

To rephrase President Obama’s State of the Union theme: “This is our generation’s apparatchik moment.” (more)

The horrid shootings and killings in Tucson demonstrate the always unpredictable nature of mayhem. It's worsened by the sadly predictable efforts of Washington interests to twist every tragedy into an excuse to restrict our freedoms or to bash their political adversaries. (more)

The lame-duck Congress is a clone of Marvin K. Mooney. He’s the Dr. Seuss character who refused to leave. (more)

Brand new Congressmen don’t take office until January, but they’re already consumed with worry about the national debt. They’ll face a vote next year to raise the debt ceiling beyond its current $14.3 trillion (about $47,000 apiece for everyone in America). (more)

Changing the membership of Congress does not fix its out-of-touch culture. (more)

The biggest foreclosure yet may begin on November 2nd, as voters start foreclosure proceedings against big government.  It’s run up more debt than we can afford to pay. (more)

As members of Congress vacate Washington to campaign, they promise (or threaten) to return after Election Day to clean up the mess they leave behind. (more)

Would you vote to cut taxes only for the middle class, if that were your only choice? (more)

Since 1985, the hands-down winner for worst marketing campaign has been New Coke—the disastrous flop when Coca-Cola tried to change its flavor. (more)