Around kitchen and boardroom tables across the state, Michigan families and businesses are figuring out their budgets for the year, deciding where to cut, where to grow and what should stay the same. Unlike these responsible Americans, Debbie Stabenow and Senate Democrats have decided to fly blind. In fact, today marks the 1,000th day since Senate Democrats passed a budget. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Questioned by senators he once served with, Jon Corzine told a panel Tuesday that he never told anyone to “misuse” customer money that vanished when MF Global collapsed this fall. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are demanding to know what happened to $1.2 billion in customer money that disappeared when MF Global collapsed into bankruptcy this fall. They plan to press the securities firm’s top three executives Tuesday, including former Sen. Jon Corzine. (more)
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a budget for grown-ups. (more)
The group that launched an effort last month to draft historian Amity Shlaes into the New York Senate race is at it again – this time to bring an anti-extremist Muslim into the Michigan Senate race – to oust incumbent Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. (more)
Though we’ve scarcely recovered from the excitement and intrigue of his run for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee earlier this month, Saul Anuzis is already considering jumping into another race. (more)
As Washington prepares to roll out the red carpet for President Hu Jintao’s state visit, three Democratic senators have introduced legislation aimed at punishing China for what they call a repeated failure to correct the value of its currency, which they say creates a negative impact on U.S. trade. (more)
When former Vice President Al Gore, who was recently dubbed a “modern day patron saint” – ”St. Al of Green” — by the Wall Street Journal, reversed his position on corn ethanol subsidies last week, not many thought it would foreshadow a contentious debate in Congress’ lame duck session. (more)
Republicans may be in control of the U.S. House of Representatives when the 112th Congress comes to Washington, D.C. in January, but the 111th Congress isn’t dead yet. When the disastrous Pelosi-Reid-led Congress comes back for its lame-duck session on November 15th, it should have one thing in mind: do no more harm to country or party. But clearly, doing what the American people want has not been the modus operandi thus far. We should all be uneasy, because six weeks is enough time to do a lot more damage if we let our guard down. (more)
The Democrats are in trouble in the United States Senate come November. (more)
I voted for you,” the caller said in a voice mail to Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler’s district office. “If you vote for that stimulus package, I’m gonna kill you. Simple as that.” (more)
I’ll admit it. On the night of the Massachusetts election, I watched MSNBC. I did so mostly because I wanted to see the anguished look of panic and desperation spread across Keith Olbermann’s face. I wasn’t disappointed. Olbermann spent the evening flailing desperately at explanations, like a drowning paraplegic trying to reach a life preserver, before settling on the notion that it all had to be Coakley’s fault. Once that was settled, he and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) spent a good 20 minutes educating their audience about how Brown’s victory was actually going to be bad for Republicans. “The party of no,” they said, would finally be exposed as the obstructionist imbeciles that they are. I learned two things from this. First, listening to Stabenow is about as exciting as watching an apple turn brown. Second, die-hard, far-left Democrats are willfully refusing to learn from their loss, so Republicans had better. (more)
