Author: Barney Keller
Fun with Farm Bill Amendments
After all the chaos I thought I’d flag a few interesting amendments that the House took up on the Farm Bill yesterday: · Rep. Chabot (R-OH) offered an amendment to repeal the Market Access Program, a corporate-welfare subsidy for agri-businesses. It failed, 98-322. · Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) offered an amendment to allow food stamp […]
Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL) tries to “Shear” Spending in the Farm Bill
“Arrested Economic Development”
For all you fans of the TV show “Arrested Development” comes this video from the House Republican Conference:
Club President Chris Chocola appears on C-Span’s Washington Journal
“Cruz in Control”
(H/T Politico)
Dem Senator on ObamaCare: “I just see a huge train wreck coming down.”
"I just see a huge train wreck coming down."" – Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) on ObamaCare. (H/T to Congressman Trey Radel’s Facebook Page for the image)
Chocola: Obama’s Budget Taxes the Middle Class, Too
NPR on the Club for Growth PAC vs. New Rove Group
The Club’s PAC is the “most likely to frustrate party bosses.”
There are two great news articles about the Club and the Club’s PAC today: New York Times: As the Republican Party and the conservative movement continue to debate the lessons of 2012 – a discussion that will get further attention this week at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington – the Club for […]
Learn Liberty: Is Student Loan Debt Forgiveness a Good Idea?