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Senate passes ‘fiscal cliff’ deal easily, 89-8
In the early morning hours of New Year’s Day the Senate overwhelmingly supported a deal to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to take place January 1, 2013, known as the fiscal...
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Paychecks will be smaller in 2013 as a result of payroll tax cut expiring
Despite all the rhetoric to the contrary coming from both Democrats and Republicans that supported the deal that averted the fiscal cliff, the reality is that middle-class Americans are going to pay...
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Georgia Power seeks permission to close 15 plants; EPA regs on mercury cited
On Monday Georgia Power joined a growing list of power companies across the country that have asked permission to close plants as a result of Environmental Protection Agency regulations that make the...
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Pawlenty led lobbying group to tell GOP not to fight debt ceiling increase
Former Republican Presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is now the President/CEO of a powerful Wall Street lobbying group that said Wednesday it supports the proposed $2 trillion...
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Ohio school system votes to arm custodial staff
While the debate continues in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last month, as well as the shooting at Taft Union High School in Taft,...
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Lowe's announces plans to hire 45,000 seasonal workers
Home-improvement retail giant Lowe's announced on Wednesday that it plans to hire 45,000 seasonal workers for the spring season,their busiest time of year. Seasonal workers average 20-25 hours a week,...
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Florida mom pays for armed security at her child’s school
While the discussion continues at all levels of government across our nation as to the best way to reduce gun violence, a Florida mom has effected change in her child’s school by paying for an armed...
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New gun law push fuels explosive increase in firearms sales, NRA membership
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy there has been much discussion about what steps need to be taken to reduce the number of mass killings by firearms. Predictably, and sadly, Democratic...
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Lack of Democratic votes will doom assault weapons ban to failure in the Senate
A minimum of six of the 55 senators in the Democratic caucus have voiced opposition to a proposed ban on sales of assault weapons introduced on Thursday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.), which means...
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U.S. economy shrinks for the first time since 2009
The United States Department of Commerce reported Wednesday morning that the U.S. economy experienced negative growth of 0.1 percent from October through December, the first contraction since 2009....
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Obama's ‘Jobs Council’ dissolves as unemployment rate ticks up to 7.9 percent
President Barack Obama allowed the “jobs council” he formed in January 2011 to dissolve on January 31, the day before the new unemployment rate was reported to have ticked up to 7.9 percent, as its...
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Obama’s '60 Minutes’ appearance fuels frustration of fiscal conservatives
As more than 100 million people awaited the kickoff of Super Bowl XLVII (47 for those Roman numerically challenged) Sunday night President Barack Obama sat down with Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” for a...
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New polls show most disapprove of Obama’s job performance on economic issues
President Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership continue to tell the nation that spending is not the issue, that revenue is the problem. Put simply, politicians don’t spend too much-they just...
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Pelosi: 'It is almost a false argument to say we have a spending problem'
United States House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a rare visit to Fox News Sunday and made it clear that she does not believe the government has a spending problem. During her chat with...
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Bill to allow school districts to arm staff passes Georgia House committee
A bill presented by Georgia State Rep. Paul Battles (R-Cartersville) that would allow school districts to arm employees passed the Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee by a 9-2...
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Tea Party Patriots organizing to influence Georgia Senate race
The Tea Party Patriots, a Georgia-based nonprofit, wants to ensure that a candidate “more conservative” than retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) will be the nominee of the GOP in next year’s...
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Alan Simpson: Obama ‘will have a failed presidency’ without entitlement reforms
Automatic federal spending cuts across the board, known as sequester, that will cut spending by $85 billion are only 10 days away and there are no indications that the U.S. Congress is going to be...
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Report on sex scandals in Vatican possibly led to Pope's resigination
The unprecedented resignation of Pope Benedict XVI was attributed to age and health issues, but the actual reason is a secret report by three Cardinals that details sex and fraud scandals, according...
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Reid pulls assault weapons ban from Senate Democrats’ gun bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he plans to bring a bill to the Senate floor that will address gun violence after the Easter break, but that the assault weapons ban will not be...
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Senate Dems join Republicans in voting to repeal part of Obamacare
More than half of the Democrats in the Senate joined with Republicans in voting to repeal the medical device tax Thursday night. The 2.3 percent sales tax on all medical devices was intended to help...
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