By Rick Manning — Is it time to send Bob Casey to the minors? Senator Bob Casey from Pennsylvania has a unique record of ineptitude.  Sitting in the majority, where your legislation should just by accident find its way to the floor for consideration once in a while, Casey is zero for 324 in getting bills he has sponsored enacted [...]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column was originally published at The Washington Examiner. By Bill Wilson — In late December, Barack Obama announced that he believed the U.S. Senate was in recess and that he had the right to plant four people into sensitive governmental positions without Senate concurrence.  Coming as it did during a time when the American public had [...]

By Rebecca DiFede — Why does the Senate put up with so much abuse? On Jan. 4, much to the surprise of Congress, President Obama made four supposed “recess” appointments — three to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and one to the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB) — without confirmation by the Senate. The Constitution specifically states that in [...]

In a 52-46 vote, the Senate sided with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in it’s efforts to regulate the internet. The Senate rejected a measure that would overturn the FCC’s new net-neutrality regulations, a measure that Obama had promised to veto had it cleared the Senate. Americans for Limited Government (ALG) had filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request [...]

The Senate voted 51-46 to table ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’. Click here to see the results of the vote. Americans for Limited Government Bill Wilson said the following: “The defeat today in the Senate of the ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ provision to deal with the debt ceiling crisis is a tragedy.  We have lost, through this vote, not just the [...]

An exclusive letter that was obtained by NetRightDaily this morning shows three Missouri members of the House of Representatives calling on Senators Blunt and McCaskill to support ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ legislation today in the Senate. Click here to read the letter. The three Representatives that signed the letter are: Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, and Rep. Billy Long.

By Rick Manning - ”[T]he fact is you can’t solve our problem unless you do what ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ wants to do. So, it doesn’t matter what the polls are. We’ve got to fix our country, and this is the only viable plan right now that will do that, and I will bet you a Porterhouse steak if it lands [...]

Harry Reid will call for a vote to TABLE ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ tomorrow in the U.S. Senate. This vote only requires a majority to pass. If it is tabled, then the cloture vote for CCB will never occur, and Harry Reid will have pushed CCB over the cliff. Contact your Senator now and tell them to defend ‘Cut, Cap, [...]

NRD Editor’s Note: The following story is a must read from Politico: By Jonathan Allen and Jake Sherman - House Speaker John Boehner could face a revolt if he follows Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s lead in trying to give the president the power to lift the debt ceiling. House Republicans spit on McConnell’s proposal Thursday, even as Boehner refused to [...]

In a puzzling move today, Mitch McConnell announced that a backup plan of his for the debt deal would be allowing Obama himself to raise the debt ceiling, which would be a complete abdication of Congressional responsibility. Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson said the following statement about a Senate Republican proposal to give the White House singular authority [...]