There may be no way for House Democrats to get together the votes they need to pass healthcare by the White House's March 18th deadline, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Thursday. (more)

As Republicans work to prevent a health-care bill from reaching President Obama, they are scrambling to exploit divisions between Democrats in the House and Senate. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned House Democrats that they would be taking a colossal risk if they approve the Senate's version of health-care legislation before the Senate had acted to remove some of the bill's most contentious provisions. Now that Democrats have lost their Senate supermaj... (more)

Before there was a nationwide, grass-roots Tea Party movement, there was another nationwide, grass-roots movement that brought thousands of Americans to Washington, D.C. They called themselves the “Gathering of Eagles.” I covered two massive, GoE rallies against the Soros-funded, anti-war Left in March 2007 and September 2007. GOE activists continue to expose the transnational progressives, anti-military bullies, and phonies who operate under the “peace” banner. (more)

Here is video of Sen. Arlen Specter calling on his Democratic Primary rival Rep. Joe Sestak to "name names, name dates, name places" if he truly was offered a job by the Obama White House in order to drop out of the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary race. Specter said if it actually happened, it is a serious federal crime: "There is a specific federal statute which makes it a bribe to make an offer for a public office and when I was a district attorney if somebody came and told me that, I would say, ‘name... (more)

A new Democracy Corps/Third Way poll bills itself as a “wake-up call” for Democrats on national security. Last May, Democracy Corps found that Obama’s election had erased the Republicans’ traditional public opinion advantage on national security. What they’ve now found is that Obama maintains significant public support for his policies on foreign policy and national security, but the Democrats don’t. (more)

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) says the House ethics committee is investigating him for inappropriate comments he made to a male staffer on New Year's Eve — and that he's the victim of a power play by Democratic leaders who want him out of Congress because he's a "no" vote on health care reform. (more)

This is the wackiest legislation I have ever seen. But it makes sense. Allow Democratic Senator Kent Conrad explain, in a column today in the Washington Post: “Reconciliation is not being considered for passing comprehensive health-care reform. Major health-care reform legislation passed the Senate without reconciliation on Christmas Eve. If the House now passes that legislation, it can go immediately to President Obama’s desk to be signed into law. What the president and others have suggested is that,... (more)

What a clever ploy. How are they draining the swamp, read eliminating corruption in DC? Simple! Tighten disclosure rules, while loosening the definition of what constitutes quid pro quo corruption. Nothing to see here. Move along, ... even if the result is more corruption than ever. Pelosi's House didn't drain the swamp. They simply raised the water level to conceal it. The result will be a flood of corruption even larger than before. Change! (more)

The Battle over Government-Run Health Care is coming down to whether or not Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives will pass the Senate Health Care Bill as is. Today brought more bad news for the Obama White House. The Chairwoman of the "Blue-Dog Democrats" - Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin - told reporters today that she will NOT support the Senate Bill when it comes up in the House. Added to her announcement, Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak said earlier today that there are 12 Democrats in the Hous... (more)

Rep. Eric Massa's (D-NY) surprise retirement announcement yesterday was overshadowed by the controversy why he was leaving but it's important to note that he's the seventh House Democrat leaving a seat that Sen. John McCain won in the 2008 presidential election. While it's true that more House Republicans have decided not to seek re-election, the vast majority of them are from solidly Republican districts that shouldn't be too hard for the GOP to defend. (more)