Republican Senate

Today, 42 Senators demonstrated that they take their oaths of office seriously.  The Senate defeated a cloture motion on legislation that would have given the District of Columbia a Congressman.  The legislation was facially unconstitutional, and its proponents are enemies of the Constitution.  Unfortunatley, seven Republicans voted with every Democrat save Max Baucus and Robert […]

 I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge […]

As much as Democrats and, too often, Republicans, anger us, let us take the day to remember who the real enemy is.

A day after his home was raided by the FBI and the IRS, Sen. Ted Stevens threatened to place a hold on Senate ethics legislation.  While the legislation is seriously flawed in that it does not include true earmark reform, Sen. Stevens should have absolutely nothing to say about ethics.  If he had any integrity […]

That’s right, Barak Obama and I agree on an issue of national import.  Sen. Barak Obama said in an interview Thursday that the United States military should not remain in Iraq to prevent genocide.  As he correctly pointed out, doing so would set a new standard for military intervention that would stretch the military far […]

Sen. Tom Coburn (Porkbuster-OK) offered an amendment aimed at ending no-bid contracts in the defense authorization bill.  For a great example of just how corrupt the defense authorization process has gotten, this is worth the read.  The amendment, sure to anger senior Republicans and Democrats alike, would open defense contracts and likely save the government […]

Regardless of what anyone thinks about what the American course of action should be moving forward in Iraq, it is difficult for anyone to argue that things are going well.  Both American troops and Iraqis continue to be killed at high rates on a daily basis.  There is no stability outside of the Kurdish region […]

At least for the time being, the Senate immigration bill is dead.  Only 45 Senators voted to cut off debate, far short of the sixty needed to bring about a vote.  Republicans voting for cloture were Sen. Graham, Hagel, Lugar, Martinez, McCain, Specter and Voinovich; in other words, the usual suspects.  Democrats voting against cloture […]

Yesterday, a majority of the Republican caucus voted against stripping the amnesty portion of the immigration bill.  Among those supporting amnesty were several Senators who are up next year, including Senators Coleman, Collins, and Smith.  This is perhaps the most troubling development so far.  A majority of Senate Republicans oppose enforcing the laws of the […]

The immigration bill on which several Senators agreed last week is a disgrace.  It is unfair to both Americans and immigrants, and it fails to address the real problem of open borders.  Instead, it simply serves the Senators’ interests by allowing them to return to their respective states and say, “Look, I supported an immigration […]