End of Day Archives
| Friday, January 31, 2014 |
House Immigration Principles Hold on to your hats, folks. House Republican leaders released their immigration reform principles at their caucus retreat yesterday, and all signs suggest we are headed for a bumpy ride. Reports indicate that the discussion over the principles revealed deep GOP divisions over policy and timing. |
| Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
Obama's Iran Threat I want to revisit one of most significant statements Barack Obama made in his State of the Union address. Toward the end of his remarks, while discussing his foreign policy agenda, Obama warned Congress that he would veto sanctions legislation against Iran. Here's what Obama said: |
| Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
The Day After Last night the president delivered a prime-time speech to a divided nation. As we noted in yesterday's report, only 31% of Americans believe the country is better off now than in 2009, when Obama took office. The general consensus is that Obama's remarks amounted to "small ball" with little substance beyond his pledge to stretch the limits of his power with more executive actions. Charles Krauthammer said: |
| January Capital Prayer Alert |
Capital Prayer Alert |
| Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
The State Of Our Union As Barack Obama prepares to deliver his sixth State of the Union address, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that most Americans are not happy with the state of our union. Just consider these figures: |
| Monday, January 27, 2014 |
Confidence Waning In Obama Leading up to tomorrow night's State of the Union address, Barack Obama and his spokesmen are once again threatening to implement unilateral, constitutionally questionable executive actions if Congress will not bend to Obama's will. On CNN yesterday, Dan Pfeiffer, a top Obama advisor, said, "He is going to look in every way he can with his pen and his phone to try to move the ball forward. We're putting an extra emphasis on it in 2014." |
| Friday, January 24, 2014 |
Virginia Legislators Defend Marriage The outrageous decision by Virginia's newly-elected Attorney General, Mark Herring, to ignore the will of the people and the commonwealth's constitution by refusing to defend Virginia's marriage amendment has caused a firestorm. We called on legislators in Richmond to respond boldly and they are. |
| Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
Virginia Is For Lawlessness? Decades ago, Virginia tourism officials adopted the slogan, "Virginia is for lovers." With the newly-elected governor and attorney general seem determined to change the slogan to "Virginia is for lawlessness." Earlier this week we warned that Attorney General Herring had suggested that he might not defend the popularly enacted state marriage protection amendment. During an interview on National Public Radiothis morning, Herring announced his decision: |
| Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
Defending Life Today marks the 41st annual March for Life, which coincides with the tragic anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. That ruling has resulted in, by one count, more than 56 million abortions in America. That's 56 million innocent babies destroyed in the womb; 56 million lives never lived, their contributions to society lost forever. |
| Friday, January 17, 2014 |
Obama's Harvest Barack Obama took office promising to fundamentally transform America. While his domestic agenda has gotten most of the attention, Obama has had a considerable impact on America's foreign policy as well. For example: |