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A ruling class?

By   /  January 29, 2013  /  Tom Knighton  /   Comments

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Tweet We all disagree on a variety of things.  Some people like Obamacare, some don’t.  Some believe in an assault weapon ban, some don’t.  That’s just how politics works, and I’m fine with the disagreement.  However, Congress seems to be crossing the line, and it’s a line that I believe most will agree they have [...]

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Post Office Just A Symptom Of Bigger Problems

By   /  November 16, 2012  /  Charlie Harper  /   Comments

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Tweet  Expect a lot of people knocking the US Post Office over the next few days. They’ve just released their latest financial report, and for the federal year ending September 30th, they managed to lose $15.9 Billion dollars this year. Even in a city like Washington D.C., that’s starting to sound like real money.

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Time To Govern

By   /  November 7, 2012  /  Charlie Harper  /   Comments

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Tweet  Four years ago, Americans came to the polls and swept Democrats into control of the White House and Congress. It was a landmark and sweeping election of historic proportion.

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Hope Requires Change

By   /  October 29, 2012  /  Charlie Harper  /   Comments

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Tweet  America faces a stark choice for this Presidential election. Despite third party groups who choose to paint the contrast between the Republicans and Democrats as two versions of the same flavor, there is perhaps a difference in philosophy between these choices that is greater than any election since 1980, and possibly even since 1972. [...]

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Vote, Then Prepare To Be Governed

By   /  October 26, 2012  /  Charlie Harper  /   Comments

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Tweet  With 11 days until we count the votes on this election, the national polls are generally in a dead heat. While the Real Clear Politics electoral map appears to favor President Obama, the movement towards Mitt Romney since the first debate has been somewhat stunning. At this point, it’s a virtual toss-up.

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SENATORS SEND LETTER TO PRESIDENT URGING HIM TO WORK WITH CONGRESS ON CYBERSECURITY LEGISLATION

By   /  October 2, 2012  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off

Tweet Special to the Journal  Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senators Dan Coats (R-Ind.), Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.,) Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to work with Congress on cybersecurity legislation instead of acting unilaterally through an Executive Order. 

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Congressman Gingrey GAINs A Win

By   /  September 21, 2012  /  Charlie Harper  /  Comments Off

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Tweet We all know we have a “do nothing” Congress, because we are told that virtually every day. We also know that there is no agreement on how to fix health care delivery in our country, as each party and Presidential campaign seeks to remind us constantly that the other guys are screwing it up. [...]

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BISHOP STATEMENT ON 9/11 ANNIVERSARY

By   /  September 11, 2012  /  Press Releases  /  Comments Off

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Tweet Special to The Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released the following statement today to commemorate the 11th anniversary of 9/11: “As a nation, we remember the pain 9/11 has brought upon our homeland. The shock of an unprovoked attack, the outrage against known perpetrators, the shared sadness at the [...]

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