Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Friday suggested that Republicans were outsourcing their “principles and convictions” by signing Grover Norquist’s pledge to never raise taxes.
During a House Budget Committee hearing, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asked the former governor if he agreed with the Americans for Tax Reform pledge.
“No,” Bush said, shaking his head. “OK, so I ran for office three times. The pledge was presented to me three times. I never signed the pledge. I cut taxes every...Read Full Story
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Modeled on legislation supported by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a new statutory scheme similar but not identical to Rule 23 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure would have established rules regarding the certification and...Read Full Story
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, scourge of any and all tax increases, said on Tuesday that news report questioning the vitality of his "no new taxes" pledge - a vow taken by many Republican politicians - is overblown. Norquist, a registered lobbyist, heads the anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform, which has enlisted almost every Republican member of the U.S. Congress to sign a pledge against raising taxes. The Washington Post ran a story on May 25...Read Full Story
Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson (R) offered another colorful perspective from his cantankerous mind Sunday morning, urging Congressional Republicans once again to not be scared of anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist’s pledge of never raising any tax.
“For heaven’s sake, you have Grover Norquist wandering the earth in his white robes saying that if you raise taxes one penny, he’ll defeat you,” Simpson said on Fareed Zakaria GPS. “He can’t murder you. He can’t burn your house. The only thing...Read Full Story
It is 2012 in America. The Presidential Election will decide which administration will be responsible for the baby boomers. The divide along political party lines is severe, especially when it comes to “health care”. Health care is an all inclusive term that covers Americans from birth to death. Republicans are definite about not wanting the government to be responsible for health care. They want to privatize it. Let the elderly and disabled figure out their own survival, if they made...Read Full Story
On June 7, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is holding a gay-themed event called the June Pride Ceremony. The hour-long gathering, scheduled to take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., will feature DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano as a guest speaker, among others. The purpose of the event is to commemorate June Pride Month, while also marking a year of significant progress for DHS Pride and for the LGBT community. According to the...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was formed in 2002, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The DHS operates the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
The Department of Homeland Security nickname of “Department of Hopeless Security” has...
Reuter’s tax columnist David Cay Johnston appeared on the most recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, on the same panel with anti-tax activist Grover Norquist. To see the whole show, you have to be a subscriber to HBO or HBO go, but here’s a clip ...
House spares Pentagon, homeland security from cutsFox NewsWASHINGTON – Republicans controlling the House are sparing the Pentagon, military veterans and most homeland security programs from the budget knife as action begins on a set of spending bills setting the day-to-day budgets for federal agencies.and more »
Kansas City StarHomeland Security Discovers Vulnerabilities in Airport Body ScannersGizmodoFederal investigators "identified vulnerabilities in the screening process" at domestic airports using so-called "full body scanners," according to a classified internal Department of Homeland Security report. DHS has spent nearly $90 million replacing ...Bomb plot raises questions over European securityHuffington PostHomeland Security finds...