The NRA urges it’s members to contact your Senators & Representatives in Congress - urge them to oppose any “assault weapon” or magazine ban Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)–author of the federal “assault weapon” and “large” ammunition magazine ban of 1994-2004–has said for weeks that she will soon introduce an even more restrictive bill. Leaders in the U.S. Senate have stated [...]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that 155,000 jobs were added in December and the unemployment was unchanged at 7.8 percent. “While it is encouraging that our economy added 155,000 jobs last month and that 155,000 more Americans will be working in 2013, it is clear that we must do a better job at getting people back to work. [...]
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Heck (NV-03) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Senate-passed fiscal cliff proposal. “At midnight last night taxes increased for every American individual, family, and small business. Tonight, the House has passed legislation to permanently lower tax rates for 98% of Americans while also providing certainty to family-owned businesses by permanently locking in [...]
On December 9th, the Republicans offered a new plan to avert the “fiscal cliff” that cuts spending, and protects middle class families and small businesses from higher tax rates. “Now we need a response from the White House,” says Speaker Boehner. But instead of working with the GOP to reach an agreement, news reports indicate the Democrats’ strategy is to [...]
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Heck (NV-03) today released the following statement on the status of the fiscal cliff negotiations. “Without Congressional action, every Nevada family and small business will see a tax increase in 2013. I remain committed to a solution that protects as many Nevadans as possible from seeing an automatic tax increase, takes serious and necessary steps towards [...]
A Congressional Budget Office Report Since the individual income tax was instituted in 1913, the profits of most businesses have been allocated, or “passed through,” to their owners and subjected to that tax—rather than to the corporate income tax. However, most business activity (specifically, the total revenue that businesses receive as receipts from sales of goods and services) has occurred [...]
My apologies for making light of a very serious situation. Unfortunately, according to the Congressional Budget Office we are not ONLY fast approaching the aptly described fiscal cliff on January 01,2013 – but the Federal Debt ceiling as well. The following is their report released today. – Kensei Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, November 2012 The Congress has traditionally [...]
Fox News is reporting that… The Democratic chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has commissioned a federal report to identify prison facilities in the U.S. that are suitable for housing Guantanamo detainees, a document exclusively reviewed by Fox News shows. In the internal document, the Government Accountability Office refers to “Source of Work: Ms. Dianne Feinstein, [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — The following is submitted by Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life: Dear Friends, The unjust and unconstitutional HHS mandate, against which Priests for Life and 57 other plaintiffs have sued the federal government, takes effect today. We at Priests for Life do not qualify for the year that the government has offered [...]
Note: While I do think this is a fair settlement for BP, I do have concerns because this money is not going to those who were harmed by the spill. Instead, it is going into the U.S. Treasury to be used as the government see’s fit! Which means everything and anything from paying the janitor at the White House to [...]