Capitol Hill
A letter from Cong. Robert Dold (IL-10)
The new House Majority has made tremendous strides, altering the debate on Capitol Hill from whether or not we should cut spending to how much we should cut. It’s amazing how much can change in just a few short months.
A Few Suggestions Congress Will, Of Course, Ignore
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
Our Congressional Reform Act of 2011 (At least one we approve of)
Doctors Say Medicare Cuts Force Painful Decisions about Elderly Patients
Want an appointment with kidney specialist? If you are a senior covered by Medicare, the wait is eight weeks. How about a checkup from geriatric specialist? Expect to see him every six months: This doctor has been limiting most of his Medicare patients to twice yearly rather than the quarterly checkups he considers ideal for the elderly. Still, at least he’ll see you. Welcome to ObamaCare.
Obama’s huge new tax
More and more Barack Obama is viewed as “America’s Great Mistake”
We pity the poor entrepreneur and small business owner in America, facing the prospect of the “Mother of All Taxes” by a government that has become either hostile or indifferent to understanding what it takes to build a business, grow a company and hire more workers.
Judge Saves ‘In God We Trust’ at Capitol
Finally, a judge without an agenda
An atheist group’s attempt to have the “In God We Trust” and Pledge of Allegiance engravings removed from the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., has failed. A federal judge in Wisconsin threw out the lawsuit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.


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