Media Spin Is Covering Up The Facts
Media spin is disguising and distorting the facts that Americans need to know. Let’s puncture some of the spin. Spin: The Republicans lost the 1998 Congressional elections. Fact:…
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A Candid Report on the 105th Congress — December 1998
A Candid Report on the 105th Congress ‘Big Brother’ Tracking Our Daily Actions The 1996 Kennedy-Kassebaum law authorized the Department of Health and Human Services to assign “unique…
Why Disney Has Clout with the Republican Congress
Eagle Forum filed an amicus curiae brief in the case that challenges Congress’s action in 1998 in giving a billion-dollar windfall to Disney by extending its copyright on…
Republicans Should Put on a Happy Face
Republicans should look at the cheerful side of the 1998 election. It was really a great victory because it has enabled Republican Members of Congress to dump their…
ABM Should Be Republicans’ Unifying Issue
Now that the hyperbole of the political campaign is behind us, the Republican Congress should buckle down to the business of doing its constitutional duty to provide for…
Fed Bailout Requires Full Investigation
At the same time that Bill Clinton and his economic aides are demanding billions more for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Federal Reserve arranged for a $3.65…
House Passes Dollars to the Classroom Act
Despite distractions, the House has just done something really constructive, and we hope the Senate will follow suit before adjournment. The House passed Rep. Joe Pitts’ (R-PA) Dollars…
Republicans Need to Assert Real Leadership
Mark McGwire’s tremendous accomplishment has put baseball back on top as the great American game. Wouldn’t it be great if the Republican Congress stepped up to the bat…
The Problems of “Rethinking” the Internet
When asked by reporters whether she favors curbs on the Internet, which has played a key role in breaking the news about the President’s scandals, Hillary Rodham Clinton…
Congress’s Secret Plans to Get Our Medical Records
Americans were outraged to learn about the Federal Government’s plans to assign a personal identification number to every medical patient. But Congress nevertheless passed H.R. 4250, the so-called…