Author: Rob Bluey

Last week Sen. Dick Durbin (D.-Ill.) kicked off what was a first-of-its-kind experiment in legislating. The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate asked ordinary citizens and experts in telecom policy to share their thoughts and ideas about a national broadband bill that he would soon be writing. Over the course of four days, Durbin sought […]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has rewritten his signature ethics reform bill to strip it of meaningful earmark reform, a remarkable development for a Democrat who promised to clean up Washington. Text of the bill was released this morning and is available at the Porkbusters website. Senators Tom Coburn (R.-Okla.) and Jim DeMint (R.-S.C.) have […]

When I first heard that the GOP version of the CNN/YouTube debate was in jeopardy last Thursday, I figured conservative bloggers would rally together and pressure the candidates to sign up. After supporting the Save the Debate petition and penning a column about it, I’ve found that there’s hardly a unified stance on the right. […]

The big three Republican presidential candidates have released their fundraising numbers and Rudy Giuliani is standing alone at the top. Although it’s still early, I suspect that only Fred Thompson might be able to keep pace with Giuliani. (We probably won’t be able to fully judge Thompson’s fundraising ability until the end of September.) It’s […]

Wasn’t it liberals who used that language nearly 10 years ago to persuade the nation to “move on” from a Washington scandal? It certainly was, but as Matt Margolis wrote earlier today, liberals are “foaming at the mouth” about Scooter Libby’s commutation — doing whatever they can to keep this pointless story alive. Over at […]

I’ve steadily praised Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) since he became the Senate Republican leader (here, here and here). But news reports today have left me questioning McConnell’s leadership. McConnell told Bloomberg he will likely vote for the amnesty deal negotiated by Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D-Mass.) and the White House. (Hat tip to California Yankee at […]

As the Senate was voting on important amendments to the immigration bill yesterday, long-shot presidential candidate Sam Brownback was off on the campaign trail taking a “whirlwind tour of Iowa.” Brownback’s absence meant he could avoid a vote on stripping the bill of its amnesty section — the most contentious aspect of the legislation. Brownback’s […]

Rep. Eric Cantor has made his NO AMNESTY petition easy to embed on Right Wing News. John encouraged you to sign it yesterday. I’ll make the same plea today.

Rep. Eric Cantor has made the petition that John mentioned yesterday easy to embed. If you haven’t already signed it, please consider doing so.

It should come as no surprise that the Wall Street Journal editorial page favors a massive influx of low-skilled immigrants. The Journal’s pro-business mantra suits its readership. However, yesterday’s editorial attacking “restrictionists on the right” was not only misleading, it also failed to accurately critique a new study on the massive public burden these immigrants […]