For the first time in 45 years, House Democrats voted unanimously on Thursday to pass the annual Department of Health and Human Services spending bill without including the Hyde Amendment, a stipulation banning direct federal funding for abortions that is…
Leadership in the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Budget Committee set a $3.5 trillion cap Tuesday on a new spending package to accomplish President Joe Biden’s social welfare and family aid agenda. The multi-trillion-dollar spending package will include funding the…
“Photo ID: Too Much to Ask?,” editorial cartoon by Yogi Love for The American Spectator, July 2, 2021.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has once again been masquerading as a moderate while colluding with radical Democrats to betray his constituents. His latest act of perfidy was a “yes” vote on a procedural motion that would have moved the…
A lot of Republicans breathed a sigh of relief when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) reiterated his support for the filibuster and pledged to vote against the For the People Act (S 1). His decision, which he explained in a Sunday…
While Joe Biden is not known for having the calmest demeanor in political life, his latest targets may prove to be a mistake. In his recent address at Tulsa, the president made reference to “two members of the Senate who…
For a sense of how credible West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is on protecting the filibuster, consider a 2018 campaign ad wherein he brandished a rifle and declared himself to be “Second Amendment always.” This ad allowed him to maintain…
Republicans who buck the GOP can always count on glowing treatment from reporters. The media celebrates their deviations from Republican orthodoxy and offers an endless stream of unsolicited advice to the GOP about expanding its “big tent.” Deviations from Democratic…
Joe Biden isn’t the most important man in Washington. In fact, he isn’t even the most important man in Washington named Joe. That distinction belongs to the senior senator from West Virginia, Democrat Joe Manchin. Manchin is perhaps the final…
