The GOP-led Congress appears to be completely ignoring President Donald Trump’s budget request to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, three of the most reviled government programs among conservatives. Last week, the Appropriations Committee released…
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House Democrats professing moral outrage over the hacking of the Democratic National Committee have apparently remained indifferent to the likely penetration of their congressional computer systems, declining to distance themselves from five Pakistani House server administrators who are the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. House authorities banned the five…
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House Republicans released their proposal to balance the federal budget in 10 years, which included their plans to rein in the regulatory power of the Environmental Protection Agency. Republicans plan three broad reforms for the EPA: reduce its funding, cut global warming programs, and eliminate the agency’s policy office. “The…
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Former State Rep. Joe Carr announced on Tuesday that the 9th Annual T-Bones and Politics fundraiser he will be hosting in Rutherford County this September has added three additional speakers who will be joining featured speakerFox News host Jeanine Pirro. Gubernatorial candidates Bill Lee and State Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mt.…
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In Oregon, a state known for its avid bicycling culture, the state legislature’s approval of the first bike tax in the nation has fallen flat with riders. Democratic Gov. Kate Brown is expected to sign the sweeping $5.3 billion transportation package, which includes a $15 excise tax on the sale…
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Plan B on health care looks a lot like the original Plan A from 2015. With Monday night’s failure of the Senate Republican leadership’s Obamacare repeal-and-replace plan, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on the Senate floor Tuesday that he would offer a bill similar to one that in 2015…
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Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowki and Shelley Moore Capito railed against Obamacare and just a year and half ago to repeal it. But that was then. On Tuesday, they to a nearly identical approach to the one they embraced in December 2015. That, along with opposition by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)…
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MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough’s ongoing feud with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity continued full steam ahead Monday. The host of “Morning Joe” followed up a weekend op-ed in The Washington Post on ways President Trump is “killing” the Republican Party with a shot at one of the president’s staunchest defenders, likening…
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The White House has been meeting covertly with current and potential challengers of Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-Ariz.) seat, according to a report Monday. The quiet campaign to recruit challengers for the incumbent may signify President Donald Trump hasn’t forgiven or forgotten how the deeply unpopular senator refused to endorse his…
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Although President Donald Trump has taken a beating in his nationwide approval ratings, he can still claim a significant victory: He is still more popular than his former foe, Hillary Clinton. A Bloomberg News survey released Tuesday and conducted July 8-12 found only 39 percent of Americans hold a favorable…
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by ConservativeHQ.com Staff Our friends at the Virginia Citizens Defense League recently put out an alert letting gun owners know exactly where the problem is with the national concealed carry reciprocity bill – with Democratic Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.* The VCDL alert says “It appears to be…
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“As a member of the Republican Party and the GOP, I’ve always been a little concerned and also as a marketer, having a brand being the ‘Grand Old Party’ isn’t something that people necessarily aspire to, but I think the ‘Great Opportunity Party’ can stand for something,” gubernatorial candidate…
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VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing July 19, Wednesday Psalm 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers? 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit…
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