Press Releases and Party News

The blog Suitably Flip puts the cost of Obama’s $1.2 trillion government expansion plan into perspective. "So how big is the resulting $1.2 trillion spending package?  Big enough to dwarf any government program in history, even after adjusting for inflation.  It’s bigger than the New Deal and the Iraq War combined.  The interest alone will […]

If I was wearing a hat right now, I’d tip it to "The Chilling Effect" for picking up on this. Candidate Barack Obama on May 16, 2008, campaigning in Oregon: "We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times." President Barack Obama […]

…and many limited-government types aren’t happy.  Prominent blogger Robert Bluey laid out his opposition to Steele’s chair bid in a Jan. 4 posting on RedState.com. Bluey cites several factors as to why Steele is "the wrong man." Among them are his decision as GOPAC chair to make the group’s third-biggest expenditure a donation to his […]

Economist, columnist and CNBC host Larry Kudlow reports the Obama administration is considering making the $1 trillion government expansion plan even bigger — throwing in an amazing $2 trillion in additional bailouts for banks. That’s three trillion dollars in expanded government spending.  $3,000,000,000,000.00.  $10,000.00 in new government spending for every man, woman and child in […]

Libertarian National Committee Chairman Bill Redpath is — once again — one of several Washington leaders quoted in today’s installation of The Hill blog’s "The Big Question."  Today’s "Big Question" was "Politically, was it a good move or a blunder for House Republicans to vote en bloc against President Obama’s stimulus package?" Check out Chairman […]

Have you every wondered just what exactly is in Barack Obama’s massive government spending plan, now estimated by the Congressional Budget Office to end up costing over $1 trillion? The creators of StimulusWatch.org have taken the proposals from the U.S. Conference of Mayors that may end up in the stimulus bill, and broken it down […]

No wonder President Barack Obama is demanding the Senate pass his $825 billion government expansion plan with no further study or debate.  Evenly divided a week ago, independents are now turning against Obama’s $825 billion government expansion plan. Judging from the polling data, the only thing preventing Obama’s government expansion plan from dipping into Bush-approval-rating […]

Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is staying busy these days keeping track of some of the more wasteful items included in President Obama’s government spending plan.  Pitched as a plan to create jobs, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office now estimates its final cost will top $1 trillion, and most of the spending has little to do […]

The Politico today reports when interest costs are added to the $825 billion government spending plan proposed by President Barack Obaama, the total costs to taxpayers could top $1 trillion. In a letter to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), ranking member of the House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf reports the interest cost […]