Erick Erickson of RedState.com is concerned about the direction the Republican Study Committee may take under Scalise:
“If Congressman Scalise sells out conservatives in the House to work with House leadership who’ve just sold out their own principles in the name of looking reasonable, conservatives will need to find a new home outside the Republican Study Committee,” said Erickson.
GING-PAC endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is deeply concerned over House Speaker John Boehner’s purge of conservatives from key committees in the upcoming Congress.
According to Jordan: “It’s unfortunate and unhealthy for our party that principled conservatives are being punished for voting their consciences and keeping the promises they made to their constituents.”
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is also angered by the purge. She has stated that this behavior “won’t be forgotten come 2014.”
GING-PAC endorsed legislator Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) has sent a letter to the Department of Justice with 87 other House members. They are asking that AG Eric Holder launch an investigation into the new scam called “SWAT-tings.” A “SWAT-ting” is a tactic used by criminals or political activists to call 911 claiming that there’s been
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The Republican leadership tried to pass a continuing resolution through the House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon that would have permitted funding for Obamacare implementation, Planned Parenthood, the United Nations Population Fund, and the Palestinian Authority to continue in the new federal fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1. The bill was defeated 195 to
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July 7, 2011 – Missouri Congressman Todd Akin (R) refuses to retract his criticism of liberalism in a radio interview earlier this month. In discussing NBC “editing” the words “under God” out of a story on the Pledge of Allegiance, Akin noted: “Well, I think NBC has a long record of being very liberal and
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June 29, 2011 – Big Journalism commentator Kevin Martin believes that the liberal media has a definite strategy figured out in pushing for Jon Huntsman to stay in the race to win the GOP nomination for President of the United States. The strategy, notes Martin, is to push for Huntsman (an unpalatable candidate for conservatives)
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