I have a number of things that I need to post regarding eligibility, but when I received an email from a concerned citizen about what the federal government is doing via an end-user license agreement by …

While the Supreme Court will be considering in Conference this Thursday a law recently passed here in the great State of Georgia requiring voter pre-verification in order to determine citizen eligibility to vote, top conservative …

As you may recall, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford decided to reject some of the funds from the recently-passed stimulus bill, despite the fact that the bill has what many consider an unconstitutional provision that …

The blogger at EstelPowell has an interesting viewpoint that could play a part in how Congress is able to deal with taxing bonuses for the sake of punishment:
What [Congress fails] to realize, is penalizing a …

Congresswoman Foxx takes Democrats to task over AIG

John Boehner on AIG

Chris Dodd throws himself, lefty defenders under the bus on bonus clause in Porkulus

Embedded video from CNN Video

Video: Shep Smith goes nuclear on Barney Frank, …

According to the Kansas City Star, the Congressional Research Service scheduled a report to be released today (3/18) that may cause some on Congress to re-think trying to “commandeer” State legislatures to be able to override …

Right on the heels of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford having rejected some of the monies in the so-called stimulus bill, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) has similarly signaled that he will be rejecting some …

From the NewsObserver.com:
WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is expected Wednesday to become the first governor to formally reject some of the federal stimulus money earmarked by Congress for his state.
The move will cement …

Erick over at RedState.com has an absolutely chilling posting based on a letter sent from Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to the Office of Management and Budget Director Orszag:
Chuck Schumer wants the White House’s Office of …

FreedomsLighthouse.com is reporting on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindall’s (R) comments from NBC’s Meet the Press (video at link):
Here is Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Meet the Press yesterday where he explained his decision to reject a portion of …

As Gina Cobb reports in her posting entitled, “If The People Turf The Dems in 2010 They’ll Stop 60% Of The Waste,” Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) suggests taking the platform of promising to rescind the …

According to Politico.com:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Friday that he will decline stimulus money specifically targeted at expanding state unemployment insurance coverage, becoming the first state executive to officially refuse any part of the federal government’s payout …

According to Bobby Eberle at GOPUSA.com, some Governors — like Mark Sanford of South Carolina (featured on Hannity) — are considering turning down monies to be received via the so-called stimulus bill:
As the Associated Press reports, …

The vote, which officially started at approximately 5:30pm ET, came to a close just before 11:00pm ET tonight after Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) got back from Mansfield, OH after attending a wake for his late …

The fact that the so-called stimulus bill has been pushed through the national Bicarmeral Legislature at breaknik speed without due legislative processes in both chambers may not be known by the American people, but even …

Thanks to the efforts of bloggers like Dave Nelle, we became aware of the stimulus bill’s end-run game around the 10th Amendment. Today, after the Conference bill was finally released, HumanEvents.com reports that Democratic staffers …

Following up on a previous posting featuring excellent comments by blogger Dave Nelle, he has today posted another excellent piece discussing whether or not the States could do anything to stop the stimulus bill.
Basically, a …

New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg (R), after being considered as Commerce Secretary, withdrew himself after watching the [lack of] stimulus debate and the move of Census from Commerce.
Here’s the video, courtesy of FreedomsLighthouse.com.
RedState.com’s commentary:
The media …

In the first video (thanks, TheBetrayal), syndicated columnist Star Parker, in an interview with Michelle Maulkin and Stephen Moore discussing the non-vetting of the President’s appointees, mentions (while Beck is speaking) that “we haven’t seen …

It looks like the Senate came up with a deal on the so-called stimulus bill:
Senate Democratic leaders struck a deal with a handful of moderate Republicans late Friday on a leaner economic-recovery package and pushed …

CNN reports that House Republican leaders have created a listing of some of the pork in the stimulus bill being debated by the Senate:
• $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power …

There are many reasons to believe that only a slight handful of GOP Senators are going to be proverbially peeled away from the caucus to vote for this thing. For starters:
It seems the House passed …

Clerk of the House Roll Call for HR 1.
FreeRepublic.com info:
Economic Stimulus Bill passes House by vote of 244-188 . The GOP caucus was unanimous in their opposition.
[11] Democrats voted against the Stimulus.
Similarly, Clinton’s first budget …

Welcome to The Right Side of Life’s first “Action Alert!” If you’re reading my blog, you obviously have at least a passing interest in the goings-on of today’s politics.
For those of you who are American citizens …

Former Clinton advisor-turned-liberal critic and activist Dick Morris has an interesting report on the state of the Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) / Al Franken race (key excerpt):
Media Hiding Truth About Franken Election Theft
It’s a disgrace …