Good afternoon. Thank you very much. Thank you, Caroline [Fredrickson], for that warm introduction. And thank you to the American Constitution Society for having me here today. My thanks also to the State Bar of Georgia for hosting this incredible and incredibly timely symposium. And let me express my appreciation to Kara Stein for all her help to ensure today's success.
There are so many VIPs in the room--judges, attorneys, professors, members of the Georgia General Assembly--I'd quickly get into trouble if I tried to start naming names, so I won't. But please know how honored we are by your presence and how grateful we are for your service to the bench, the bar, this state and our nation.
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Washington, DC— Amid the controversy over the Obama Administration’s mandate that employers provide health insurance covering contraception and birth control at no cost to employees, a new national survey finds that nearly six-in-ten (58%) Catholic Americans generally support this requirement. A majority (55%) of all Americans also support the requirement.
The new PRRI Religion and Politics Tracking Survey, conducted by Public Religion Research Institute, finds that a slim majority (52%) of Catholics also believe that religiously affiliated colleges and hospitals should have to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception or birth control at no cost. Among Catholic voters, however, only 45% support this requirement, while 52% oppose it.
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The Clare Booth Luce Institute is conferring its Woman of the Year Award upon former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin because she chose to put her family ahead of running for the Presidency, Michelle Easton, President of the Institute said during an interview with Stephen K. Bannon on his February 5, Victory Sessions Show.
Easton said,
The Clare Booth Luce
Institute exists to prepare and
promote women conservative leaders,
and each year, we honor one
extraordinary woman who like our
organization’s namesake Clare Booth
Luce shows leadership, and
grace, and dedication to advancing
conservative principles.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order (E.O.) that takes a number of actions in furtherance of the Administration’s Iran sanctions program, including measures to implement section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Among other things, the E.O. freezes all property of the Central Bank of Iran and all other Iranian financial institutions, as well as all property of the Government of Iran, further tightening the already broad-based and stringent U.S. sanctions on Iran.
These actions underscore the
Administration’s resolve
to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its
failure to meet its
international obligations. Iran now
faces an unprecedented level of
pressure due to intensified sanctions
applied by the United States
and complementary actions by many others
around the world.
A Monthly Dispatch From Citizens Against Government Waste
State and Local Government Defined Benefit
Plans Are “Inherently Flawed”
By Erica Gordon
On
January 10, 2012, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released a report on
state and local government defined benefit pension plans in which he
detailed the risks associated with the nation’s $4.4 trillion public
pension debt, calling the defined benefit pensions structure
“inherently
flawed in the state and local government setting”
…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thursday, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Energy Freedom & Economic Prosperity Act (EFEPA) to repeal all energy specific tax credits. The legislation is revenue neutral as it also requires a corresponding reduction in the corporate tax rate. U.S. Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) has previously introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Senator DeMint said, “Our tax code is riddled with loopholes for special interests and it’s time to end this corporate welfare that is hurting our economy. When Washington picks winners and losers in the energy market, those with the highest paid lobbyists win while the small businesses and taxpayers lose.
They found 4,569 children were hospitalized due to serious abuse in 2006; 300 of these children died. The incidence was highest for children during the first year of life, at 58.2 per 100,000 children in this age group. The study authors note this is higher than the rate of sudden infant death syndrome (about 50 per 100,000 births).
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Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Bill Keating (D-MA) at Friday's oversight hearing.
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"The bottom line is that DHS needs a single strategic document which subordinateagencies can follow and make sure the strategy is effectively and efficiently implemented," said Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), who chairs the subcommittee. "If the agencies do not have a clearly established list of priorities it will be difficult to complete assigned missions."
My
Choice: Rick Santorum
By: Ed Morrissey, HotAir.com
... Very early in the process, I promised Hot Air readers that I would disclose my choice for President in the primaries when I had fully made up my mind. Just as I did four years ago, I didn't fully make up my mind until shortly before the caucus. Last time I caucused for Romney; this time, if I had the opportunity, I would caucus for Rick Santorum...
WASHINGTON, DC – USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced first quarter results for fiscal year 2012 in the effort to identify and eliminate fraudulent retailers from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). From October 1 through December 31, 2011, USDA staff took final actions to:
Sanction, through fines or temporary disqualifications, more than 225 stores found violating program rules; and
Permanently disqualify over 350 stores for trafficking in SNAP benefits (i.e. exchanging SNAP benefits for cash).
WASHINGTON — An immigration judge in Batavia, N.Y., earlier today ordered removed from the United States the former leader of the Liberian Peace Council (LPC) for his role in human rights abuses committed during the Liberian civil war in the 1990s. This is the first time in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) history that an individual has been charged under the Immigration and Nationality Act's recruitment and use of child soldiers ground of inadmissibility.
George Saigbe Boley, 62, of Hilton,
N.Y., the leader of LPC
during the Liberian civil war, was found by an
immigration judge to
be removable from the United States. Boley's case
represents the
first removal order obtained by ICE under the authorities
of the
Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008, which added the
recruitment and use of child soldiers as a ground of inadmissibility
to
and deportability from the United States.
Discretionary Funds Support State-of-Good-Repair, Sustainability Objectives for Transit
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of $826.5 million in Fiscal Year 2012 discretionary funds to modernize and repair transit vehicles and facilities around the country and promote the widespread use of sustainable clean fuel. The funding commitment highlights President Obama’s call for investing in an America that’s built to last.
“An American economy that’s built to last must
be built on a solid
foundation, and when we have buses, transit
facilities, and other
equipment that’s in disrepair, we simply
cannot afford to ignore them,”
Secretary LaHood said.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. Walmart announced last week that its facilities in California and Texas have secured positions among the top three companies, on four separate U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership lists.
As a result of significant work in 2011 to continue our commitment to renewable energy through on-site energy, such as solar and wind, and green power purchases, Walmart’s California and Texas facilities secured a spot among the top three on numerous EPA Green Power Partnership lists, including:
“I’m proud to support this important legislation that seeks to rein in Obamacare’s unprecedented government overreach into the religious freedoms of faith-based organizations. I hope my colleagues in the Senate will join me in passing this legislation to affirm the rights of religious organizations in Texas and across the country.”
In an interview withThe Washington Post on November 11, 2003, Soros said that removing PresidentGeorge W. Bush from office was the "central focus of my life" and "a matter of life and death". He said he would sacrifice his entire fortune to defeat President Bush, "if someone guaranteed it.”
This ultra-liberal financial supporter of groups like moveon.org donated almost $24 million dollars to defeat Georgia Bush.
So what does Mr. Soros think of Mitt Romney for President?:
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“With a tax hike threatening 160 million Americans at the end of this month, the Democrats in the Senate must get serious about negotiations on a full-year extension of the payroll tax holiday, as well as reforming and extending unemployment insurance – and doing it in a fiscally-responsible way. This week, the House voted to extend the current pay freeze for federal workers, including Members of Congress. It passed with more than 300 votes, including the vote of one of the Democratic conferees on the payroll/UI bill. That is exactly the sort of responsible, bipartisan spending cut that ought to be included in a bipartisan agreement to extend the payroll tax cut.
