Morning Briefing
For February 22, 2013
1. The American Conservative Union’s Embarrassing Scorecard
I had to look twice. Then I looked one more time.
The American Conservative Union (“ACU”) has released its annual scorecard. It is supposed to be a scorecard for a measure of conservatism on Capitol Hill.
So you will be as surprised as I was to find that Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican Leader with a history of undermining conservatives in the Senate, has a 100% score for 2012 — higher, in fact, that either Jim DeMint or Tom Coburn.
I had to laugh.
I have to hope someone on the ACU’s Board has some sense of shame. Chairman Al Cardenas, in his letter introducing the 2012 scorecard, writes, “our ratings have become the most important conservative measuring stick in American politics.”
Not after this. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. ObamaNation: At least $177 Million In Tax Dollars Paid For Federal Workers To Do Union Business
Many taxpayers may not realize that their tax dollars are used to pay government workers to actually conduct union business–not the work of the government.
This practice has the official name of Official Time and is defined by the Office of Personnel Management as:
"Official time is time spent by Federal employees performing representational work for a bargaining unit in lieu of their regularly assigned work."
Unlike the private sector, where companies or unions pay union representatives to conduct “union business,” our system of government unions allows union representatives who happen to be federal employees time away from their normal duties in order to conduct union business–all at taxpayer expense. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Santa Fe Releases Names of People who Participated in ‘Anonymous’ Gun Buyback
After the shooting in Newtown, New Mexico officials in a couple cities have supported a ‘gun buyback.’ Among cities coming up with their own plans are Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
People who participated in the Santa Fe buyback, which was dubbed “Operation Safe Streets” were given up to a couple hundred dollars per firearm they turned over. These citizens were lead to believe that their participation would remain anonymous. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Kasich Repeats Medicaid Expansion Lies in Ohio State of the State Address
Governor John Kasich forcefully repeated multiple falsehoods about expanding Medicaid eligibility in Ohio during his 2013 State of the State address on February 19. As he and his administration have done for weeks, Kasich falsely insisted that Ohio’s promised federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) funding for expanding Medicaid will be sent to other states if Ohio rejects the expansion.
The Ohio Channel has the governor’s entire speech; watch the segment in question to see Kasich pressure legislators by inaccurately asserting their rejection of Medicaid expansion would not prevent any of PPACA’s new spending. . . . please click here for the rest of the post→
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