CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 06/29/2013

The House Must Lead It’s “game over” in the Senate. Yesterday, at 4:23 PM eastern, Harry Reid forced a final vote on the Gang of Eight’s S. 744 – just a few hours after cloture was invoked – and it passed with 68 yays and 32 nays. Despite its passage, the Gang of Eight bill remains to be a terrible, unworkable piece of legislation that defies common sense. As it is “amnesty first” bill, S. 744 stands only to compound our illegal immigration problem as it fails to secure the border first. After the Senate vote, Sen. Ted Cruz said the following about his colleagues’ majority decision ... Read More

Rep. Jones leads legislative charge against unconstitutional military action in Syria At a press conference yesterday, Rep. Walter Jones spoke against unconstitutional military action in Syria. Joined by Sen. Rand Paul, and Reps. Chris Gibson, Peter Welch, and Rick Nolan, the North Carolina lawmaker said, “We cannot continue to spend American money and risk American lives overseas without a vote of approval from Congress.” Read More

Obama administration pushes new public health research agenda on gun control In the near future, Americans who own or want guns likely will be subject to rafts of new questions from social scientists, medical researchers and law enforcement officials intent to discover just what guns they own, why they own them and what they intend to use them for — not to mention where and how they keep them. Read More

Can Learning the Truth Unlearn the Lie? I have witnessed a teacher of Political Science in America require a class to watch Fahrenheit 911 by Michael Moore then write an essay outlining how many ways President Bush lied to trick America into invading Iraq. If you don’t find this assignment offensive you’ve already had you quota of Kool- Aid and you should step away from this article and dial 911. Tell them someone is about to tell you the truth and you aren’t prepared for what that might do to your world-view. Read More

Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling: Stigmatization of America Throughout the United States, gay marriage proponents are celebrating, proclaiming that the Supreme Court’s rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 has made the legalization of gay marriage the law of the land. They are now aiming at ensuring that gay couples may receive full marriage benefits in each of the 50 States. The problem is, the courts did not rule that gay marriage is constitutional, in the case of the Proposition 8 case. They ruled that the defenders of Proposition 8 had no standing. Read More

Europe exits climate money pit as Obama jumps in What does America have to show for the billions of taxpayer dollars spent to stop climate change? Is the climate better now because of 20 years of throwing money at it? Read More