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A dangerous farm bill

As an example, numerous states have passed laws protecting mother dogs trapped inside puppy mills, yet this would be repealed by King’s amendment. Thankfully, the Senate doesn’t have this dangerous language in its version of the farm bill. Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, who is likely to be in the bill’s conference committee, must work […]

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Payback politics?

Credit: Brad Gregg Even as recovery operations began May 20, Roll Call quoted Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, as saying disaster spending should be offset with spending cuts elsewhere, dredging up ugly memories of the earlier struggle to pass disaster relief spending for Hurricane Sandy victims. The GOP was accused of cold-heartedness after House Speaker John […]

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Lock and load

Credit: Brad Gregg Inhofe’s theory is this: You haven’t been able to buy ammunition for all your guns lately because Uncle Sam is beating you to it. “I don’t know how [Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano] or anyone else can deny this is going on, all you have to do is go to any of […]

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Frank gets clubbed

Credit: Brad Gregg Last week, the organization issued a “Primary My Congressman” list of nine RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) that the group wants defeated in their next primary elections. So why did Lucas make the list? According to Club for Growth, the 11thterm congressman “has a long record of voting against cutting spending” and […]

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