Will President Barack Obama and his Democrat minions skip this one, too?
Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of the House and Senate on Sept 24, becoming the first pontiff to do so, House Speaker John Boehner [R, OH] said Thursday.
“We’re humbled that the Holy Father has accepted our invitation and certainly look forward to receiving his message on behalf of the American people,” Boehner…told reporters.
Oh, wait, Obama is getting a private audience all his own.
Don’t confuse them with facts.
Congressmen John Lewis (D, GA), G.K. Butterfield (D, NC), and Earl Blumenauer (D, OR) have announced they’re going to skip out on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the full Congress on 3 March.
Never mind that this man on the scene might have some expertise about the Middle East and the threats posed by Islamic terrorists and by Iran. President Barack Obama has given them all the wisdom they need.
Blumenauer went so far as to say
I will refuse to be part of a reckless act of political grandstanding[.]
Because gathering actual facts independently of the Democrats’ approved analysis is political grandstanding.
This cowardice, or this arrogance—your call—is inexcusable by men who play a role in determining national policy.
Remember this in the 2016 elections in their districts.
…just have no sense of humor.
President Obama’s 2016 budget blueprint proposes rolling back a program that gives veterans the right to receive faster care outside of the long waitlists at the troubled Veterans Affairs medical system.
Obama signed the Veterans Choice Program into law in August following months of partisan wrangling on Capitol Hill….
His 2016 budget “proposal” doesn’t zero out the program; instead, it achieves elimination of the funding by allowing the VA to reallocate that part of its budget to other purposes
to support essential investments in VA system priorities in a fiscally responsible, budget-neutral manner.
Apparently, veteran choice isn’t an essential investment, or it’s not a fiscally responsible use of the money, or both.
Because veterans are another group of Americans whom Obama and his Democrat minions don’t think are capable of making their own decisions.
On the other hand, it was a Republican addition to last year’s compromise and interim bill for reforming the Veterans Administration. Maybe because, Republicans.
…for Attorney General to replace Eric Holder.
During confirmation hearings which started yesterday [emphasis added],
Her biggest challenge could be explaining her support and participation in civil forfeitures, a legal process in which law enforcement agencies can seize money and other assets without charging or convicting the owners….
After nearly three years of legal battles, the federal government last week dropped its case against the Hirschs, who own a distribution company that serves convenience stores on Long Island. The government agreed to return more than $446,000 in assets and cash seized by the Internal Revenue Service in 2012 under federal civil asset forfeiture laws, even though the Hirsch family was never charged with a crime.
This was a case approved and brought by US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch.
Hmm….