Women Will Have Authentic Leaders in Upcoming Congress

2012: Pence Leans Toward Run at White House or Governor's Mansion?
Former House Republican leader Mike Pence is a favorite among Grassroots Conservatives and Tea Party Activists, many of whom have been pushing him for months to make a run for the White House in 2012. However, if the congressman from Indiana is planning a presidential run, his schedule sure has a funny way of showing it. The next few months will be the time for presidential hopefuls to be dropping into the all-important early presidential states of New Hampshire and Iowa. However, Fox News has l...

CITY INSIDER / Muni plans to fix budget with more parking tickets
Drivers in San Francisco beware: The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the city's transit and parking operations, is looking to increase the number of parking citations issued, officials announced Monday. The reason? To help close a projected $21 million Deficit in the $775 million operating Budget for the current Fiscal Year that ends June 30. The agency budgeted about $99 million for parking citation revenue this year but projections have been falling short because a...

New congress will be worse than before
This Wednesday, the 112th Congress will be sworn in.  With the shift after the last election, many wondered what the first piece of Legislation would be.  We now know that House Republicans will attempt to Repeal Healthcare Reform.  Of course, since the Republicans did not win the Senate in November, this will go nowhere.  Consequently, New Yorkers benefiting from the law can relax for now.  However, this move sets a bad precedent for the next two years.  No piece o...

Silly Women.You have no rights protecting you from discriminationaccording to a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against Discrimination on the basis of gender or Sexual Orientation, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don’t think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation. So does that mean that we’ve gone off in error by ap...

2010 Elections and Pro-Life Women: A Correction for Modern Feminism
On November 2, that imbalance dramatically shifted toward the pro-life side of the scale, and it is just the beginning. More than sheer numbers are involved, but the numbers alone are compelling. They underscore first and foremost that, as good as this election cycle was for fiscal Conservatives, it was every bit as triumphant for female Candidates who embrace the right to life. Consider the profile of the U.S. Congress. In the session of Congress that just ended, there were 93 women, 17 of them...

On opening day, nine empty chairs in the House and Senate
The Resignation of nine Democratic legislators will take effect when the 2011 session of the General Assembly opens at 10 a.m. Wednesday, leaving six empty chairs in the House and three in the Senate to be filled by special Elections in late February or early March. Rep. Chris Caruso, D-Bridgeport, who was named Tuesday evening as a special advisor on urban economic issues, was the last legislator to land a job with the new administration of Dan Malloy before the door closes today on movement ...

Pences schedule hints at gubernatorial, not presidential, run
Is the Pence for President boomlet over?  Howey Politics Indiana got a peek at the Indiana Congressman’s schedule and says it never got started.  Mike Pence has filled his schedule for the next several weeks with appearances throughout Indiana, not Iowa or New Hampshire, meaning that either Pence has decided that Indiana’s late primary will be the key to a presidential nomination, or he’s running for Governor: U.S. Rep. Mike Pence is scheduling Republican Lincoln Days Dinne...

Shocking: Radical pro-aborts believe pro-life male is a womyn-hater
NY Times columnist Ross Douthat wrote an emotional piece today about the issues of Abortion, fertility, and adoption. In the column, he noted how - contrary to what liberals want you to believe - abortion is hardly the “rare” event we’re told it is, and how - also contrary to what liberals want you to believe - the Waiting Lists to adopt grow each year, due to the rise of single parenthood and, shocker of shockers, abortion. In the article, he made no mo...

Glance: 2010 bankruptcy changes by state
A state-by-state ranking of the percent change in Bankruptcy filings last year, compared to 2009. 15. District of Columbia: 9% 22. South Dakota: 7% 23. Rhode Island: 7% 24. New Hampshire: 7% 25. New Mexico: 7% 32. North Dakota: 4% 42. New York: -2% 48. North Carolina: -4% 49. South Carolina: -5% 51. West Virginia: -10% 2 daily papers, 1 weekly in St. Mary Parish sold Where's your Governor? A state-by-state glance Is Unemployment actually much higher? Like close to 20 percent?...

Glance: 2010 bankruptcy changes by state
A state-by-state ranking of the percent change in Bankruptcy filings last year, compared to 2009. 15. District of Columbia: 9% 22. South Dakota: 7% 23. Rhode Island: 7% 24. New Hampshire: 7% 25. New Mexico: 7% 32. North Dakota: 4% 42. New York: -2% 48. North Carolina: -4% 49. South Carolina: -5% 51. West Virginia: -10% ...

Possible Presidential Dark Horse Gary Johnson Heads to New Hampshire
With 2012 in sight, a Dark Horse looking at running for the Republican presidential nomination will be heading to New Hampshire for an extended stay next week. Former Gov. Gary Johnson, who served two terms in New Mexico, will travel to the Granite State, site of the first presidential primary, to talk about federal spending and how Congress can reduce it. “This is a crucial time in American politics, as we look to a newly elected Congress in 2011 to stop the insanity of federal spending,...

Some Senate Democrats to try to change filibuster rules in new Congress
Washington (CNN) - Senate Democrats, anxious to reign in what they consider abuse of the Filibuster by Senate Republicans, will formally propose changes Wednesday to how and when senators can use the stalling tactic. However, Senate leaders - using their own procedural smoke and mirrors - will postpone votes on the proposals until late January at the earliest as they negotiate possible compromises to the politically contentious issue, according to Senate leadership aides from both parties....

Senate to consider filibuster changes
However, Senate leaders will postpone votes on the proposals until late January at the earliest as they negotiate possible compromises to the politically contentious issue, according to Senate leadership aides from both parties. Frustrated by Republicans’ escalating use of the Filibuster to stall routine Legislation and nominations, a group of Senate Democrats is trying to build support for a wide range of proposed changes that would curb the use of filibusters but not ban them entire...

Ex-U.S. Attorney Mead Sworn In as Wyoming Governor
Former U.S. Attorney Matt Mead (R) was sworn in on Monday as Wyoming’s 32nd Governor. Mead served as the state’s U.S. Attorney from from 2001 to 2007. He already has named several of his former colleagues from the office to his administration. Among those in attendance were Bill Mercer of Montana, Johnny Sutton of the Western District of Texas, John Ratcliffe of the Eastern District of Texas, Tom Moss of Idaho and Susan Brooks of the Southern District of Indiana, according to Eid. Cl...

Jerry Brown takes governor's reins again
(01-04) 04:00 PST Sacramento - -- Edmund G. Brown Jr. was sworn in as California's 39th Governor in a low-key ceremony Monday during which he invoked the spirit of the state's past while chiding lawmakers for political Partisanship that has eroded the public's Trust in Government. In a 17-minute Speech that was both soaring and sobering, he spoke of his family's California experience, while promising significant changes in how much money the state spends and how it is spent. California is fac...

Jerry Brown takes governor's reins again
(01-03) 04:00 PST Sacramento - -- Edmund G. Brown Jr. was sworn in as California's 39th Governor in a low-key ceremony Monday during which he invoked the spirit of the state's past while chiding lawmakers for political Partisanship that has eroded the public's Trust in Government. In a 17-minute Speech that was both soaring and sobering, he spoke of his family's California experience, while promising significant changes in how much money the state spends and how it is spent. California is fac...

Jerry Brown takes governor's reins again
(01-03) 04:00 PST Sacramento - -- Edmund G. Brown Jr. was sworn in as California's 39th Governor in a low-key ceremony Monday during which he invoked the spirit of the state's past while chiding lawmakers for political Partisanship that has eroded the public's Trust in Government. In a 17-minute Speech that was both soaring and sobering, he spoke of his family's California experience, while promising significant changes in how much money the state spends and how it is spent. California is fac...

SCOTUS Caveman alert - Scalia: Women don't have constitutional protection against discrimination
What's next in the intellectual bloviating of conservative Activist SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia - is Slavery OK? We already know he doesn't believe in the right for two consenting adults to engage in anything other than PIV sex. He was interviewed recently and let loose this flaming pile of horseshite: In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex Discrimination, or cer...

Scalia Says Women Dont Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination: Amanda Terkel Reports
Scalia: Women Don’t Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination by Amanda Terkel Huffington Post, January 3, 2011 WASHINGTON — The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against discrimination on the basis of gender or Sexual Orientation, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In a newly published interview in the legal magazine California Lawyer, Scalia said that while the Constitution does not disallow the pa...

Schneiderman Goes to See the Archbishop
Eric Schneiderman ran for the office of Attorney General last year as an unabashed progressive Democrat. He even had Kelli Conlin, the head of NARAL Pro-Choice New York, introduce him the night he won the Democratic primary. But Schneiderman spent his first day in office yesterday in the unlikeliest of places: Meeting with Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Dolan, who was named archbishop last year by Pope Benedict XVI, was elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops this year...

Lamar Alexander Embarrasses Himself
Lamar Alexander is a Senator who very much wants to be taken seriously, but his Speech in defense of the Filibuster delivered at the Heritage Foundation today proves merely why he shouldn't be. Here is how Alexander sets up his argument: Voters who turned out in November are going to be pretty disappointed when they learn the first thing some Democrats want to do is cut off the right of the people they elected to make their voices heard on the floor of the U.S. Senate. ... [O]n December 18, eve...

Headline Writers Need to Be Stopped
Earlier FHQ linked to an article from the Columbus Dispatch that correctly identified the news in its article on the possibility of a later 2012 presidential primary in Ohio. In fact, the headline was good enough in our opinion to repeat here. "Slow redistricting could delay Ohio's presidential primary" That story has since been picked up in part by the Associated Press and has morphed from the incoming Secretary of State pointing out a potential timing issue between the redistricting process a...

Lieberman hints at Senate future
Washington (CNN) - Independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman hasn't made much noise about running for re-election in 2012, but according to a new interview, if he does run, he won't be returning to his Democratic roots. Instead, he says he'll "likely" run as an independent. Speaking to CNN affiliate WFSB in Hartford, CT in an interview for the weekly Sunday show "Face the State," Lieberman told host Dennis House that he thinks he could win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but that it would be...

House freshmen kick off terms with fundraiser
Washington (CNN) - On the night before they get sworn in, a dozen incoming freshman House members are planning to celebrate their election with a Fundraiser at the swanky W Hotel in Washington, drawing criticism from a Watchdog organization. "They haven't yet begun their official duties, but they already have their hands out for money," said Nancy Watzman of the Sunlight Foundation, which posted online a copy of an invitation. The invite, which she said was obtained from a Lobbyist who had recei...

Scott sworn in as Florida's 45th governor
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican Rick Scott declared "Job Creation is a mission" after being sworn in Tuesday as Florida's 45th Governor, and he vowed to move swiftly on an agenda of lower taxes, smaller government and less Regulation. Scott told the crowd gathered outside the historic Capitol that he understands the hardship of Unemployment because his father was often Laid Off and his mother had to take on ironing work to put food on the table. "I have a clear memory of their fear and unc...