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"I believe the public agrees with people like Michele Bachmann. She told me in an interview this week that Congress can direct the Treasury to “first pay off the interest on the debt, make sure our military men and women get paid, and then deal with our priorities. Yes, we have very sacrificial consequences, but when are we going to get serious about deficit reduction?”

On this logic, Bachmann and other Tea Party Republicans — including most on the presidential campaign trail — oppose…

"Michele Bachmann really wants you to know she’s a “constitutional conservative.” The term is featured prominently on her web ads. She mentioned it three times in her announcement speech. It’s in the first sentence of her official bio. But what exactly does it…

First he ignored the Constitution's clear division of powers. Article 1, Sec. 8 (11) of the Constitution states that "Congress shall have the power… to declare war." Declare means initiate. 

The Founders were unambiguous. John Jay complained that…

Tell your Representative to vote NO on H.R. 1954 and do not raise the debt ceiling. 

When you call now, demand that your Representative supports three key reforms in the debt ceiling debate:

First, any measure to raise the debt ceiling must include real spending cuts.  A good start would cut spending by at least $300 billion next year and include a full repeal of ObamaCare. Longer term, Congress must cut and eliminate programs to shrink…

The group of almost 100 mostly local residents has created a Facebook page called Californians Against High Speed Rail and taken other steps to bring the battle to the California High-Speed Rail Authority when it holds its monthly meeting in Sacramento June 2.

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