Fresh off a resounding win within Republican ranks over earmarks, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint tells us what we can expect from the larger GOP numbers in the new Congress. Can we really expect major differences in Washington when both parties in both the House and Senate re-elected the same leadership? How will Republicans try to rein in spending? What will they do on health care? What does the Tea Party expect from all of these new members? And how Congress deal with lame duck issues like taxes, immigration, gays in the military and more. Greg Corombos discusses all of these issues and more with Sen. Jim DeMint.
Archives for November 17, 2010
Three Martini Lunch 11/17/10
Welcome to Wednesday’s Three Martini Lunch featuring Radio America’s Greg Corombos and National Review’s Dan Foster filling in for Jim Geraghty. Today, Greg and Dan discuss the gift to conservatives of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid being re-elected as Democratic leaders in the House and Senate, the apparent victory of Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska U.S. Senate race and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s call for new technology to prevent the use of cell phones by anyone in a moving vehicle.