Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty celebrate the start of the debate to repeal Obamacare, rip two Republican members of Congressmen for missing their oaths on the House floor and slam Democrats for opposing the recitation of the U.S. Constitution on the second day of the new Congress.
What is it like to be sworn into Congress for the first time? How ready are freshman Republicans to tackle spending, job creation and the repeal of Obamacare? We ask Florida Rep. Dan Webster, who is also a member of the House Rules and Transportation Committees. We ask Webster to discuss the fierce debate over House rules for the new Congress and how the Transportation Committee will try to avoid becoming a haven for pork barrel spending once again.
It’s just the second day of the new Congress, but Republicans seem ready to cut spending. But after all the campaign rhetoric, what can we actually expect from the House Appropriations Committee when it comes to spending? Just how much do they hope to slash? Why might these aggressive cuts have a chance of making it through the Senate? What are the keys to job growth in the new Congress? Why is confronting bureaucratic regulators essential to saving and growing jobs? We ask these and other questions to Texas Rep. John Carter, a member of the GOP House leadership and the House Appropriations Committee.
Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty cheer John Boehner’s performance on his first day as Speaker of the House. They also rip Nancy Pelosi for trying to upstage Boehner in a rather graceless way and make a big deal deal out of the first-ever “Fiscy” awards – given to those supposedly exercising fiscal discipline.
Republicans took control of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, and the GOP is ready to jump into several major debates right away. What will be the strategy in trying to repeal Obamacare? How do Republicans respond to Democratic arguments that the repeal debate is covering old ground and a waste of time? What do Republicans mean by ‘repeal and replace’? Will the GOP go along with raising the debt ceiling? What would they demand in return? And what other legislation can we expect sooner rather than later? We ask Georgia Rep. Tom Price, a new member of the GOP House leadership as Republican Policy Committee Chairman.
This week, Massachusetts General Hospital discussed the very early but very successful tests of a new cancer screening system that could detect cancer much earlier than current methods. It could also give doctors much better information in determining treatment and much quicker results in determining the effectiveness of treatment. We discuss the early promise of this technology with Dr. Licia Sequist, a thoracic oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was also lead principal investigator for the hospital’s clinical trials of this new cancer screening technology.
Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty celebrate Republicans taking control of the House and appearing ready to actually make good on their promises. They also slam Nancy Pelosi’s parting shot on health care and discuss President Obama’s plea that Congressional Republicans not engage in partisan politics well before the 2012 elections.
As Republicans prepare to to assume the majority in the House of Representatives, former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo says the changes on Capitol Hill will likely stop Democratic efforts to push amnesty on the nation. However, he says Democratic control in the Senate and a Democrat in the White House mean no progress will be made in border security either. So are Republicans getting tougher or softer on border security? Is the GOP right to try eliminating birthright citizenship? And what will be the price tag for taxpayers over the next two years for doing nothing to stop the flow of illegals? We ask these questions and more to former Rep. Tom Tancredo, the leading voice for tough immigration enforcement.
On Wednesday, Republicans will take over the House of Representatives and drastically narrow their deficit in the U.S. Senate. After two years of outrage over endless deficit spending in Washington, what would be the smartest steps for Congress to take to begin putting our nation’s fiscal house back in order? Is raising the debt ceiling a necessary step or a telltale sign of business as usual? And how will we know if Congress is serious about reducing our national debt or just going through the motions? We ask former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker, who is also founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative.
Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty applaud the Republicans for resisting a hike in the debt ceiling, wonder about the possible Chicagoland shuffle for the position of White House Chief of Staff and assess Michael Steele’s argument for staying on as RNC Chairman.
