Founded in 1992, the Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) supports a single-payer health care system controlled by the federal government. It has partnered in its national campaigns with the George Soros- and Teresa Heinz Kerry-funded Health Care for America Now!. UHCAN’s former Executive Director Ken Frisof worked closely with the Democratic Socialists of America to promote a single-payer system. To view the full [...]
Henry Waxman has served in the House of Representatives for the past 36 years. He supports the Fairness Doctrine, Cap-and-Trade, and the implementation of government-run health insurance. Six years ago he facilitated the efforts of Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange, and Code Pink to deliver a combined $600,000 in medical supplies and cash to the families of the terrorist insurgents who were [...]
A Republican Senate candidate’s record includes connections to Islamists.
Plagued by multiple serious scandals, Rep. Charles Rangel has stepped down from his post as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. The move, which Rangel said was “temporary,” came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the congressman that he did not have enough votes to survive an expected Republican challenge to his chairmanship. To view a [...]
In an effort to distance itself from the massive, shameful scandals of ACORN’s national organization, the Arkansas chapter of ACORN has announced that it is re-forming itself under the name Arkansas Community Organizations (ACO). Just six weeks ago, ACORN’s California chapter took a similar step, changing its name to the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. To view [...]
Campus lefists and administrators discover the academic equivalent of the poll tax.
John “Jack” Murtha, a Democrat from western Pennsylvania’s Twelfth District, died Monday of complications from gall bladder surgery. He had been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1974. During the Bush administration, Murtha consistently assailed the manner in which the Iraq War was prosecuted. In a November 2005 statement, Murtha described the U.S. military as “stretched thin” [...]
Al Franken is a U.S. Senator representing Minnesota. His 2008 Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman was hotly contested and extremely close. It was also marred by what journalist Matthew Vadum called ”appalling irregularities that characterized both the initial and subsequent vote-counting.” The morning after the election, Coleman led Franken by 725 votes. But Franken refused to concede, [...]
According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, during 2008-2009 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi incurred expenses of some $2.1 million for her use of Air Force jets for travel — including $101,429 for in-flight expenses such as food and alcohol. She regularly used Air Force aircraft to travel to her district at an average cost of [...]
