The DISCLOSE Act and the Culture of Corruption
Yesterday Democrats in the Senate failed in their effort to invoke cloture (that is, end debate) on the DISCLOSE Act, perhaps the most Orwellian-named piece of legislation in recent memory.
Yesterday Democrats in the Senate failed in their effort to invoke cloture (that is, end debate) on the DISCLOSE Act, perhaps the most Orwellian-named piece of legislation in recent memory.
Today, by only a one vote margin, the liberals in the U.S. Senate failed to invoke cloture and end debate on the so-called “DISCLOSE” Act. If passed, the cynical DISCLOSE Act championed by liberals Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer would have suppressed the First Amendment free speech rights of conservative organizations while creating carve-outs for liberal organizations of which Schumer and Reid approve.
Frank Rich of the New York Times column has written another installment in a seemingly endless series of obituaries of religious conservatism, the latest tied to Mel Gibson’s travails. In Rich’s formulation, Gibson is a “powerful and canonized figure in the political and cultural pantheon of American conservatism,” so his recent personal challenges and the release of highly embarrassing audiotapes recorded during a bitter custody dispute are a metaphor for the decline of the cultural right.
The National Rifle Association entered the fray against liberal Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court today with an ad saying she can’t be trusted to safeguard our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Kagan is Barack Obama’s liberal extremist nominee for the Supreme Court who famously banned military recruiters from Harvard College and who believes the Constitution is a “living document”, subject to revision.
(Henderson, Nevada) – Faith & Freedom Coalition Founder and Chairman Ralph Reed was invited by the Nevada Republican Party to headline Saturday’s lunch at the Party’s 2010 Convention.
We’re very pleased here at the Faith & Freedom Coalition to announce that Monterey Brookman has been named the Chairman of the Nevada Faith & Freedom Coalition.