By Rick Oltman, March 5, 2019 House Democrats plan to resurrect the Dream Act and present legislation on March 12th. It will be called, “The Dream and Promise Act of 2019” (H.R. 6). Congresswaman Lucille Boybal-Allard (CA 40) a Democrat coauthor of the original Dream Act, will reintroduce the legislation to provide a path to…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, February 27, 2019 On February 15, President Trump declared a National Emergency to deal with border security on our porous southern border. Not surprisingly, the open borders supporters in the media mischaracterized his action with fake news headlines. For example, CNN charged, Trump declares national emergency to fund the wall. NPR said, As Trump Declares…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, February 21, 2019 Congressmen Mark Green, M.D. (R-TN) and Chip Roy (R-TX) have written a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the State Department to designate Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Breitbart links to the draft. Congressman Green’s office confirmed to me it will be sent shortly. This…
DetailsBy Dave Gibson, February 21, 2019 On February 15, President Trump held a press conference in the White House Rose Garden to announce that he was declaring a National Emergency, in order to construct a much-needed barrier along our very porous border with Mexico. After the president finished his statement, he took questions from the…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, February 20, 2019 On Friday, February 15, President Trump declared a national emergency to obtain the money for completing the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. On Monday, Presidents’ Day, 16 states filed a lawsuit in, where else, the Northern District of California in an attempt to block the President from using funds…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, February 15 2019 President Trump will sign the budget legislation sent to him from Congress, which keeps government departments running through the current fiscal year that will end September 30. But it lacks the $5.7 billion he wanted to build more wall on the southern border. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, President…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, February 14, 2019 A just-released study has found that voter I.D. laws do not suppress voter turnout. Enricko Cantoni and Vincent Pons published their research for The National Bureau of Economic Research, “Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008-2016.” “… we find the laws have no…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, February 11, 2019 Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and acting White House Chief of Staff, said Sunday morning that President Trump will get the border wall with or without Congress, which probably means that he will take however much money the Democrats will offer in the budget talks,…
DetailsBy George Rodriguez, El Conservador (210-473-6775), February 11, 2019 The ridiculous comments by New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) can be amusing, but they should be challenged and her stupidity should be exposed. On Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez vowed to defund U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and said all Latino people must be…
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