The Heritage Foundation’s Tim Kane was a guest on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” today to talk about the 2007 Index of Economic Freedom, a great publication Heritage puts out with the Wall Street Journal. Check out the video below.

Earlier today President Bush met with the House Republican Conference, offering these remarks about the Iraq supplemental.
Yesterday I gave a speech, making it clear that I’ll veto a bill that restricts our commanders on the ground in Iraq, a bill that doesn’t fund our troops, a bill that’s got too much spending on it. [...]

Senate Democrats have proved once again they’re not serious about fixing the earmark problem in Congress. This video shows Sen. Jim DeMint (R.-S.C.) on the floor asking for the Senate to consider S. Res. 123 — a rule change that would add greater transparency to the process. Sen. Robert Menendez (D.-N.J.) blocked DeMint’s motion, meaning [...]

The latest episode of “The Hillary Show” is out. This one features special guest Dan Rather.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was the guest of honor at a reception for the Virginia Conservative Action PAC last night. A few Virginia bloggers attended, including Jim Bacon of Bacon’s Rebellion and Brian Kirwin of Bearing Drift. This is Newt’s second fundraiser for VCAP. Last year, he drew Northern Virginia conservatives to the home [...]

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DSC_0005.JPG, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

Today’s photo comes from our backyard. Yesterday, our cherry tree bloomed. I haven’t posted the photos yet, but keep an eye on my Flickr page.
‚Ä¢ A ‘Law & Order’ Presidential [...]

The animated cartoon debuted last night at the Radio and Television Correspondents‚Äô Association dinner in Washington. Appropriately, it’s all about the news business.

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Rep. Adam Putnam and Rep. Paul Ryan, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

If yesterday’s House Republican Conference bloggers’ event in the U.S. Capitol taught me one thing, it’s that Republicans have finally found an issue to [...]

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Rep. John Campbell, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

Rep. John Campbell (R.-Calif.) is a hoot. The man behind the Green Eyeshade blog at Townhall is busy enough as a congressman. How does he find time to [...]

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Rep. Zach Wamp, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

The most passionate member of Congress to join us today was Rep. Zach Wamp (R.-Tenn.), who covered all the talking points with great enthusiasm — and even found [...]