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Christine O’Donnell Seeks To Remove Constitutional Rights

Posted on September 1 2010 by Congress Watcher

Christine O’Donnell wants federal government bureaucrats in the Executive Branch to have the power to declare people to be terrorists, without trial.

Jackson Lee on Banning Mosques: It’s About Freedom of Religion

Posted on August 30 2010 by Congressional Aid

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas has issued a statement concerning the increasingly contentious issue of whether to ban mosques in America. Her statement draws a distinction between feelings of emotional pain and standards of religious freedom: First and foremost, I understand the pain, trauma, and grief suffered by the men, women and children who [...]

Allen West Says Coexistence Must Go. Florida Republicans Say OK.

Posted on August 26 2010 by Congressional Aid

In March of 2010 as Allen West campaigned for the Republican nomination in Florida’s 22nd congressional district, he railed against a bumper sticker that angered him greatly: As I was driving up here today, I saw that bumper sticker that absolutely incenses me. It’s not the Obama bumper sticker. But it’s the bumper sticker that [...]

Where Is Mielke’s God In The Constitution?

Posted on August 17 2010 by Congress Watcher

Contrary to Dan Mielke’s claims, separation from God, and from other religious concepts, is at the foundation of the American national identity.

Mike Arcuri Opposes Religious Freedom

Posted on August 16 2010 by Congress Watcher

Mike Arcuri didn’t need to support the effort to ban the new Muslim building in Manhattan. Richard Hanna had removed it as a campaign issue – before Arcuri re-introduced it.

Four Tenths of House GOP Won’t Support Capitalism Defense Amendment

Posted on August 9 2010 by Congress Watcher

Was capitalism truly such a fragile thing that it needed a new government regulation to ensure its survival?

Tim Wildmon gets it right on Phil Hare and the Constitution

Posted on July 25 2010 by Congressional Aid

In a letter to his supporters dated July 2010, fundamentalist Christian leader Tim Wildmon leveled a series of charges at the feet of Democratic Party politicians, including the flamingly false accusation that President Barack Obama wanted the Supreme Court to somehow mandate vast redistribution of wealth. Tim Wildmon doesn’t have a good record when it [...]

Carter’s Mystery Bible of Democracy

Posted on July 16 2010 by Congress Watcher

When Congressman John Carter seeks to push the United States into a Biblical frame of reference for government, he pushes the nation away from the principles of democracy.

Separation of Church and State Busted by the Braleys

Posted on July 6 2010 by Congress Watcher

Bruce Braley’s religious nepotism reminds us that the office of the House Chaplain is a corrupting influence within what is supposed to be a representative assembly serving all Americans, not merely the sacred elites.

Which Arizona Democrats Oppose SB 1070?

Posted on April 27 2010 by Congress Watcher

Ann Kirkpatrick, Gabrielle Giffords and Harry Mitchell have posted no statements about SB 1070 on their congressional web sites at all. Neither have they made statements on their re-election campaign web sites.

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