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Aug. 29, 2016
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| Liberals in Washington and elsewhere say requiring voters to present photo identification is wrong. This morning, Fred Lucas presents seven other things for which the government mandates an ID. The candidates for president promise to spend more on roads and bridges. Josh Siegel reports on how that appeals to congressional Republicans. Could some House conservatives ditch the biggest GOP caucus? Philip Wegmann has that story. Plus: Bruce Klingner on what the world should do about North Korean missiles, and Christina Villegas on the constitutional compatibility of feminism. |
NewsAmid Voter ID Battles, Here Are 7 Things the Government Requires IDs For Proponents of voter ID have argued that retailers require ID to buy liquor, M-rated video games, prescriptions, or even nail polish. Read More |
NewsHow Republicans in Congress Would Respond to Big-Spending Infrastructure Push Even if the Republican-controlled House doesn't view infrastructure as a top of the agenda issue, observers and lawmakers say the presidential candidates' proposals have generated an important discussion on the federal government's role in transportation spending. Read More |
CommentaryNorth Korean Sub-Launched Missiles Threaten US Allies North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is pushing forward rapidly on both nuclear and missile fronts. Read More |
NewsHouse Freedom Caucus Flirts With Republican Study Committee Exodus Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., tells The Daily Signal that as many as 20 members could allow their Republican Study Committee memberships to lapse. Read More |
CommentaryIt's Telling the Left Targets Only This State Law on Public Restrooms Statutes in Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin are very similar to North Carolina's controversial bathroom law. Read More |
CommentaryTrue Feminism and the Constitution Have Always Been Compatible The Constitution and the principles of the Declaration of Independence in which it is rooted were always compatible with women's equal political and legal rights. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans