by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Politico notes that John Boehner seems to be putting a large emphasis on defunding Planned Parenthood: But all signs are that Speaker John Boehner is making the PP funding cutoff a higher priority in the negotiations than the 9 House-passed riders that defund all or part of the […]

Positive news from a Politico article today entitled, “Democrats pessimistic about avoiding shutdown”: The White House is intensifying negotiations with House Republicans… but congressional Democrats increasingly fear that it may be too little, too late to avert a government shutdown…. By late Monday, the process was basically back on track, and both sides were feeling […]

UPDATE, 2:25p: From Family Research Council: … Speaker Boehner got even less sleep. According to reports, a crowd of abortion activists swarmed his apartment this morning, chanting him awake. The group said its members “are furious that the House’s continuing resolution would cut off funding for local reproductive health services.”

The House GOP exerted momentous efforts to support the sanctity of human life this week. First came the vote to repeal Obamacare, which passed 245-189. (Read LifeNews.com for Senate strategy.) Then yesterday came the 3rd and 4th bills I recently identified as coming down the pike, and not in a mealy way. The No Tax-Payer […]

The NewsRealBlog has posted a list of the “Top Ten Enemies the Pro-Abortion Left Fears.” As in the last Top 10 list, I barely edged in but am honored for the inclusion (and am adding this to my bio!). I’m not sure “fears” is the right word. Maybe “hates”? And I’m not sure how NRB […]

In coming days and weeks pro-lifers will be asked to contact their congresspersons to support four pro-life bills. I’m going to list them now, because getting piecemeal calls to action down the road may become confusing and overwhelming. But boiling it down, we’re being called to focus on these four:

First, 3 Christmas-themed creations by political cartoonists this week… by Robert Ariail at Townhall.com… by Dick Locher at GoComics.com…

This is the 3rd time I’ve written about the chairmanship of a House committee, which is a lot. But as the National Right to Life Committee detailed in a letter to the House Republican Steering Committee on November 18: There is no committee of the House of Representatives that has policy and oversight jurisdiction over […]