Judge Brett Kavanaugh Receives Standing Ovation For Nomination To The Supreme Court

Leonard Leo, vice president of the conservative Federalist Society, is responsible for putting several people on the Supreme Court. And may once again help to put another conservative on board the nations highest court. 

Leo is a long time friend of Clarence Thomas and helped promote Republican appointees Justice Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch.

With a standing ovation President Trump announced the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, 53, who has been on the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals since 2006.

"Trump announced from his campaign he would choose nominees from two lists which had 20 Judges and lawyers. Then he added a third list with five more. Trump had three criteria. People who were extraordinarily well-qualified. People who were not weak. And he wanted people who would interpret the Constitution as framers meant it to be." Leo said.

Of course what is running through the progressives minds is the reversal of Roe V Wade. 

In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash about his view of abortion being discontinued Vice - President Mike Pence said ""Well, I do, but I haven't been nominated to the supreme court, Judge Kavanaugh has." "I'm pro-life, and I don't apologize for it." Pence continued, "I'm proud to be part of a pro-life administration that's advanced pro-life policies." "But what I can assure you is that what the president was looking for here was a nominee who will respect the Constitution as written, who will uphold the Constitution and all of his interpretations of the law."

To which I say a hardy "AMEN" that we cling to the Constitution as written by our forefather's!!

ERA Passes Out Of House Committee

Wednesday morning , May 16, the Equal Rights Amendment {SJRCA 4} passed out of House Human /services /committee in a vote 7-5. The amendment is now on the floor of the house. You say, how does the effect me? What is of importance to me and how does it affect us?

Tuesday afternoon, May 15, Rep Lou Lang, sponsor of the resolution did not have enough votes because one democratic member decided she could not support the resolution. So he replaced her with a substitute. But we are not out of the woods.

People are promoting the resolution and are setting up phone banks and calling legislators. Only the pro life legislators realize the seriousness of this bill. If passed the resolution will cause NO LIMITS on ABORTION across the nation, and could require TAX-PAYER funding for abortion all across the nation.

Some Republican legislators who always vote pro-life , have been convinced that the ERA will not have any impact on abortion, so they are planning to vote for the resolution.

Congressman Henry Hyde, well known constitutional scholar, testified against the ERA, in the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution{May 26, 1983}, "if it is proposed and ratified without an explicit provision against it's use as a pro- abortion device, will, in fact, be used to sweep away the minimal protection of unborn children that the courts currently allow, and also to mandate TAX FUNDING for abortions."


"The court holds have denied the constitutional right to a Government-financed abortion on the grounds that poor women who desire abortions are not within the so-called suspects classes against whom no law can discriminate without triggering strict scrutiny by the courts." {Strict scrutiny is the most stringent standard used by the courts to determine which is weightier-a constitutional right or the governments interest in overcoming the right.}

Strict scrutiny almost always results in the law being struck down as unconstitutional. If either sex or poverty had been designated by the court as a suspect classification, the Court as a suspect classification have found a right to abortion funding.

"Since 1970 the ERA advocates have emphasized that the amendment's principal legal effect would be to make sex a suspect classification under the Constitution the most important suspect classification at present is race. If sex discrimination were treated like race discrimination, Government refusal to fund abortions would be treated like a refusal to fund medical procedures that effect minority races."

Congressman Henry Hyde continues to say"If the Federal ERA were ratified there would be no need to for silence or evasion, so we would see ALL LAWS regulating abortion challenged vigorously on the argument that they are unconstitutional discrimination's against women.

It would be tragic if legislators who wish to minimize the killing of  pre-born children were to give lawyers and pro-abortion judges a new and powerful tool with which to enhance and extend the abortion right , especially by mandating the use of TAX FUNDS to pay for abortions."

PLEASE contact your state representatives and ask him or her to vote NO on the ERA {SJRCA 4}.

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ra Passes

Donald Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The President's new bill is called the Tax cuts and Jobs Act. The new Tax Reform Bill will create an overhaul of 1.4 Trillion dollars.The vote 51-49 will create massive tax cuts for families and businesses alike.Mitch McConnell gets a big praise from the president along with Sen Orren Hatch.

The President "A vote to cut taxes is a vote to put America first. It's time to take care of our workers, to protect our communities, and to rebuild our great country" President Donald
Trump

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif responded calling the legislation a "betrayal of the American Middle class" Guess you don't get it Nancy and never will. Giving the middle class tax cuts opens the doors of Corporations and Businesses alike to build their business's and hire new people.

Families also getting a break by nearly doubling the standard deduction to 12,000 for individuals (up from 6,350) and 24,000 for couples (up from 12,700)

Corporate tax rate will be cut 35% to 21%. Please Nancy, don't pretend you have never passed a tax you didn't like!The bill keeps the seven brackets which starts at 10%, and rises to 12%,22%.24%, 32%. 35% and 37% who exceed the 500,000 income. Lowering the the rate from 39.6%.

And good for Illinois, if you own a home here you can claim your 4,264 per year Mortgage Reduction

For families, taxpayers claim 2,000 for each child under 17.

This tax bill is a welcome, and a  long a waited relief for the families and companies of our country. Now longer will we be putting a heavy weight on those who are trying to build our country and supply jobs.

32% Tax Increase For Illinois - Illinois Pays The Highest Property Tax In The Nation

Legislators are proud they came up with a "balanced" budget for the state of Illinois by increasing taxes. Governor Rauner vetoed the tax increase because it was a 32% tax increase with no real reforms. However legislators have trouble with math are telling constituents that the tax increase was only 1.2%-an increase from 3.76% to 4.95%.

I have spoken to several area residents and they have no clue how much this increase really is. An average family in Illinois will have a tax increase of $1,150.  In the final vote 10 Republicans in the House supported the tax increase, and one republican in the Senate. Originally when the tax increase first passed 15 House Republicans, voted for it. One was out of town for the veto override, and four pulled off the vote by Governor Rauner. To be sure, Speaker Madigan made up for the missing Republican votes by adding more Democratic votes for the final passage. 

The problem being, Speaker Madigan, evidently you don't understand the law of economics, you need money in the till to support the vote. Most Illinois citizens don't get the drift of the problem, even with a tax increase, the budget will be unsustainable because of uncontrolled pension costs.

One of the major flaws in the new budget is the requirement that Illinois public education moves to an "evidence based' model of school funding. This program will prescribe exactly how much money must be spent on  "everything" from instructional materials to employee benefits! 

This new budget WILL INCREASE the costs of education for Illinois schools an eventual estimated $3.5 to $6 Billion in tax-payer funding. Where, Speaker Madigan do you suppose that money is gong to come from?

We are already 13th in the nation in the amount of money spent per student. Ohio, North Dakota, Arkansas, and Wyoming have "evidence-based" funding and have collectively spent billions more in tax dollars. In these states they see no improvement in achievement tests and achievement levels have been flat.

Increasing income "input" into the existing establishment will not solve Illinois education problems. Illinois citizens already pay the highest property taxes in the nation, and should not have to spend more on education. To partly solve this problem, there must be pension reform and limits to executive pay to the bureaucracies in Illinois schools.

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"Can The Tax Coalition" Fight For Unfair Beverage Tax

"Just because a judge has allowed this unfair tax to go forward does not mean Cook County should do it."

"This tax hits families, Cook County families with enormous price increases, place at risk 6,100 middle class jobs, harm 1.3 billion in economic activity, and will devastate our small businesses by sending shoppers to stores over the borders."
"Can The Tax Coalition"

A new tax has been voted by the Cook County Commission in Illinois. It can include up to 1,000 juice drinks, sports drinks, flavored water, iced tea, lemonade, and even diet drinks. I say even diet drinks because the law was to tax sugared products only.

The tax will hurt sales as people are refusing the tax which will range from 30% to 70% above the average cost of their drink. A two litter bottle of clear liquid drink which normally runs 99 cents can have a 67 cent tax on it. 

Can The Tax Coalition calls for a repeal of the Tax before it causes a fall of the economy and loss of jobs.

Many stores are already returning the products to the companies they came from because of products are not moving on the shelves.

My feeling is how can the government stop us from buying what we want to buy in a store? Are they not overstepping their authority and taxing something they have no business taxing as most items in a store are already taxed once. Does not this open Pandora's box for the government to make a second tax on anything they want to tax?

This is still America and the government is choosing for us what we should buy and not to buy. The last time I checked this is not Russia and people can buy what they want to buy and should not be hindered by a large tax on what they want. 

I am in agreement, the law needs to be repealed and taken away before it causes economic downfall. It's a bad tax and needs to be removed before it harms sales in Cook County

"Political Rhetorical Terrorism" - Heated Rhetoric On Social Media And In The News

Rep Rodney Davis, R-Ill said "Wednesday's Shooting, in which House Majority Whip Steve Scalise
and several others were wounded - This was the result of "political rhetorical terrorism," that has to stop."


Davis was at bat when shot in Alexandria. He said he credited his security detail with helping prevent the attack from being a lot worse, calling the officers "true heroes"

Sen flake "We dove into the dugout. The shots were fired for at least 10 minutes"


Sen Paul "without the capital Hill police, it would have been a massacre.

James Hodgkinson, 66 years old, went on a rampage to apparently try to kill as many as possible. Is this the way to solve our political problems?

A call from both Ryan and Pelose had the same ring there must be more unity in congress.

Never before in my lifetime have I heard such hated language made against a President. Never also have I seen so many lies told about a president. There must be some kind of working together to get the country back on it's feet. Jobs and the economy must be our most important issue at this time.

This rhetoric is out of hand and can we expect anything less than what has happened? We have had months of division and critical talk even on our major news channels against this president. How can this country make a come back if this is all there is on the news every night. The political realm has to curb down and have some decency and respect for this office. We are still the greatest country on this earth but we won't be if we don't channel our thoughts to better things and better times ahead for us. A country divided can not function nor can we have our congress working together if there is fighting and rancor on the floor of the congress.

I like what our President said this morning "Everyone who serves in the capital are here because we love our country."

Our prayers for those who suffered harm this morning. Especially remember Matt Mika a volunteer worker and is in serious condition.

Where Our Country Would Now Be Headed Under Hillary

Under Hillary we would be headed in the same direction Obama has taken us. Right now corporations are paying 44% on taxes. Hillary would have increased that in trying to find funds to increase revenue for entitlements. President-elect Trump is lowering that to 33% taxes on corporations, loosening the bind put upon them by our government. Once in place this will be an incentive for corporations to hire and increase productivity, and to aid in purchasing more goods they need to build their businesses.

Knowing his end is near Obama wants to place a federal regulation baring states from defunding Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Announced the Friday before Labor Day the HHS rule would bar states from denying Planned Parenthood millions of dollars in Title X family planning funds.

Since 2011, 13 states placed restriction on sub-awards with specific types of providers.                       "We've known all along that the Obama administration will go to untold lengths to protect it's friends  in the big abortion industry." Congresswoman Diane Black R-TN. "After all this administration has used back door maneuvers to line Planned Parenthood's pockets with Obama Care navigator grants and praised the abortion providers 'high ethical standard' even after it was caught trafficking in baby body parts".

Now they have taken the unprecedented step of thwarting states rights with a shady proposed rule change that prevents states from funding the providers who will best serve their citizens.

Look for other moves from the Obama administration in it's last days to pass rules and funds underhandedly to their friends in high places. He no longer has Hillary to count on. But there are still many out there he can count on.