GOP Iowa Senator: ‘Absurd’ to claim homosexuality is a public health threat like second-hand smoke

Although U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to make two appearances Monday on behalf of The Family Leader, one of her key supporters, Iowa Sen. Kent Sorenson, says that claims made by one of the organization’s umbrella groups that homosexuality is a worse public health threat than More…

Another Look at the Dems’ Tobacco Bill

The Democrats’ bill placing the tobacco industry under the oversight of the Food and Drug Administration is on its way to the White House, having passed the Senate today, and party leaders are patting themselves on the back for their accomplishment. (Some lawmakers, after all, have been pushing this More…

Read Crist’s Lips: Some New Taxes

Just two weeks ago, Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who’s trying to replace retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), signed a pledge promising not to raise taxes.

Yesterday he signed a budget that did just that.