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September 18, 2017

Support for Single-Payer Health Care Continues To Grow

Bernie Sanders and 16 Democratic senators have presented a new single-payer health care plan to Congress.

September 16, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 16, 2017

Democrats and President Trump have been sparring publicly ever since a White House dinner on Wednesday evening over what consensus had been reached on how to handle immigration policy and border security. 

September 15, 2017

Americans Aren’t Pulling for an Internet Sales Tax

Congress is currently debating whether online retailers like Amazon should charge sales tax on purchases, even if the seller and buyer aren’t in the same state. A majority of Americans do at least some shopping online, and they are not fans of taxing those purchases.

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September 15, 2017

House Republicans' Frustrations May Doom Their Majority By Michael Barone

The Founding Fathers didn't expect that serving in Congress would be a lifetime career. And for a century, it mostly wasn't. The first election in which more than half the incumbent members of the House of Representatives were re-elected was in 1898. Since then, the majority of House members have been returned in every election except the one in 1932.

September 15, 2017

52% Not Confident Medicare Will Pay Them All Promised Benefits

Senator Bernie Sanders is now proposing a taxpayer-funded Medicare plan designed to cover all Americans, but a majority of voters lack the faith that they’ll even receive the benefits the current system has promised them.

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September 15, 2017

A 'Read-My-Lips' Moment for Trump? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Having cut a deal with Democrats for help with the debt ceiling, will Trump seek a deal with Democrats on amnesty for the 'Dreamers' in return for funding for border security?"

The answer to that question, raised in my column a week ago, is in. Last night, President Donald Trump cut a deal with "Chuck and Nancy" for amnesty for 800,000 recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program who came here illegally as youngsters, in return for Democratic votes for more money for border security.

September 14, 2017

Americans Don't Support Bailouts for Cities Like Hartford

Hartford, the state capital of Connecticut, is close to declaring bankruptcy, saying it won't be able to pay all its bills within 60 days. But just as they did when Detroit was nearing bankruptcy in 2013, Americans don’t want the government getting involved.

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September 14, 2017

Voters Break Even on Medicare For All

Democrats are beginning to line up to challenge President Trump in 2020, and many are now embracing Bernie Sanders’ plan to offer taxpayer-funded Medicare to all Americans.

September 14, 2017

57% Say Immigration Reform Unlikely in Next Six Months

President Trump has given Congress six months to come up with an immigration reform package if it wants to protect the so-called "Dreamers" from deportation, but most voters think passage of such legislation is unlikely in the near future.

September 13, 2017

Americans Say Sales Tax Fairest of Taxes

Even as the fight over charging sales tax for online retailers ensues in Congress, Americans still think sales tax is the most fair type of tax they pay. But they’re nearly as likely to see income tax as both the most (and least) fair type of tax today.

September 13, 2017

Most Americans Agree With DeVos on Sexual Misconduct on Campuses

During a speech at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School last week about sexual assault on campus, education Secretary Betsy DeVos stated...

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September 13, 2017

Never Forget: Muslim Hate Crime Hoaxes By Michelle Malkin

Another year. Another Sept. 11 anniversary. Another opportunity for grievance-mongering Muslim agitators to decry the imagined "epidemic" of "Islamophobia."   

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September 13, 2017

Clinton's 'What Happened' Blames Everyone Else for Presidential Loss, But We Knew That Already By Charles Hurt

Finally! The collusion with Russia we have all been looking for!

Russian operatives working for the Kremlin reportedly spent $100,000 posting “divisive social and political messages” on Facebook during last year’s presidential campaign.

September 13, 2017

Most Voters Welcome Trump’s Outreach to Congressional Democrats

Despite their failure to advance President Trump’s agenda, congressional Republicans aren’t happy about his outreach to Democrats in the House and Senate, but most voters think it’s a great idea.

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September 13, 2017

Blame for Disaster By John Stossel

"How many once-in-a-lifetime storms will it take," demands "The Daily Show" comic Trevor Noah, "until everyone admits man-made climate change is real?!"

September 12, 2017

61% Say It’s Time for Hillary Clinton To Retire

Hillary Clinton is back today with a new book, “What Happened,” to further explain why Donald Trump is president instead of her. But most voters still don’t buy her excuses and think it’s time for her to step off the national stage.

September 12, 2017

Voters Don't Believe Immigration Reform Will Lead to Border Control

President Trump has challenged Congress to come up with a long overdue comprehensive reform of the nation's immigration laws in the next six months, but voters remain skeptical that real border control is on the way.

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September 12, 2017

Tribalism Marches On! By Patrick J. Buchanan

Recently, a columnist-friend, Matt Kenney, sent me a 25-year-old newspaper with his chiding that my column had been given better play.

Both had run in The Orange County Register on June 30, 1991.

September 11, 2017

34% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-four percent (34%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending September 7.

September 11, 2017

Voters Less Convinced Taxes Will Go Up Under a Trump White House

Now that Donald Trump is in the White House, fewer voters think the president will raise taxes compared to when he was on the campaign trail. But slightly more voters see a Trump White House with more government spending.