Today 150,000 individually signed petitions demanding that GOP leaders stand against any tax increase will be presented by TheTeaParty.net, a conservative grassroots organization, to members of Congress.
The press conference will include Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp, Georgia Congressman Paul Broun, TheTeaParty.net, leading Tea Party activist Niger Innis and other conservative leaders.
“There are troubling signs that all is not well here in Washington. First GOP leaders purge conservatives from key committees. Now they signal they are willing to cave on revenue increases, even though President Obama hasn’t offered the slightest concession in return. It’s an embarrassment that these are people who claim to stand for conservatism,” said TheTeaParty.net’s founder, Todd Cefaratti. “President Obama is acting as if he was elected with a mandate, but he received just over 50 percent of the vote. Republicans again earned a majority in the House, and they need to remember this.”
Oklahoma has improved its state health ranking according to the United Health Foundation, which released its annual “America’s Health Rankings” scorecard today. For overall health, Oklahoma is ranked 43rd in 2012. Over the last several years, Oklahoma’s ranking has ranged from 46th to 49th.
If Sydney Rose, 20, could talk to the young contestants who wowing audiences on shows like “The Voice” and “The X-Factor,” she’d tell them: Even if you don’t make it to the end of this contest, if you have a vision and a talent, don’t ever give up.
A former securities broker pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a scheme to defraud thousands of investors through the manipulation of publicly traded stocks, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. of the Northern District of Oklahoma.
The Washington Post, one of the last holdouts against the trend of charging readers for online access to newspaper articles, is likely to reverse that decision in 2013, according to people familiar with the matter.