Obama budget defeated 99-0 in Senate

President Obama's budget suffered a second embarrassing defeat on Wednesday when senators voted 99-0 to reject it.

Dream Act supporters target filibuster

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats sued the Senate this week to try to overturn the upper chamber’s filibuster rule, arguing that the 60-vote threshold applied to most major legislation violates the Constitution and is blocking important legislation, such as legalization for illegal immigrants.

Boehner digs in for next battle on debt

By Stephen Dinan and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner on Tuesday set the stage for an end-of-year debt showdown, saying he will once again insist any increase in the federal borrowing limit be matched dollar-for-dollar with spending cuts elsewhere.

MILLER: Shocker Senate budget

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Harry Reid gave up his budgeting responsibilities once President Obama was elected. For the fourth straight year, the Senate majority leader hasn’t bothered with a spending plan, enabling a $5 trillion spree at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

MILLER: Injured vet’s guns stolen by D.C.

After being injured on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, Lt. Augustine Kim spent the night in a D.C. jail for possessing unregistered guns. Mr. Kim was transporting his firearms from his parents’ house in New Jersey to South Carolina when he stopped at Walter Reed in Washington for a medical appointment in the summer of 2010. After being pulled over, handcuffed, arrested, thrown in jail overnight, his guns were confiscated by the city.

HURT: In a whirl over Obama’s gay marriage pirouette

By Charles Hurt

One “mainstream” American journalist broke into sobs of joy last week when President Obama publicly announced his twirling pirouette (aka “flip-flop”) in support of gay marriage. In describing the unbinding of his emotions, Andrew Sullivan called Mr. Obama his “father figure.”

Inside the Beltway: Scents and sensibility

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

The public debate over gender issues may never be the same: It’s the first-ever Man Candles Collection in such he-man scents as Riding Mower and 2x4 from the Yankee Candle Co., which normally caters to the rose and gardenia crowd. Perhaps they should offer a line for Washington politicians with names such as Hallowed Halls, Power Lunch and Cloakroom.

05-14-12 Andy Parks Podcast

From Monday, May 14: Guests include David Mastio, Katherine Timpf, Ed Kelley, Dave Boyer, Jeff Kuhner, Stephen Dinan, Jennifer Harper, Kerry Picket, Robert Knight

KNIGHT: Obama’s wicked marriage proposal

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

After having done everything in his power to undermine marriage, President Obama has come out of the closet, so to speak, with his announcement that he’s now for brideless or groomless “marriage.” But he didn’t come out alone.

PICKET: General tells U.S. troops at NATO Summit to behave

The Illinois National Guard will be deployed at the upcoming NATO Summit in Chicago to help with the security of the 50 world leaders who will be meeting there this week and according to memos obtained by CNN, the military is taking no chances in the wake of the Secret Service Scandal in Colombia. The memos detail rules of proper conduct for U.S. troops during the summit.