Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's the point. So in some ways, to me, it's a distinction without a difference.

The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.

The conservative candidate who ignores moderates is as misguided as the moderate candidate who ignores conservatives.

I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.

We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that.

These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the country.