From the Tri-State Neighbor, Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) on Congress’ failure to pass a full farm bill: “Our farmers and ranchers deserve a five-year farm bill and I am going to keep working to get one done. However, with the clock running out, this extension gives our agriculture community some certainty…”

Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today announced he would be holding a series of town hall meetings across South Dakota to discuss the recently passed tax relief package, the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations, and the need to cut spending in Washington.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty J. Jackley announces that his office has submitted the following legislative proposals to the South Dakota Legislature for its consideration during the 2013 Legislative Session. amd anticipates participating in other legislative initiatives.

From the Sunday news shows, freshman Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on the gun control hysteria of the Left. Well said, Ted!

Democrat political operatives are already sharpening their pencils to spin the fiscal cliff vote against Republicans who voted against it by claiming that they voted against a massive tax cut for the middle class. While Republican face a classic damned if you do and damned if you don’t scenario, their only exit strategy is to behave like the limited government elected officials who they promised voters they were going to be, and actually cut government spending and the deficit.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Jan. 3 announced its decision in Virginia Department of Transportation vs. the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), determining the agency had overstepped its bounds in attempting to regulate stormwater as a pollutant under the terms of the Clean Water Act.

It’s a good rule of thumb that if the mainstream media and liberal blogosphere remain silent on an otherwise newsworthy event, such event doesn’t bode well for them. That’s exactly what happened just before Christmas when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, no bastion of conservatism, blocked California’s outrageous ban on “sexual orientation” change therapy.

From Farm Futures, U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee members are announced.

The new year typically prompts us to make new resolutions, and our country certainly needs some resolve. The first and most critical decision we the people could make is to pay off some of our debt. We venture into dangerous waters when as individuals we have an equity line of credit on our house, car payments or credit card debt. Our country is no different. Ultimately we must live within our means.

In Rome on the Potomac, Boehner’s Plan B becomes Obama’s plan to tax you and me. After all the huff and buff of a con man’s bait and switch, it turns out Washington doesn’t have a spending problem . No, the problem is we aren’t sending them enough money. Never fear, elections have consequences and since the ignored corruption of fraudulent voters and whacky voting machines has given Mr. Obama an uncontested victory, he and his Progressive Vandals win, and we American Romans lose. Our new national motto might as well be “Stand and Deliver.”