Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), one of the most prominent supporters of comprehensive immigration reform and a member of the Gang of Eight that wrote the bill, falsely claimed that Americans “overwhelmingly” support the legislation. “Overwhelmingly, the American people want us
A new national poll has found that only 19% of Americans “strongly support” the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill, which the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of working class Americans while not solving the illegal immigration problem. According
On Monday, senators who drafted the chamber’s comprehensive immigration reform bill canceled a scheduled follow-up meeting with big business and technology lobbyists. At that meeting, Senators–like John McCain (R-AZ) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY)–who wrote the immigration bill that passed nearly a
Barack Obama’s former campaign manager who now heads an advocacy group promoting the President’s policy initiatives said the group will try to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the House of Representatives. “We are going to force it through the House,”
A Republican House Member who is secretly drafting a 500-page comprehensive immigration bill with six others hopes Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will ultimately be a co-sponsor of the legislation. “We’d love to have Paul Ryan,” Rep. John Carter (R-TX), the
PolitiFact, the left-leaning fact-checking organization, said Virginia gubernatorial candidate, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, made “hyperbolic” and false statements during last Saturday’s debate when he alleged that an independent prosecutor had concluded that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate, should be
Big business interests in California will target California House Republicans, like House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, to try to win their support on a comprehensive immigration reform bill. California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg told McClatchy newspapers there
Shaun Kenney, an editor of a prominent Virginia online political website, appeared on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 and said virginia’s gubernatorial race between Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe will be a
On a course where only big-time golfers win, Phil Mickelson, one of the game’s all-time greats, won his first Open Championship Sunday with a come-from-behind 5-under 66 at Muirfield that will go down as one of the best rounds in
Rare color photos from the Great Depression and World War II America in a collection at the Library of Congress vividly document the poverty and hardscrabble lives of many Americans in those eras. As the Daily Mail noted, the “pictures
Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday that the White House might bail out Detroit. He said White House officials held a meeting on Thursday to discuss the matter after Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to file for
During Virginia’s gubernatorial debate on July 20, Republican Virginia Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli blasted Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s assertion that he does not break promises. Earlier in the debate, McAuliffe touted his honesty, saying, “I’m not going to make
Federal regulators have already written 13,789 pages and 15 million words in implementing the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, and they are not at the halfway mark. Davis Polk, a Wall Street law firm, released a report on Friday that found that
In Virginia’s first gubernatorial debate on Saturday, Republican Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli framed Democrat Terry McAuliffe as an inexperienced influence peddler who always puts himself first. Cuccinelli said Virginians have a right to “demand some commitment to Virginia prior
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, a Demcocrat, might not have done himself any favors before and after his first gubernatorial debate with Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Tim Miller, a GOP press agent for the American Rising PAC reports that
During Virginia’s first gubernatorial debate on July 20, Republican Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli blasted Democrat Terry McAuliffe for his hypocrisy in not releasing his tax returns. Emphasizing that he has made eight years of his tax returns public, Cuccinelli
Joe Conason, the vitriolic critic of George W. Bush who called for his impeachment in 2005 and is still implying that the former president ignored repeated warnings about the 9/11 attacks, is suddenly praising Bush for coming out in support for comprehensive immigration reform.
The Department of Labor announced Thursday that unemployment rates increased in 28 states during the month of June. Eleven states saw their unemployment rates fall, and the unemployment rates were unchanged in 11 states. Washington, D.C.’s unemployment rate did not change.
On Friday, a circuit court judge in Ingham County ruled that Detroit’s federal bankruptcy filing violated a part of Michigan’s constitution that protects union pensions. She ordered it withdrawn, a day after Detroit became the largest U.S. city in history
In 2002, Tiger Woods was on the top of the golfing world when he came to Muirfield on Saturday, having won the Masters and the U.S. Open and seeking a grand slam. He was two shots behind Ernie Els, poised
Cool, calm, and relaxed, 49-year-old Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez will seek to become the oldest major winner in history as he enters the weekend leading the Open Championship at Muirfield at -3. Jimenez shot a steady even-par 71 on Friday,
This weekend may be Englishman Lee Westwood’s turn to finally break through on golf’s grandest stage at the Open Championship in Muirfield at Scotland. Westwood, a perennial contenders at major tournaments who has failed to win one, is at 2-under
Always the showman and honest, Phil Mickelson had a simple message for the course setup at Muirfield after the second round of the Open Championship on Friday: “You won.” “It was too much course for me,” Mickelson said to ESPN
Miguel Angel Jimenez, quite possibly the most interesting golfer and personality on the planet, leads the Open Championship at Muirfield at -3 in the clubhouse after the second round on Friday. The 49-year-old Spaniard will seek to become the oldest
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it was a fact that proponents of comprehensive immigration reform are losing even though the Senate passed its immigration reform bill more than three weeks ago. “Here is a fact: We are not winning,” McCain
