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Protesters Target Hotels Offering Discounts to NRA Members

Protesters Target Hotels Offering Discounts to NRA Members

A global activist group is targeting two large hotel chains because they give discounts to members of the National Rifle Association. The organization is putting pressure on the hotel chains to force them to disassociate from the gun-rights group after

Praise from Rove, Establishment Failed to Carry 'Plan B'

Praise from Rove, Establishment Failed to Carry 'Plan B'

Karl Rove, in a column published in the Wall Street Journal last Wednesday, titled “Boehner Plays A Weak Hand Well,” praised House Speaker John Boehner’s leadership style and “Plan B” proposal, which he pulled on Thursday because it lacked Republican votes.   The day

Graham: Clinton Will Testify About Benghazi

Graham: Clinton Will Testify About Benghazi

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (R) said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should and will testify before Congress next month about the events leading up to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including

Los Angeles Man Arrested for Running Illegal Dentistry Out of Bathroom

Los Angeles Man Arrested for Running Illegal Dentistry Out of Bathroom

On Wednesday, authorities arrested a Los Angeles, California man for running an “elaborate” and illegal dental operation out of his bathroom. William Escobar, 40, of Moorpark, was arrested on “several charges including felony practice of dentistry without a license, misdemeanor

Americans for Tax Reform Did Not Help Boehner

Americans for Tax Reform Did Not Help Boehner

On Friday, the morning after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) could not get enough Republican votes to pass his “Plan B” proposal to raise the marginal tax rate on those making over $1 million, Boehner said Republicans who would not vote for

House Passes Sequester Replacement With Entitlement Cuts

House Passes Sequester Replacement With Entitlement Cuts

On Thursday, the House narrowly passed a bill that would “replace the pending defense sequester” with cuts to entitlements and social programs as a “backstop” in case the fiscal cliff is not averted.  The bill passed by six votes, 215-209,

CA Tax Revenues Continue to Drop Despite Voter-Approved Tax Increases

CA Tax Revenues Continue to Drop Despite Voter-Approved Tax Increases

On Tuesday, California released a report that revealed state tax revenues have plummeted even further below Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) estimates, even after residents voted to increase taxes via Proposition 30 in November’s elections. At the end of November, “taxes were 3% short

Sen. Barbara Boxer to Hold Weekly 'Open Forums' on Climate Change

Sen. Barbara Boxer to Hold Weekly 'Open Forums' on Climate Change

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will hold weekly “open forums” on climate change next year, and she hopes Republicans and Democrats will participate in the “climate change clearinghouse” to discuss potential global warming legislation.  “We are going to review the latest

Texas Gun Shop Offers Free Handgun Courses to Teachers

Texas Gun Shop Offers Free Handgun Courses to Teachers

A gun shop near San Antonio, Texas is offering free concealed handgun license courses to all teachers after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.  Josh Felker, who owns LoneStar Handgun in Schertz, Texas, told the ABC affiliate there that he is offering

Financial Burden of Insurance Exchanges Jeopardizes Obamacare

Financial Burden of Insurance Exchanges Jeopardizes Obamacare

The refusal by a majority of states to set up state-based exchanges could neuter some important aspects of Obamacare and make it more difficult for the federal government to actually implement the law.  On December 12th, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett,

Reid: GOP Abandoning 'Serious Negotiations' to Avert Fiscal Cliff

Reid: GOP Abandoning 'Serious Negotiations' to Avert Fiscal Cliff

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said House Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans “have threatened to abandon serious negotiations” to avert the fiscal cliff and warned Boehner’s Plan B counteroffer “will not pass the Senate.” According to The Hill,