Tony Lee

Last week, at the post-election Harvard Institute of Politics conference, Republican campaign managers intensely took notes as Obama’s top campaign operatives explained some of the technology, data, and metrics the campaign employed to run circles around Mitt Romney’s operation. According to

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who will most likely be the Republican Party’s nominee for governor in 2013, spoke at the Virginia GOP Advance on December 1. His message: Virginia had an opportunity to show the nation that “conservatism isn’t

While progressives attack the Bush tax cuts and President Barack Obama wants to let them expire for families making over $250,000, figures released by the IRS show the wealthiest 1% actually paid more in taxes after the Bush tax cuts

A Louisiana judge on Friday ruled that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s landmark school voucher program violated the state’s constitution that governs how taxpayer monies can be used to fund education, ruling that state funds were “never meant to be diverted

On Saturday, Chino Hills, California residents protested an estate that they claim is being used by pregnant Chinese nationals as a “maternity hotel” so they can give birth to their children in the United States. Their children would consequently receive

West Point’s Cadet Chapel, described as the “center for spiritual life” at the U.S. Military Academy, hosted its first same-sex wedding on Saturday. West Point graduate Brenda Sue Fulton and her partner, Penelope Gnesin, were able to marry at the

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said the White House must agree to make structural changes to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare now if Republicans decide to include more tax revenue in any budget deal to avoid

Environmentalists are furious that potential Secretary of State nominee and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice owns stock in TransCanada Corp, the pipeline firm that would benefit from the Keystone XL pipeline, which the State Department would have to approve. In an

Democrats are claiming the 2012 elections gave them a mandate to raise taxes on those making more than $250,000, while House Republicans are arguing Americans kept them in power in the House to permanently extend the Bush tax cuts for

Some of the most liberal House Democrats have formed a progressive “Gang of Six” to push for more tax increases, calling the potential tax increase on families making more than $250,000 “just the beginning” of things to come.  The group

The House of Representatives will cut back on Fridays during the 113th Congress, being in session only 15 Fridays through all of 2013, which is nearly a 30% drop from 2011.  The House was in session for 21 Fridays in

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, President Barack Obama’s point man on the fiscal cliff negotiations, presented Republican leaders a proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff on Thursday, which gives Obama unprecedented powers to raise the debt ceiling whenever he wants. The

New Obamacare regulations will force pizza chains like Domino’s to post up to 34 million nutrition signs in its stores — one for every pizza combination the company makes.  The rules require fast food and grocery stores that have more

On Thursday, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) said the final deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff will include “over $1 trillion” in new revenues paired with “significant spending cuts.” In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Baucus (D-MT), the Chairman of

Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY) signed the anti-tax “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” when he was running for Congress in 2010 to represent New York’s 20th Congressional District, but he now claims he is not bound by the pledge because, after redistricting, he

Eleven Senate Republicans on Wednesday paved the way for the Department of Defense to spend money on alternative “green energy” fuels, even if the cost exceeds that of traditional sources like coal, natural gas, and oil. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski

In a clear sign of how Republicans are losing the messaging battle on taxes, 61% of registered voters favor raising taxes on those making $250,000 a year, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted Nov. 20-25. More surprisingly, 44% of voters

President Barack Obama’s allies — like Warren Buffett — have said if the top tax rate is raised, the income threshold should be as well. But House Democrats are united in backing tax hikes for those making above $250,000. In

America’s third quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased at a 2.7% annual rate, which was revised from an initial 2% growth estimate. In the second quarter, the economy grew at a 1.3% annual rate.  According to the Bureau of Economic

During the 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the administration’s goal was to make “student loans available to as many people as possible” regardless of credit score, something Obama called an “economic imperative in the 21st

Hurricane Sandy may cost taxpayers at least $80 billion. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg — along with Northeastern lawmakers such as Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

If Congress fails to reach an agreement in the fiscal cliff negotiations, 25,000 Nevadans will lose unemployment benefits on January 2. According to the Nevada Division of Employment Security, federal unemployment aid that extends Nevada’s state unemployment plan for 25,000

House Democrats on Wednesday said they would not agree to any Medicare cuts during the fiscal cliff negotiations. While Democrats have pressured Republicans to raise taxes on families making $250,000, there has not been any pressure whatsoever put on Democrats