More than nine out of every ten employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are considered “non-essential” and have been furloughed in the federal government’s shutdown. Reuters obtained an EPA guidance in which the agency said it would “classify 1,069
At least 104 House Republicans may be open to some type of pathway to legal status for the country’s illegal immigrants. According to a Weekly Standard report, “84 House Republicans have publicly voiced support for granting some type of legal status to
On Sunday, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean said it would be a “good thing” that small businesses will ultimately decide to dump their employees into the Obamacare healthcare exchanges. “Small businesses are going to dump their employees into the exchange.
On Monday, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asserted that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is running the House of Representatives when it comes to the budget negotiations. According to a recent poll, Cruz is viewed as the leader of the Republican
After the U.S. Justice Department sued North Carolina over its voter ID law on Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder reiterated that he felt the state’s law requiring photo identification to vote was intended to and will discriminate against blacks. “The
On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went on Fox News and discussed her exclusive Breitbart News op-ed in which she described Senators like Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) as flushing dogs for the conservative grassroots. On the
On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went on Fox News and discussed her exclusive Breitbart News op-ed in which she described Senators like Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) as flushing dogs for the conservative grassroots. She described
In the midst of the government shutdown debate, House Republicans are “quietly” working to advance immigration reform “beneath the radar.” “Don’t start an obituary for immigration reform just yet,” Fox News Latino declared on Monday. According to Fox News Latino,
On Sunday, Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), who complained the night before about having to do the work in Congress his constituents sent him to do, accused conservatives of not serving the public they were elected to serve. At a press
On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Republicans should not fear a potential government shutdown and could actually use it to remind Americans how bloated and irrelevant the federal government can be. If Congress does not pass a short-term
The federal government will officially shut down after Congress failed to reach an agreement on a short-term resolution to fund the government by midnight Monday, when the current funding resolution expired. After the U.S. Senate rejected a bill which would
On Monday, President Barack Obama accused Republicans of trying to “extract a ransom” for funding the government and said a potential government shutdown was a manufactured crisis. Speaking in the White House briefing room, Obama said a government shutdown was
On Monday, House Republican leaders indicated they would attach the Vitter amendment and a one-year delay of Obamacare’s individual mandate to the short-term resolution to fund the government and send it back to the Senate. The amendment would prevent federal
Calling Obamacare a “disaster” and a “train wreck” on September 30, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she still believed Obamacare was unconstitutional because it violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. “I believe it is unconstitutional because it violates the
If the federal government partially shuts down on Tuesday, federal worker unions are set to protest and demand back pay for government workers. Government unions may even consider lawsuits to get back pay for furloughed federal employees. If Congress cannot
After Sarah Palin mentioned that senators like Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) were already essentially in a third party of “good guys” against Washington’s bipartisan permanent political class, The Atlantic Wire observed that Cruz is leading that movement
On Meet the Press on Sunday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the senator he most admires is former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX) because of his fierce opposition to what he referred to as “HillaryCare” in 1993. Cruz said that when
On Meet the Press, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) said it was not unreasonable for House Republicans to ask for a one-year delay of Obamacare when President Barack Obama has handed out one-year delays on a variety of provisions of the
On Meet the Press on Sunday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) emphasized that Democrats have not compromised on Obamacare, are essentially holding the military hostage, and would be responsible if the government shuts down because they refused to budge from their
On Saturday night, Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) took to Twitter to complain about doing the job his constituents elected him to do. Meanwhile, other House lawmakers debated whether to fund the military in the event of a government shutdown. What a way
On Friday night, after the supposedly nonpartisan ALMA (American Latino Media Arts) Awards, MSNBC’s Alex Wagner, actress Eva Longoria, and Al Madrigal of the Daily Show used a post-show panel to mock Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), whose father is an immigrant from Cuba. They
On Friday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blistered President Barack Obama with his own words for his leadership failure on the debt ceiling. Palin called Obama out on Facebook by citing Obama’s words in March of 2006, when Obama was a United
Two climate change studies in recent weeks have ignored evidence that greenhouse gas emissions may not be responsible for “warming” because that evidence would reduce the “urgency” for radical policy solutions–such as carbon taxes and other “green” initiatives–environmentalists want to
An exhaustive United Nations report that claimed with 95% certainty that humans are responsible for global warming left out data that found the planet has stopped warming over the last 15 years, because it did not fit with the climate
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) members in Chicago have gone on strike after a janitorial company cut some union jobs and hours because of Obamacare, a law the SEIU supported. Tyler French, the organizing director of SEIU Local 1 in
