WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Trey Radel, who was charged in November with buying cocaine, plans to resign from Congress on Monday, according to the Politico news outlet. Radel, 37, whose election to the U.S. House of Representatives in
In response to Obama’s Imperial Presidency: Just what America really needed: a fusion of Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon. You know, I hate to sound cynical, but I don’t see how even a Supreme Court smackdown over NLRB appointments is
President Obama was once a critic of unchecked presidential power but since taking office he has warmed up to the idea. Now, with the appointment of John Podesta, many believe he is poised to go farther than he already has
On Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama used the upcoming State of the Union address to fundraise for the Democratic Party. She wrote a letter to the group’s mailing list requesting that followers “chip in $10 or more and help protect
Democrat Rep. Jim Moran was interviewed on a DC public radio station Friday and expressed his growing fear over the fate of ObamaCare. His chief concern is that not enough young people are signing up for insurance. Critics of the
Florida Senator Marco Rubio continued his assault on an Obamacare “bailout” quietly built into the health care law in new video address to constituents provided exclusively to Breitbart News. “We should not allow private companies to use their political influence
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) —A $1 trillion U.S. farm bill, stalled in Congress for two years, is to be unveiled as early as Monday, senior House aides told the Washington Post and Politico. The comprehensive five-year omnibus bill, which is
A Quinnipiac University National Poll released January 22nd reveals that American voters rate President Barack Obama’s leadership on the economy, jobs, and healthcare as very poor; his only positive marks come from fighting terrorism. Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign narrative
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps — a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients. Some of
Bruce Abramski is a former police officer in Virginia who purchased a gun for his uncle in Pennsylvania. His uncle is law-abiding and could have gotten the gun himself, but Abramski made the purchase to use a policeman’s price discount.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), once part of the “Gang of Eight” in the Senate that wrote the immigration bill that the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of American workers, believes that conservatives are opposed to amnesty because
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday was questioned by host Candy Crowley about President Barack Obama’s recent and many threats to go around Congress by using his pen…
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, President Barack Obama will address Congress and the nation in his annual State of the Union address. Confidence in Obama’s leadership has faded to such a degree that people are losing interest in anything he says
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s speech denouncing the Tea Party has received a bit of mockery on conservative talk radio this week. Yet it is worth exploring in greater depth, because it reveals the confusion–and the deception–of the Democratic Party’s leadership as
It is a safe bet that Tom Coburn will not have a big federal building named for him. He is not likely to get a monument erected around here honoring him. He won’t be sitting for an official portrait —
In an appearance on MSNBC as the news of a mall shooting in Columbia, MD was breaking, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) was asked by host Alex Witt to talk about gun control and what could be done by Congress, to
President Obama has already changed his vernacular concerning his second term focus of “income inequality.” He is now calling it “ladders of opportunity.” In an apparent effort to blunt criticism over his intent to engage in full-blown class warfare during
Transcript as follows: Hi, everybody. This week, I called members of my Cabinet to the White House to deal with a challenge that affects so many families and communities – the crime, the outrage, of sexual violence. Sexual assault is
January 23rd marked one year since then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Capitol Hill testimony about the events that transpired in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. A year after her testimony, Americans are still waiting for basic answers about what
In the wake of a series of scandals that have plagued the Obama Administration, Texas Senator Ted Cruz released a statement asking if President Obama will “announce meaningful action on the IRS, NSA, economy, Benghazi and ObamaCare” during his State
As the battle between the grassroots and the establishment sides of the Republican Party rages on, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is taking a very public stance on the side of the establishment. “I’m going to embrace being a Chamber of
Election Day is almost nine months off. But right now Republicans seem almost certain to hold the House of Representatives and are likely to take the Senate. Which raises the inevitable question: How might the GOP seize defeat from the
On Mark Levin’s radio show on Thursday night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made criticized President Barack Obama for his selective adherence and enforcement of laws passed by the U.S. Congress, especially his 2010 health care reform law. “It’s extraordinarily dangerous,”
