George Will considers the concept of “executive discretion,” and President Obama’s abuse of it, arriving at the conclusion that our government has grown to the point that strict adherence to the rule of law is effectively impossible – a condition
Scott Rasmussen, the prolific pollster, criticized the Washington Post’s characterization of Americans unhappy with both Republican and Democrat performances in government as “haters.” Rasmussen said, “Tens of millions of Americans disapprove of the way both Republicans and Democrats in Congress are
At his last press conference on the year on Friday, President Obama reiterated that he won’t negotiate with Congressional Republicans on lifting the nation’s debt ceiling. “It is not something that is a negotiating tool,” Obama said. “It’s not leverage. It’s
Barack Obama, who admitted in his autobiography, Dreams From My Father, that he had used marijuana and cocaine (“maybe a little blow”), found room in his heart on Thursday to commute the prison sentences for eight people convicted of crack
(AP) Obama to hold year-end news conferenceWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama will hold an end-of-the year news conference at the White House Friday afternoon at 2 PM. Obama is likely to face questions about the rough rollout of his health care law
(AP) NSA debate shifts in favor of surveillance limitsBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONIn a sharp and unexpected shift, the national debate over U.S. government surveillance seems to be turning in favor of reining in the National Security Agency’s expansive
Former President Bill Clinton says if U.S. lawmakers realized the economic impact of having the country’s population growth coming to a halt, it would energize immigration reform, “because it’s the only way to keep our country growing.” Clinton made the
A new report out this week finds that Chinese immigrants comprise the second-highest immigrant population in New York City after Dominicans from the Dominican Republic and, should numbers hold, will be the biggest immigrant population in the most populous city
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan admitted on Wednesday evening that cutting the pensions of disabled and injured U.S. military veterans as part of the deal he forged with Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) was a mistake.
“If we ever start valuing the TV audience more than the paying public,” NFL Commissioner Bert Bell explained on the eve of the 1958 Colts-Giants championship game, “we’ll be in trouble.” Nevertheless, 45 million viewers tuned in to the NFL’s
A Breitbart News/Judicial Watch poll reveals the extent to which the public has lost trust in the media as an information outlet. The survey finds that 7 out of 10 adults do not trust the media to accurately inform them
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin found a way to give Sen. Marco Rubio a lump of coal for Christmas and not have it be an insult. Rubio, who began the year giving cable news fodder for his demise by drinking
The National Journal‘s Major Garrett is out with a new report detailing how House GOP leadership plans to push an immigration bill that would grant amnesty to America’s at least 11 million illegal aliens in 2014, a bill that would
With the War on Women now apparently behind us, politicians here have turned their attention to the next front: The War on Math. After months of agonizing over the draconian “sequester” cuts to the military and other government programs that
And so it came to pass that the filibuster was dismembered, dishonored, and indefinitely detained. With the end of the filibuster came the end of any semblance of comity and compromise on Capitol Hill. The party that never seemed to
Longtime incumbent Democrat Jim Matheson threw in the towel yesterday. After 14 years in the House of Representatives the still-young 53-year-old Blue Dog likely read the writing on the wall and chose retirement over an almost certain loss against Republican
(AP) Year-end agreement: Budget heads to final passageBy DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONYear-end legislation to ease Congress’ chronic budget brinkmanship and soften across-the-board spending cuts moved to the cusp of final passage Tuesday, a rare display of Senate bipartisanship that masked
On Tuesday, Utah Democrat Rep. Jim Matheson, a 7-term incumbent, announced he would retire at the end of his term, rather than seek reelection. Matheson, who represents the most Republican district held by a Democrat, has long been an election
Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) announced their retirements today after serving many years in congress. Matheson’s seat, in the heavily Republican 4th District is seen as an easy pick-up for Republicans. Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love,
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn from Oklahoma, who just released his annual “Wastebook,” calls it a “compilation of about $30 billion of stupidity, incompetence, and waste.” This amount of waste is particularly high considering the Ryan-Murray budget could only muster up
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) surprised everyone by coming out hard against the budget deal House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) cut with Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). In a statement released early Tuesday afternoon, Corker’s
On Tuesday, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius accepting an offer to meet with the White House to discuss security vulnerabilities with regard to HealthCare.gov.
As the year draws to a close, it is worth returning to the US housing sector to see what some of the better analysts are saying about home prices in 2014 and beyond. Generally speaking, most observers believe that US
A dozen Republican Senators joined a united Democrat caucus to invoke cloture on the Ryan-Murray budget deal on Tuesday. The cloture vote was 67-33. The vote, which cuts off a possible filibuster, puts the deal on a clear path to
Paul Broun, the Georgia congressman who is running in the GOP primary for the Senate seat to be vacated by the retiring Saxby Chambliss, speaks loudly about his commitment to halting illegal immigration. However, his record suggests he is anything
