Members of Congress, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), join with Tea Party activists in an “Audit the IRS” rally, to protest alleged abuses by the Internal Revenue Service. The event is organized by the Tea Party Patriots.
Members of Congress, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), join with Tea Party activists in an “Audit the IRS” rally, to protest alleged abuses by the Internal Revenue Service. The event is organized by the Tea Party Patriots.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent responsible for giving confidential conservative and Tea Party tax documents to the left-leaning journalism group ProPublica was never put on leave. Instead, she merely received “formal admonishment” for actions that Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
US Airways and American Airlines are waiting on approval for a merger plan that would make them the largest air carrier in the world. (It’s such a big deal that they need approval from the European Union, as well as
On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said that the immigration reform bill currently making its way through Congress is “the biggest setback for poor and middle-class Americans of any legislation Congress has considered
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) fired off the following statement regarding Ranking Member Elijah Cummings’ decision to post the full investigative interview transcripts of IRS employee John Shafer on the Internet. “I am deeply disappointed
Last week, Obama’s political action arm, Organizing For Action, held rallies throughout the country advocating for stricter gun laws. Their rallies drew small numbers as seen here and here. We can thank the vigilant San Bernardino Sun for putting a spotlight
Never doubt for a moment that the Democrats will close ranks when a presidential election is in the foreseeable future. Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri (D), whose support for Barack Obama in the 2008 Missouri primary helped him barely win
It turns out that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) was for the Patriot Act and its surveillance measures…before he was against it. The recent scandal surrounding the National Security Agency (NSA) involving that agency’s seizure of the phone records of millions of
The Supreme Court ruled today in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council that federal law does not allow states the option of requiring voters to prove they are American citizens when they register to vote. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA,
President Obama gave an interview to Charlie Rose which is set to air later tonight. During the interview President Obama admits the program creates enormous potential for abuse. Buzzfeed published a partial transcript of the interview set to air later
A new CNN poll released Monday generated a lot of attention on the dramatic drop in President Obama’s approval ratings. The top-line approval numbers were not the most troubling news for the White House, however. Obama now polls much worse
A Pew poll released Monday shows that our politically divided country is fairly unified on one big issue. A huge majority of 70% oppose President Obama’s announced plan to arm the rebels in Syria currently waging a war to unseat
On Friday Congressman Steve King (R-IA) announced he will be hosting a day long press conference/Lincoln-Douglas style debate on the “Gang of 8” immigration bill this Wednesday on the East Lawn of the Capitol grounds. King’s event will begin at
Yet another Tea Party group has come out publicly against the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, as TheTeaParty.net has announced its opposition to the legislation and published online an alternative plan for immigration reform. “The granting of citizenship is the
J. Christian Adams, an election lawyer who served in the Voting Rights Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, is calling the Supreme Court’s Arizona decision a “nothing burger.” : The Supreme Court decision today means almost nothing. The court ruled
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is facing pressure to identify and hold accountable an aide of his who disparaged American workers in comments to The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza over the weekend. Rubio has subsequently announced that he disagrees with the
NSA leaker Edward Snowden blasted Congress’ willingness to sign off on massive federal surveillance of American citizens in an online interview with The Guardian (UK) on Monday. He said “there was no single moment” that made him want to leak
