Mark Kelly and his wife, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, testified at the Colorado state capitol in support of more gun control for that state on March 4. Democrats in the Colorado legislature are pushing “high capacity” magazine bans, bans on
President Obama has violated Rule 7 of Saul Alinsky’s 13 Rules for Radicals: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag. Don’t become old news.” As Obama failed to leverage his reelection position of strength into fiscal cliff and sequester victories,
Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an “assault weapon,” he called it)–which he now says he intended as an illustration of the need for more stringent gun laws. Kelly reportedly
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Those twenty-seven words enshrined in the Constitution by our founding fathers clearly give
GOP: In anticipation of next week’s unveiling of Senate Democrats’ first budget in four years, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) cautions that the tax gimmicks and new spending that will be included in their budget will grow the government, not
On Friday, Pentagon officials informed a House committee that the President’s formal budget proposal wouldn’t be delivered to Congress until April 8th, more than two months past the statutory deadline. Under federal law, the President is required to submit his
(AP) Obama staying out of negotiations on gun billsBy NEDRA PICKLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONWith gun legislation taking shape on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama has kept a low profile on an issue he has made a critical part of his second-term agenda.
Out of President Obama’s sequestration doomsday predictions, the one which best encapsulates what famed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward described as “madness” involves illegal immigration. And it is no laughing matter. As Fox News reported, a few hundred illegal immigrant
In the mind of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, “tax cuts are spending.” Pelosi said on Thursday that the federal government had to cut spending. However, she then lumped in several tax breaks for businesses in the category of “spending”: Tax
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday stated that she wants Congress to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10. Pelosi posited that since Wall Street is riding high, the middle-class needs to be rewarded with pay hikes: This
He is an unlawful enemy combatant, captured on foreign soil while engaged in hostilities against the United States. He belongs in the military justice system and detention facility established by Congress in accordance with the Constitution and the Supreme Court.
A former Republican Congressman who worked closely with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) during the last decade has attacked Bohner as a “lazy” lawmaker who is more interested in “golf, women, cigarettes, fun, and alcohol” than policy or legislating. Granted,
In a Quinnipiac University poll released today, President Obama has lost whatever edge the media still pretends he enjoys over Republicans on the overall issue of guns. Only 42% of voters trust Obama on the issue of guns, compared to
Congrats to Sen. Rand Paul for highlighting an important issue by using his prerogative as a U.S. senator to launch a good, old-fashioned filibuster on John Brennan’s nomination for CIA director. As I’ve written previously, it seemed earlier that he
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AP: Attorney General Eric Holder spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday to urge Congress to act on gun control legislation. He also said the recent budget cuts brought on by the sequester could hamper national security. (March 6)
My friend Daniel Pomerantz wrote to me a few months ago from Israel, where he moved a couple of years ago, to say that he was involved with an exciting new publishing project but couldn’t tell me what it was
Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw made an appearance on MSNBC’s The Cycle on March 4 and criticized President Obama for campaigning too much instead of governing. Brokaw also castigated Obama for refusing to negotiate with Republicans over the budget
The USDA contains a department called the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service whose role is to protect the nation’s agriculture from pests and disease. Like everyone else, their budget is being cut by the sequester. Yesterday a regional manager
An internal government email sent Monday instructed an official with a subdivision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make sure that sequester-related cuts inflict as much pain as possible to make sure “you are not contradicting what we said
For weeks and weeks, the media aided and abetted President Obama’s crying of wolf over sequester. As Obama hit the campaign trail (literally) to blame Republicans for the upcoming spending cuts that would result in the end of America as
(AP) Sen. Menendez says he looks forward to vindicationBy HENRY C. JACKSONAssociated PressWASHINGTONSen. Robert Menendez, who has maintained all along that he never paid prostitutes for sex, said he is looking forward to whatever evidence emerges from courts in the
(AP) GOP seeks to smooth roughest cuts, avert shutdownBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONRepublicans controlling the House are moving to take the roughest edges off across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect. Even as the military would bear a
When members of Congress and President Obama gathered at the unveiling Rosa Parks’ statue in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building, Roland Martin interviewed lawmaker activists and actors who choose to take this historical civil rights moment to blast
How deep is Hollywood in the tank for President Barack Obama? Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars saga, is rushing to the president’s defense after he clumsily combined space franchises with his “Jedi Mind Meld” flub last week. “President
