Many continue to ask why the media and lawmakers have not spoken to or brought forth those who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi last September. The truth of the matter is the Americans who survived
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing on February 14th, The White House’s top Obamacare regulator found himself dodging bullets from an unexpected source: the very Democrats who passed President Obama’s signature healthcare law. During this little-publicized hearing, Democrats grilled Gary Cohen,
For two months, reporters and lawmakers have ignored a devastating report from the federal government itself, which warns that the nation’s current fiscal policy will lead to economic collapse. The Government Accountability Office (GAO)–the personal auditor of President Obama and
The Mejicano Congress has voted to suggest to the U.S. Senate to populate and then divulge a list of commercial gun owners in border states like Texas and Arizona. Mexico’s congress voted to ask the U.S. Senate to create a
In November of 2011 the President told the press that there would be no “easy off ramps” to get out of the sequester. The White House explained the speech in very partisan terms: “Republicans continue to insist on protecting tax
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste… And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” This is what former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in what could be the next Citizens United, considering whether a central part of the nation’s foundational federal campaign-finance law violates the First Amendment. In 1971, Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA).
In response to Sequester Will Force Obama’s Hand on Entitlements Says…The White House: Sequester was always intended to apply pressure to both parties. Thatwas the whole point. The goal–according to the same White House FactSheet–was to force a deal that
A survey of the big three networks showed news coverage of the indictment of former Chicago Democrat Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. was sparse to non-existent for the first three days after the indictment was made public. Even when his trouble was
Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) voted most conservative member of the House in 2012 according to National Journal. No Republican politician should ever, ever, ever … did I say ever, use the words “legitimate” and “rape” in the same sentence, paragraph,
Yesterday, White House national security adviser Tom Donilon published an op-ed in the New York Times urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to its list of terrorist organizations. In doing so, Donilon took the opposite position to that of Secretary
Politico has a new piece insinuating that there are four GOP senators who are frustrated that they haven’t had a phone call from the White House so they can work together. Rob Portman of Ohio said this: I view this
Local and national Democrats are mobilizing against former congresswoman Debbie Halvorson, the front-runner for next week’s Democrat primary in Illinois’ special congressional election. The special election is to fill the term of disgraced Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who recently pled
Is American ready for a strong third party? If so, what kind–what ideology? Right? Left? Center? One thing is for sure: Across the board, people are mad. According to a January survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People
CNN Columnist David Frum is calling for Obama to bypass Congress and have the Surgeon General investigate the dangers of gun ownership and to have the Senate convene tobacco industry-style hearings (circa 1990s) on gun manufacturers. Frum’s argument is that
President Obama surprised political observers with a strong push to increase the minimum wage in his State of the Union address last week. Obama called on Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $9/hour by 2015, from its current
The Washington Post columnist offers a unique solution to Congress’s sequester gridlock.
CANDY CROWLEY, CNN HOST: I need a quick yes or no from you, about the use of them and using them targeting Americans overseas. Al-Awlaki, a known terrorist, but an American citizen, as well as his son were killed–you have
President Barack Obama reversed course on Saturday, preparing an immigration reform bill that was leaked to USA Today and that would allow illegal immigrants to become full permanent residents within eight years. The White House had previously refrained from offering
(AP) Report: Bill would set an 8-year path to residencyBy ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe White House is circulating a draft immigration bill that would create a new visa for illegal immigrants living in the United States and allow them to
On Friday, February 15, President Obama visited Chicago in order to highlight his new gun control proposals. Obama’s visit came only days after the funeral of Hadiya Pendleton, a teen who was killed after getting caught in the crossfire of
The office of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member of the senate budget committee, sent out a statement claiming that Jack Lew, former White House Chief of Staff and current Treasury Secretary nominee, is “complicit in” violating the law that
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) wants to bring back the military draft and require women to register for the Selective Service. On Friday, Rangel reintroduced the so-called “draft bill,” known officially as “The National Universal Service Act” (H.R. 747), and “The
With Congress out of session next week, due to the Presidents’ Day holiday, it looks inevitable that the sequestration cuts will take effect March 1st. Replacing the $85 billion in cuts scheduled through the rest of the fiscal year isn’t
The House on Friday passed legislation to preserve, for an additional year, a pay freeze for non-military federal workers. The freeze has been in effect for the past three years. The action was necessary because President Obama recently announced that
