Boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio does not want to fight in the United States anymore after President Barack Obama and Congress decided to raise the top income tax rate to 39.6% in a deal to temporarily avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
Democrats in Congress introduced a bill that would award grants to programs that do not “promote gender stereotypes” in ways that would be “insensitive” to gay people. According to The Hill, the bill “requires programs to emphasize emotional skills and the
Tracy Schmaler, Attorney General Eric Holder’s top press defender, will resign her position on March 8. This reporter recently caught Schmaler colluding with far leftwing advocacy organization Media Matters for America to attack the reputations of whistleblowers, members of Congress,
On Thursday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said she plans to bring a comprehensive climate change bill to the Senate floor by this summer. “We’re going to go in earnest to this topic and this bill,” Boxer said of the bill
On Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she was against cutting congressional pay because it would undermine the dignity of her job. “I don’t think we should do it; I think we should respect the work we do,”
Following North Korea’s nuclear test on Feb 12, Sec. of State John Kerry called the foreign ministers of various countries to discuss the matter–and everyone except Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov answered the phone. His outgoing spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said
On Feb. 13, Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta announced the creation of a new medal for indirect combat roles–the Distinguished Warfare Medal. This medal is designed for those who operate drones and thereby have a direct impact on combat without
In an effort to dodge President Obama’s State of the Union charges that Republicans want a government shutdown, GOP lawmakers are scrambling to maintain leverage in the debate over the impending sequester. House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) announced Thursday
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) told his colleagues Wednesday that Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate are “deluding” themselves regarding the national deficit. Ryan said, “It seems as if they think the heavy lifting on debt reduction, deficit
(AP) NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg says he will retireBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONNew Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg (LOW’-tuhn-burg) says he will not seek re-election. The 89-year-old lawmaker is the last remaining veteran of World War II in the Senate and
(AP) AP NewsAlertWASHINGTONNew Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg announces he will not seek re-election.
After buying Current TV, Al Gore’s struggling cable TV network, Al Jazeera has now hired a lobbying firm to push its interests in Washington D.C. The Muslim-owned TV network hired the firm of DLA Piper to ply the halls of
Looking back at a long political career, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday lamented an increasingly bitter atmosphere in Washington, saying there was “too much meanness” on display. His comments come amid a mounting budget crisis in a deeply divided
As President Obama delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday, the NRA rolled out a new commercial warning that his words cannot hide the fact that his gun control objectives seek mandatory gun buybacks and gun registration. Narrated by
Not everyone was thoroughly entranced by President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), for instance, felt compelled to send out this tweet to a 24 year-old Texas bikini model from his phone at
Billionaire Mike Bloomberg, who, when not obsessing over salt content, wrings his hands about money in politics, has directed his personal SuperPAC to spend $1.3 million, so far, against Debbie Halvorson, former Congresswoman and candidate for the special election to replace
When President Barack Obama leaves office in January of 2016, he will be remembered by conservatives as a highly polarizing ideologue who was scornful of the constitutional restraints that limited his authority as president. This evening’s SOTU speech only reaffirmed
By a vote of 354-72, the House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to clarify that houses of worship are “eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities, and for other purposes.”
(AP) Postmaster: Please let us stop Saturday mailBy PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe head of the U.S. Postal Services pleaded with Congress Wednesday not to thwart his plan to cut Saturday mail as a way to save money, but postal workers unions
During last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama tastelessly declared that the victims of gun violence “deserve a vote” and called on Congress to take action to prevent future violence. What those victims of gun violence really deserve
Weighing in on Pope Benedict’s surprise announcement that he will resign the papacy, The New York Times’ headline on Tuesday pronounced that the “Successor to Benedict Will Lead a Church at a Crossroads.” However, the paper’s notion of what that
President Barack Obama’s Tuesday State of the Union address demagogued guns and gun accessories by describing civilian “assault rifles” as “weapons of war” and labeling the magazines they use as “massive.” “Police chiefs are asking our help to get weapons
Chris Hayes on MSNBC reacting to President Obama’s threat to act alone on cap and trade during his 2013 State of the Union Address: “The Supreme Court has found the EPA has the power under the Clean Air Act right
FL Sen. Marco Rubio gave the GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. Now, delivering the opposing party response to a SOTU address is a very difficult task. The President speaks before the assembled chambers of Congress.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation on Tuesday evening at the State of the Union. The President gave his speech as law enforcement in California closed in on rogue former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner. Dorner, who allegedly shot five people
