News that SolarCity, another recipient of millions in government largess from the Obama Administration, would be issuing an IPO forced the disclosure that the IRS and the Treasury Department were now investigating the company, and others, for potential abuse of
One of the left’s favorite parlor games to play on Republicans is to ask them, hypothetically, if they would accept $1 in tax hikes for something like $9 or $10 in spending cuts. The game is designed to show that
Republicans and Democrats may end some of the the oil industry’s biggest tax breaks during the fiscal cliff negotiations in Congress. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has indicated oil industry tax breaks will be on the table during the upcoming
The New York Times is reporting that the Tampa office of the FBI began its investigation into General David Petraeus in June. A month earlier, in May, Tampa resident Jill Kwaham Kelley, a friend of General Petraeus and an unpaid military
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about the FBI investigation that revealed an extramarital affair between ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer, questioning when the retired general popped up in the
As the fog of the election clears, those who truly wish to restore the nation to its constitutional foundations seem to be falling into two camps. One camp asserts that, as a result of the re-election of Barack Obama, conservatives
Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus may have told his alleged mistress Paula Broadwell what really happened in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012 when terrorists murdered U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Broadwell, whose alleged affair with
The Florida woman who received threatening emails regarding newly-resigned CIA Director David Petraeus — some of which were from the mistress of Petraeus — and reported them to the FBI, was named on Sunday. A senior military official told the Associated Press
As new information emerges regarding Friday’s resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, not only does the story begin to crystallize, but so does the timeline of the FBI investigation that sparked it. In light of the news that officials in
President Barack Obama says he won’t accept a plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff that doesn’t ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes. But House Speaker John Boehner says Congress should not raise tax rates on Americans.
Chinese officials accustomed to the tame questions of a compliant state press were caught out by a plucky 11-year-old reporter during the country’s sensitive Communist Party congress. Sun Luyuan, a Beijing sixth-grade student, on Friday shook up one of the
Sean Duffy, the Republican Congressman from Wisconsin’s 7th district, not only survived his reelection bid on Tuesday night but won handily. Duffy, a freshman Republican, won reelection as a two-year incumbent despite: A) the Democratic party had a 42-year stranglehold on
After General Petraeus stepped down Friday over an extramarital affair, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) indicated regret over the fact that he’d resigned so quickly. Feinstein said she wished President Obama had “not accepted” Petraeus’ letter of resignation, but added that
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) “The fact that he’s resigned and had an affair has nothing to do with whether he will be subpoenaed to Congress. I hope we don’t have to subpoena a four star general and a former CIA
Early next year, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on a constitutional challenge to one of the most powerful provisions in federal law, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, in the case Shelby County v. Holder. The
After House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told ABC News Thursday that Obamacare was now the “law of the land” and Republicans should compromise with Democrats to pass comprehensive immigration reform, conservatives can expect the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) —
The lines are now set for the battle over the fiscal cliff. The fiscal cliff, which is a combination of expiring lower tax rates and automatic cuts to government spending, largely focused on the military, is set to cripple our
On Election Day, the State Department invited a top economic analyst to hold a briefing for foreign reporters about the U.S. economy. The analyst’s message was clear: the U.S. is getting downgraded again. Kathy Bostjancic, director of Macroeconomic Analysis for
House Speaker John Boehner dismissed the Tea Party as irrelevant in an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer yesterday, while at the same time sending out contradictory messages on taxes. Two days after the presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Democrats were more than willing to raise the debt ceiling by another $2.4 trillion when America hits its current ceiling at the end of the year. When asked what Democrats would do
House Speaker John Boehner today came out in favor of comprehensive immigration reform in an interview with ABC News: This issue has been around far too long. A comprehensive approach is long overdue, and I’m confident that the president, myself,
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) denied today that recently-defeated vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was the leader of the Republican Party. “Oh, I wouldn’t think so. Paul Ryan’s a policy wonk,” said Boehner. “He’s involved in
Eric Holder says he has not decided whether he will continue as Attorney General during Obama’s second term in office. Holder was speaking to a group of law students at the University of Baltimore Thursday. He indicated he will speak
Things are strange in Michigan these days. In Michigan’s 11th district, Republican Kerry Bentivolio won the election to replace Thaddeus McCotter for the House seat. Bentivolio has a strange resume, to say the least. He was an auto designer, teacher
