By SOPHIA TAREENAssociated PressCHICAGOU.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., a Chicago Democrat who took a hushed medical leave two months ago, is being treated for bipolar disorder, the Mayo Clinic announced Monday. The Rochester, Minn.-based clinic specified his condition as Bipolar
Director Salvador Litvak was all set to approach studios about his script for a new film on Abraham Lincoln the weekend Steven Spielberg optioned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book on the 16th president. What seemed like a cruel stroke of
John Mica, running for Congress yet again in Florida, was endorsed by a fake Tea Party group advised by convicted criminal Doug Goetzloe. Mr. Goetzloe was convicted of election law violation. Goetzloe, “adviser” to the fake Tea Party group, recently endorsed
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is at it again. She released a statement about the Oversight Committee’s lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder. The Oversight Committee is suing Holder in civil court to force Eric Holder to account for Fast and
In remarks in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Monday, President Obama singled out vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan as a leader in Congress blocking the farm bill from becoming law.
The Group of 20 top economies will meet shortly to try and coordinate a response to soaring food prices, driven by drought and rising demand, the Financial Times reported Monday. Over the weekend, US President Barack Obama called on Congress
The House Oversight Committee will file a civil contempt suit against Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday in an attempt to force the release of Operation Fast & Furious documents. Fast & Furious was the gun walking scheme in which
Pro-choice groups have wasted no time in launching vicious–and false–attacks against Rep. Paul Ryan after Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney selected him as his running mate for the November election. In a NARAL press release being circulated by Democrats and
In an age in which 24-hour cable news, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and talk radio have made the news cycle both incessant and insatiable, Paul Ryan’s life — and his family’s — will never be the same now that Mitt Romney
As prepared for delivery: Mitt Romney is a leader with the skills, the background and the character that our country needs at a crucial time in its history. Following four years of failed leadership, the hopes of our country, which
Today would have been Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s 42nd birthday. He was born to Josephine and Kent Terry in Lincoln Park, MI and grew up in Flat Rock, MI along with his siblings Michelle, Kent Jr., and Kelly.
Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, and their union cronies want one of their own — Democrat Christie Vilsack — in Congress, and their Super PACs have joined forces to falsely smear Rep. Steve King (R-IA) for accepting schedule pay increases even though
The Democratic Party’s and Obama administration’s cynical attack on Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the country’s leading breast cancer foundation, has reaped its final victims: the top executives of the foundation itself. Yesterday, Nancy G. Brinker, the founder of
Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s 42nd birthday is tomorrow. He’s not with us, but we can still wish him a happy birthday! The Honor Brian Terry Foundation has set up a virtual birthday card for everyone to sign. Agent Terry
The Hill reports that U.S. defense companies Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney are preparing to issue layoff notices, which they are required to do under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act 60 days in advance of mass
As Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) gets ready to vacation with his family in Colorado for the week, there has been much chatter about how Ryan may be at the very top of the short list for Mitt Romney’s vice presidential
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), is thinking of putting a bill before Congress that would repeal every bill President Obama has signed. King brought the idea up on Tuesday when he was discussing his plan to sue the Obama administration for
The Obama campaign is calling Mitt Romney a liar for saying that Obama is attempting to gut welfare reform by taking the “work” out of “workfare.” They have even recruited Ron Haskins, who helped write the welfare reform law in
Team Romney does a lot in thirty seconds…. – – The timing of the release is interesting. Yesterday, in Colorado, President Obama appeared with Sandra Fluke. You remember her, she’s the activist who testified before Congress about how important
I spent this last week vacationing with my wife in Paris. Between visits to historic sites like the Louvre and Versailles, my wife and I noticed something very odd: nobody seemed to be working. The sidewalk cafes were chock full
This week, hundreds of state lawmakers are enjoying the sights and sounds of Chicago at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ annual gathering. Over four days, the state legislators from around the country will hear big-name speakers, attend gala, catered
Congress passed The Sequestration Transparency Act in July, and President Barack Obama signed it into law on Tuesday. According to The Hill, the law requires the White House budget office to reveal how the automatic budget cuts required of them
Last week, Senate Democrats played politics with the drought by not agreeing to the short-term drought relief measures passed by the House. Now, President Barack Obama is playing politics with the drought as well. As Reuters notes, Obama on Tuesday
Former Congressman Alan Grayson, the Democrat who never missed an opportunity to lob charges of racism against Republicans while he was in Congress lost his House seat in 2010, is trying to come back to Congress in Florida’s newly-created Ninth
Rep. John Mica has been in Congress for almost 20 years and is currently representing Florida’s 7th district. He is most well known as the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. What is less known is that Rep.
