Nearly six years ago in a small conference room on Capitol Hill, a dozen conservative online pioneers gathered for the first meeting of The Bloggers Briefing. What started as an off-the-record gathering to talk strategy and ideas has become a
(AP) Foreign holdings of US debt hit record highBy MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONForeign demand for U.S. Treasury debt rose to a record high in February. China, the largest buyer of Treasury debt, increased its holdings for the second straight month.
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) —U.S. Rep. Ed Towns, D-N.Y., won’t seek re-election in November, several Democratic officials said. Towns, 77, was expected to face a competitive primary June 26, the date for House and Senate primaries, The Hill reported Sunday.
It appears Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano perjured herself in front of Congress numerous times. In her new book “Fast and Furious: Barack Obama’s Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up” Townhall’s News Editor Katie Pavlich provides evidence from inside sources
(AP) Long political fights ahead over dueling tax plansBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONDemocrats and Republicans are forcing votes in Congress this coming week on competing tax plans that affect millionaires and smaller businesses, and they know the proposals are doomed from
(AP) 3 years later, what’s become of the tea party?By PAULINE ARRILLAGAAP National WriterSAN ANTONIOThree years ago he was merely a face in a very large crowd, standing outside the Alamo on Tax Day as Glenn Beck spoke of drawing
(AP) Obama pledges immigration reform early in 2nd termCARTAGENA, ColombiaIn his most specific pledge yet to U.S. Hispanics, President Barack Obama said Saturday he would seek to tackle immigration policy in the first year of a second term. But he
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fate of a new package of sanctions on Iran proposed by U.S. lawmakers may hinge on whether Iran and six major world powers can make any progress at high-level talks this weekend toward resolving a dispute
In the midst of ongoing rocket terror attacks against Israel from Gaza and even Egypt, as civil war rages in Syria, and as the threat from Iran approaches the point of no return, 74 Democrats in the House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) —U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., says as many as 81 Democrats in Congress are members of the Communist Party. West’s comments came during a town hall event late Tuesday in Jensen Beach, Fla., but he has
Rep. Allen West said he’s heard that almost half of all the Democrats in Congress are secretly part of the Communist Party. West told almost 100 Floridians in Palm City on Tuesday that “he’s heard” as many as 80 Democrats
Federal courts will decide whether U.S. passports must declare Jerusalem part of Israel. In Zivotofsky v. Clinton, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s conclusion that this issue must be resolved in the political arena between President Obama and
Back on September 9, 2009, President Obama called together a joint session of Congress to listen to him talk about his Obamacare plan. This large-scale PR effort was based on the notion that Obamacare wouldn’t just keep deficits neutral, it
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) wants Americans to know what the real unemployment rate is, not the figure that the Bureau of Labor calls unemployment which excludes those who have given up hope and are no longer seeking employment. Rep. Hunter says
Liberals like to label fiscal conservatives as the “party of no,” individuals who talk spending cuts but offer little in the way of specific, realistic solutions to downsize government. In their new book, Debacle: Obama’s War on Jobs and Growth and
Proving they’ve learned nothing from lessons of the past, some House Republicans are pushing to bring back the wide-scale use of earmarks to Congress. These pigs in elephants’ clothing want to end a three-year moratorium on earmarks and start trading
Washington’s controversial former mayor Marion Barry has come under a fresh storm of criticism after he attacked “dirty” Asian-run businesses that operate in poor parts of the US capital. Barry, a leader in the civil rights movement whose mayoral stint
(AP) Congress: GSA violated its gift awards limitsBy LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe General Services Administration developed an employee awards program that spent more than $438,000 over four years, far exceeding the agency’s per-gift limit of $99, congressional investigators reported Friday. Investigators
The furor surrounding President Obama’s recent comments about the authority of the United States Supreme Court to overturn enacted legislation brought consternation from many a constitutional scholar as well as at least three federal appeals court judges from the Fifth
The Democrats have been so derelict in their duty to introduce or pass a reasonable budget, apparently any attempt to pass a budget is considered “controversial.” The Los Angeles Times ran a piece, prior to the U.S. House passing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has spent about $17,000 to reimburse the Treasury for frequent travel to his California home, trips that cost the government some $860,000 because he is required to fly in military jets, the
In 1999, then-State Senator Barack Obama invoked the late radical Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, who passed away in 1996, to promote a universal health care law he co-sponsored and which Illinois voters had overwhelmingly rejected. The bill incorporated language directly from the
Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, after winning his primary on Tuesday for city council in Ward 8, ranted against Asian small business owners in the District and said, “they ought to go.” “We got to do something about these
Smart Girl Politics Action launched “They Don’t Speak for Us” asking women to put the conversation back on real issues important to women. The group states: “Women are forced everyday to make sacrifices and its time that we put pressure
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) —U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn said voter ID laws in South Carolina and elsewhere are reminiscent of post-Reconstruction Jim Crow laws. Clyburn, D-S.C., and other voting rights advocates warn that laws requiring voters to
