Despite admonitions from amnesty activists, more Senate Democrats are urging Obama against extending executive amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, especially before the November elections, according to a Politico report. “I have concerns about executive action,” Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken,
The economy created only 142,000 jobs in August, down from 212,000 in July, indicating the economy significantly slowed this summer. Jobs creation is well below the pace needed to reemploy all the workers displaced during the financial crisis–the economy is
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Roman Catholic Church has admonished the ruling Socialist Party for re-writing the Christian “Lord’s Prayer” into an ode to its beloved late leader Hugo Chavez. “The Lord’s Prayer, the typical prayer for Christians around the world,
President Obama is already not sticking to the law, so why would lawmakers trust Obama enough to move forward with immigration reform next year, Iowa Republican Steve King wondered in reaction to House Speaker John Boehner’s recent comments leaving the
Comcast has been touting the wide support it has for a proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc. However, one of those politicians the cable giant says is lined up on its side, Obama operative and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel,
The LGBT Human Rights Campaign has called for a federal officer to enforce the LGBT agenda around the world. In a letter sent Thursday, HRC president Chad Griffin is asking supporters to sign a letter to Secretary of State John
In a high profile, targeted Congressional race between incumbent Democrat Congressman Scott Peters and Republican former San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has decided to back the Democrat – the fourth Democrat to receive the Chamber’s
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled the GOP’s September agenda in a memo to colleagues, outlining plans to pass a short-term spending bill as well as economic and energy packages. The memo also addresses the growing threat of Islamic State
A study published by the pro-Common Core Carnegie Corporation in 2013 generated a key finding that has not received much attention, but perhaps should be quoted often at education hearings in state legislatures and school board meetings, as well. The
More than six in ten Americans do not want President Barack Obama to grant work permits to illegal immigrants. When an Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll, which was conducted August 23-28, asked Americans about a potential executive action to “slow deportation of undocumented
Few episodes in our history have tried Americans’ souls as much as the current crises of trust. When serial abuses of power become routine and fidelity to legislative duties and campaign promises is the rare exception, it is natural for
An overwhelming majority of Americans, including a majority (54%) of Democrats, do not want President Barack Obama to unilaterally enact executive actions to give illegal immigrants temporary amnesty. The Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll, which was conducted August 23-28, found that 73%
GOP Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) is pushing back against Speaker John Boehner’s remarks this week that a bipartisan immigration accord could come together next year, warning that President Obama is not going to suddenly transform into a trustworthy legislative partner.
Since the revelations from leaked documents provided by Edward Snowden, a US government contract employee, American intelligence practices have become a subject of international controversy. While the US Congress will likely impose some regulatory reforms, legislative action will probably not
CHICAGO (AP) — They’re often pegged as the civic-minded, do-gooding generation. But while they’re still optimistic about their own personal prospects, a new study finds that today’s youth are often more skeptical of the country’s institutions than the young generations
LOS ANGELES – A new startup hopes to wrest control of the political system from special interests and place political power back into the hands of voters this November. Crowdpac, based in Menlo Park, California, provides a unique, comprehensive database
Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson said the Obama administration is refusing to tell Congress where the ten of thousands of unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexican Border this summer were sent
Though President Barack Obama hasn’t consulted America’s legislative branch on what to do about the ISIS threat, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)–a national security hawk from Virginia–is stepping forward himself to introduce legislation that would congressionally authorize military action against ISIS
SAN DIEGO, California — Ousted former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner held the 51st Congressional seat until 2012 when he left to run for mayor, and Democrat Juan Vargas took up the vacancy. Two years later, Vargas’s November contender is
In response to the growing threat to Iraq’s capital, President Obama approved sending 350 additional troops to protect the United States embassy in Baghdad this week. The additional troops were announced after the Islamic State terrorist group published a video
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is calling for President Barack Obama to convene a joint session of Congress and make the case that the United States must “destroy” the Islamic State terrorist organization. “If I were president, I would call a
With the midterm elections a mere two months away, a new bipartisan George Washington University Battleground Poll shows noticeable movement towards the GOP. When poll respondents are asked if they will be voting for “the Republican candidate or the Democratic
This Friday the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added 230,000 jobs in August. The pace has picked up a bit but is still far less than needed to reemploy all the prime aged workers displaced in the
This post originally appeared in The Daily Beast: In the wake of ISIS’s latest alleged killing of an American journalist, leading lawmakers from both parties are calling for a bigger role in the U.S. war against the terrorist group. Leading
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that President Barack Obama should “continue to follow the law” in order to help “create an environment where you could do immigration reform in a responsible way next year” on Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.”
