Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) described working with Republicans as wrestling a “greasy little pig.” In a speech opening up the Senate Tuesday morning, Reid described rural Nevada rodeos where organizers cover a piglet in grease and send children
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, MSNBC “Daily Rundown” host and White House correspondent Chuck Todd pointed out the Obama administrations deficiencies when it comes to dealing with Congress. (h/t RNC Research)
At a Cinco de Mayo reception at the White House, President Barack Obama urged amnesty advocates to mobilize during the next two months to pressure Congress to enact immigration reform. Even though the Congressional Budget Office determined amnesty legislation would
Venezuela, under the socialist regime of President Nicolás Maduro, boasts the second highest murder rate in the world, and tensions in that country fueled by the military’s violence against unarmed protesters threaten to worsen the situation as the nation is
In response to Boehner On the Hot Seat,Benghazi Investigation Begins To Take Form: Speaker Boehner this afternoon confirmed that Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) is his choice to head the Select Committee to investigate the Benghazi. “With four of our countrymen killed at
In what is arguably the the biggest legal victory for religious liberty in 31 years, the Supreme Court Monday ruled 5-4 that a town’s practice of starting legislative sessions with a brief prayer does not violate the First Amendment. The
Texas Governor Rick Perry weighed in on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) handling of the land issue along the Red River border between Texas and Oklahoma saying, “The federal government already owns too much land.” Some in the state
With Congress breathing down his neck on Benghazi, President Obama has a legal ace in his hand – executive privilege – which he could assert to protect the documents explaining exactly why the White House came to blame the attack
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Becky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, they rejected it. Starting next school year, pasta and other grain products in schools will have to
Americans should take note: Upcoming elections in two English-speaking countries, the United Kingdom and India, are likely to tell a common story; in both nations, conservative nationalism is likely to defeat liberal multiculturalism. That’s good news for conservatives, and an
With just two phases to go in India’s nine-phase, five-week marathon national election, time may well have run out for India’s ruling Congress Party to hold onto power and prevent the expected landslide victory by India’s conservative Bharatiya Janata Party
One of the most liberal Representatives in Congress wants California to raise its minimum wage to $26 an hour. Appearing on Crossfire on Friday, co-host Newt Gingrich asked Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) whether it was a good idea for the mayor of
One of the most liberal Representatives in Congress wants California to raise its minimum wage to $26 an hour. Appearing on Crossfire on Friday, co-host Newt Gingrich asked Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) whether it was a good idea for the mayor of
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll triggered Politico to assert that the results give Democrats four major reasons to worry about their election prospects in 2014. GOP voters are more driven to vote in 2014 than Democrats. When the poll
On Friday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) levied the charge that the Obama administration has purposefully withheld documents from Congress on the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack. Partial transcript as follows: VAN
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Maryland Congressional candidate, former Secret Service agent for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and best-selling author Dan Bongino Friday. Palin called Bongino, who is running in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District, a “unique
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s pro-amnesty lobbying group is asking celebrities and Americans to take selfies to urge Congress to pass amnesty. Those who have already taken selfies for amnesty include Adrien Grenier, Jared Leto, and Chris Tucker along with politicians
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) filed a May Day brief in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes’ December ruling in the City of Detroit bankruptcy case was wrong to conclude
The Venn Institute has just released it mid-term scorecard on International Religious Freedom (IRF) for the 113th session of Congress, and Congress has received a resounding F. Only a handful of members received high scores: on the House side Frank
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is issuing a subpoena for Secretary of State John Kerry to testify before the committee May 21 about Benghazi, Issa announced Friday. The move comes in the wake of new, “smoking gun” emails that
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney admitted on Thursday that he was tired of Republicans talking about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi. “I wish that rather than spending so much of their time — and we all have limited time
Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA) introduced legislation on Thursday that would “prevent sports team owners from writing off fines as a business expense on their federal income tax returns.” “The American people are happy to help small businesses grow, but paying fines
The day after Mumbai book-makers stopped taking bets on India’s Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi winning that country’s ongoing national elections because his chances are thought so low, elitist and big media opponents of India’s surging conservative Bharatiya Janata Party leader
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin endorsed former George W. Bush administration official and first-time candidate Taylor Griffin a week before North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District’s GOP primary, which will be held on Tuesday, May 6. Griffin, an Eastern North
Divorces are always tricking and ugly-no one looks forward to them. Congressman Alan Grayson is going through an awful time with is current divorce from his wife Lolita. First she accused him of hitting her (we all saw the video),
