The congressional bid by Donna Shalala, the 77-year-old former Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary under President Barack Obama, in a Florida district the Democrats were certain they would pick up from Republicans, is losing steam.
Seven of the 86 Republican-held House seats across the country that are rated as “competitive” this midterm election are in Florida.
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican and Democratic congressmen and women applauded Iranian women for their bravery during a Nowruz (Persian New Year) reception on Capitol Hill Wednesday, just one day before International Women’s Day.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) says Cuba plays a major role in Latin America’s growing security challenges in an increasingly globalized world.
During a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill on Thursday titled “Iran Regime’s Threats and Rights Violations: Policy Options,” Republican and Democrat congressmen and congresswomen gathered to express their commitment to supporting the people of Iran in their quest to achieve a free Iran.
Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) introduced gun control aimed at law-abiding Americans, and it already has nine Republicans co-sponsors.
Over 25 Jewish organizations and Republican and Democrat lawmakers convened at the U.S. Capitol Visitor’s Center on Wednesday to mark and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem Day and to reaffirm that Jerusalem is Israel’s eternal capital.
On Friday, the remaining 280 members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) — also known as the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) — who were stationed in Camp Liberty (Hurriya) in Iraq were relocated to Albania, officially closing the camp which was a place of refuge for the dissidents against the Iranian regime since the 1980s.
A man accused of murdering and dismembering a woman in Caracas has become the poster boy for the latest Venezuelan government conspiracy theory: that Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen are personally paying opposition members to destabilize the socialist regime.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) called fellow South Floridian Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) for her birthday on Wednesday, and the voicemail message he left her is getting a lot of buzz on social media.
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) predicted that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) would not enter the 2016 presidential race because “it’ll be difficult for Marco to compete against a Jeb” in an interview with The Hill on Monday. Ros-Lehtinen said she was “excited” about
The Obama administration’s exchange of American aid worker Alan Gross for three Cuban spies poses a threat to national security and is a “slap in the face” to the families of the men they killed, according to Cuba-born Rep. Ileana
More and more legislators are loving on Senator Ted Cruz nowadays, considering that he is one of a few embers of the Republican caucus in the Senate that actually has the stones to say what he means. Here is Rep.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) stated that she believed the Department of Homeland Security’s recently announced program to allow thousands of Haitians into the US was “a great step forward” that she hoped would provide an example for policies to handle
Kudos to Democrat Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for being one of only 5 Democrats to sign a letter to the Mexican judge Victor Octavio Luna Escobedo, who is overseeing the case of Marine Corps Sgt, Andrew Tahmooressi, who has been held in a
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined NewsMax TV to demand the media and public be allowed to read President Barack Obama’s Iranian nuclear deal…
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) wrote a February letter to Barack Obama that asked him to release the text of the Iran nuclear agreement. Ros-Lehtinen, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, said that
Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has opened up on Charlie Crist after he made the statement that Cubans were suffering because of U.S. foreign policy. Ros-Lehtinen has been blistering Crist in the press since he first told leftist Bill Maher the
GOP Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban American, to be elected to Congress grilled Secretary of State John Kerry on President Obama shaking the hand of Raul Castro today at the Nelson Mandela memorial service in South Africa…
By LUKE MEREDITHAP Sports WriterDES MOINES, IowaCuban pitcher Misael Siverio told a Spanish-language newspaper he has defected to the United States and is going to try to make it to the major leagues. Siverio was part of the Cuban national
USA Today reports officials from the the Obama administration will meet with Cuban officials on July 17 to discuss “migration issues” between the two countries. The talks will be held in Washington, D.C. and are being portrayed as “consistent with
House Republicans have launched another “Hispanic outreach” initiative. Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) is spearheading the most recent “comprehensive” outreach program. As Roll Call reports, the initiative will focus on a “Spanish-language social-media initiative” in addition to getting the
Less than a week before the House Oversight Committee is due to have its hearing examining the attacks on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Office of the Inspector General is expected to do a special review of the Accountability
In my quirky way I want to put this under the category “Foreign Affairs.” Anyone else wonder why an Opthamologist aka Dr. Salomon Melgen is in the business of donating to Senator Bob Menendez, Hillary Clinton, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz; Florida Republicans Rep.
Former Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) slammed the disciplining of four State Department officials as nothing but “a shuffling of the deck chairs” in response to testimony from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the Benghazi terrorist attack.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) has been given the leading role on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s “new Middle East and North Africa subcommittee.” She was specifically given “jurisdiction over the Middle East,” which is great news for Israel, as Ros-Lehtinen is considered
On Thursday Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) criticized the Obama administration for sending twenty F-16 fighter jets to the new Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egyptian government. “It is reckless and unwise for the U.S. to give F-16s to Egypt and its new president/dictator,
Egypt on Monday was awaiting official results of a referendum on a new constitution reportedly backed by two-thirds of voters but which the opposition alleged was riddled with fraud. The Muslim Brotherhood backing President Mohamed Morsi and media say an
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (R-FL), Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, plans to ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton why U.S. diplomatic security agents in Benghazi were not initially armed when the attacks on the embassy compound happened. The Congresswoman
Let’s say a would-be Egyptian dictator tosses the head of the military, supports a terrorist assault on Israel, and threatens to send tanks into the streets to fight any opposition. Let’s also say you’re the President of the United States.
A former U.S. Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan has been chained to a bed in a Mexican prison since August. Jon Hammar faces up to 12 years in a Mexican jail on what may be a trumped-up charge
On the heels of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) asking the EU to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has “emerged from hiding” to announce the group’s plans to launch a massive attack against Israel. Nasrallah
Israel has a friend in the American government, and her name is Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). She is the Chairwoman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee who is “urging the EU to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.” She made these
WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) — President Obama, citing the United States’ national security interests, Wednesday waived restrictions on funding for the Palestinian Authority. In a memorandum sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama cited his authority under section 7040(b)
Last week, international media reported that Syria–in the midst of bloody repression and conflict–had been elected to two human rights committees of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization). UNESCO is the agency that recognized Palestinian statehood last month
Arab League officials are promising to provide $200 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if a congressional hold on similar U.S. funding continues. U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., placed a hold on the transfer of $200 million in aid to
The United States is suffering from high unemployment, high energy prices, stagnant economic growth, and a massive budget deficit. By expediting the development of offshore oil resources, the government could tackle all four of these problems simultaneously. Yet for some
There is something surreal about the coverage of developments this week at the UN. The general tenor is akin to the showdown at the OK Corral. Either the Palestinians win recognition of statehood, or they don’t. If they do, they
A year ago many prominent Israelis seemed smitten with Fidel Castro. “I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” wrote Israeli President Shimon Peres to Fidel Castro on Sept. 24, 2010. “I must confess that your remarks were, in
The huge Republican gain in the mid-term elections diminished significantly President Obama’s political influence domestically and internationally. Domestically, the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives is likely to limit Obama’s ability to implement his economic and entitlement policies.