U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice was honored Tuesday night with the 2013 Louis E. Martin Great American Award. The annual award, presented by The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, is given to “an exemplar of change, progress
Speaking to a group of law enforcement personnel, Vice President Joe Biden said he will revive the Manchin-Toomey background check ‘compromise’ and will “prevail” in pushing it through the Senate. Referencing the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary, Biden said,
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is returning to Ohio to give his first commencement address of 2013 at Ohio State University in Columbus. Ohio was at the center of last year’s presidential election, and Obama’s victory there was critical
Vice President Joe Biden is ready to move with a new wave of gun control, “planning even more travel, with trips around the country to stump for a renewed push on expanded background checks and gun-trafficking laws that failed to
Vice President Joe Biden suggested Friday that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) may have won the 2008 presidential election if the economy had not “collapsed.” “The truth of the matter is, Barack knows it, I know, had the economy not collapsed
(AP) – Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that Arizona Sen. John McCain probably would have beat his boss in the 2008 presidential election had the economy not collapsed. Biden’s comment about McCain and President Barack Obama came during the
Vice President Joe Biden discusses reducing gun violence in a Google+ Hangout with mayors from across the country, including Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, IN; Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore, MD; Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis, MN; and Mayor Steve
UPDATE Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapon ban amendment failed to pass the Senate today. It bans the sale of 157 different semi-automatic weapons and high capacity magazines. The amendment was long expected to fail. The final vote was 40
Beginning on Wednesday, the Senate will begin holding up-or-down votes on amendments to the Toomey-Manchin gun control bill now making its way through the Senate. According to the Washington Post, the Democrats still lack enough votes in the Senate to
Most people would figure someone who reaches the White House after decades in politics would have some basic social skills down pat. Not Bradley Cooper. The Oscar-nominated star of Silver Linings Playbook recalls his time with Vice President Joe Biden
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral is April 17, but President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden are too busy pushing gun control to attend. A U.S. Embassy spokesman explained that Obama is unable
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONWatch out, Joe Biden. The other vice president is in the house. The White House says Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays Vice President Selina Meyer on the HBO comedy “Veep,” is at the White House to have lunch
Vice President Joe Biden this morning on MSNBC:
Joe Biden used his standard technique of mocking the opposition on Tuesday as he gave a gun control speech at the White House. Speaking of those who oppose universal background checks for gun buyers and lambasting the National Rifle Association for promoting
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Now the NRA which is engaging in a campaign which is, I’m not unaccustomed to, of disinformation to try to scare people. Let me read some of the thing they’re saying about background checks. They say
Joseph Curl noted in his Sunday column in the Washington Times that many ordinary Americans around the country were upset with the extravagant lifestyles President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and their families are living while most Americans suffer
Vice President Joe Biden is again plying the phones, calling his former colleagues on Capitol Hill, and bending ears over the President’s gun control ideas. His calls are coming on a “near-daily basis” as President Barack Obama mounts another push
White House Dossier’s Keith Koffler is reporting that our beloved VP, Joey “Choo Choo” Biden is enjoying his third vacation of the year on South Carolina’s luxurious Kiawah Island. Biden and his wife Jill arrived on the island – known
Speaking on March 27, Vice President Joe Biden said the current push for “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazine bans are “just the beginning.” Biden’s comments came during a conference call put together by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal
I was reminded of Mark Twain’s appropriate comment (or maybe it was Disraeli’s?) when reading an article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, entitled “Government Payrolls are Facing New Pressures.” Somewhat hyperbolically, the author Sudeep Reddy writes: “The cuts in the public
CNN says limousine services for Vice President Joe Biden’s February trip to Europe cost taxpayers $321,665. The contract information appeared on a federal government website. News of the pricey limo services comes on the heels of reports that Biden’s London
Vice President Joe Biden led the White House delegation to the Vatican last week for the inaugural Mass of newly elected Pope Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires. Biden, a self-professed Catholic, told a gathering of Irish-Americans
Exactly three months ago, President Obama’s approval rating was a healthy 58%. Fresh off his successful reelection campaign, just 36% of Americans disapproved of the job Obama was doing. Despite daily fawning by the media, over the last three months,
On NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ on Wednesday Vice President Joe Biden:
