Last week’s decision by the Obama Administration, under recommendation of the State Department, to deny the permit for the Transcanada Keystone XL pipeline has revealed definitively that our President and the entire administration embraces an ideology that knows no compromise.
The Department of Justice on Thursday announced, in a memo, that President Obama acted consistently under the law by appointing Richard Cordray, to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and two individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
From the Associated Press: Obama’s election year retreat from legislative fights means this term will end without significant progress on two of his 2008 campaign promises, an immigration overhaul and closing the military prison for terrorist suspects atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Actor Don Cheadle is having second thoughts about using the word “gangsta” in reference to President Barack Obama. But Cheadle, the star of the new Showtime series “House of Lies,” apparently is sticking with his support for Obama, results be
House Speaker John Boehner says he reached an agreement with the Senate to renew the payroll tax cut before it expires Dec. 31. The GOP retreat ends a standoff in which Boehner’s Republicans came under pressure to agree to the
Mark Steyn and Hugh Hewitt question whether John Boehner should remain as the Speaker of the house in light of the recent payroll tax showdown with President Obama.
The House intends to vote down a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut that cleared the Senate late last week, Speaker John Boehner said Monday.
Courtesy of Brian Maloney at The Radio Equalizer, former CNN host Bill Press demonstrates what a tolerant, class act he is … not! [youtube 9z_YZObTX64#!] BILL PRESS (15 DECEMBER 2011) (29:45): Oh yeah, all right all right yeah first of
Several congressional leaders, including Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner, have denied a 60 Minutes report that they benefited from insider information.
“If you’re going to take away liberty and property, there has to be some sort of due process involved,” says Chris Littleton, the head of Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom and a Tea Party leader in the Buckeye state. “In this
Just the facts: On May 3, 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the House Oversight Committee for questioning on Fast and Furious. During questioning, Issa asked: “When did you first know about the program…called
The Barack Obama “Re-elect me because I offered a jobs bill that even my own party hates” tour continued today with a trip to the Brent Spence Bridge. No the POTUS wasn’t threatening to jump because the public doesn’t like
From The Associated Press: President Barack Obama on Friday scrapped his administration’s controversial plans to tighten smog rules, bowing to the demands of congressional Republicans and some business leaders. Obama overruled the Environmental Protection Agency–and the unanimous opinion of its
When the President publicly ordered the leaders of the House and the Senate to appear at the White House the next day, prepared to answer his demands for a debt ceiling resolution, many observers noted the high-handedness of his way
The Special Report panel discusses the conflict between President Obama and John Boehner over the president’s request for a Joint Session of Congress to deliver his anticipated “Jobs Speech” on the same evening as a GOP Presidential debate. UPDATE: The
As if the capitulation of the Republicans in Washington was not depressing enough, it too often seems like we can’t even find a decent movie to look forward to seeing. Of course, most of us are not in Hollywood’s target
The late Friday Standard & Poor’s report (PDF) downgrading U.S. debt from AAA to AA+, with negative outlook, has raised anger and anxiety around the world, and led to a feeling that the deterioration of the global financial system is
From The Associated Press: Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced historic agreement Sunday night on emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default. The dramatic resolution lifted a cloud that had threatened the still-fragile
From Major Garrett at National Journal: In many respects, the deal will, if approved by all parties, resemble the contours of a short-lived pact negotiated last weekend by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
In an erratic and shrill speech on the House floor today, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi likened Speaker John Boehner to Darth Vader.
The Tea Party movement, which was so heralded in 2009 and 2010 and played a large role in motivating voters and candidates to move to the right, is dead. It’s chief accomplishment was to elect enough Republicans to the US
Standard & Poor’s government-credit-ratings guru David Beers played his cards close to the vest on the topic of a U.S. downgrade in our CNBC interview this week. However, this head of S&P’s global sovereign-ratings business — with a staff of
Speaker John Boehner went on the Laura Ingraham Show and responded to Tea Party criticism of his debt ceiling plan.
From The Associated Press: Decrying a “partisan three-ring circus” in the nation’s capital, President Barack Obama criticized a newly minted Republican plan to avert an unprecedented government default Monday night and said congressional leaders must produce a compromise that can
