White House Blames Pro-Gun Democrats for Gun Deaths
The Obama administration criticized members of Congress for refusing to address gun control – accusing pro-gun politicians of both parties of causing more gun deaths.
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Marco Rubio’s Senate Voting Record ‘Much Worse’ Than Other Senators, Says Vote-Tracking Site
GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) claims to have “close to a 90 percent attendance record in the Senate.”
Shrugs in Israel to Report that US Eavesdropped on Netanyahu
The Jerusalem Post reports: Jerusalem responded largely with a yawn to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday that the US eavesdropped on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with current and past officials saying it is an open secret that Washington listens in on high-level
Large Number of AZ Legislators Endorse Kelli Ward Over John McCain
Ward — a recently former state Senator in her own right — counted 17 endorsements from legislators and state leaders in the first major endorsement list of her campaign. That list includes almost a third of State Senators that have chosen to back Ward over the establishment candidate McCain.
Ted Cruz to Obama: Shut Down DC’s Terror-Supporting Palestinian Office
TEL AVIV – Sen. Ted Cruz is demanding that the Obama administration close the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s (PLO) office in Washington for “celebrating the murder of Jews,” “glorification of terrorism,” and paying salaries to jailed Palestinian terrorists.
Congress Approves Bill to Sanction Banks Financing Iran’s Terror Proxy Hezbollah
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted to pass a Senate-approved bill that imposes tough new sanctions on financial institutions that knowingly do business with Shiite Iran’s terrorist proxy Hezbollah, clearing the way for President Obama to sign the bill into law.
Watch Senate Leaders Block Public Debate On The $1.1 Trillion Budget Plan
With a mere 68 seconds of almost incomprehensible Senate legalese, the top Republican and top Democratic leaders together blocked any debate and any public visibility into the myriad unpopular or popular, effective, dysfunctional or counterproductive measures in the $1.1 trillion 2016 omnibus spending plan.
Gag On This: The U.S. Senate Wants To Ban The Misuse of ‘Non-disparagement clauses’
The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that would prevent companies using “non-disparagement” laws, more commonly known as “gag clauses,” to prevent consumers from airing opinions about products and services on the internet. These clauses currently allow companies to pursue consumers for eye-watering fines.
GOP-Led Senate Approves CIA ‘Torture Report’ Author for Pentagon Post
The Republican-controlled Senate narrowly confirmed President Obama’s nominee Alissa Starzak, who led a controversial review of the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation techniques,” as the next general counsel of the Department of the Army on Monday
Defeating the Obama-Kerry Climate (Non)Treaty
Both Congress and private businesses can stop President Barack Obama’s climate non-treaty that Secretary John Kerry emptily announced from Paris this week.
Climate Change Deal Is a Threat to U.S. Sovereignty
The UN climate change deal reached last week between nearly 200 countries is a direct attack on U.S. sovereignty. It was crafted explicitly to evade the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that treaties must be ratified by a two-thirds majority of the Senate to take effect.
Mike Huckabee: ‘Better Late Than Never’ on Senate Defunding Planned Parenthood, Gutting Obamacare
WOODBRIDGE, Virginia — GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee commented on the Senate’s vote Thursday night defunding Planned Parenthood and gutting key parts of Obamacare, saying, “It’s kinda better late than never.”
Senate Passes Bill to Repeal Pieces of Obamacare
The Senate passed legislation Thursday to repeal key parts of Obamacare.
Obamacare Games Come to Senate This Week
Senate Republicans are planning a strategy this week aimed at making it seem they will repeal Obamacare.
Six of Top Ten Richest in Congress are Democrats
Although Democrats like to talk about unfair wealth inequality in America, six of the ten richest members of Congress are Democrats and the poorest member is a Republican.
Senate Democrats Block Ted Cruz Refugee Bills
Democrat senators today sided with President Barack Obama in the growing conflict between the president and other federal and state officials on how to deal with Syrian refugees in the aftermath of ISIS’s terrorist attacks in Paris.
Rand Paul Forces Mitch McConnell to Pull Bill Off Senate Floor Over Refugee Housing: ‘I Will Not Back Down’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) forced his own party’s leadership to yank a bill off the floor of the Senate on Thursday over refugee housing, a significant political and policy victory for the Kentucky Senator and 2016 GOP presidential candidate.
Marco Rubio Skips Classified Paris Briefing To Attend Fundraiser
Presidential contender Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) skipped the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s hearing on the Paris attacks in order to attend a fundraiser, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
Dan Bongino May Consider Another Run for Office
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino is mulling over his political options in Florida, as the newly-minted resident of the Sunshine State may be eyeing the wide-open 2016 Republican Senatorial primary race.
Bill Introduced to Limit StingRay Phone Tracking Gear Used by IRS
Last week we reported on the investigation by Senators Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy into potential IRS abuse of “StingRay” cell site simulation devices. Now the House of Representatives is getting in on the action.
Ted Cruz Introduces Bill To Designate Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) are introducing legislation calling for the government to label the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
Marco Rubio Faces Attacks for Quitting Senate
When it was reported that Sen. Marco Rubio hated being in the U.S. Senate and was running for president because he was “frustrated” with how that chamber of Congress worked, it took me back to 2012, when I first caught wind of this frustration he had with the governing body in which he was elected to serve.
Marco Rubio Returns to Washington, Votes to Defund Sanctuary Cities
Senator Marco Rubio returned to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to vote on a Senate bill to defund sanctuary cities, after weeks of being criticized for missing votes on Capitol Hill.
Senate 2016: Democrats Have More Debt than Cash
The DSCC, the campaign arm of the Senate Democrats raised $12.4 million in the 3rd quarter filing period, but it is struggling with a $13 million debt load.
The Senate GOP Plan to Surrender Debt Control to Obama
Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are reportedly planning legislation allowing President Barack Obama to lift the nation’s debt ceiling on his authority, according to sources on Capitol Hill. Under the Senate Republican plan, Congress would merely retain the right to “disapprove” of the President’s action to lift the nation’s debt limit. But disapproving the action would require a hard-to-reach two-thirds vote of both chambers of Congress.
