BUNKERVILLE, Nevada–Cliven Bundy’s ranch, recently the site of a tense stand-off that started over two weeks ago between the federal government and the Bundy family, had morphed into a good old-fashioned family picnic complete with live country music, hamburgers, and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday stood by his statement regarding embattled Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, saying on KSNV’s What’s Your Point?, “If anyone thinks by any figment of their imagination that what happened up there last week was
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) called for “calmer heads to prevail” in the showdown between the Bundy family and the federal government. Paul chided Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) for calling the family and their supporters “domestic terrorists.” Paul added that he
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Friday that House Speaker John Boehner’s comments that he is “hellbent” on granting amnesty to illegal aliens in 2014 could destroy the GOP’s chances of winning American voters. “A weary public
On Thursday, as she gears up for what could be another run at the White House in 2016, Hillary Clinton said she was a “huge supporter” of amnesty. At a New York “No Ceilings” event with her daughter Chelsea, who announced
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) believes that President Obama has made it impossible to pass any kind of immigration reform in the Republican-led House of Representatives. Rubio pointed out that Obama’s abuse of executive power, particularly in the decision not to
Senator Marco Rubio recently filed his VA Management Accountability Act calls for the Veteran’s Administration to provide more “accountability for itself after reports have surfaced about the department’s backlog of disability benefits, and the growing toll of 31 preventable veteran
On Thursday, after President Barack Obama again declared that the Obamacare debate was over, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who led the effort to defund the law last year, had a message for him: not so fast. Sen. Cruz tweeted that
Kathleen Sebelius, who resigned last week as President Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary, will not challenge Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) for a Senate seat this year. “Secretary Sebelius is continuing her important work at H.H.S. and is not
There is an interesting dynamic built into the 21st Century education paradigm. At the back end, it’s all about college and career readiness and on the front end, it’s all about early childhood learning. Pre-kindergarten, which is also known as
Joe Ed Davis, 46, was convicted and sentenced this week in a San Angelo district court for indecency with a 14-year-old child and now faces life in prison. This was Davis’ second conviction of indecency with a child and for
At the so-called “Hashtags & Headlines” event sponsored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Las Vegas on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ramped up the rhetoric and referred to rancher Cliven Bundy, his family and his supporters “domestic terrorists.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — A report released Thursday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says President Barack Obama’s budget request would mean significantly larger budget deficits than the White House claims. CBO says the budget plan proposed last month by Obama
The New York Times reports that Republicans are seizing on the popularity of guns and gun giveaways in primary races around the country. The Times points to Colorado state Senator Greg Brophy’s (R) recent gun sweepstakes as a case in point.
Some are calling an Obama Regime’s deceptive tactic known as “stray voltage” a way to “troll the GOP,” but when a president and his underlings habitually put out fraudulent information, just so they can get some free publicity – hasn’t
Sean Trende, RealClearPolitic’s astute political analyst, conjured up a nightmare scenario for staff at the National Republican Senatorial Committee in his column today. Trende argues that, if a series of hypotheticals come to pass, not only could the GOP fail
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) repeats her false claims of Native American ancestry in her new book, A Fighting Chance, which is scheduled for release next Tuesday. “As a kid, I had learned about my Native American background the same way
On April 3, Republican Mike Morrell gave up his seat in the California State Assembly as he was sworn into the State Senate–he had recently won a special election in a Senate District in the Inland Empire. One of the
The state of California is one of the most pluralistic societies in the world. Our people come in all colors, religious beliefs, ethnic backgrounds and other characteristics imaginable. “Diversity” is not just a word in California; it is a reality.
Just before President Barack Obama went to a community college in Pennsylvania to tout plans to help blue-collar Americans struggling in this economy to gain employment, he urged House Republicans to pass the Senate’s amnesty bill that would make it
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) endorsed conservative Oklahoma Senate candidate T.W. Shannon on Wednesday and will join former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) at a “Liberty Rally” for him on April 24 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “T.W. Shannon
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is working to to enlist 30 specific House Republicans on a mission to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. In a memorandum from the chief cosponsors of the Democratic House comprehensive immigration bill to “interested parties”
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg will not be pursuing a carbon tax on consumer fuels as he had announced in February. Instead he will be allocating billions of dollars from California’s greenhouse gas reduction law, otherwise known as Cap
As Michael Bloomberg comes out swinging, pledging $50 million to beat the NRA in November and promising to use various anti-gun organizations to help him do it, it is important to remember that he took a similar approach to the 2013
As incredible as it may seem after the horribly glitch-ridden ObamaCare rollout, outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is reportedly mulling a run for the Senate in Kansas. Sebelius would face off against Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) who
