Tag: Senate

President Barack Obama’s embattled former Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius is reportedly considering a Kansas Senate run against friend-turned-critic Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS). The trial balloon for a possible Sebelius candidacy was received skeptically, as both

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will headline a SHE-PAC rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 27th for conservative Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst, who has taken a two-point lead over a liberal Republican businessman who had been leading before Palin

Michael Bloomberg is spending $50 million to beat the NRA in November. The money is directed toward creating a grassroots campaign that will get out voters who support gun control candidates.  Bloomberg will do so through the auspices of groups

The chairman of the Mississippi GOP, Joe Nosef,  reacted angrily to Tea Party groups calling for his resignation this week, accusing one local activist of secretly working to elect Democrats and saying some “fanatical” Tea Party groups could jeopardize the

A group of Ohio grassroots activists who want the Common Core standards repealed in their state is taking the issue to their legislators and letting them know that if they want to be re-elected, they must commit to repealing the

A new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that health insurance costs will continue to rise under Obamacare while offering individuals fewer choices of doctors and lower reimbursement rates than employer-sponsored insurance plans. Democrats attempted to present portions

As the IRS targeting scandal grew, in an effort to help the taxing agency put an end to political activism, government operatives decided it was necessary to put more limits on what tax-exempt organizations were allowed to do. However, the

Five years after an estimated one million Tea Party activists turned out at more than 900 rallies across the country on April 15, 2009 to participate in the historic national Tax Day Tea Party, there are only a few such

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a potential 2016 presidential candidate, will speak in South Carolina on Tuesday at The Citadel in Charleston.  He will speak at an annual awards dinner for the Free Enterprise Foundation, which is based at The Citadel, according

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and arguably the leading intellectual force against amnesty in Congress, is coming out hard against a proposal backed by Majority Leader Eric Cantor to grant amnesty to illegal

Sen. Mary Landrieu, (D-LA), employed a little campaign ad magic to spruce up some footage from a Congressional hearing. In a new ad released Tuesday, Landrieu dramatically denounces the federal government, scolding them for not taking the needs of her

A new Citizens United Political Victory Fund poll shows that Republican Arizona voters have had it with Sen. John McCain, even though the senator has signaled his intentions to run for a sixth term in 2016. According to the poll,

The possibility that opponents of Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) will coalesce around a single challenger in the June Republican U.S. Senate primary in South Carolina took an interesting turn on Monday when an influential Tea Party leader in the state

On April 14th a Tennessee House committee voted 10 to 1 against a senate bill which would have allowed the open carry of firearms without a license. According to Nashville Public Radio, state representative Micah Van Huss (R) sponsored the

Since his narrow election to the Senate in 2009, Sen. Al Franken has labored to create a new image for himself as a studious wonk. But it looks like he still retains the racy sense of humor that originally landed

A statewide Mississippi Tea Party group called Monday for the resignation of state GOP chairman Joe Nosef over negative comments he recently made about state senator Chris McDaniel, who is challenging Sen. Thad Cochran in the GOP primary there. The

Last Thursday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened what appeared to be a most timely–and much-needed–hearing. Its title was “Keeping the lights on: Are we doing enough to ensure the reliability and security of the electric grid?” Unfortunately,

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor officially endorsed granting amnesty to illegal alien DREAMers if they enlist in the U.S. Military in comments a high-ranking operative who works for him made to Breitbart News. “Mr. Cantor views military service as the

The suspect in the April 13 Kansas Jewish Center shooting has been named as Fraiser Glenn Cross, Jr., which is “alias for Fraiser Glenn Miller, the former KKK leader,” according to ABC News.  ABC News reports that the Southern Poverty