The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill originally pushed by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) that will prohibit any country from appointing a known terrorist to be an ambassador from that country to the United Nations. Sen. Cruz and
Remember when Senator John McCain referred to Texas Senator Ted Cruz as a “Whacko Bird” for pulling off his historic Senate debt ceiling filibuster? Well the two men seem to have reconciled, and are now poking fun at one another. Cruz
He didn’t mention her by name, but it was clear that the president was singling out Michigan Republican Terri Lynn Land for special scorn in a speech blasting Republicans in Texas, Wednesday night. Land is running against Rep. Gary Peters for Michigan’s
A bill designed to place a moratorium on all fracking activity in California was approved by a State Senate Committee Tuesday. Sen. Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles, who introduced SB1132, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times: “Many believe it is
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com New terrorist bombing in Pakistan, as Taliban ceasefire expires John Kerry’s ‘Poof’ speech infuriates the Israelis Palestinians develop political plans to defeat Israel ‘Heartbleed Bug’ requires all users to change their passwords New terrorist
A mountain peak in Nevada is one step closer to being officially named Mount Reagan after a House committee voted to approve the naming. Nevada small government advocate Chuck Muth of Citizen Outreach Foundation has been trying to get one
The progressive march to the future is destroying America. What the Democrats and the progressives are doing behind the scenes is a more frightening and unjustified power grab than Putin’s on the Ukraine. I have been silent the last couple
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour joined Democratic Party rising star San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro in Austin, Texas, this week to call for amnesty. “It’s not dead,” Barbour said of amnesty efforts in the U.S. Congress, according to the Texas
On April 8, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) signed bills broadening and protecting the exercise of 2nd Amendment rights for residents of his state. He signed Assembly Bill 368 and Senate Bill 527. According to the NRA-ILA, AB 368 reforms
Sheryl Sandberg for President? Okay, we’re not there, at least not yet, but consider this headline from the San Francisco Chronicle: “Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg might ‘Lean In’ to political office.” As reporter Carla Marinucci notes, “The valley buzz in recent months
A scandal-scarred multimillionaire Democratic Party donor was paid more by Medicare than any other doctor in the nation in 2012, according to new data released by the Obama administration. Dr. Salomon Melgen, a South Florida ophthalmologist at the center of
A new poll shows Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst leading the Republican primary field in Iowa despite being outspent by her opponent 100-1 on television ads. The new Suffolk poll of likely voters in Iowa shows that Ernst now has
Last month, a collection of Asian-Americans groups, which one University of California professor compares to the Tea Party, helped defeat a bill designed to revive affirmative action in California’s college admissions. Now the Republican Party is hoping to capitalize on
President Obama has requested $1.1 billion and the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked for $382.1 million for gun control “to protect Americans from gun violence.” Included in the DOJ’s $382.1 million figure is a request for $2 million for smart gun
For Comcast, the millions of dollars it has invested in Congress are definitely paying off. The company is finding a mostly warm reception in Congress for a proposed merger with Time Warner. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company has top proponents
On Tuesday sources close to Det Bowers, a well known Christian pastor, reported that he has raised $417,000 in the two months since he joined the race to defeat incumbent Senator Lindsay Graham in South Carolina’s Republican U.S. Senate primary this
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, was called before Senate and House Committees last week to explain why a faulty ignition switch, responsible for at least 13 crash deaths, was not recalled for several years in vehicles manufactured by GM.
Another Tea Party versus Republican establishment battle is brewing in this June’s Oklahoma Republican U.S. Senate primary, and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has come out on the other side of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. On Monday, Huckabee endorsed
During the 2012 campaign for a Texas seat in the U.S. Senate, then candidate Craig James was asked a question that was not an uncommon question for a Republican candidate to be asked, nor was it an unusual answer given
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry placed most of the blame on Israel for the recent crisis in peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian delegations during a Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday, reports Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. Kerry implied that
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who left Marquette University without graduating more than twenty years ago to work for the Red Cross, intends to get a college degree through an online program. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Walker “wants to finish
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The United States notified Iran’s government on Tuesday that Tehran’s pick for a new U.N. envoy is “not viable,” a day after the U.S. Senate voted against letting the diplomat enter the country. American officials objected
A new report suggests that there is a massive wave of illegal immigration coming to American soon. For USA Today, Alan Gomez wrote this week that “there is growing consensus that changes in the economies of Latin America and the
Threatened military strikes against Syria would not have affected the course of the country’s civil war, US Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers on Tuesday. Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry said US military action — ultimately
According to the latest Rasmussen poll published on April 8th, only 23% of likely American voters now rate Obamacare as a success and 62% believe Republicans will repeal the law. The latest polling results are a very bad omen for
