Tag: Senate

Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA), a candidate for U.S. Senate, was caught denigrating Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) as just a “farmer from Iowa who never went to law school” at a Texas fundraiser and apologized to Grassley after the video

The Oklahoma Senate Education Committee has passed a House bill out of committee that will essentially abolish the state’s Common Core standards, yet the bill may be seen as less than perfect by Common Core detractors. Earlier in March, the

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is ready to roll out some 2014 endorsements for “Mama Grizzly” candidates and will hope to replicate the success her candidates had during the historic 2010 election cycle. Palin, whose endorsement has the most impact

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez told Breitbart News on Tuesday that he has initial reservations about the Obama administration’s plans to cede oversight authority of the internet domain names to an international body.  “I haven’t had a chance to

Nebraska Senate candidate Shane Osborn is facing renewed scrutiny of his military record after an investigation by the Omaha World-Herald uncovered that the Republican had reached out to a friend with ties to the military to draft a Navy memorandum

According to the Washington Post, President Obama has been hammering at Democratic fundraisers for the past few months that his party always gets “clobbered in midterm elections.” Although the midterm elections are usually regarded as a referendum on the sitting

Colorado Republican Cory Gardner has suddenly reversed his pro-life stance in a triangulated effort to appeal to moderate Democrats who might cross the aisle from Democrat Senator Mark Udall’s side to vote Republican in the upcoming elections.  Gardner was on

With an eye on 2016, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton is stepping up his Super PAC game. The former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations raised over $800,000 in 2013 and is looking to make a

Joni Ernst, a Republican candidate in the GOP Senate primary in Iowa, is touting her experience “castrating hogs on an Iowa farm” to underscore how emphatic she will be about ending pork barrel spending in the U.S. Senate. “I’m Joni

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Republican senators may have helped “Russia annex Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula” by blocking legislation containing new sanctions against Russia prior to a March 14th Senate break. In an AP report, GOP Senate aides noted

Under increasing pressure because of his support for the Common Core standards, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said Saturday, “Let’s don’t talk about Common Core.” “Let’s talk about standards,” Alexander continued. “Education is not just a problem in West Tennessee. It’s

Conservative talk radio host Mark Levin endorsed Oklahoma Senate candidate T.W. Shannon Monday. Shannon, arguably the most conservative House Speaker in Oklahoma’s history, has been surging in the polls, propelled in part by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s endorsement. Shannon

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi boasted at last Thursday’s weekly House Democrat News Conference that Obamacare was indeed a winning issue for Democrats, but Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu’s actions that same day indicated otherwise. While leader Pelosi was trying to

Contrary to rumors that the Tea Party is in demise, if Republicans gain control of the Senate and retain control of the House after November, the Tea Party versus establishment battle may just be getting started.  Statistician Nate Silver gave

As the debate over a $9 billion, five-month unemployment insurance extension heats up on Capitol Hill, a new study by President Barack Obama’s former Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Alan Krueger, finds that just one in

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) blasted statistician Nate Silver for giving Republicans a 60% chance to take back the Senate even though they have been giving Silver’s election projections credibility in order fundraise ahead of the 2014 midterms. On

Less than two weeks after signing a campus carry bill into law, Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) signed a bill which nullifies future federal gun laws.  The measure passed the house and senate unanimously: 68-0 in the house and 34-0

Last week Bronx lawmakers passed a budget resolution containing “a little-notice program to institute a statewide gun registry.” According to NY1.com, “the registry would include the names of people who had recently been convicted of a crime.”  Senate Independent Democratic

Top Republicans are hoping for a happy beginning to the next, 114th Congress, with the GOPtaking control of the Senate and forcing President Obama on his heels for the last two years of his term.  But in the House, the

The White House, joined by Democratic senators and congressmen, ismounting a three-part effortto push for Obamacare enrollment in the last week before open enrollment ends. Thepush will include using Facebook, Twitter, and other social media with thehashtag #healthcare4all; events at which