Tag: Senate

In addition to going all-in for amnesty legislation in Congress, Silicon Valley companies are getting more creative in their efforts to import more foreign workers. The Financial Times noted that in “booming” Silicon Valley, “engineers are in high demand but

Mississippi’s GOP senate primary is quickly becoming ground zero in 2014 for the fight between the establishment and the conservative grassroots for control of the Republican Party’s future. The state’s former governor Haley Barbour’s establishment political machine is in full

Even before polls showed that conservative Oklahoma Senate candidate T.W. Shannon had slashed a 35-point deficit to single digits days after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heartily endorsed him, Shannon knew immediately that his upstart campaign had changed when Palin posted her

BERKELEY, CA — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) received a warm welcome from a packed audience at the University of California-Berkeley on Wednesday afternoon, as he addressed the Berkeley Forum at International House. Paul’s message of investigating and restraining the Central

Missouri Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill said on Wednesday that America’s $17 trillion debt threatens to put the nation “in a position where we’re not a first-tier nation anymore.”  McCaskill added, “I do believe a $17 trillion debt is irresponsible. I

BERKELEY, CA — Sen. Rand Paul sips a latte and looks over at my mint tea. “What did you get?” he asks.  “They don’t just have ‘coffee’ here,” an aide remarks. “Everything is some kind of special roast.” “Well, it

Janet Yellen, in her first press conference as the new Federal Reserve Chair, said the U.S. economy is expanding by close to 3% despite harsh weather. She added that hiring and wage growth are faster than expected, causing unemployment to

A bill allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry guns in churches passed the Georgia senate late March 18th. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the bill passed by the senate changed the house bill slightly. Whereas the house bill opened

On Wednesday, the Tea Party Patriots’ super PAC endorsed Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel in his campaign against six-term incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS).  “Chris McDaniel is a citizen leader committed to fighting for personal freedom, economic freedom, and a

On March 17, Florida’s Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted “unanimously” to “write some restrictions” into that state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The changes were put forth by senators David Simmons (R-Altamonte Springs) and Chris Smith (D-Fort Lauderdale). According to The

Insurance industry officials state that Obamacare health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket; some people will find theirs doubling or tripling over the next several months leading up to the November 4th midterm elections.  The coming spike in health insurance costs

Once again a state has found itself in a tough fight in the effort to eliminate its Common Core education policies and once again the fight is unexpectedly occurring between factions of the Republican Party instead of between members of

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) will appear with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Gov. Bill Haslam (R-TN) Wednesday at an education roundtable discussion sponsored by pro-Common Core Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Tennessee Business Roundtable.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s endorsement last week has helped conservative Oklahoma Senate candidate T.W. Shannon shave 26 points from his deficit to close within nine points of Rep. James Lankford. This was revealed in  a newly released Public Opinion Strategy

The liberal dictatorship of Richard Cordray at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) came under fire this week when the head of the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) called for the agency to open up its four advisory council meetings

With numerous new guns laws put in place in New Jersey last year and even more gun control being pushed right now, gun rights proponents in the state are reaching out to Colorado recall organizers. On September 10, 2013, Coloradans successfully

Doug Truax, an underdog who campaigned on full repeal of Obamacare, narrowly lost the Republican Senate primary in Illinois Tuesday night. With 94 percent of the precincts reporting, state senator Jim Oberweis, a moderate who wants to keep “a few

Has President Obama’s impunity come to an end? After five years of his flouting the letter and spirit of the law in an increasingly brazen fashion, congressional Republicans have been starting to ramp up their rhetoric about Obama’s lawlessness, their

On March 13th nine-year-old Shyanne Roberts schooled the New Jersey Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee regarding a draconian ten-round magazine capacity limit being pushed by NJ Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester). Roberts is a fourth grader and a competitive

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he was “emphatically opposed” to federal Common Core standards after he keynoted an event for Iowa’s influential homeschoolers in which he said that school choice “is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.” “I

A triple bypass heart surgery and $407,000 in doctor bills incurred in January and February has left a 62-year old Las Vegas man in one serious predicament, as the Nevada Obamacare exchange he signed up with is not recognizing him as