Leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Charities USA are urging the Senate to increase the minimum wage. In a news release Wednesday, the USCCB announced that Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, chairman of
During Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights refused to answer whether he believes that amnesty is a civil right, which is the belief of the person who may
PhillyMag.com has a poll up asking readers if they think Obama was wrong to nominate Debo Adegbile, the former lawyer of cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, to head the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. Reporter Victor Fiorillo notes that “a lot
(AP) Ark. lt. gov. says he’ll resign over ethics caseBy ANDREW DeMILLOAssociated PressLITTLE ROCK, Ark.Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr said Friday he would leave office Feb. 1, giving in to pressure from Democrats and fellow Republicans who said his impeachment
It would be easy enough, at this stage, to add to the voluminous commentary on Gov. Chris Christie’s bridge scandal. But there is not much new to say, other than to observe that petty political retaliation is what blue-state conservatives
The New Jersey legislature stunned the media world with an extensive, thousand-page document drop providing more evidence that Gov. Chris Christie’s staff closed down part of the George Washington Bridge for political retribution – and even blamed the Mayor of Fort Lee
Rachel Maddow hasn’t let embarrassment regarding a bogus story about the Koch brothers dissuade her from taking more risks on her show. Thursday she devoted a segment to presenting an alternative theory for the closing of lanes on the George
Jim Sciutto, CNN’s Chief National Security Correspondent, is reporting that the Menendez-Kirk Iran sanctions bill has 77 Senators in favor of the legislation, more than enough to override a presidential veto. Currently, the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013
On Friday, after conceding that last month’s jobs report was disappointing and not as favorable as the White House had expected, President Barack Obama’s Labor Secretary advocated for comprehensive immigration reform to improve the economy. Saying the jobs report shows
Many–if not most–of those following the unfolding drama surrounding New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are having a hard time making heads or tails of the reason behind the act. Rachel Maddow is one of them, presenting a convoluted theory involving
In response to House Passes ObamaCare Security Bill 291-122 : Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Mike Johanns (R-NE) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced legislation in the Senate that is similar to the bill that just passed the House. The Health Exchange
And we learn more about the most powerful woman in the world. Janet Yellen has been under wraps for some time. She did not want to give any interviews, since an unguarded remark might endanger Senate confirmation. During Senate hearings,
Ed Gillespie, the former Republican National Committee chairman and a top Washington, D.C. lobbyist, will reportedly announce his bid for Senate in Virginia next week to challenge incumbent Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). The New York Times describes Gillespie’s bid as an effort
While most of the nation huddled to keep warm as a “polar vortex” blanketed the nation, Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) was in Hawaii to speak at a conference of airport executives. The average temperature in Hawaii on Tuesday was in
Today, House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a proposal designed to address potential security breaches on the HealthCare.gov Website. The measure would require the Obama administration to notify Americans within 48 hours if their identity is compromised via the Obamacare website. It
On Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow suggested that Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office may have caused traffic jams in Fort Lee last year to retaliate against the leader of the Senate Democrats in the administration’s ongoing feud
The New Jersey State Senate passed a bill this week mandating that schools teach middle school children responsible use of social media to avoid disclosure of personal information, bullying, and inappropriate sexual content production. According to NJ.com, the bill’s principle
(AP) NJ’s Christie looks to recover after staff shakeupBy STEVE PEOPLES and ANGELA DELLI SANTIAssociated PressTRENTON, N.J.A wounded Chris Christie is working to move beyond the most challenging test of his political career, a traffic scandal that rocked his administration
A new bill filed in the Oklahoma state senate would require the Oklahoma State Board of Education “to remove alignment with the K-12 Common Core State Standards Initiative.” As Truth In American Education reported, Senate Bill 1146, sponsored by state
On Thursday, the Democratic chairmen of the Senate Transportation and Energy committees, Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pushed the Obama administration to take “prompt and decisive” action addressing the problem of oil train derailments. The senators wrote
For the first time in history, a majority of lawmakers in Congress are millionaires at a time when Americans feel that Congress and those in the “Boomtown” that is Washington, D.C. are becoming more removed from their everyday lives. According to a
The communications director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) tried to smear conservative talk radio host Mark Levin Thursday by alleging that outside groups spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make his book a best-seller, which they did
Senate Democrats killed an amendment from Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) that would have paid for unemployment benefits for many Americans and replaced recent cuts to veterans’ pensions by closing a tax code loophole that allows illegal aliens to access the
A spokesman for Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) told Breitbart News on Thursday that a report suggesting he voted in the Democratic primaries in 2012 in Tennessee is inaccurate. “This is complete nonsense,” Alexander’s spokesman, Jim Jeffries, said in an email.
Sen. Tom Coburn, 65, the fiery, conservative Oklahoma Republican who is well-known for pushing socially conservative measures such as anti-abortion bills and defending gun rights and the death penalty, is fighting prostate cancer and might not serve out his term.
