Florida state legislators are a step closer to expanding their Stand Your Ground law to include the ability to legally fire a warning shot. The expansion being considered “would grant the same protections already in place under Florida’s ‘Stand Your
In the early 1990s, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) proposed a piece of legislation that would have cut legal immigration significantly to protect against what he claimed was a serious threat to American workers’ jobs. Reid laid out
CompleteColorado.com reports that emails show U.S. Senator Mark Udall’s (D-CO) office pressured the Colorado Division of Insurance to downplay the number of insurance cancellations caused by the rollout of ObamaCare. A full 249,199 Colorado citizens were victimized by ObamaCare’s cancellations.
(AP) Obama, Congress locked in Iran sanctions disputeBy BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration enters the year locked in a battle with Congress over whether to plow ahead with new economic sanctions against Iran or cautiously wait to see if last
Sixteen House Republicans led by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) are demanding President Barack Obama get unemployed Americans back to work before granting amnesty to illegal aliens or bringing unprecedented levels of new immigrants to take jobs away from American workers.
The immigration adviser that House Speaker John Boehner recently hired to help him pass immigration reform legislation is reportedly leading an effort to help Boehner and the House Republican leadership draft a statement of “immigration principles.” According to reports, Rebecca
Barack Obama, shifting the American public’s focus away from Obamacare toward a debate on income inequality, is launching his Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program titled “Promise Zones,” which entails using government largess to give tax incentives and grants to
You can see the media scrum here over allegations that top Christie aids played a role in a highway incident which, in effect, punished the city of Fort Lee, presumably as its Democrat mayor didn’t endorse Chris Christie for re-election.
The president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said his organization is willing to “pull out all of the stops” to make 2014 the year of amnesty. In his 2014 “State of American Business” address on Tuesday, Tom
Fifty years after President Johnson launched his “War on Poverty,” it is time to stop pretending and start doing something real for the poor. Mitt Romney said during the 2012 presidential campaign: “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We
On the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of his “War on Poverty,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will deliver a speech Wednesday outlining his ideas for more economic mobility and opportunity. The biggest problem we face is not the
Just hours after Senate Democrats argued for the dire need to pass an emergency unemployment insurance extension, Democratic Senate aides said they are confident the Obama economy will be Democrats’ saving grace come the November midterm elections. “If the economy
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is denying that she will challenge Senator Marco Rubio in 2016, if he runs for re-election to the Senate. The Shark Tank broke the story sourced by a close associate of Wasserman Schultz, that she wanted
As Michael Bloomberg moves beyond his push for expanded background checks to actually targeting Senators who did not support more gun control in 2013, Democrats are asking him to back off. They politically cannot afford to have him focus attention
The Obama Administration has found some unusual allies in its fight against the Menendez-Kirk Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013.The bill, which seeks “To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional sanctions with respect to
The U.S. will pursue complete U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, also known as the “zero option,” unless the Afghan president signs the bilateral security agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington in the upcoming “weeks… not
UPDATE: Just as quickly as he backed the solution, Levin withdrew his support for it, saying through an aide that closing a tax credit loophole for illegal aliens would “endanger” the “underlying legislation.” “Sen. Levin would support legislation to repeal the military
A major conceit of the left is that opposing viewpoints aren’t just wrong, they are evil or, at least, morally suspect. Leftists reveal much about themselves when they argue that a conservative’s position is driven only by self-interest or greed.
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took to the Senate floor to make the argument that long-term unemployment benefits must be paid for…
The Senate voted Tuesday to invoke cloture on legislation extended unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed. Six Republicans joined Democrats to clear the key procedural hurdle by a vote of 60-37. The vote allows the Senate to pass the final
Mississippi citizens who oppose the Common Core State Standards have been using social media and public forums to express and share their concerns about what they say is a federal intrusion in education. Now, as 2014 begins, they will bring
The fight for control of the US Senate will dominate political headlines in 2014. That chamber, where Democrats face a tough struggle to retain their control, is the biggest prize on the ballot in November. Most areas of the country,
(AP) Showdown set on unemployment bill in SenateBy DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONThe new year looks a lot like the old one in the Senate, with Democrats scratching for votes to pass an agenda they share with President Barack Obama, and
(AP) For Obama, Congress, a last grasp at immigrationBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONHis agenda tattered by last year’s confrontations and missteps, President Barack Obama begins 2014 clinging to the hope of winning a lasting legislative achievement: an overhaul of immigration laws.
Barack Obama, desperate for a way to shift a disgruntled American public’s attention away from the disastrous rollout and impending cost of ObamaCare, is going back to the oldest play in the democratic playbook: class warfare. Before his sun-drenched vacation
