A recent occurrence at ESPN caught my and much of America’s attention: Kevin Blackistone, during an episode of ESPN’s Around the Horn, called the “Star Spangled Banner” a “war anthem” full of “military symbolism” and implied that the national anthem should not be
The President Americans were told was “brilliant” suddenly does not seem to know much of anything, least of all about his own signature health reform law. What he does know, however, is that Democrats hoping to regain control of the
We conservatives can be forgiven for enjoying some amusement in the spectacle of Obamacare’s collapse, but overall the failure of Obama’s signature policy is cause for deep concern. Not because, as David Brooks suggests, because Americans have lost faith in
Gallup recently released poll numbers showing that only 9% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. It is the lowest approval rating the US Congress has received in the thirty-nine years that Gallup has been conducting that poll.
As Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was driving his wife and two young daughters to Mt. Vernon the other day, one daughter asked the other what she wanted to do when she grew up. “I want to work with daddy in
One year ago, fresh off his reelection, 52% of Americans approved of the job Obama was doing. Just 41% disapproved, giving him a net approval of +11. What a difference a year makes. On Saturday, Gallup reported that just 40%
A Colorado Democrat who wanted Obamacare waivers for some of the country’s wealthiest patrons of ski resorts wants the law’s individual mandate to apply to today’s illegal immigrants, which can only happen if they are given a pathway to citizenship.
More and more Americans are beginning to realize that they were sold Obamacare on false pretenses. What they are getting in the mail isn’t what they ordered. Those responsible for saddling the country with this law, including the law’s chief salesman,
Speaking in a gun violence symposium at University of Connecticut’s School of Law, Texas A&M law professor Mary Margaret Penrose said it’s time “to repeal and replace [the] Second Amendment.” Penrose said this after expressing her frustration with the fact
In a House floor debate on Friday where he squared off against House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) said that “many” U.S. Senators who voted for the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration
Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution that directly calls “on the Government of Iran to immediately release Saeed Abedini and all other individuals detained on account of their religious beliefs.” The Senate resolution was sponsored by Senators
The House of Representatives passed the “Keep Your Health Plan Act” introduced by House Republican Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) on Friday afternoon by a 261 to 157 margin. Thirty-nine Democrats crossed party lines to vote in favor of
On Friday, the House of Representatives approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) that would allow insurers to continue to offer policies on the individual market. The vote was 261-157. Thirty-nine Democrats voted for the Upton Amendment, which is
That crazy Ted Cruz. The Texas freshman Senator (R-Tea Party) tried to defund Obamacare, then accepted a one-year delay in the individual mandate as a compromise position. But you can’t govern from one House of Congress, and the one he’s
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has found that President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,Jeh Johnson, plagiarized 23 times in his written questionnaire provided
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) made clear at his weekly press conference on Thursday that any savings accrued from a farm bill that is being discussed by the House and the Senate should not be used to get rid of the
On Tuesday, Nina Pillard, the second of President Obama’s three simultaneous D.C. Circuit nominees, failed to muster the 60 votes needed for cloture in the Senate. The first nominee, Patricia Millett, met the same fate in October. Even so, Senator Harry
The media profile of President Obama is that he is a brilliant, coo,l and confident leader. He takes a very deliberate approach to policy and doesn’t get flustered by the ups-and-downs of the office. It is a very thin line,
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s book tour is taking her to cities where establishment Republicans will not feel safe as the 2014 midterm elections near, even as entrenched establishment groups attempt to wage war against Tea Party candidates. While promoting
A spokeswoman for red state Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) confirmed to a local newspaper Thursday that her boss knew insurance cancellations would increase under the Affordable Care Act. In response to a series of Obamacare questions from North Carolina
On Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s “The Cycle”, the Host, Toure suggested to the panel that the reason red state Democrats were supporting Senator Landrieu’s ObamaCare bill to let people keep their health insurance, was because their states are gerrymandered. Here’s
Both GOP and Democratic representatives in the house are trying to prevent Barack Obama from caving in his negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), noted that last July the House voted
By DAVID ESPO and JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONBowing to pressure, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced changes under his health care law to give insurance companies the option to keep offering consumers plans that would otherwise be canceled.The administrative changes are
Republicans really need to work on their poor messaging issues. In a statement following Obama’s announcement of an ObamaCare fix, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared ObamaCare is broken beyond repair, and the only fix is full repeal, which
On Thursday, President Barack Obama said the credibility that he lost after lying to the American people about Obamacare was not a reason to be skeptical about the comprehensive immigration reform legislation he has been pushing. “If it comes to
