In a meeting Thursday afternoon with House Republicans, President Obama rejected their latest offer to extend the debt ceiling for 6 weeks, allowing negotiations over a longer-term budget deal. Obama said he was open to a short-term extension of the
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is rocking the health insurance plans and premiums of Americans nationwide. WSFA 12 News says Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield is sending out cancellation letters to its customers and has announced it
Back to work for at least 18 of Sen. Harry Reid’s staffers who spent the last 10 days on furlough due to the government shutdown. The aids are returning to work in Las Vegas, Reno, and Carson City, yet it
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid discusses the Democrats willingness to negotiate with the Republicans.
Not a single resident of President Barack Obama’s home state of Hawaii has signed up for Obamacare, reports CBS’s D.C. affiliate. Hawaii officials say Obamacare’s nationwide website failures have prevented the state’s citizens from accessing even basic premium and healthcare
(AP) Senate OKs bill to pay military death benefitsBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate has approved legislation to provide benefits to the families of fallen troops.The Senate backed the measure Thursday, after the House approved it unanimously a day earlier.The Pentagon
Even as the rollout of Obamacare continues to fail, President Barack Obama has rejected the Republicans’ demand for a one-year delay in the individual mandate to buy health insurance, though he earlier granted a delay to small businesses. In fact,
In response to McAuliffe, ‘I Will Be a Brick Wall’ for Abortion Advocates: Todd Akin, I’m sure you remember, was pilloried for having an extreme position only a small minority of the American people agree with. In an interview with
House Republicans are preparing a proposal for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, expected to last about six weeks. The move would allow talks between the House, Senate and Obama on a longer-term plan dealing with government spending and
The House of Representatives’ gym has remained open during the government shutdown, but the employees who run the gym are out on furlough. “No one is there to check members into the facility in the basement of the Rayburn House
Leave it to establishment Republicans to sacrifice policy on the altar of tactics. As the partial government shutdown rolls into its second week and the so-called debt ceiling deadline draws nearer, we’re beginning to see cracks in a previously unified
Because of Harry Reid and Barack Obama’s insistence on using Shutdown Theater as a means to put pressure on Republicans, Senate Democrats have refused to take up legislation that would allow the District of Columbia access to its own local
U.S. Immigration Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agents have expressed strong concerns over House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and other Representatives pushing for immigration legislation that would legalize the status of America’s at least 11 million illegal
On Tuesday, President Obama broke ranks with Harry Reid and Senate Democrats and said he was open to a short-term deal to reopen government and lift the debt ceiling. Obama, in response to an AP reporter’s question, said that, with
Former Chicago Bears legend and coach Mike Ditka said the biggest mistake he has ever made was not challenging then-state Senator Barack Obama for Illinois’s U.S. Senate seat in 2004, saying he “probably” would have beaten Obama and prevented him
With President Barack Obama’s approval rating now down to just 37% and with CNN showing that only 39% of Americans support Obamacare, the Obama Administration and its allies in the mainstream media are scrambling to rescue the president’s public opinion free
(AP) House passes bill to restore death benefitsBy BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe partial government shutdown has halted death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers, but the House has now voted unanimously for legislation that would restore those benefits.It’s unclear if
(AP) Obama plans to talk to GOP again on shutdown, debtBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the coming days as pressure builds on both sides to resolve
In response to Pentagon Withholding Death Benefits for Fallen Soldiers’ Families: It must be noted that while Democrats and some in the media are trying to blame Republicans for this outrage, Congress passed a bill last week to fund the military
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is preparing legislation to lift the debt ceiling by $1.1 trillion, enough to cover borrowing through the end of 2014. The move would push the next debate over the debt limit until well after the
On Tuesday, Koch Industries, the company run by the left’s favorite bugaboo, the Koch brothers, sent a letter to the Senate denying that they had anything to do with the government shutdown. Members of the mainstream press, including The New
In today’s edition of polls the media will collectively ignore, a new AP-GFK polls finds that Barack Obama’s job approval rating has plummeted to 37%. The President’s disapproval rating is up to 53%. There is no good news in this
John McCain took to the Senate floor after the news broke that during the shutdown military death benefits were being withheld…
The media and most pundits frame the current budget and debt showdown as a fight between President Obama and Speaker John Boehner. The question on their minds is, which one of the leaders will blink first. A closer look at
In the second week of the government shutdown, the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security was planning to begin a markup of an immigration bill on Wednesday morning at 9 AM. The bill, offered by subcommittee
