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North Dakota's New Energy Boom: Natural Gas

North Dakota's New Energy Boom: Natural Gas

Recently, Saudi Prince Alwaleed referred to shale exploration in North America as “an inevitable threat” to Saudi Arabia’s oil-based economy. Nowhere is that truer than in North Dakota, aptly nicknamed by some as “Kuwait on the Prairie”, where since 2007,

Palin on Senate Run: 'Never Say Never'

Palin on Senate Run: 'Never Say Never'

Sarah Palin said she has no plans at this time to run for Alaska’s Senate seat in 2014, after she ignited a firestorm in July when she did not close the door on a potential run.  Appearing on Fox News’s On

Mel Watt Wrong Choice for Housing Post

Mel Watt Wrong Choice for Housing Post

For months, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada threatened to change the rules of the Senate to prevent Republicans from filibustering Presidential nominees. This so-called “nuclear option” was avoided, as Republicans hastily rushed into a deal and set aside their

Sebelius Says Amnesty Needed to Increase ObamaCare Enrollment

Sebelius Says Amnesty Needed to Increase ObamaCare Enrollment

Speaking Thursday at an event in Philadelphia, hosted by a Latino community service group, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius revealed that the success of ObamaCare is dependent upon the passage of comprehensive immigration reform and amnesty. Susan

Coburn: Obama 'Perilously Close' to Impeachment

Coburn: Obama 'Perilously Close' to Impeachment

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said President Barack Obama was getting “perilously close” to being impeached at a Wednesday public appearance.  “I think those are serious things, but we’re in serious times,” Coburn said in response to a question about impeachment

Poll: McConnell Up 47% on Bevin

Poll: McConnell Up 47% on Bevin

According to a new poll conducted by Jan van Lohuizen from August 18 through August 20 of 600 likely Republican primary voters in Kentucky, Senator Mitch McConnell has a huge 47-point lead over his Republican primary opponent, Matt Bevin. McConnell garnered

Nevada AFL-CIO: Obamacare Will Destroy 40-Hour Work Week

Nevada AFL-CIO: Obamacare Will Destroy 40-Hour Work Week

The Nevada AFL-CIO unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday condemning the Affordable Care Act, known to its critics as Obamacare. “The unintended consequences of the ACA [Affordable Care Act] will lead to the destruction of the 40 hour work week, higher

Dear Republicans: defund ObamaCare, win union friends

A few weeks ago, I noticed that even MSNBC (!) was doing “special reports” on the growing union backlash against ObamaCare, and suggested that the labor movement is a natural Republican constituency.   The latest unions vs. ObamaCare story comes

Obama Endorses Cory Booker for Senate

Obama Endorses Cory Booker for Senate

President Barack Obama has put his weight behind Newark mayor Cory Booker in the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the late Frank Lautenberg’s New Jersey Senate seat.

Zuckerberg: Immigration Reform Not Polarizing

Zuckerberg: Immigration Reform Not Polarizing

On Wednesday, Facebook co-founder and immigration reform advocate Mark Zuckerberg claimed that comprehensive immigration reform was not as polarizing an issue as people have claimed. Appearing on CNN, Zuckerberg asserted he started his advocacy group, FWD.us, to support comprehensive immigration

Alexander Lashes Out at Tea Party

Alexander Lashes Out at Tea Party

Facing an active campaign by grass-roots activists to defeat him in next year’s primary, Sen. Lamar Alexander penned a letter to the state’s largest newspaper defending his pragmatic, “problem solving” approach to governing. The letter in The Tennessean defends his record

California Voters Preventing Obamacare Repeal

California Voters Preventing Obamacare Repeal

According to the Field Poll of voters, Californians uniquely remain highly supportive by a 53% to 38% margin of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.  Nationwide polling indicates that by a large margin, Americans strongly oppose Obamacare by 54%

Rubio to Meet with Facebook's Zuckerberg

Rubio to Meet with Facebook's Zuckerberg

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Senate’s immigration “Gang of Eight,” will meet Wednesday with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, ABC News reports. “Though it is unknown what the senator and Facebook founder are planning to discuss, one topic