While Michael Bloomberg batted about 50/50 on prominent endorsements and Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly’s efforts were decimated, the NRA received a “95 percent return rate” on election contributions. According to CBS News, “The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund
Gov. Jerry Brown, defiant in the wake of the massive GOP victory on Tuesday, insists that his pet project, the state’s $68-billion bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, will not die, despite GOP opposition. Brown said of the
During the November 6 airing of Morning Edition, NPR national political correspondent Don Gonyea surveyed the post-election makeup of state legislatures across the country and said the midterms left Democrats in their “worst position since something called the Civil War.”
AUSTIN, Texas — When Governor-elect Greg Abbott announced his transition plans on Wednesday, he also reaffirmed his support for open carry in response to a reporter’s question, expressly stating that “if an open carry bill is passed by the House
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a second trail-blazing pick for the nation’s top law enforcement officer, President Barack Obama intends to nominate a federal prosecutor in New York to become the next attorney general and the first black woman to lead
If Sen. Rand Paul decides to run for president, expect soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to back him up. Paul endorsed McConnell in his Republican primary and campaigned with the senior Kentucky senator in his re-election race.
Congressional leaders of both parties met with President Obama at the White House this afternoon to talk about the results of the election and the upcoming transfer of leadership in the Senate to Republicans. As soon-to-be Senate Majority leader Mitch
SACRAMENTO, California — In 2016, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will be up for re-election for the fifth time. California’s junior Senator was first elected in 1992, in a close race that she won by just under 5% of the
Away from all the national bleeding and great gnashing of teeth in the Democratic Party, the sun is shining bright for newly reelected Governor Jerry Brown as he picked up his second solvency award with a state credit upgrade from
Texas State Senator Wendy Davis was steamrolled in her bid to become the state’s next governor, and it appears that her staff believes Ebola has something to do with the failure of her campaign. Speaking on behalf of Davis’ campaign,
On Thursday, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) showed disdain for conservatives who object to massive amnesty legislation that he wants a GOP-led Congress to enact. To Corker, those who oppose amnesty because they care about the rule of law, American workers,
The New York City Bar Association will not dismiss a committee chairman from its organization who used racially charged language to attack the New York State Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, who is black. Attorney Andrew J. Barovick, a partner
Guy Cecil is the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the driving force behind the vaunted $60 million Bannock Street project that fizzled on election day. On Thursday, at the CQ Roll Call Election Impact Conference, he said, “This was
I always expected the Halbig case to end up at the Supreme Court. I’m surprised so many people are surprised they agreed to hear the challenge today. I suppose this might have been a political decision, i.e. the four conservative
In response to Louisiana: Off and Running, Again: The Democrats have started pulling their ad buys for the Louisiana runoff, so Landrieu’s career is likely to end with a sad little ellipsis where the Party half-heartedly pretends she has a
Though the mainstream press, liberals, and establishment Republicans incessantly declare that Republicans can’t win Hispanics without passing massive amnesty legislation, two Republicans who ran on border security and against amnesty received a significant amount of support from Latino voters on
The first battle over the direction of the GOP since Tuesday’s tidal wave election is quietly building as conservatives race to construct a plan to stop President Obama’s executive amnesty. Huddling in Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) office Wednesday, top conservative
Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin criticized Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for his statement during a press conference that there would not be a government shutdown if he became Senate Majority Leader on Wednesday. He
One of the biggest unreported election night stories is how a southern gentleman coasted back into a U.S. Senate seat completely unchallenged. Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) won re-election on Tuesday evening by unanimous consent from
In the wake of the Republican electoral wave that saw the success of pro-life candidates, the leader of national pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony List is proclaiming that the liberal, abortion-focused “war on women” strategy is dead. At an address
Conservative Republicans in the Senate are calling on the outgoing Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid (R-NV) to block President Obama’s promised executive action on immigration as they say it is his responsibility to protect the Constitution’s prescribed balance of
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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) called on Congress to strip funding from President Barack Obama’s forthcoming executive amnesty in its next funding bill. In a Thursday appearance on Fox News’s The Kelly File, Sessions said that in Congress’s next funding bill, lawmakers should
Not one prone to hyperbole, the most senior republican in the Senate, Utah’s Orrin Hatch said of Harry Reid’s leadership, it’s “the most pathetic, pitiful way I’ve seen the Senate run in all my 38 years — and I’ve seen some
Republican Senator and potential 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul has been busy piling on Hillary Clinton in the wake of the Democrats’ 2014 midterm disaster. Whatever one wants to make of that, what hasn’t gotten much mention is the end
Bob Beckel, former Democratic campaign manager and panelist on the Fox News Channel’s “The Five” argued that illegal immigrants impacted by any executive amnesty would not be able to vote for another 25 years on Thursday. During a discussion on
