(AP) Senate committee takes up immigration billBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA bill to enact dramatic changes to the nation’s immigration system and put some 11 million immigrants here illegally on a path to citizenship is facing its first congressional test. The
Obama’s radical Labor Secretary nominee, Thomas Perez ran into another roadblock, thanks to Republicans in the Senate, Wednesday, who once again delayed a key vote on his nomination. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee was forced to push back
With the nation expected to hit the debt ceiling again sometime around October, Republicans have begun discussing what, if any, concessions they will accept in exchange for raising it. But top Democratic House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Sandy
Politico deceptively edited its lead story from Tuesday, “Immigration’s new ally: Tea partiers” that originally erroneously argued the Tea Party was an “ally” of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. The changes came after Breitbart News caught the site red-handed in
Gabriel Gomez, the Republican nominee in the June 25th Massachusetts special Senate election, told Boston radio talk show host Howie Carr on Wednesday that he will “absolutely” call on the State Department to release the State Department Rules of Engagement for
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) aims to block any illegal immigrant from ever receiving any state, local, or federal welfare or public benefits with a series of amendments to the immigration reform bill currently under review in the U.S. Senate. Cruz
Most Americans did not notice when President Barack Obama tapped Representative Melvin L. Watt (D-NC) to become the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Created in 2008 to be an independent “world class regulator” for housing giants Fannie
On Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said he “probably” would not support the online sales tax bill the Senate passed on Monday. “I just think that moving this bill where you have 50 different sales tax codes, it is
Colorado’s secretary of state has “approved petition language” for recall efforts aimed at State Senate President John Morse (D) and Rep. Mike McLachlan (D). The recall campaigns are in response to their support of expanded gun control laws in the
Dick Morris, who famously predicted that Mitt Romney would defeat President Barack Obama in a “landslide,” has now joined the Beltway mob in blaming radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh for the Republican Party’s woes, the Daily Caller reports. Morris
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee say there will be “explosive” revelations that will come forth during the Committee’s hearing on Wednesday when three State Department witnesses reveal what they knew the night the U.S. consulate and CIA annex in
With gun control defeated in the Senate, Democrats are stepping up efforts to turn guns into the 21st century cigarette and shame gun owners–and their Senators–into submission. Warnings of this approaching storm have been apparent for decades. As in 1995,
President Barack Obama’s chief strategist says Democratic angst about a potential Obamacare “train wreck” before the 2014 midterm elections is overblown. “We’re going to implement the law well, and we don’t worry,” said Obama strategist Dan Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer confidently predicted
On Tuesday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin urged the House to stop the Senate’s internet sales tax bill, claiming that it would only grow government, increase taxes, and drive out and burden small online businesses. “I bet that once the
In a 69-27 vote, the Senate on Monday passed its Internet sales tax bill. The bill now moves to the House, where it faces a tougher road to passage. Conservatives and Republicans are split on the issue. Rep. Paul Ryan
On Tuesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political action group, FWD.us, launched a new ad backing the immigration bill pushed by the so-called Senate “Gang of 8.” FWD.us is utilizing an offshoot to push the ad – an offshoot disarmingly titled
Boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao has decided his next boxing match will take place overseas because of the high United States income tax rate. The former pound-for-pound champ who, along with Floyd Mayweather, is one of the sport’s biggest draws, will
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on freshman GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
On April 18, during a hearing before the Appropriations Subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Attorney General Eric Holder testified under oath that Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez had complied with the House Oversight subpoena of all personal emails relating
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), offended that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has not deferred to the establishment old guard, called Cruz a “schoolyard bully” on Monday right before Reid promptly cut Cruz off while the freshman senator was speaking.
(AP) Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on gunsBy JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONVice President Joe Biden wants pastors, rabbis and nuns to tell their flocks that enacting gun control is the moral thing to do. But another vote may have
On Monday, the Senate approved a bill that would enable states to collect sales tax on merchandise bought on the internet, “under current law, states can only collect from companies that are physically located within their borders.” The bill passed on
The wide open, no-holds-barred race for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor in Virginia took a bare-knuckle turn this past week when a controversy exploded over a pair of anonymous internet campaign videos that attacked one of the seven declared
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is calling for the United States to provide weapons to vetted Syrian opposition groups battling President Bashar Assad’s forces in the 2-year-old civil war. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a resolution Monday that calls upon the Senate to review public policies that led to the alleged illegal practices of abortionist Kermit Gosnell and others like him. The resolution has 10 original cosponsors and resolves: Congress
