(AP) – Italian lawmakers failed on Thursday to elect a new president of the nation during a first round of voting. President Giorgio Napolitano’s term ends next month, and choosing his successor is considered a step toward resolving a political
In response to Joel : This is a republic and not a democracy precisely to protect the minorty from the majority. But Obama’s premise is flawed: 90% do not support his position. A Roper poll reports that 39% want to
Joe Scarborough, MSNBC’s token Republican, has used his platform on “Morning Joe” to push for gun legislation that many believe would infringe on Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights. He has often gone well beyond merely advocating his position and instead has
Paul Kane, congressional reporter over at the Washington Post tweeted out last night: Reid will pull the entire gun bill from floor, likely tomorrow. No final vote. It will remain on leg calendar. Brought up some other time. — Paul
On Wednesday, President Obama suffered the biggest defeat of his Presidency. In a bi-partisan vote, the Senate forcefully rejected an expansion of background checks for gun purchases. Obama had utilized every lever in his power, including his outside group Organizing
Celebrities lined up behind President Barack Obama’s attempt to pass stricter gun control legislation in the wake of the Newtown school shooting, using everything from PSA-style videos to nasty musical shorts to curry the public’s favor. Now, despite a new
By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated PressOXFORD, Miss.A man in Mississippi has been arrested and accused of sending letters with suspected ricin poison to President Barack Obama and other leaders. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said the man was arrested Wednesday.
Federal welfare programs now account for one-sixth of the federal budget ($588 billion), a figure that does not even include unemployment benefits, Social Security, and Medicare, reports Bill Frezza of Forbes. The bleak Obama economy, however, is only factor driving
In response to Assault Weapons Ban Goes Down 40Y-60N: This is fantastic news. Unfortunately, John McCain was one of the few Republicans Senators who voted in favor of the ban, leaving many like myself hoping that he decides to retire
President Barack Obama lashed out defiantly and viciously at political opponents who defeated his efforts to expand federal gun regulations today. Standing with families of victims of the Newtown school shooting at the White House, the president claimed that opponents
President Obama took to the Rose Garden on Wednesday evening to scold Senators for not passing the universal background check legislation he and Newtown families were lobbying for today. The President claimed that the bill had “90% support but did
In response to Grassley-Cruz Unveil Alternative Gun Bill: At the press conference Wednesday morning, Senators Grassley, Cruz, Graham and Coats introduced their alternative gun legislation to prevent gun violence and protect the Second Amendment. Via The Hill: “Rather than restricting the
With the failure of the Democrats’ attempt to exploit the Newtown school shooting to press forward gun control measures, President Obama took to the microphones along with the relatives of Sandy Hook victims to demonize his opposition. This, of course,
Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapon ban amendment failed to pass the Senate today. It bans the sale of 157 different semi-automatic weapons and high capacity magazines. The amendment was long expected to fail. The final vote was 40 in
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) warned he sees “a huge train wreck coming down” with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, known to its critics as Obamacare. The candid comments came during a Wednesday hearing with Obama’s Health and Human Services
UPDATE Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapon ban amendment failed to pass the Senate today. It bans the sale of 157 different semi-automatic weapons and high capacity magazines. The amendment was long expected to fail. The final vote was 40
(AP) – Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge. An FBI intelligence bulletin
Amid the flurry of anti-gun amendments offered to the Senate gun bill by Democrats, Republican Senators have found an amendment to rally behind: Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) “National Reciprocity” push. Under the language of Cornyn’s amendment, any state that has
Former Beatle Paul McCartney is the latest celebrity lending his voice to the current gun control chorus. The former Beatle recorded a voice message that’s part of a text-to-call operation Wednesday for Bennett’s Voices Against Violence campaign. McCartney and others
Tuesday morning, Breitbart News’ Matt Boyle reported that the 844-page immigration bill contained a provision providing federal grants to purchase satellite phones for people living near or around the border. Javier Manjarres, a conservative reporter in Florida, dubbed them “MarcoPhones.”
PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY: The Senate will vote and whenever it votes it ought to pass this amendment. It’s pretty simple. What’s complicated about the fact that 90% of the people want this done and yet a substantial percentage of
(AP) – A bipartisan effort to expand background checks faced almost certain defeat Wednesday as the Senate approached a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown drew near, an Associated Press-GfK poll
From Breitbart News’ Kerry Pickett: A Senate resolution to honor the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been gutted by Democratic staffers on the Foreign Relations Committee, a Senate source told Breitbart News on Tuesday. “Menendez staffers on the
The “Morning Joe” host was very concerned about the gun legislation that is supposed to be brought up before the Senate today. When introducing Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat who has been at the forefront of the gun legislation, Mika
The bipartisan Senate group pushing immigration reform, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” dropped their bill at 2:25 a.m. The bill clocks in at 844 pages long, and the group’s dead-of-night filing of it means they missed their deadline. A Senate
