Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Pat Leahy finally scheduled a single hearing on immigration reform for next Wednesday, April 17, at 2:30 p.m. The hearing’s only witness at this point is to be Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Utah Republican
Earlier this week, the principal of Grosse Pointe South High School in Michigan, Dr. Matt Outlaw announced that former presidential candidate Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) had been disinvited from the school because of his opposition to same-sex marriage. On Wednesday,
In the wake of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) accusation that his offices had been illegally recorded in a tape handed out by Mother Jones, the liberal publication has now released a doctored transcript of the tape itself in
Conservative Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley, Jeff Sessions, and Pat Roberts on Wednesday pressured their Republican colleagues in the “Gang of Eight” pursuing immigration reform to explain, in detail, how their forthcoming proposals will impact entitlement and welfare programs. Grassley, Sessions,
On Wednesday, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said that President Barack Obama’s proposed budget would “depress the American economy under a never-ending avalanche of debt” that is “not merely reckless; it’s unthinkable.” Sessions said the
The Senate is working on a three-step immigration proposal that will enable illegal immigrants in the country to apply for provisional legal status and, eventually, green cards only after officials have determined various “border-security” targets have been met, American businesses
A House and Senate GOP Budget Committee analysis of President Barack Obama’s newly released budget says the plan achieves just $119 billion in net deficit reduction, not the $1.8 trillion the White House claims. The GOP analysis finds that Obama’s
When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asked the FBI to investigate how a recording of a private meeting at his campaign headquarters in Kentucky was secretly made and then released to Mother Jones, the reaction from Washington DC political
For the fourth time in his presidency, President Barack Obama submitted his budget proposal well after the legally-required February 4th deadline, angering both Republicans and Democrats who are declaring the $3.8 trillion Obama budget dead on arrival. The deficit-busting Obama
The French Senate, the upper house of its parliament, has approved the first article of a draft law allowing same-sex marriages. The first article is considered the most important part of the proposed law because it throws out the requirement for
Senate Democrats are “confident” they have the votes to bring gun control legislation to the Senate floor. At least 14 Republicans have threatened to filibuster the legislation, but eight Republicans “have said they will not attempt to block an effort
Tuesday morning Mother Jones published an audio recordingof a private meeting of McConnell campaign staffers along with atranscript. The content of the recording and the way in which it was obtained have been fodder for news outlets on both sides
President Barack Obama said Tuesday the gun control proposals under consideration in the U.S. Senate are not about him, but it would take a toll on him personally if they do not pass. Speaking in Connecticut, the President made a
Former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, now the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, said Tuesday that his former colleagues’ largely secret negotiations about immigration reform are troubling. A bipartisan group, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” has been spearheading immigration
The Senate will vote on Thursday on gun legislation according to Harry Reid. “We need to move to this legislation … and let the cards fall where they may,” he told reporters following a closed-door Democratic meeting Tuesday. Manchin (D-W.Va)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he will file for cloture this evening on gun control legislation. The cloture motion allows the Senate to move to consider the legislation under normal debate. The measure needs 60 votes to pass
(AP) – The FBI has been asked to look into whether Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign headquarters was bugged after a recording of a private campaign meeting surfaced in which the senator and aides discussed ways to question the
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the Senate floor on Tuesday: “Sometimes people in a fit of passion purchase a handgun and do bad things with it. Mr. President, even as my dad did, [he] killed himself. Waiting a
Today, Washington DC is abuzz about a breach of security that took place in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign office, last February. His reelection campaign has asked the FBI to find out how a strategy session regarding Ashley Judd was
Amid the deadlock over universal background checks, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) are developing a compromise that would strengthen the current background check system without expanding it to private sales. No one knows for sure how the compromise
Last Friday, April 5, White House spokesman Jay Carney confirmed at a press briefing that Barack Obama’s budget would raise taxes on middle class Americans. The confession arose from an exchange between Carney and Major Garrett of CBS News, in
Tea Party favorite Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is headed to historically black Howard University in an attempt to make inroads with the young black community. On Wednesday, he’s slated to address students, where he will explain Republican outreach efforts to
A national survey has found that Democrats hold a three-point lead over Republicans when voters are asked which party they would vote for in the 2014 midterm elections. The Rasmussen Reports poll found that 41% of likely U.S. voters said
Sen. Marco Rubio is widely considered a serious contender for the GOP nomination in 2016. A son of Cuban immigrants, he is a strong conservative voice from a swing state. In the past few months, he has chosen immigration reform
In an interview that will air on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on April 9, Gabby Giffords looks on from her mother’s porch while Mark Kelly shoots bottles and clay pots in the Arizona desert with a Glock 19 9mm. The gun
