(Reuters) – The Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday postponed until next week a vote on the confirmation of White House aide John Brennan to be CIA director, dashing hopes of Democratic leaders who had hoped to have a vote on
(AP) Congress set to OK bill renewing anti-violence lawBy JIM ABRAMSAssociated PressWASHINGTONCalling a truce in the partisan battles, Congress appears ready to send to President Barack Obama a bill that renews and expands the nation’s primary law on protecting women
On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke with Breitbart News exclusively regarding the upcoming sequestration, slated to hit this Friday. He spoke about the controversial new proposal from Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to give
By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONThe Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jacob Lew to be Treasury secretary, affirming President Barack Obama’s choice of a budget expert at a time when Congress and the White House are at odds over sharp government spending
Congressman Bill Pascrell (D – NJ) told Breitbart News on Tuesday that he does not think the embattled Senator Menendez (D – NJ) should step down from his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “Unless there’s something
As part of their ongoing war on guns, Senate Democrats are planning to push confirmation of Caitlin Halligan to the DC Court of Appeals. A Senate GOP aide told Breitbart News that she’s the “most anti-Second Amendment nominee” Obama has
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) delivers remarks on the Senate floor pertaining to immigration reform and the need for enforcement.
The TMZ Live hosts were enamored with Marco Rubio who said, “I’m the only member of the hip hop caucus in the Senate.”
Welcome to Michael Bloomberg’s America. With the New York mayor successfully entrenched, Mayor Daley-style, in his third term, his ambitions have led him beyond the city he so carefully controls. Bloomberg is the 10th-wealthiest person in the country, with a
Sen. Dick Durbin on Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the proposed “assault weapons ban of 2013.”
Senator Ted Cruz cornered United States’ attorney John Walsh with statistics concerning the effectiveness of the assault weapons ban in the early 1990s. Although both witnesses conceded that the ban did not have a statistical effect on gun crime, both
Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department Edward Flynn had a heated exchange with Senator Lindsey Graham today during the Judiciary Committee meeting on reinstituting an assault weapons ban. Graham brought up that although tens of thousands of gun purchasers fail
On Feb. 28, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will bring up four pieces of gun control legislation for a vote–an “assault weapons” ban, a “high capacity” magazine ban, a measure against gun trafficking, and a universal expansion of the current background
Yesterday, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attended a private meeting with President Barack Obama on the subject of immigration reform. They emerged all smiles: “It’s one of the best meetings I’ve ever had with the president,” Graham
Republicans, determined not to fold on raising taxes yet again, are asserting publicly that Barack Obama and his Democratic Party cohorts better stop demagoguing the sequester issue because the GOP wants spending cuts, not more taxes. While Obama keeps campaigning,
Across the American political spectrum, there is the right, the center-right, the center, the center left, the left, and there is Ashley Judd. Now that Judd is making noises about running for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in 2014, it seems
In the end, President Obama got the Defense Secretary he wanted. On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate voted to confirm former NE Senator Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department. An unprecedented 41 Senators voted against Hagel’s nomination. In the history
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s fellow Democrats in the Senate have spread his gun-control proposals across four bills in an effort to get at least some of the less controversial measures – such as expanded background checks for gun buyers
The Senate voted Tuesday afternoon to confirm former Sen. Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, replacing Leon Panetta. Hagel overcame a contentious confirmation process to win a 58-41 vote largely along party lines. The 41 “no” votes are the largest
The Senate has voted to move forward on the nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, clearing the way for confirmation of President Barack Obama’s choice. The vote was 71-27 on Tuesday to end the GOP filibuster.
On Tuesday, Alan Goldsmith of Americans for a Strong Defense claimed Chuck Hagel should not be confirmed as the next Secretary of Defense because of his “insufficient management experience,” “limited accomplishments,” “botched performances” at his confirmation hearing, and “extreme views.” “On
Senate Democrats are scrambling to ram through Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew in a Tuesday Senate Finance Committee vote followed by a rushed floor vote on Wednesday. “Obama has spent two campaigns railing against everything that Treasury Secretary nominee
Embattled New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has resorted now to playing racial politics in an attempt to fend off the scandal ripping his political career apart. On Sunday evening, NorthJersey.com reporter Jeff Pillets noted that Menendez “drew broad parallels
The Senate has voted, 71-27, to end debate on the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Hagel’s confirmation will be voted on later Tuesday afternoon. The 27-vote margin represents a floor for opposition to Hagel’s confirmation; the final
The US Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama’s nominee Jack Lew to be the new Treasury secretary, replacing Timothy Geithner who stepped down last month. Senators voted 19-5 in favor of Lew, with several Republicans joining with
