To say that Jesse Jackson, Jr. is in a world of trouble is an understatement. As you may recall, JW identified Jackson as one of Washington’s Ten Most Wanted corrupt politicians earlier this year. But now, with his guilty plea
A frustrated John Boehner held yet another sequester press conference. This time he expressed his exasperation by swearing at the Senates inaction.
On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Organizing for Action–the Obama for America presidential campaign structure recently re-organized as a 501 c 4 tax-exempt “issues advocacy” non-profit–is offering access to President Obama to any donors (individuals or corporations) who
Actress Ashley Judd is polarizing Kentucky Democrats as she seems to be starting a campaign for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in 2014. Judd has not announced her candidacy officially, but her recent actions are leading many in the state to
Monday night, the Boston Herald ran an editorial calling for President Obama to pull Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel: The fact Chuck Hagel’s nomination for defense secretary has dragged on so long and caused so much teeth-gnashing means it’s
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has drawn back his public support for his state’s embattled U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez amid scandal. “We’ll hear from him in his time, I guess,” Christie told the Washington Times when asked if New Jersey
The wide ranging gun ban bill introduced by Senator Diane Feinstein (D, CA) could be voted out of committee and passed on to the full Senate as early as Thursday. A schedule posted for the upcoming February 28 executive business
New picks to lead the Pentagon and the US Treasury face key hurdles Tuesday in the Senate, as President Barack Obama fleshes out his second-term cabinet amid trying times for defense and finance. If they are confirmed as expected, as
The big winner of the fight over Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Secretary of Defense is not President Barack Obama, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Democrats have called Paul’s views on Israel “deeply disturbing” because he wants to end foreign aid
The senators behind an investigation into the ties between the film Zero Dark Thirty and government intelligence have closed the book on the subject. A Congressional aide today confirmed to Reuters that the Committee led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Senators
Beretta USA in Maryland is thinking of pulling up stakes and moving out of the state because of pending assault-weapons ban legislation. Beretta USA is a division of Beretta, the 500-year-old family owned company which won a contract in 1985
Today, Senator Coburn sent another letter to the White House Office of Budget and Management and one to DHS with some suggested budget cuts to avoid layoffs and furloughs of essential government employees and programs. The OMB letter outlines ten low priority
At the Nation of Islam Annual Saviours’ Day Convention, keynote speaker Louis Farrakhan took his usual Anti-Semitic tone with a current affairs twist. Farrakhan endorsed Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense saying Hagel’s controversial “Jewish lobby” comments were a good
The office of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), released a statement from the senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee last Friday criticizing the national Chamber of Commerce “for putting cheap foreign labor above the interests of taxpayers, American workers and
Global warming, or climate change as environmentalists prefer to call it during colder seasons of the year, is now considered a root cause of Middle Eastern violence, according to liberals. The Washington D.C. based liberal think tank Center for American
President Obama’s Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has done something unique in Washington: he has united both left and right sensibilities in opposing or criticizing his nomination on the grounds of incompetence, dishonesty, and hypocrisy. Liberal Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank
(AP) Cruz’s tactics boil Washington, but impress TexasBy PAUL J. WEBER and DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressHOUSTONTed Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping. His arrival had turned a
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), who awaits a vote this week on his confirmation as Secretary of Defense, had failed to provide the Senate Armed Services Committee with more than a few speeches dating to January 2008. Since then, at
HACKENSACK, N.J, — A local citizen who lives near Teterboro airport in northern New Jersey said he saw Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his friend Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen brunching together on Easter Sunday in 2012. The citizen,
Chris Wallace called out Claire McCaskill for the Senate failing to pass any measures to prevent the Sequester…
(AP) Glance: GOP bills aimed to offset spending cutsBy The Associated PressThe Republican-led House last year twice passed bills to replace automatic spending cuts now scheduled to go into effect March 1. The bills, first passed on May 10 and
Chris Chocola, the president of the Club for Growth, told Breitbart News this weekend that establishment Republicans who have no qualms about growing the size of government and benefit from it find the fiscally conservative group to be a nuisance
The National Journal‘s rankings of the most liberal U.S. representatives reveals that Connecticut’s Sen. Richard Blumenthal is the most liberal Senator, while Connecticut’s all-Democrat congressional delegation is the fourth most liberal in the country. Blumenthal tied with Sen. Tom Udall
Obama’s Organizing for Action (OFA) sponsored a Day of Action on Feb. 22, designed to build support and show appreciation for gun grabbers: particularly gun grabbers in the Senate where it is assumed gun control has the best chance of
Chuck Hagel, stuck in an arduous confirmation battle to become Secretary of Defense, has notably pivoted away from his more controversial foreign policy positions–a move that appears to have validated Senate Republicans’ fierce opposition to a reelected Barack Obama. So
