(AP) Shifting landscape as Brown mulls Mass. Senate runBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressBOSTONScott Brown was a little-known Republican state senator who shocked Massachusetts Democrats three years ago by winning a U.S. Senate seat in a special election that became a national
When I appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight to debate gun control on Thursday night, I came armed with a copy of the Constitution of the United States. I did so for a very simple reason: for too long, the left has
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is threatening a hold on the nomination of Obama Chief Counterterrorism Advisor John Brennan to serve as CIA Director until the administration comes clean on Benghazi. Yet there is another reason that Brennan’s confirmation must not
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who is widely considered the leading Democratic contender for the New Jersey Senate seat in 2014, wrote in college at Stanford University that he once hated gays. However, a meeting with a gay peer counselor opened
The left and the media have seized on recent tragic shootings to make a renewed push for gun control legislation. None of the proposed measures being discussed would have prevented the recent tragedies, but the left sees these as a
By LAWRENCE MESSINA and JOHN RABYAssociated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va.U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who came to West Virginia as a young man from one of the world’s richest families to work on antipoverty programs and remained in the state to build a
The most liberal and conservative elements of the United States Senate are coming together to oppose the nomination of Jack Lew as President Barack Obama’s next Treasury secretary. One might think that Jack Lew, a man who was mentored by
During his recent vacation in Hawaii, President Barack Obama golfed with the former business partner of Tony Rezko. Rezko was an Obama fundraiser who is in jail for fraud and corruption. Rezko also was involved in a questionable land deal
A bipartisan report issued by the Senate Homeland Security Committee on December 31, 2012 concluded that the State Department “failed tragically” to protect American diplomats prior to and during the September 11, 2012 attacks on the American Mission in Benghazi,
On February 13, 2011, President Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew went on CNN and claimed that Mr. Obama’s budget will pay down the national debt. The plan, Lew said, “will get us, over the next several years, to
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Wednesday he intends to oppose the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense. He feels the country “can and should do better” than the former Nebraska senator. In an op-ed in
(AP) Calif. budget to be buoyed by voter-OK’d tax hikesBy JULIET WILLIAMSAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.After years of double-digit deficits and billions in budget cuts, California’s fiscal outlook is looking brighter. Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday will propose his third budget since
In a testament to Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s (R) star power, Politico recently questioned whether Cruz would ever be eligible to run for president. It is a question many have asked after Cruz started to gain momentum in his Texas
An organization of Connecticut religious congregations has succeeded in gaining approval for the children of illegal immigrants to obtain legal drivers’ licenses through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, or DACA, President Obama’s 2012 executive order that protects young
On Wednesday, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said he plans to vigorously oppose President Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew. “Jack Lew must never be Secretary of Treasury,” said Mr. Sessions in a
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) has been given the leading role on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s “new Middle East and North Africa subcommittee.” She was specifically given “jurisdiction over the Middle East,” which is great news for Israel, as Ros-Lehtinen is considered
Good news — it has become known that hidden deep within the massive 2800-page bill called Obamacare there is a Senate Amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms. It seems that in their haste to cram socialized medicine
In the wake of the financial meltdown, President Barack Obama derided Wall Street bonuses as “obscene,” calling them examples of “fat cats who are getting awarded for their failure.” But now, Mr. Obama has announced that he will nominate as his
James Taylor has seen fire and rain, but he likely hasn’t seen how intense a senatorial campaign can be. Could that change in the coming months? A public radio official is trying to coax the easy listening singer to run
After a vote on January 8, Illinois is set to join only two other states, New Mexico and Washington, to allow illegal immigrants to apply for state drivers licenses. A third state, Utah, allows illegals to drive on temporary permits.
While conservatives grapple with Obama’s nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department, the Left is struggling with Obama’s decision to nominate John Brennan as the new CIA Director. Dubbed the “Assassination Czar” by the far-left program
In a statement released Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) telegraphed that he would delay the confirmation of President Barack Obama’s CIA nominee John Brennan if the White House fails to answer questions about the Benghazi attacks. “I do not believe
“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart returned from his holiday break last night, and he wasted little time doing what he does best – trashing the GOP with manipulated facts. Stewart blasted Republicans for voting against Hurricane Sandy relief funding
Q Thank you. I noticed that in the nomination ceremony in the East Room, the President, as he was speaking about Senator Hagel, never mentioned Israel, never mentioned Iran. Those have been two of the main criticisms of Senator Hagel.
QUESTION: And then on Benghazi, of course, we all want to know what that might – what the schedule might be on that. VICTORIA NULAND, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN: Well, let me just say that she will testify. She will testify
