This afternoon, the House easily passed legislation expanding FEMA’s borrowing authority to meet claims related to Super-Storm Sandy. The bill would authorize over $9 Billion in new borrowing for FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, in order to meet claims made
Video compilation from Vice President Joe Biden during Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony for newly-elected senators…
This Illinois Senate postponed voting on two anti-gun House Bills that passed out of the Public Health Committee on Wednesday. The proposed measures would lead to a virtual gun ban in the state of Illinois. A major effort to urge
President Barack Obama is supposed to lead the country, but barely participated in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations except to berate Republicans in the media. As Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid is meant to move legislation through the upper chamber, but
(AP) Gay marriage floor vote postponed in Ill. SenateBy JOHN O’CONNOR and SARA BURNETTThe Associated PressSPRINGFIELD, Ill.Hopes that Illinois could quickly become the 10th state in the nation to legalize gay marriage bogged down Thursday when the bill’s Democratic supporters
The new 113th Congress will convene Friday and House members will vote on a bill that would aid storm damaged states. Under fire from fellow Republicans from Sandy-stricken New York and New Jersey, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, today agreed
Republicans in the U.S. House missed a golden opportunity when they put the unchanged “fiscal cliff” tax bill up for a vote. If the Senate-passed bill was to be considered (a mighty big “if”), the House first should have scrubbed it
Today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blasted President Obama’s unwillingness to talk about spending. Speaking to radio host Hugh Hewitt, McConnell said, “The President thinks he can bully us into not talking about spending. And it clearly won’t work.”
House Speaker John Boehner (R – OH) managed to retain his Speakership for the new 113th Congress that was sworn in on Thursday afternoon. Nine Republicans voted for somebody other than Boehner. If 8 more GOP’ers had joined them, there
A real popular song from the 1963s was “Blowin in the Wind”. Fifty years later it is popular to blow cash in the wind. Thanks to Senators Grassley and Udall the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy has been
The Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis makes a great point that helps to explain a frustration of mine: With the 24-hour news cycle, twitter, etc., might we be arriving at a time when even our congressional leaders need to be eloquent and
Deep inside the fiscal cliff compromise passed Tuesday night is an item that could lead more cities into bankruptcy. Allen Park, Mich. is an idyllic American town in the heart of the Rust Belt, the kind of place that far-left
Mitch McConnell is gearing up for a massive battle with Barack Obama over the debt limit. He wrote in a Yahoo op-ed that there is going to be a fight with Obama “whether he wants it or not.” The present
Activist conservatives are high-hoping that they can defeat John Boehner in his bid, later today, to be Speaker of the House in the 113th Congress. It’s possible that a libertarian-tea party alliance — inside and outside the Republican conference —
This afternoon, the new 113th Congress convenes. Its first order of business will be to elect a Speaker of the House. For most of the media, this is merely a procedural hurdle to John Boehner’s reelection as Speaker. As Breitbart
On Wednesday, the Illinois Senate Public Health Committee, led by anti-gun, Senate President John Cullerton and backed by Governor Patrick Quinn, passed House Bills 1263 and 815. These measures, if passed would ban nearly all common firearms and magazines, and institute new
It’s no surprise to see Ezra Klein attacking the record of the 112th Congress. He’s a partisan, left-wing Democrat who spent the 111th Congress promoting Obamacare–a policy that most Americans continue to oppose and that brought Democrat one-party rule to
With the vote for Speaker of the House a few hours away, the liberal Boston Globe has endorsed incumbent Speaker John Boehner for the job – so he continue his purge of Tea Party conservatives from influential positions. The Globe’s
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans face even bigger budget battles in the next two months after a hard-fought “fiscal cliff” deal narrowly averted devastating tax increases and spending cuts. The agreement, approved late on Tuesday by the
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) — Mark Kirk’s welcoming committee when he returns to the U.S. Senate after a stroke includes Vice President Joe Biden and his colleague, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Kirk, R-Ill., plans to walk the 45 steps to
President Barack Obama has signed into law a $633 billion US defense spending bill that funds the war in Afghanistan and boosts security at US missions worldwide. Obama, who is vacationing in Hawaii, said that he signed the measure despite
(AP) Congress ushering in new members, with old divideBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONCongress is ushering in the new and the old _ dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the harsh reality of another stretch of bitterly divided government.
The Speaker of the House will be elected today and some conservatives believe they have the votes necessary to oust John Boehner. In an appearance on CNBC, American Majority Action spokesman Ron Meyer said there are more than 20 House Republicans
With President Obama set to precipitate a constitutional crisis over the upcoming debt ceiling, Republicans in Congress must now stand up to the bullying commander in chief. Yesterday, after the fiscal cliff had been passed through Congress, President Obama claimed
Several high-powered senators are continuing their fight against “Zero Dark Thirty,” a film many see as vindicating the use of enhanced interrogation tactics in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Sens. John McCain, Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin fired off a harshly
