If there was ever any doubt about whether CNN prime time host Erin Burnett had a favorite in the recent fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington DC, all became clear Wednesday night. While hosting a less-than-fair-and-balanced panel analyzing the way President
CHICAGO, Jan. 2 (UPI) — Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson joined Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon in Chicago to advocate for same-sex marriage in the state. Ferguson, openly gay and playing the role of a gay man on the television program
As the House refused to pass the pork-laden $60 billion Sandy Relief Bill, the official Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Sandy Twitter accounts immediately began to attack the Republican Party for not passing it, instead of the fact that the
Last Friday the Washington Post reported that Senator John Kerry and Vicki Kennedy, widow of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, both endorsed the candidacy of Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) for the Senate seat Kerry will vacate if, as expected, he is
The next Congress will be dominated by budget and fiscal issues. Almost immediately, the 113th Congress will have to grapple with Obama’s demand to lift the debt ceiling and pair any further spending cuts with increased tax revenue. The budget
It’s an embarrassing time to be a Republican Congressman–albeit an outgoing Congressman. As negotiators, we utterly failed to meet our two objectives: to reduce spending and prevent tax increases. President Obama demanded tax increases with small spending cuts, and that’s
In the aftermath of the fiscal cliff deal that put off the sequester’s implementation by some two months, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is putting focus squarely on debt reduction, with the debt ceiling as the trigger mechanism for
While other conservatives are considering a coup d’etat against House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday, House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa plans to support the embattled Ohio Republican. “He will support and vote for Mr. Boehner for Speaker,” Issa
Eric Cantor is a man who can say “no” to Obama. There is perhaps no other congressional leader whom the president dislikes more, for the simple reason that Cantor is prepared to risk the consequences of confrontation. The Virginia Republican
On MSNBC the point is made that the reason we are in the Fiscal Cliff mess is because the Senate Democrats did not pass a budget. Host Joe Scarborough called the Senate Democrats “negligent” and “cynical” because “they don’t want
Rep. Tom Price is a respected leader of conservatives in the House. A former chair of the Republican Study Committee, the in-house caucus of conservative legislators, he has long been at the forefront of crafting conservative solutions to our nation’s
The US Congress has approved a bill which aims to make it possible for Americans to adopt orphaned North Korean children. The North Korea Refugee Adoption Act instructs the US State Department to devise a comprehensive strategy to facilitate the
By ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTON Congress’ excruciating, extraordinary New Year’s Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack Obama most of the tax boosts on the rich that he campaigned on. It also
It is 2013, and we went over the Fiscal Cliff long before midnight last night. The fact is that our economy does not rise and fall over the course of months or even a year. We went over the Fiscal
Last Friday, House Speaker John Boehner told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to simply “Go f–k yourself” as tensions boiled over between the two Congressional leaders days before the country was slated to go over the so-called fiscal cliff. Here’s
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONWhile the tax package that Congress passed New Year’s Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That’s because the
On Monday, the Senate released its Special Report on the Terrorist Attack at Benghazi. The report is not definitive; there is much information that has yet to be released and/or investigated, but there is one preeminent fact that pervades the
Tonight’s vote on the Senate-brokered deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” may set the stage for a Leadership challenge when the new Congress convenes at noon on Thursday. Almost two-thirds of the House GOP caucus voted against the Senate plan
The House voted to pass the Senate’s fiscal cliff bill on Tuesday night. Eighty-five Republicans joined 172 Democrats to pass the bill. And the House Republican leadership split down the middle. House Republican leadership members who voted against the Senate “fiscal
American Majority Action spokesman Ron Meyer told Breitbart News late Tuesday that enough House Republicans have banded together in an effort to unseat House Speaker John Boehner from his position–they just need a leader to take up the mantle. “At
Tonight, the House voted to accept the Senate amendments to House Resolution 8, setting in motion the enactment of the McConnell-Biden brokered deal to avert the “fiscal cliff.” The House will next hold a quick vote to pass the underlying
Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for Republicans to vote “yea” on the Senate bill that is a “deal” to keep America from going over the “fiscal cliff.” Pelosi said, “Let us all be very patriotic tonight, support our middle
Illinois is the only state in the Union that does not allow some sort of concealed carry statute for its law-abiding citizens. Illinois is also home to the city with the highest murder rate in the country. And yet, the
House Republicans may refuse to go along with the budget deal worked out last night by the Senate. Eric Cantor, the majority leader, said he won’t go along with the Senate after he met with other House Republicans. The miniscule
House members will vote Tuesday night on the Senate’s fiscal cliff bill. Republicans met in two conference meetings to discuss the bill. At the end of the first meeting, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) came out against the Senate
