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Funeral services for 2 Newtown, Conn. children

Funeral services for 2 Newtown, Conn. children

NECN:  Connecticut, and the entire nation, is bracing for the first funerals for victims of the school shooting last week that left 20 children and six adults dead. On Monday morning, classes were expected to resume at a school about

Conservatives Bash Boehner's Reported Tax Hike Offer

Conservatives Bash Boehner's Reported Tax Hike Offer

Conservative Republicans in the House are seriously concerned with reports that House Speaker John Boehner has abandoned GOP principles in his behind-closed-doors fiscal cliff negotiations with President Barack Obama by offering a tax rate increase. Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp

Radical John Kerry Heads to State Dept.

Radical John Kerry Heads to State Dept.

It looks as if pathological liar and long-time radical Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) will be nominated for Secretary of State. But who is Kerry? Let’s begin in 1971, when Kerry, ironically speaking to the same Foreign Relations Committee which he

Kerry to State Opens Path for Scott Brown's Resurrection

Kerry to State Opens Path for Scott Brown's Resurrection

The imminent nomination of Sen. John Kerry to be the next Secretary of State sets up another special election in Massachusetts. The nature of special elections combined with a relatively weak Democrat bench give Republican Scott Brown an edge to

Democrats Release Biased Report on 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques'

Democrats Release Biased Report on 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques'

Against the word of the interrogators who used “enhanced interrogation techniques” against terror suspects during the George W. Bush administration, Democrats in the Senate have released a report saying those techniques “did not produce significant intelligence breakthroughs.” The report was

Obama's Predatory Food Stamp Program Targets Seniors

Obama's Predatory Food Stamp Program Targets Seniors

The federal government’s food stamp recruitment program SNAP, the AARP, and the Urban League  are teaming up to end “senior hunger” in the nation’s capitol regardless of an individual’s income level. According to the D.C. Hunger Solutions website: DC Hunger

Reid Laughs at Idea of Bringing GOP Bills to Vote

Reid Laughs at Idea of Bringing GOP Bills to Vote

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had a disheartening reaction when asked if he would use the power he wields to bring House-passed bills before the Senate: he laughed. Reid tried to excuse his partisanship with explanations of Senate procedures:

Durbin: Obama Took Medicare Eligibility Age 'off the Table'

Durbin: Obama Took Medicare Eligibility Age 'off the Table'

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the second-ranking Democratic leader in the Senate, said President Barack Obama has taken raising the Medicare eligibility age “off the table” in the fiscal cliff negotiations.  “I was told that it is not on the table

Unions in Michigan Target Koch Brothers

Unions in Michigan Target Koch Brothers

It was no accident that union thugs tore down the tent that protected seniors and women in Lansing, Michigan on Tuesday. The tent held those citizens who were part of Americans for Prosperity, a group backed financially by the Koch

Kerry, Hagel Front-Runners to Lead State, Defense

Kerry, Hagel Front-Runners to Lead State, Defense

(AP) Kerry, Hagel front-runners to lead State, DefenseBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONDemocratic Sen. John Kerry, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency in 2004 and has pined for the job of top diplomat, vaulted to the head of President Barack Obama’s short list

Activist Senator Warren to join Senate banking panel

Activist Senator Warren to join Senate banking panel

US senator-elect Elizabeth Warren was nominated Wednesday to be a member of the Senate Banking Committee, where the prominent consumer advocate will have influence over laws affecting the finance industry. Warren, a Harvard professor who made her reputation defending Americans