Tag: Senate

6 This week, the Michigan legislature is expected to give final approval to ground-breaking reforms which will make it the 24th state to enact right-to-work legislation. To longer would Michigan workers be forced, as a condition of employment, to hand

(AP) Unions vow political payback for right-to-work lawBy JOHN FLESHERAssociated PressLANSING, Mich.With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as uncomfortable as possible for Gov. Rick Snyder and his

In another case of Barack Obama using a wayward Republican to pose as a bipartisan president, he is considering naming former Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. Hagel is one of four candidates under consideration, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is offering his heartfelt prediction that U.N. ambassador Susan Rice will be confirmed as the next Secretary of state. The Illinois senator is famous for comparing U.S. treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to

President Barack Obama may have defeated opponents of his landmark health care law in the courts and at the ballot box, but the sweeping reforms still face a rocky road ahead. Advocates are concerned that the funding needed to help

(AP) Senator: GOP could accept higher taxes on wealthyBy ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated PressWASHINGTONRepublican Sen. Bob Corker says he and probably many other GOP senators would consider raising the top tax rate paid by the wealthiest Americans if it meant reforming big

On Dec. 5, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) released a report providing an overview of the $35 million the Department of Homeland Security has spent on grant programs since 2003. Ostensibly, the money was to be spent in a way that

A friend from Chicago, involved in Illinois politics who has known Obama since his early days in the Illinois State Senate, told me that two things that trump everything else in Obama’s mind: redistributing the wealth and empowering labor unions. 

The Elizabeth Warren campaign sent out an email to contributors on Tuesday announcing that it’s broke after spending all the $42 million it raised in its successful effort to unseat Republican Senator Scott Brown.  In her email, Senator-elect Warren placed

The federal government has already racked up a $292 billion budget deficit just two months into the 2013 fiscal year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).  The CBO is predicting that for the fifth straight year under President Barack

South Dakota Republican Senator John Thune said Friday that President Barack Obama is “not very engaged” during fiscal cliff negotiations with Congressional leaders, and this is a sign that Obama does not care much about reaching a deal because he

President Barack Obama’s first term taught businesses a clear lesson: CEOs and businesses that support the president will be rewarded with taxpayer-funded corporate welfare and favorable regulations, and those who oppose him will be shut out or crushed. On Friday,

After the Michigan’s state legislature approved historic right-to-work legislation last week in the union-heavy state, Michigan’s Senate Democratic leader was so furious that she, on Friday, called on President Barack Obama to not only pressure Michigan’s Republican Governor Rick Snyder

Former South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has emerged as one of the leading candidates to replace outgoing Republican South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, who is leaving the Senate to head the Heritage Foundation next month.  According to the Pajamas Media,

(AP) Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he’s joining DemocratsBy GARY FINEOUTAssociated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla.Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state’s chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, announced on Twitter

Breitbart News recently sat down with Oklahoma Senator Dr. Tom Coburn to get his thoughts on the fiscal cliff and what Republicans can do to win the 2014 midterm elections. On November 15 Dr. Coburn gave a speech at the

(AP) Boehner: No progress in fiscal cliff talksBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONHouse Speaker John Boehner said Friday there has been no progress in negotiations to avert a “fiscal cliff” combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts in January and called

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said Friday she would not appoint herself to outgoing Senator Jim DeMint’s Senate seat, dispelling rumors that she would do so.  “I will not take the appointment myself,” Haley said.  After DeMint announced on Thursday

Instead of negotiating with Congressional leaders to avert the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama visited a Northern Virginia family for a photo op on Thursday and reiterated that he would not sign any deal that did not raise taxes on

(AP) Mich. legislators defy unions, OK right-to-workBy JOHN FLESHER and JEFF KAROUBAssociated PressLANSING, Mich.In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible dream: making

After announcing he would leave the Senate next month to become president of the Heritage Foundation, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) reiterated that he did not agree with House Speaker John Boehner’s proposal to avert the fiscal cliff, which included $800

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn released a scathing report on wasteful spending at the Department of Homeland Security. The report concentrates mainly on the grant program, Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) which is meant to help at-risk cities strengthen their security