As Republican members of the Michigan House and Senate were passing right to work bills into law inside the Capitol, supporters and protesters were clashing outside. The two clips below feature Americans for Prosperity’s Michigan director Scott Hagerstrom, who had
Matt Damon, who thought President Barack Obama didn’t veer as far left in his first-term as he would have wanted, revealed a real shocker: he voted for Obama in 2012. Damon said sheepishly, “I voted for him. Absolutely, I voted
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) thinks Republicans who are talking about letting the debt limit expire next year are bluffing. On Wednesday, Schumer snarled, “I think they learned their lesson with the debt ceiling, I don’t think it’s leverage for them at all,” citing in
(AP) LANSING, Mich.The Michigan House has voted to approve right-to-work legislation for private-sector workers. House members voted 58-52 to approve the measure Thursday afternoon as hundreds of union activists protested loudly in the state Capitol halls in Lansing. Only Republicans voted
Eight protesters were arrested inside the Michigan State Capitol today when they attempted to push past police and enter the State Senate while it was in session. Thousands of protesters have turned out to the Capitol to protest an attempt
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who has refused a vote on President Obama’s fiscal cliff plan altogether, today labeled the entire Republican Party extremist – with the exception of some 26 Republicans. “Consider yesterday’s failure, the disabilities convention, at
South Carolina Republican Senator Jim DeMint’s announcement that he will resign from the Senate to head the Heritage Foundation put the spotlight on and directly impacted some of South Carolina’s most prominent politicians and rising conservative stars, and they immediately
As Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) leaves the Senate to take the leadership post at Heritage Foundation, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) showed her class today, bashing DeMint. Speaking of the Senate ratification of a UN treaty on treatment of
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: “I understand that there’s a lot of — this is the kind of political games that aren’t serious. That it is absolutely the case that we need to have a serious negotiation about a
After South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint announced Thursday he will resign from the Senate to lead the Heritage Foundation, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tweeted that Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) would be a “great choice” to replace him. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley,
With today’s surprise announcement that Sen. Jim DeMint would resign his Senate seat, all eyes have turned to South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley who will name a replacement. While the state has a deep bench of conservative politicians, Rep. Tim
One month after a union backed proposition aimed at enshrining collective bargaining rights in the Michigan constitution failed, Republican lawmakers are pushing right-to-work legislation through the lame-duck session. National unions spent $23 million trying to pass Proposal 2, which would
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) objected to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) proposal to take up President Barack Obama’s request to have the unprecedented power to raise the debt ceiling without getting approval from Congress. McConnell made
South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, often the conservative conscience of the Senate, will resign his seat next month and assume leadership of the Heritage Foundation. He will replace long-time Heritage President Ed Fuelner. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will name
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama indicated that having unlimited powers to raise the debt ceiling without Congress’s approval may be more important to him than raising taxes — and he may veto his own tax hike proposal to take the
On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) turned down an opportunity to allow the Senate to vote on President Barack Obama’s proposal to avert the fiscal cliff, proving that Obama’s plan is so unreasonable that Senate Democrats do not
(AP) Illegal immigration drops after decade-long riseBy HOPE YENAssociated PressWASHINGTONNew census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. dropped to
(AP)- Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked Republicans from bringing up a House-passed immigration bill offering permanent residence visas for foreigners with advanced degrees. Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, sought unanimous consent to consider a bill that would provide 55,000 visas a
A Bridgeport, Connecticut woman who was easily elected to the state legislature last month after being charged in a hit-and-run car accident in August has been charged with breach of peace, reportedly for slapping her boyfriend. Newly elected state representative
Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) latest report on spending by the Department of Defense shows, among other things, defense spending used for a lecture series involving fictional alien species. “Did Jesus Die for Klingons too?” was just one session at a
A new Georgia poll found that former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, whose embrace of the Tea Party briefly propelled him to the top of the 2012 GOP presidential primary field during primary, leads incumbent Republican Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss
Following the passage of the $631 billion defense bill on Dec. 4, questions arose as to what the bill means in light of impending sequestration cuts to the military. I spoke to a senior Republican aide this morning who said
President Barack Obama made headlines months ago when he installed controversial nominees to key government positions, bypassing the U.S. Senate by declaring the Senate in recess so that Senate confirmation was not needed. Today a federal appeals court signaled that
Actress Ashley Judd hails from Kentucky. She’s starred in some big-budget Hollywood films, the last of which, Twisted, received a whopping 2% from Rotten Tomatoes back in 2004. And now she wants to run for the Senate. America has seen
