The man who helped write Obamacare is back with a new agenda for the President’s 2nd term. Step one may be filibuster reform. Jacob Hacker (pictured) runs a political policy center at Yale University. He’s best known as one of
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2 (UPI) — Actress Ashley Judd told an audience in Indianapolis Planned Parenthood has survived so long because it is needed and urged women to “come forward’” on issues. Judd headlined Saturday’s 80th anniversary celebration for Indiana Planned
Last December, the DOJ overturned a forty year old regulation prohibiting online wagering, noting that a 1961 rule governing sports betting could not be considered to cover modern games of online Texas Hold ’em. It was a moderate success for
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said the White House must agree to make structural changes to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare now if Republicans decide to include more tax revenue in any budget deal to avoid
From Fox News Insider: Last night, the Senate voted 54 to 41 to block the transfer of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the United States. This comes one day after a report identified facilities in the U.S. that are believed to
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has commissioned a report showing that the transfer of Guantanamo Bay inmates to U.S. prisons is a “viable option.” According to reports uncovered on Wednesday, Feinstein has been looking for prisons which are suitable to hold
Obviously emboldened by his 2012 re-election victory, President Obama has announced his opposition to a new round of even harsher sanctions on Iran, even as Iran moves steadily toward development of nuclear weapons. A bipartisan Senate measure from Robert Menendez
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, President Barack Obama’s point man on the fiscal cliff negotiations, presented Republican leaders a proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff on Thursday, which gives Obama unprecedented powers to raise the debt ceiling whenever he wants. The
Now that Barack Obama has been re-elected and the Democratic Party holds sway in the Senate – again – unions and leftist groups are calling for filibuster reform. Reform’s the wrong word for it, actually: they’re calling for an end
Note from Senior Management: Pat Caddell, Fox News Contributor and top Democratic strategist, continues his series of exclusive commentary and analysis for Breitbart News concerning the recent election and the future of the Republic. If present trends continue, the Republicans will
(AP) Senate votes to tighten sanctions on IranBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate has voted to tighten sanctions on Iran, targeting its energy and shipping industries. The vote was 94-0 Friday and reflected continued congressional efforts to cripple the Islamic Republic’s
On Thursday, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) said the final deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff will include “over $1 trillion” in new revenues paired with “significant spending cuts.” In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Baucus (D-MT), the Chairman of
President Obama is making a mockery of the seriousness of our spending and debt problems with his role in the fiscal cliff negotiations. There had been talk earlier in the week of a deal involving $1.2 trillion in tax increases
“Insulting.” That is what conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer termed Obama’s “plan” to prevent the federal government from falling over the fiscal cliff. But to the Old Media establishment, Obama’s insulting plan lacking in specifics was a brilliant “strategic move” that
Despite Mitt Romney’s loss in the 2012 Presidential election, no serious challenger has emerged against Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who announced earlier this month that he would seek a second two-year term. Speaking to CNN’s Piers Morgan on
From Fox News Insider: A Senate committee has passed a bill that would require authorities to have a search warrant before they go through your emails or other electronic communications. Believe it or not, as it stands right now they
Today, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner visited with Senate Republicans including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), where he proposed $1.6 trillion in tax increases, a one-year delay in scheduled $1.2 trillion cuts to defense and domestic spending (which would only give Obama
Eleven Senate Republicans on Wednesday paved the way for the Department of Defense to spend money on alternative “green energy” fuels, even if the cost exceeds that of traditional sources like coal, natural gas, and oil. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski
Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner had supposedly offered a plan in secret that would solve the fiscal cliff impasse. The details of the plan itself were not released; as per the usual
WASHINGTON, November 29–Sen. Sessions delivered remarks on the Senate floor today about the secret, year-end fiscal negotiations. “Over the last two years, Congress and the President have held an endless series of secret negotiations. There have been gangs of six
In a November 28 article, the Associated Press tried to give cover to Democrats by insisting that they are somehow divided over cuts in entitlements to help solve the “fiscal cliff” problem. But the truth is that Democrats are virtually
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said on Monday that he is moving forward this week to begin consideration of the United Nations Treaty for People With Disabilities. The treaty, which was negotiated during the George W. Bush administration and
In an op-ed in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, liberal political analyst Juan Williams observed that Republicans have lost more power in the Senate and decides that the GOP has only itself to blame for its defeat because, as in 2010,
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has blistered U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for her incompetence and lies to the American people about Benghazi. But he has refrained from criticizing Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State whose negligence allowed terrorists to attack the
In yet another sign that Republicans are willing to cave on everything their base is not, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has said that he would consider disgraced UN Ambassador Susan Rice’s
