Democrats and Republicans are racking up supermajorities in blue and red states, leading to a country in which the opposition party is rendered useless. According to the Associated Press, “half of state legislatures now have veto-proof majorities, up from 13 only
There’s a danger for Barack Obama if he names Massachusetts senator John Kerry to his cabinet: he might wind up with Republican Scott Brown winning the special election that would ensue. Despite losing his Senate seat to Elizabeth Warren, Brown
Jesse Jackson Jr. has resigned from Congress just weeks after winning reelection for a ninth term. Jackson Jr. has been in treatment for bipolar disorder since June. The timing of his treatment coincides with an FBI investigation into misuse of
Under a cloud of personal and political scandal, Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress today. Dave Weigel asks on Twitter: “How much will Jesse Jackson Jr cost Illinois by forcing a special election when he could have quit three weeks ago?“ The
Today, Ranking Senate Budget Committee Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The letter stated that
The Hill cites two new polls to convince readers that Americans believe Barack Obama has a mandate to pursue the tax-the-rich platform he ran on during his reelection campaign to avoid the impending fiscal cliff. A Rasmussen poll claims that 57% of
Today, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released a statement about reports suggesting that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence had removed references to al Qaeda from talking points given to UN Ambassador Susan Rice about the terrorist attack in
Senator Patrick Leahy has rewritten the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011 to allow more than 22 agencies to access a citizen’s Internet accounts, after law enforcement agencies criticized far more consumer-friendly legislation. The bill authorizes access to email, Google
We can whine about the double standard all day long, but that’s not fighting — it’s whining. The double standard, obviously, is that conservatives are asked questions about their faith that are intentionally meant to paint us as wacko extremists —
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Downtown Yangon came to a near halt Monday during President Barack Obama’s historic visit to this once pariah nation. Crowds flooded the streets, workers left their jobs and a nurse even snuck out of the hospital
(Reuters) – The head of the House Intelligence Committee suggested on Sunday that President Barack Obama might have known about former CIA Director David Petraeus’ extra-marital affair before the November election, and said Attorney General Eric Holder should address this
Senate Intel Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): on NBC’s “Meet The Press”
Let’s get to the point of the matter: President Obama and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and their media parrots are hell bent on raising taxes for those making over $250,000. While their talking points are the worst example of political
The Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and Strengthening UIGEA Act of 2012, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to introduce soon, is being touted as a way to legalize online poker. In fact, it is a
As a public service to our readers, and as a gesture towards civility in our national discourse, we offer the following how-to-guide for surviving Thanksgiving dinner at the home of your triumphant liberal relatives: Arrival. “Your home looks lovely. Almost
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced on Friday that it will raise mortgage-insurance premiums an average of $13 a month for new borrowers of FHA-backed loans in a last ditch effort to avoid exhausting its reserves and prompting a taxpayer-funded
Three senators held a press conference about Benghazi and UN Ambassador Susan Rice, but the media and President Barack Obama ignored New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte to claim the criticism of Rice was sexist. Senators Ayotte, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham
A bipartisan group of 18 senators, led by Sens. John Hoeven (R-ND) and Max Baucus (D-MT), wrote a letter to President Obama asking for a meeting about the trans-continental Keystone XL Pipeline. Moody’s, the ratings agency, forecasted the Obama administration
What was the election really about? Class war. That’s not reactionary right-wing paranoia; it’s the claim of progressives themselves, as evidenced by the mainstream liberal group Campaign For America’s Future, who have launched a new website WageClassWar.org, which is, of
While Barack Obama pretends to care about the fiscal cliff – in reality, he’s all to happy to watch Americans’ tax rates rise across the board, and to cut spending on the military dramatically, even if it means economic failure
In the wake of the GOP’s election losses, media mavens and party elders inevitably express deep concern that the party has become “too conservative” to win elections. The party, we are warned, must moderate its positions to better appeal to
Members of House and Senate Intelligence Committees were finally shown classified video of the Benghazi attack on Thursday. A U.S. intelligence official says the video provides no evidence that the attack was spontaneous. Rather, “it indicates that the attack, though
On Thursday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced that if she wins the chairmanship of the Senate Budget Committee, Democrats may not pass a budget for the fourth year in a row. “I am committed to working with our committee and
Discussing the path forward for Republicans, former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and African-American said the GOP needed more diverse messengers, including those who looked more like him. “We need messengers who look like me,” Steele said on last Sunday’s CSPAN’s
Earlier this week, the National Catholic Register reported that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, headed up by New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, intends to lobby Congress for “conscience exemptions” to abortion mandates implemented by the Department of Health and Human
