Tag: Senate

After ten months of investigating Obama campaign bundler and former MF Global chief Jon Corzine’s role in the loss of $1.6 billion of customer funds, the New York Times is reporting that Eric Holder’s Department of Justice is unlikely to

Yesterday, The Hill reported President Barack Obama referred to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s tax reform plans as “trickle-down fairy dust.”  Wednesday in Iowa, Obama went a step further and referred to their plan as “trickle-down snake oil,” again proving

Florida’s Senate race is up for grabs. The incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson, who paints himself as a centrist, is starting to fall behind Republican Connie Mack in the polls, and for good reason: voters are finally becoming aware of how

Sherrod Brown likes to paint himself as an honest man, true and steadfast in his principles.  In 2011, appearing on the Rachel Maddow Show, he uttered this deathless statement of his unwavering principles: “Those of us in politics like you and me that

Claire McCaskill once seemed like a Democrat senatorial powerhouse — but that was before Missouri turned on the far-left big spending policies she rubber-stamped for President Obama. Her allegiance to Obama over her constituents has come at a hefty price: McCaskill is

Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV 1), the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Nevada, attempted Tuesday to crash a Ryan rally held at a Las Vegas area high school. Berkley held a hastily-organized press conference in the school’s parking lot.

(AP) Former Wisconsin Gov. Thompson wins GOP Senate bidMADISON, Wis.Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson has won the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat the party is trying to capture for the first time in more than five decades. The

Rasmussen reported this morning that the latest poll in the important Senate race in Ohio has both incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown and GOP challenger Josh Mandel tied at 44%. Even though the race is tied, the finding suggests an edge

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been missing from Congress for two months amid rumors flying about, has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder by the Mayo Clinic. Jackson has been under investigation by the Ethics Committee because there were allegations

In a stunning example of truth stranger than fiction, Democrats in the California Assembly killed a bill that would have made it easier to fire teachers accused of serious sexual offenses against children. The bill SB 1530, had bipartisan support

Our battles against the Obama administration over documents related to the government’s hysterical and unprecedented response to the financial crisis continues. Last week we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and the

Erskine Bowles, the Democratic co-chairman of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, called the Paul Ryan budget “sensible, straightforward, serious” at a speech  given at the University of North Carolina last September. The video of the speech, first reported

I sat down recently with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to discuss the first amendment and free speech issues during the 2012 campaign.  He had plenty to say on campaign finance disclosure, enemies lists and the left’s fight to shut

Shelly Berkley, the Democratic Congressman who’s running against Republican Dean Heller for the Senate seat in Nevada, can’t seem to shake a growing litany of ethics charges. Her Republican opponent and conservative Super PACs are doing everything possible to remind

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who galvanized conservatives when she was selected as John McCain’s running mate in 2008, congratulated Mitt Romney on selecting a running mate in Paul Ryan who has similarly energized conservatives.  “Congratulations to Mitt Romney on

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) is a conundrum. A fiscal and social liberal, the man who was Al Gore’s running mate in 2000, angered liberals in Connecticut so much with his support of the Bush administration policies on Iraq, that he

One of the things that a vice presidential candidate has to be able to do and do well is be an attack dog for the ticket. The best VP candidates have both the credibility and the capability to severely criticize

Reports are in that Marco Rubio–who was one of several names on Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential shortlist–was informed by the campaign that he would not be the pick.  It’s another sign pointing to a possible Paul Ryan vice presidential announcement

President Obama’s latest fundraising email has moved away from the pathetic and crazed attempts to guilt Americans into donations, and back toward the Obama-as-celebrity meme. This time, Obama’s telling you that if you give money, you might get to meet

In a bizarre press release issued today, Marc R. Stanley, Chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council, asked billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who filed a $60 million lawsuit against him yesterday, to drop the “silly” lawsuit and debate him publicly instead:

The Hill reports that U.S. defense companies Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney are preparing to issue layoff notices, which they are required to do under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act 60 days in advance of mass

We have told you several times about the Barack Obama War on Coal and the damage it is doing in coal country.Despite ridiculous efforts by his minions to convince us otherwise, Obama’s policies are destroying jobs. Just last week, another

The Justice Department created a position to protect whistleblowers. The “Whistleblower Ombudsman” is the first one of its kind and comes in the wake of blowback from Operation Fast & Furious. Fast & Furious was a gunwalking scheme out of