
The confluence of a Supreme Court that decides it has the power to legislate, a pro-active politicized bureaucracy at HUD that is betting the court will help it end-run Congress, and a Congress that allows itself to be manipulated by allowing its own independent agency to usurp its legislative function confirms that the federal government in its entirety has now merely become yet another arm of the Democratic Party.
by Michael Patrick Leahy29 Jul 2015, 12:21 PM PST0

Se. Jeff Sessions takes President Obama’s budget director to task over the president’s proposal, which seeks to boost taxes, spending and the budget deficit.
by Caroline May4 Feb 2015, 7:27 AM PST0

President Barack Obama’s new Ebola “czar” Ron Klain has skipped another White House meeting on the Ebola crisis, a readout of who attended a Saturday meeting with Obama shows. Obama held the Ebola meeting after spending four hours and 40
by Matthew Boyle18 Oct 2014, 7:19 PM PST0

President Obama toasted the “New Africa” and highlighted his African heritage to the dozens of leaders from the continent convened in Washington, D.C. for the U.S.-Africa Summit at a White House dinner Tuesday night. “I stand before you as the
by Caroline May6 Aug 2014, 7:31 AM PST0

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro is about to be tapped by President Barrack Obama to be the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This is the second time Obama will have asked Castro to serve in his administration.
by Bob Price17 May 2014, 12:16 PM PST0

Obama Administration officials led by Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Detroit on Friday to meet with officials to discuss President Barack Obama’s plans to give a package of at least $320 million to the bankrupt Motor City, which
by Wynton Hall27 Sep 2013, 8:29 AM PST0

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on Monday nicknamed President Barack Obama’s Housing and Urban Development secretary Shaun Donovan the Hurricane Sandy “disaster czar.” At a press conference with fellow New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg and New York Democratic
by Matthew Boyle29 Jan 2013, 12:58 PM PST0

On Thursday, President Obama appointed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan to lead the rebuilding efforts in the Northeast impacted by Hurricane Sandy. After touring parts of Staten Island that Hurricane Sandy ravaged, Obama said Donovan would be “working
by Tony Lee16 Nov 2012, 6:21 AM PST0

Massive FEMA supply chain failures have resulted in shortages of bottled water, food, gasoline, shelter,power and clothing across New Jersey and metropolitan New York, where victims of Hurricane Sandy are angrily calling President Obama’s response no better–and in some regards worse–than President Bush’s
by Michael Patrick Leahy4 Nov 2012, 10:32 PM PST0

At Al Sharpton’s National Action Network conference last week, President BarackObama’s Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said thatObama “knows what it’s like to walk the streets of some of our poorest neighborhoodsbecause he’s lived there” and also knows
by Tony Lee19 Apr 2012, 5:20 PM PST0
When the winds were swirling in Washington, DC about the possibility of the Congress ‘defunding’ ACORN, its chief organizer Bertha Lewis shrugged it off, likely believing it would never happen. When it did happen, she shrugged it off, telling an
by Kyle Olson13 Nov 2009, 9:47 AM PST0
Today the Center for Constitutional Rights sued the federal government on behalf of ACORN. They are alleging that Congressional efforts to defund ACORN constitute an unconstitutional Bill of Attainder. This tired argument has been thoroughly rebutted, but the Center for
by Chris Berg12 Nov 2009, 12:53 PM PST0