
Members of Congress quickly gave President Obama a standing ovation after he denounced bigotry in the United States, specifically citing freedom of religion–an obvious challenge to presidential candidate Donald Trump after he proposed a conditional ban on Muslims entering the United States.
by Charlie Spiering9 Dec 2015, 12:38 PM PST0

On Tuesday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) delivered a strident speech on the Senate floor supporting the Iran nuclear deal. The speech is very important, for three reasons. First, Durbin is one of the Senate’s most powerful Democrats. Second, Durbin owes
by Joel B. Pollak22 Jul 2015, 6:16 AM PST0

The likely 2016 presidential candidate who believes it takes a village to raise a child is now proposing “camps for adults.” Hillary Clinton is worried about America’s “fun deficit,” not our deficit-deficit, and told group gathered for a speech that “We really need camps for adults.”
by John Nolte19 Mar 2015, 10:58 AM PST0

President Barack Obama took a stab at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with Reuters on Monday, on the eve of Netanyahu’s controversial speech to a special joint session of Congress on Tuesday morning. Obama said that Netanyahu “made all sorts of claims” about the interim nuclear deal with Iran that turned out to be untrue. Yet Obama mischaracterized Netanyahu’s remarks, and misrepresented Iranian compliance with the terms of the interim deal.
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2015, 2:59 PM PST0

In a surprising editorial, the Los Angeles Times, usually in lockstep with Obama Administration policy, writes that whatever the circumstances were that preceded Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to Congress Tuesday, members of Congress should not boycott the speech, but listen to what Netanyahu has to say.
by William Bigelow2 Mar 2015, 11:39 AM PST0

Much of the Congressional Black Caucus has decided to ignore Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 speech to Congress about the impending Iranian nuclear threat, insisting that their insult is justified by what they call Netanyahu’s ”disrespect” of Barack Obama.
by William Bigelow12 Feb 2015, 5:38 AM PST0

House Democrats, knowing their primary allegiance is to Barack Obama, met Wednesday with Israeli officials in an attempt to forestall Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled speech to Congress about a nuclear Iran.
by William Bigelow5 Feb 2015, 4:55 AM PST0

During his State of the Union address, Obama recalled his glorious 2004 speech in Boston at the Democratic National Convention that nominated Sen. John Kerry for president.
by Charlie Spiering20 Jan 2015, 7:12 PM PST0