A longtime chief of a major Virginia Native American tribe said he would be offended if the Washington Redskins DID change the team name and said society has gotten too “politically correct” and “touchy” these days. Speaking on Sirius XM
Republicans, cognizant that they had a dismal record with minorities in the 2012 election, have created a new nonprofit organization called Insight which will target minorities, attempt to launch their careers in Washington and help them flourish once they get
Rep. Tom Cole During ABC’s ‘This Week’ Roundtable…
The GOP convened their annual retreat for House members on Thursday, and the message was clear: the party wants to present a unified front. This may be more difficult than it sounds, since many in the GOP want to take
Tonight, as expected, the House passed its final package of disaster relief for victims of Superstorm Sandy. The final legislation authorized $50 Billion in “emergency” spending to rebuild from the storm damage, including billions of spending for items unrelated to
It’s becoming quite clear that liberals are stonewalling on entitlement cuts while conservatives are caving on higher taxes for the wealthy. Barack Obama said yesterday that the Republicans would cave, asserting that he was “confident”: I’m pretty confident that Republicans
Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, predicted on Friday that an upcoming “Tea Party second wave” will “dwarf” the first wave that propelled Republicans into the majority in the House during the historic 2010 midterm elections. In an
Democrats are claiming the 2012 elections gave them a mandate to raise taxes on those making more than $250,000, while House Republicans are arguing Americans kept them in power in the House to permanently extend the Bush tax cuts for
The Hill published a report Wednesday that ought to warm the hearts of all fiscally responsible Republicans and, perhaps, give hope that GOP Speaker John Boehner will hold to his pledges on taxes during these fiscal cliff talks with the White
Today, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) rejected an attempt by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) to leverage the Republicans into supporting a bill that would only maintain current tax rates for those earning less than $200,000 per year. Obama
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) has indicated that voting to raise taxes on those making over $250,000 would not violate the anti-tax Taxpayer Protection Pledge he signed. “I don’t see that as a violation of my pledge,” Cole said of Grover
Updated. From the Associated Press: The House on Tuesday passed landmark legislation to pay for some $4.6 billion in settlements with American Indians and black farmers who say they faced discrimination and mistreatment from the government. Lawmakers voted 256-152 to
