Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that roughly 36,000 individuals since January 2013 have received $1.29 billion in potentially improper cash disability insurance payments. Disability enrollments have exploded in recent years. Since 2009, 5.9 million people have been
On Friday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), who had been working with six other Representatives to write the House’s version of a comprehensive immigration bill, conceded that his group’s legislation was effectively dead. “It’s just not gonna happen now,” he said.
The headline reads, “McAuliffe avoids position on EPA rules, Cuccinelli dodges on House spending vote,” because just like Virginia’s Democrat gubernatorial nominee, Terry McAuliffe, the left-wing Washington Post wants to have it both ways. In an article published Friday, the
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) scored a major legislative achievement as he led House conservatives to a 217-210 victory on Thursday’s vote for the GOP’s food stamp reform bill. “This bill is designed to give people a hand when
The House voted 230-189 to defund Obamacare in the Continuing Resolution (CR) on Friday morning, a move that puts the ball for a government shutdown in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s court. “The legislation would fund federal agencies at an
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was confronted by FOX News’ Ed Henry about Obama’s claim that Republican attempt to attach non-budget items to an increase in the nation’s debt limit has “never seen in the history of the United
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) — The contractor that vetted Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis is the same firm that vetted national security secrets leaker Edward Snowden, the firm said. USIS, under criminal investigation over whether it misled Washington about
During the Democratic presidential primaries in 2008, Terry McAuliffe, now the appeared on MSNBC with host Andrea Mitchell and discussed Hillary Clinton image makeover. : MITCHELL: Terry, there’s been quite an apparent makeover of Hillary Clinton and I’m not talking
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said Thursday in a column for The Washington Post that his government was ready to “help facilitate dialogue” between the Syrian government and the opposition.
In Thursday’s Washington Post, Paul Farhi laments the fact that the mainstream media has already decided to drop the Navy Yard massacre and focus on other things like the “Hiccup Girl Trial” and Britney Spears. Farhi blames many things, including
The Majority Staff for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has produced a memo which gives an update on its investigation into the IRS treatment of Tea Party groups. It concludes that media attention generated by President Obama and
A poll released by Quinnipiac University on Wednesday shows that Republican Ken Cuccinelli has narrowed the gap with Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe from seven points to three points. The poll of 1,005 likely Virginia voters conducted between September 9 and
Washington Naval Yard gunman Aaron Alexis called police to come to the Rhode Island hotel where he was staying just six weeks ago because he said he was hearing voices speaking to him “through the wall, flooring and ceiling.” Alexis
On things like the deficit, ObamaCare, and many other issues, the MSM can help Obama greatly by spinning madly as he blunders around. This often works because of the low information people who only know what they see in
Perceived American support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is driving a deep wedge between Egypt’s military leaders and its people against the United States, a report from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) finds. “This trend is part
A Census Bureau report released on Tuesday reveals that the typical American family now earns less than it did in 1989. In 1989, median household income was $51,681 (in current dollars). In 2012, median household income was $51,017. Photo source: The
The Terry McAuliffe campaign’s panicked and heavy handed response to the decision by the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s independent political action committee, TechPAC, to endorse Republican rival Ken Cuccinelli in the Virginia governor’s race may have done more harm to his
On September 16 the House GOP is releasing a new report on the Benghazi attack, to be followed by a hearing on the 18th. The report is being issued by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Rep. Darrell Issa
The Washington Nationals’ game against the Atlanta Braves in Washington D.C. that was scheduled for Monday night has been postponed after the tragic Navy Yard shootings in Washington, D.C. Tonite’s #Nationals-Braves game has been postponed and will be made up
On Friday, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, an association of leading businesses in the vote-rich area of the Commonwealth, was scheduled to endorse GOP candidate Ken Cuccinelli, through its PAC. The Washington Post reports, however, that the announcement was delayed
A large area of Colorado, primarily Boulder County, has experienced extreme rain and flooding through the week, and now reports are coming out that over 1,200 people are missing in the deluge. From Monday to 6 PM Friday, Boulder received 14.71
On Wednesday the Washington Post reported that Minyon Moore, a long time associate and ally of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe, played a key role in introducing Troy White, a political consultant, to a well known Democratic financier, Jeffrey
In a recent Salon article, “The conservative crackup: How the Republican Party lost its mind,” Kim Messick claims the Republican Party has lurched to the right, bipartisanship has been lost, and that “our government isn’t designed to function in these
The day after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL had to listen to concerns about the Redskins name even if only “one person” is offended, the Washington Post editorial board wrote it welcomed Goodell’s softened stance and urged the
In a press release issued Friday, National Public Radio announced one of the largest staff cuts in its history; 10% of the organization’s 840 employees will be offered a voluntary buyout. The Washington Post reports that this is due to a
