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Biden, Garcetti Meet over Minimum Wage Hike

Biden, Garcetti Meet over Minimum Wage Hike

“No one in America should be working 40 hours a week and living below the poverty level–no one.” So said Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday at a roundtable discussion about the minimum wage with Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti,

Democrats Grow Antsy About Syria Vote

Democrats Grow Antsy About Syria Vote

With the vote coming tomorrow, House Democrats said they are increasingly anxious about a proposal to authorize President Obama to arm and train Syrian rebels with the hope they will combat the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists consolidating power in the

Chris Wallace Takes on Dem Over Obama's Executive Orders

Chris Wallace Takes on Dem Over Obama's Executive Orders

In citing a long list of the presidents executive actions and last week’s unanimous Supreme Court ruling against Obama’s recess appointments, “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace grilled Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) on President Barack Obama’s excessive use of executive

Dems On Obama Speech: He Was Venting

Dems On Obama Speech: He Was Venting

Watching President Obama’s deeply partisan speech Tuesday on his health care law, you might have thought he was making a play for the midterm elections, with red meat rhetoric that could make Democratic base feel good again, if at least

Democrats Scramble to Distance Themselves from Obamacare

Democrats Scramble to Distance Themselves from Obamacare

With the 2014 midterm elections just a year away, nervous Democrats have begun distancing themselves from what Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius now calls the Obamacare “debacle.”  “Our guys are frustrated by Obama’s unforced errors,” a Senate Democrat

Dems Push to Take Up Amnesty, Say Boehner Will Cave

Dems Push to Take Up Amnesty, Say Boehner Will Cave

On Thursday, President Obama took to the White House podium to triumphantly announce the end of the government shutdown. In doing so, he proclaimed that he wanted to push forward with other legislative priorities, including a budget, immigration reform, and

Two Republicans Quit House's 'Gang of Seven' Immigration Group

Two Republicans Quit House's 'Gang of Seven' Immigration Group

Two Republicans who were members of the House’s “gang of seven” that was writing the House’s comprehensive immigration reform bill quit the group on Friday.  Reps. John Carter (R-TX) and Sam Johnson (R-TX) withdrew from the group, citing a lack

Cummings Retreats: IRS Case Not 'Solved'

Cummings Retreats: IRS Case Not 'Solved'

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is now admitting that unlike his previous assertion, the investigation into the IRS scandal is not “solved.” Cummings had appeared on CNN’s State of the