Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) will not chair the U.S. Senate Budget Committee next year when the newly elected GOP majority takes over in Congress’ upper chamber. Instead of Sessions, Wyoming’s Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) will
The Obama administration’s exchange of American aid worker Alan Gross for three Cuban spies poses a threat to national security and is a “slap in the face” to the families of the men they killed, according to Cuba-born Rep. Ileana
Wednesday during President Barack Obama’s announcement the United States will begin the process of normalizing relations with Cuba, their Cuban leader Raúl Castro dressed in his military uniform called on the Obama to use an executive order to lift the
House Speaker John Boehner slammed President Obama’s changes to the policies between Cuba and the United States, criticizing the president for conceding to the “dictatorship” of the Castro regime. Boehner said that Obama’s actions would embolden “all state sponsors of
President Obama will use his administration’s executive power to authorize as much travel to Cuba as possible in lieu of Congress changing the law that restricts travel to that country, according to a senior administration official. The official briefed reporters
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled Senate confirmed the last batch of President Barack Obama’s judicial appointees and sent the White House legislation extending tax breaks for working-class millions and special interests alike late Tuesday as Congress ended a tumultuous two-year
President Obama’s announcement that the United States and Cuba have agreed to establish diplomatic relations and open economic and travel ties, is not being well taken by many members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat. Senator Rubio went so far
A nice little coda to the 2014 Republican wave, courtesy of the Associated Press: Republicans will have their largest U.S. House majority in 83 years when the new Congress convenes next month after a recount in Arizona gave the final
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) — The federal spending bill passed last week is full of buried provisions, allocations and defunding in its more than 1,600 pages. One of the quieter add-ins was a measure that essentially ends the federal ban
On Tuesday morning, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti met with members of the United States Olympic Committee in the San Francisco suburb of Redwood, California to convince them that L.A. is the best choice for the 2024 Olympics. Other cities
On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Sarah Saldana, who has said she would implement President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and believes that illegal immigrants who qualify for it have a “right” to citizenship, to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the
On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Sarah Saldana, who has said she would implement President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and believes that illegal immigrants who qualify for it have a “right” to citizenship, to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) writes an op-ed in Politico about the stand he took this weekend against a continuing resolution omnibus spending bill which funded President Obama’s executive actions granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. For the past week,
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has defended the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its enhanced interrogation program–what critics (and even some supporters) have called “torture.” Cheney’s defense–that what the terrorists did was worse–was a non sequitur, albeit expressing what the majority of Americans feel.
Tuesday on NewsMax TV’s “MidPoint,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) predicted the Republican-led Congress will pass a “sane” form of immigration reform. Paul said, “I predict that the Republican Congress will pass some form immigration reform. We will secure the border
New Yorker Magazine declares “The Winner of the Spending-Bill Vote: Jamie Dimon” after last week’s personal lobbying of Congress by the JPMorgan Chase CEO helped push through a $1.1 trillion spending bill that also eliminated restrictions on banks using taxpayer
Three long years after information regarding Congresswoman Judy Chu’s potential ethics violations made its way to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics, Chu received a mere “letter of reproval” for her improper actions. Congresswoman Chu was reprimanded, but
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) is remaining silent about his allegation that House GOP leadership misled him in order to get him to switch sides in a key vote that allowed the party to bring the so-called cromnibus, $1.1 trillion, 1,774-page
A new report by the Veteran Administration’s Office of Inspector General finds that the VA misled both Congress and the people of the United States about the scandal that saw numerous veterans dying after being put on lists that delayed
James Mitchell, who was responsible for interrogating Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, said that he was told waterboarding had been authorized by Congress, the DOJ, and the White House when he was working to interrogate Abu Zubaydah on Monday’s “Kelly File” on
On Monday, conservative Senators warned against nominating someone who has vowed to implement President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty to head the agency that is supposed to enforce the country’s immigration laws. The Senate will vote on Tuesday to confirm Sarah
Univision’s Jorge Ramos declared that President Barack Obama is “establishing his power” on race and immigration and his executive amnesty is a sign that Obama intends to be an “active president” for the rest of his term. Appearing on Reliable Sources on
Congress has allotted $5 million to the state of California to help fund the Earthquake Early Warning System, which should give up to one minute’s warning for those in metropolitan areas before the earthquake strikes. The state has tried for
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reportedly apologized to the Chamber of Commerce after declaring that “a Chamber of Commerce Republican is not going to win a national election.” Paul, according to a National Journal report, “sought a private audience with Tom
The Department of Health and Human Services reports that the error rate for Medicare payments increased to 12.7% of total fee-for-service reimbursements last year. This is up almost 50% since 2012 and represents a $46 billion annual loss for the health
Federal Reserve policymakers meet Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss when to raise interest rates and how they will communicate those intentions without upsetting financial markets or the economic recovery. Unfortunately, the Fed is constrained by its own past missteps, and
More and more California lawmakers are jumping from congressional and state lawmaker seats to join high powered lobbyist firms on K Street. Former congressman Vic Fazio from Sacramento, Republicans Dan Lungren and John Doolittle are but a few of those
On “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace,” Jose Rodriguez, the former director of the National Clandestine Service of the CIA said members of Congress where briefed dozens of times on the enhanced interrogation techniques including Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen.
The emerging consensus among pundits is that the odd progressive-conservative alliance that led opposition to the $1.1 trillion “cromnibus” spending bill is a sign that the “establishment” wings of both parties will soon find common cause against their respective ideological
The United States Senate’s release of a controversial CIA torture report — widely seen as being a politically-motivated attack — has been met with both the ire and praise of many in the international community. Most recently, the United Nations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress cleared a $1.1 trillion spending bill for President Barack Obama’s signature late Saturday night after a day of Senate intrigue capped by a failed, largely symbolic Republican challenge to the administration’s new immigration policy. The vote
Joining the families of blacks killed by police, thousands marched toward the capitol and down New York streets on Saturday to protest what they called an epidemic of abuse at the hands of police. But even though it was his
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s final act as the most powerful person in the U.S. Senate chamber is one where he has relented to the Tea Party. Reid’s Senate Democrats lost nine seats in the midterm elections–more than even
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is keeping senators in Washington for a rare Saturday session–and risking a government shutdown–after he went to extraordinary lengths to block Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) from forcing a vote to
Underneath everything else going on as regards the current firestorm on Capitol Hill over a so called bi-partisan $1.1 trillion spending bill, distrust seems to be the order of the day and it’s hard to argue there isn’t good reason
A last-second vote helped pass the new federal budget bill through the House of Representatives late Thursday evening, but the Senate still has to give its approval before it can land on President Obama’s desk. With the clock ticking down,
A showdown between the United States House of Representatives and Democratic Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin may be in the works over Shumlin’s claim of executive privilege over documents related to controversial MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber’s contract with the state
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) says that House GOP leadership–he hasn’t identified anyone in particular–duped him into switching his vote on the procedural measure that set up the 1,774-page, $1.1 trillion cromnibus spending bill backed by House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack
On Friday evening, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Congress has a duty to defund President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty that defies the will of the American people and imposes the open-borders paradise that “super elites” in Washington and Wall Street
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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) delivered these remarks on the Senate floor Friday evening. The U.S. Department of Commerce informs us that “today’s typical 18- to 34-year-old earns about $2,000 less per year (adjusted for inflation) than their counterpart in 1980.”