Four GOP establishment senators and ten House Republicans signed a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, asking him to save an Obama-era trucking rule.
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has concluded its Russia probe, but the committee’s Senate counterpart is continuing forward with its investigation.
Almost 10 months into its investigation, the Senate intelligence committee has not yet made “initial findings” on whether the Trump administration colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, its chairman said Wednesday.
Wednesday at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) demanded Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein give his assurance that as special counsel in the Russia investigation former FBI director Robert Mueller will have “full” independence. As Harris demanded a
Congressional Republicans were shaken by the news that FBI Director James Comey was fired, as many of them sided with their Democratic colleagues in questioning the decision.
The latest Bloomberg Politics poll finds a dead heat in North Carolina, with 46% for Hillary Clinton, 45% for Donald Trump.
Trump-resistant and election battling Republicans including two former Presidents, two former Republican nominees, and several former 2016 presidential hopefuls are offering up excuses for why they will not attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next week, notably among them a break with a history of former Presidents attending their party’s convention.
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) criticized President Obama’s ISIS strategy during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) said that the terrorist threat “is no longer confined to the Middle East, South Asia, or even Europe” and “I cannot remember a time where the United States and our allies faced a greater array of
The Associated Press is standing by its reporting that Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) recently told supporters privately that he would support self-described Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders over GOP contender Sen. Ted Cruz.
Immigrants with gang ties should be absolutely barred from receiving executive amnesty, Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-NC), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) argue.
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) touted the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 in Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: Hello, I’m Senator Richard Burr from the great state of North Carolina and I’m honored to chair
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) said it is possible terrorist attacks could start occurring weekly in Europe given of the large number of jihadists returning from training and fighting in Syria. When
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The optimism exuded by Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis’ campaign and supporters Tuesday in the early evening, panned out later tonight when the challenger defeated the incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) in one of the tightest,
CHARLOTTE, NC — Senior senator from North Carolina Richard Burr said Tuesday that he was “cautiously optimistic” that Sen. Kay Hagan’s (D-NC) Republican challenger state House Speaker Thom Tillis would win. “I think when you look at where the national
Following Wednesday’s release of the preliminary report by the VA Office of the Inspector General, the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) called on General Shinseki to immediately fire everyone who “knowingly gamed
The VA problem is not Shinseki, it’s socialism. The Veterans Affairs health-care system is completely government run. It is a pure single-payer program. National Review editor Rich Lowry calls it “an island of socialism in American health care.” He is
GOP Weekly Adress:The Senate will turn to legislation on Monday that would repeal a cut to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for some military retirees. While the Democrat COLA proposal would add to the federal deficit, Republicans have introduced legislation that
On the eve of Obama’s State of the Union Speech, his signature achievement still remains grossly unpopular with the American people. The latest AP poll shows that 66% disapprove of the law – and there’s no reason to believe the
Most pundits and political professionals expect the GOP to have a good showing in the midterm elections. Historically, the opposition picks up seats in the 6th year of a President’s tenure. Obama’s approval ratings are at rock bottom and the
The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol said on CBS’ “Face The Nation” on Sunday that Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC),Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will lay out an alternative plan to ObamaCare tomorrow…
GOP and Democrat Senators have joined to make student loan interest rates lower until the end of the 2015 academic year, with a subsequent rise in the interest rates. The vote to confirm the deal will be either July 18
In Tuesday’s testimony before the Senate, outgoing IRS chief Steven Miller apparently reversed course under some tough questioning by Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina. During his testimony last week, Miller not only insisted that the singling out of
In Tuesday’s testimony before the Senate, outgoing IRS chief Steven Miller apparently reversed course under some tough questioning by Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina. During his testimony last week, Miller not only insisted that the singling out of
Sen. Lindsey Graham was pleased to be invited by Barack Obama to dinner on Wednesday night, saying: The president called Sen. McCain and myself a couple of weeks ago. I’m assuming the president wants to talk seriously about the issues
Six GOP Senators are asking Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta to intervene in what they see as the disenfranchisement of the military vote. The Senators are specifically asking Panetta to be sure U.S. military personnel overseas are allowed to register
Florida trial attorney Chris Hoyer, who along with his wife, has donated close to $30,000 to President Barack Obama and other Democratic candidates and causes over the last decade, appears to be curiously in-tune with the Democratic administration’s agenda on
