Although a group of Senate Republicans threatened to shut down debate on gun control with a filibuster, it now appears that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has the votes to bring the bill to the floor, which he plans to do tomorrow. Though passage of a measure to expand background checks is far from a [...]
Gun Control Measure May Reach Senate Floor as GOP Members Back Off Filibuster
April 10, 2013 | Posted by
Gun Control Momentum Slowing Down, New Poll Finds
March 26, 2013 | Posted by
Three months removed from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, America’s feelings on gun control have softened, according to a new survey released Tuesday. In the weeks after the shooting in Newtown, Conn., 57 percent of poll respondents were in favor of stronger gun laws, but in this week’s poll from CBS News, that number [...]
GOP Comes to Its Senses to Avert Fiscal Cliff. Maybe.
January 1, 2013 | Posted by
Sen. Mitch McConnell asking for help from the White House? I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I read that the Kentucky Republican asked the White House for some assistance in getting a deal done on so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations because he had reached an impasse with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Vice [...]
Fiscal Cliff: Conservative Congressman Tom Cole Sides with President Obama
November 29, 2012 | Posted by
While House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans tried to seize the upper hand in the fiscal cliff negotiations today by telling the media that the White House isn’t serious about reaching a deal until President Obama backs off raising taxes on the wealthy, the GOP is showing signs of cracking as conservative Oklahoma Republican [...]
Obama Releases Report on Middle Class to Pressure GOP on ‘Fiscal Cliff’
November 26, 2012 | Posted by
As the nation’s lawmakers get back to work after the holidays on negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” the White House released a report today that signals President Obama’s intent to keep pressure on Republicans by warning of the catastrophic consequences if Republicans allow the tax bill for the middle class to rise $2,200 by [...]
Harry Reid: Mitt Romney Has ‘Sullied’ The Mormon Faith
September 26, 2012 | Posted by
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took aim at Mitt Romney’s faith on Tuesday, telling reporters that he agreed with a fellow Mormon’s charge that the Republican presidential candidate has “sullied” the LDS faith. Reid, the Nevada Democrat and the nation’s highest elected Mormon, blasted Romney in a conference call for reporters over a litany of [...]
In Debt Standoff, President Obama Couldn’t Even Trust Own Party
September 11, 2012 | Posted by
Perhaps one of the more astonishing things gleaned from a recent excerpt from “The Price of Politics” by journalist Bob Woodward was that in the end, President Obama couldn’t even trust his own party to be square with him. According to the account that ran in Sunday’s Washington Post, House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority [...]
Congressional Leaders Actually Find Agreement on Federal Spending
August 1, 2012 | Posted by
Appearing in no mood for an dramatic standoff so close to the presidential election, House and Senate leaders are on the verge of passing a new budget that will slightly raise government spending and pay for government operations through next March. In the past, House and Senate Republicans had used the budget talks as a [...]
Chinese Officials Call American Politicians ‘Hypocritical’ over Olympic Uniforms
July 17, 2012 | Posted by
While the Ralph Lauren company promises to produce future U.S. Olympic uniforms in the United States after the company got attacked by U.S. politicians for manufacturing this year’s version in China, the Chinese news agency has blasted Americans for a response it called “hypocritical” and “irresponsible.” “The Olympics spirit is all about separating sports from [...]
Politicians Make Fuss Over U.S. Olympic Uniforms Being Made in China
July 13, 2012 | Posted by
Politicians have decided to make a big stink from the fact that the uniforms U.S. athletes will wear in the opening ceremony of the coming London Olympics were made in China. Both Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress came together in a rare burst of partisan unity to blast Ralph Lauren, the designer of the [...]
