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Dec 12 2015
News
House Averts Government Shutdown -- For 5 Days
With a deadline looming in less than 12 hours, the House laced up its can-kicking shoes Friday and passed a bill that will give congressional negotiators another five days to finalize a roughly one-trillion-dollar measure to fund the government until next October. The short-term bill, known as a continuing resolution, had been passed by voice vote in the Senate on Thursday and was also
HuffPost
Jun 11 2019
News
The Memo: Warren's rise is threat to Sanders
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is on the rise in the battle for the 2020 Democratic nomination — and that spells trouble for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), her main competitor on the left.
Warren’s momentum was underlined by a CNN-Des Moines Register-Mediacom poll in Iowa over the weekend. It showed Warren just a single point behind Sanders, with 15 percent support to his 16 percent.
The Hill
Dec 12 2015
News
Secret Audio Sparks Trump vs. Cruz Twitter Rants
GOP front-runner Donald Trump on Friday night followed up a Twitter assault on rival Ted Cruz with a barrage of insults at a campaign event in Iowa, appearing to signal an end to his friendly relationship with the Senator from Texas.
But on Saturday morning, the billionaire New York real estate developer tried to downplay the unpleasantness, saying he was "having a little fun with Ted
Newsmax (News)
Dec 12 2015
News
Trump takes on Cruz, but lightly
Donald Trump didn’t hit back hard at Ted Cruz, but he couldn’t let the Texas senator’s dismissive private comments about his candidacy, which surfaced this week, go by without taking a shot. Or two. Trump, speaking to a crowd of several hundred people inside an auditorium at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, mocked Cruz, who has been remarkably deferential to Trump. Earlier Friday, Cruz sought to
Politico
May 20 2017
News
About That WaPo Story That Says Someone In The Trump White House Is a Person Of Interest In Russia Probe
So, we had two stories yesterday that related to the ongoing investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, or any other issues that may come from this inquiry. Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has been appointed as special counsel to the DOJ’s investigation, giving him a wide mandate to look into this case. The New York Times article
Townhall
Feb 03 2015
Opinion
OPINION: What we've forgotten about the danger of childhood diseases
More than 100 people in 14 states were reported to have measles last month, with most cases linked to exposure to the disease at Disneyland from December 15 to December 20. President Obama urged parents to make sure their children are vaccinated. And yet three potential Republican candidates for the 2016 presidential election have suggested in recent days that parents should have a choice in
CNN (Online News)
Oct 18 2012
News
Romney opens up 6-point lead over Obama as campaigns hunker down in swing states
Mitt Romney opened up his biggest lead yet in a national Gallup survey, with the latest results showing the Republican nominee up 6 points over President Obama -- with less than three weeks and just one debate left on the calendar before Election Day.
Fox News Digital
May 11 2015
Opinion
Op-ed: Hatch trade bill would be good for Utah
The United States is on the verge of closing one of the most important regional trade negotiations ever undertaken. This deal will have long-lasting benefits for Utah's agricultural workers, particularly in the hog industry, including farmers, processors and input suppliers.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which falls under the jurisdiction of our own Sen. Orrin Hatch as chairman
Nov 18 2014
News
Some Republicans Lean Away From Government Shutdown Tactic
Americans For Prosperity — the group founded by the billionaire Koch brothers — has met quietly with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, cautioning them against fighting the president’s promised executive order on immigration with a strategy that could lead to a government shutdown.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey echoed that sentiment on Monday in a private meeting
New York Times (News)
Jun 10 2019
News
Amid Polarization, Bipartisanship Emerges on China, Big Tech
Democrats and Republicans are more together than apart on trade with China and tech regulation
In a time of almost paralyzing partisanship and polarization, it’s easy to miss the fact that on two of the biggest issues in the national debate there is—brace yourself for this—actual bipartisanship.
The two big issues are trade with China and new regulation of big tech companies. On
Wall Street Journal (News)