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Mar 11 2013
News
Will Fractured House Republicans Unite on Budget?
Jacquelyn MartinAP Photo Tomorrow morning House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan will release the latest version of his budget blueprint setting the federal government on a course to balance annual revenue and spending levels by the year 2023. Until now the former Republican vice presidential nominee has never proposed a budget that balanced in just a decade. I wouldnt expect big surprises from us
ABC News (Online)Nov 24 2014
News
Mitch McConnell preps for 2016 battle
Mitch McConnell spent years charting the Republican path back to power — and now he’s already plotting to make sure they don’t lose it. The Kentucky Republican is quietly pushing his fellow Republican senators to beef up their political shops. He’s considering a new super PAC that could spend millions on Senate races. And he’s locking down operatives for another cycle who were key to GOP
PoliticoApr 04 2015
News
AP Analysis: Holes, questions remain for Iran's nuclear deal
The framework nuclear deal sealed by world powers and Iran leaves major questions: Could Iran cheat? Possibly. Would the U.S or anyone else be able to respond in time? In theory, yes. Are they prepared to use military force? Questionable.
Would a final deal settle global fears about Iran's intentions? Almost surely, no.
But the surprisingly detailed fact sheet released by the
TownhallSep 27 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: House Launches Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the start of a formal House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon, saying "the actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution."
The announcement followed scrutiny of a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump asked Zelensky to look into
Henry A. BrechterNov 11 2019
News
Andrew Yang’s Campaign Has a Lot of Money. Now What?
The entrepreneur is shifting his message, hiring more experienced political hands and spending big as he tries to expand his support in early states. (And yes, he expected to make it this far.)
Andrew Yang arrived for the first New Hampshire event of his presidential campaign in a Subaru with a dented fender. It was the spring of 2018, and he and three staff members had taken his car to
New York Times (News)Jun 02 2023
Headline Roundup
‘Crisis Averted’: Biden Praises Debt Ceiling Deal in Oval Office Speech
President Joe Biden praised bipartisan efforts to reach a compromise and end the debt ceiling standoff Friday night in the first Oval Office address of his presidency.
Details: After Biden finalized a deal with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) last weekend to avoid a debt default, party leaders spent the week selling the plan to lawmakers. While the far sides of both parties opposed the
Associated Press CNBC Washington ExaminerSep 04 2019
Opinion
Storming Back to the Impeachment Charade
Jerry Nadler claims to be conducting an impeachment inquiry, but his committee has never actually voted to have one. Here’s why. Elections have consequences. This was a point we tried to make many times in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections. The Democrats won control of the House fair and square. That means they get to drive the agenda.
Their agenda, kinda sorta, is the
Guest Writer - RightSep 30 2014
News
Many Missteps in Assessment of ISIS Threat
By late last year, classified American intelligence reports painted an increasingly ominous picture of a growing threat from Sunni extremists in Syria, according to senior intelligence and military officials. Just as worrisome, they said, were reports of deteriorating readiness and morale among troops next door in Iraq.
But the reports, they said, generated little attention in a White
New York Times (News)Jun 17 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Restoring Congress: The Parties Are a Solution
Politicians in safe districts can ignore the rest of the country. But in a strong party committed to a national agenda, leadership could rebuke the extremists. In my column last week on restoring Congress, I argued that before we call for the legislature to reclaim its old power, we first have to reform it.
How do we go about doing that?
In his thoughtful essay in the New York
Guest Writer - RightMar 16 2015
News
Letter Calls Plea Deal for David Petraeus a ‘Profound Double Standard’
The plea deal given to retired Gen. David H. Petraeus, which spares him prison time even though he gave military secrets to his mistress, reveals a “profound double standard” in the way the Obama administration treats people who leak classified information, a lawyer for an imprisoned government contractor wrote in a letter to prosecutors.
The sharply worded letter calls for the Justice
New York Times (News)