Sen Harry Reid asserts ‘border is secure,’ Charles Krauthammer and White House don’t agree
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters Tuesday that the Southern border is secure, despite the massive surge of undocumented minors and immigrants crossing over into the U.S. from Mexico, Central and More...
50 Democratic Senators send letter to NFL to change ‘racist’ Redskins name. Is this listed in Article I, Section 8?
On Thursday, 50 of our elected leaders in the US Senate sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to formally endorse a name change of the Washington Redskins–to remove the “racial slur”. Harry More...
Harry Reid: Nevada supporters of Cliven Bundy are ‘domestic terrorists’
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) claimed on Thursday that armed supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy are “domestic terrorists” and reckless individuals who put their families in danger. Harry Reid says the Senate should More...
Harry Reid says Nevada conflict with Cliven Bundy ‘not over’
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) argued the battle between Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and the federal government is “not over.” Reid has been accused of being part of a land grab by Chinese backers, which is allegedly More...
Harry Reid doesn’t ‘recall’ saying Obamacare horror stories are a lie, video says otherwise
Last month Harry Reid took to the Senate floor to say that the Obamacare horror stories that were being told across the country were lies and now says he never made such a comment. The videos and reports made More...
Harry Reid on the Senate Floor: Koch Brothers ‘un-American’ for anti-Obamacare ads
Harry Reid criticized a pair of billionaire brothers on Wednesday, calling the duo “un-American” as they spread lies about the Health Care Reform bill nicknamed Obamacare. Harry Reid caricature by donkeyhotey More...
Lindsey Graham, John McCain, John Bolton and others criticize Obama’s Iran deal
Many observers, both in Congress and talking heads, have come out with strong criticism concerning the deal made by President Barack Obama with the Iranians this week. Fmr. Amb. John BoltonImage/Video Screen More...
Senator Rand Paul says he’ll hold up the Yellen nomination if ‘Audit the Fed’ not considered
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said his intent is to “hold up” the President Obama’s nomination for the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen if the “Audit the Fed” bill is More...
Senate reaches short term deal to end shutdown, raise debt ceiling until 2014
Back the House goes the debate on raising the debt ceiling and ending the partial government shutdown. The Senate has struck a deal to fund the government to January 15 and raise the debt ceiling to extend spending More...
Obama won’t deal, House takes a break as the Senate leaders talk
Republican leadership told the Republican caucus during a Saturday morning meeting that the president will not accept their proposal to raise the debt limit for six weeks. photo donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress.com House More...
Harry Reid ‘Why would we’ help one cancer patient, then insults intelligence of reporter asking
The government shutdown has created a lot of bizarre statements but Harry Reid’s response to a reporter pressing in funding the NIH ranks at the top. Harry Reid caricature by donkeyhotey [email protected] The More...
Leaked emails reveal John Boehner betraying GOP on Obamacare and immigration
Leaked emails show that before the House speaker, John Boehner,demanded an end to health-care subsidies for congressional staffers, he worked behind the scenes to procure them. Behind-the-scenes, Boehner and his More...
Democrats block GOP bills to fund national parks, veteran affairs, DC in government shutdown battle
The House of Representatives will make another attempt Wednesday to pass three emergency funding bills after each failed to obtain the required two-thirds majority Tuesday. Harry Reid caricature by donkeyhotey More...
Harry Reid says Democrats won’t ‘bow to tea party anarchists’ on defunding Obamacare
On the Senate Floor earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made it patently clear to everyone that the so-called “anarchists” comprising the Republican Party aren’t going to get their way. Harry More...
Senate moves forward to arm Syrian rebels in ‘classified vote’
Obama administration continues plans to provide weapons directly to the Syrian rebels. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence gave approval to the plan which was, unusually, allowed to classify their votes, More...
Student Loan rates double as CBO reveals money used for Obamacare
Interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford student loans doubled overnight, soaring from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent after Congress failed to reach a deal. The news broke as the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) More...
Senate moves immigration reform bill forward, debate to begin, John McCain didn’t vote
The Senate overcame a critical hurdle on Tuesday toward advancing the first immigration reform in a generation that would affect the nation’s “11 million” illegal immigrants, all U.S. employers More...
Republicans battling President Obama over judicial nominations, Obama says ‘Don’t play games’
Tuesday President Obama announced that he is nominating three candidates for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: Patricia Millet, Nina Pillard and Robert Wilkins. Obama went More...
Harry Reid calls Ted Cruz a ‘schoolyard bully’ over budget battle
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a “schoolyard bully” during a contentious exchange Monday on the Senate floor. The two senators battled as Cruz rose to object to Reid’s More...
Harry Reid says Obamacare needs more money, Tom Graves says a ‘bailout’ is ‘dead on arrival’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) expressed fresh concerns Wednesday about the implementation of the federal health care reform law joining one of the bill’s co-authors, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), More...