Senate passes massive $854 billion spending bill with no funding for Trump’s ‘wall’
There will be no government shutdown, or even talk of one headed into the midterm elections. The Senate, by a 93-7 vote, passed an $854 billion spending bill, the bulk of the funding going to the departments of More...
Election 2016: Donald Trump wins, GOP keeps House, wins the Senate
The Republicans will control the White House and both chambers of Congress in January as Donald Trump successfully pulled out a big victory over Hillary Clinton. Moreover, the GOP lost some seats in the House of More...
Florida debate: David Jolly agrees with Democrats, says Senate should hold Merrick Garland hearing
Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.), who’s vying for a Senate seat in November, broke from his party’s messaging on Monday night and said Republicans should act on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee this More...
Ultraviolet actions targets Chuck Grassley, Rob Portman, Orrin Hatch, Pat Toomey on Judge Garland hearing
photo Kauhajoki.vaakuna.svg As President Obama takes his campaign to confirm Judge Garland to Chicago, UltraViolet Action, a national women’s advocacy organization is releasing a new TV ad campaign comparing More...
Sarah Murnaghan, dying 10-year-old, denied lung transplant by HHS head Kathleen Sebelius, called ‘death panel’ by critics
First Sarah Palin, then Rush Limbaugh and now back again to the “death panel” allegations as Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, told Congress Tuesday that she More...
Mike Lee leads GOP Senators in abortion resolution ‘gather information about and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices’
With a national controversy swirling surrounding abortion as the Kermit Gosnell murder trial unfolds, several Senate Republicans are seeking hearings on the abortion practitioner and abortion in general. Sen. More...
Obama campaign manager: Tea Party is ‘extremist’, Republicans want Iraq war,end Medicare
Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina photo/White House public domain Dear Democrat, the GOP wants to ban gay marriage, end abortion and just about every other stereotypical talking point ever used by the Democratic More...