Bernie Sanders announces the ‘Raise the Wage Act’ to raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
On Wednesday, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour to a crowd of hundreds of low-wage More...
Congress congratulates itself for passing ‘less illegal’ NSA spying ‘reform’
The National Security Agency lost some of its authority to collect the phone records from millions of Americans as a new reform measure Congress passed on Tuesday. President Obama signed the bill into law on Tuesday More...
Dick Cheney Quotes
I can’t think of a more terrible burden to leave the next president than what Obama is creating here… Cheney said in April, 2015 regarding the Iran nuclear deal The report is full of crap – Dec, More...
DEA database of Americans’ phone calls revealed
The Drug Enforcement Administration formerly maintained a secret database of Americans’ telephone calls to some foreign countries, the Justice Department revealed. The document filed by the department in a California More...
Senate Republicans, including NSA opponent Rand Paul, kill surveillance limiting bill
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a measure to overhaul the NSA monitoring program, the collection of records and phone calls. Democrats and a few Republicans failed to rally enough support to reach 60 votes More...
Sen Pat Leahy retreats on attempt to sneak gay marriage in immigration reform bill
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy withdrew two amendments to immigration reform that would have provided protections and legitimacy to same-sex couples Tuesday night. At the end of the committee’s More...
Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Embassy Security bill passes Senate
The US Senate approved a bill that would allow the State Department to transfer $1.1 billion to improve security at U.S. embassies overseas in the aftermath of the deadly assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya More...
Harry Reid says Senate should openly discuss gun control
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has been a major blockade for gun-control legislation in the past, said Monday that it’s time the country renews the debate in the wake of the Connecticut elementary More...
