Socialist ‘Employee ownership’ Work ACT pushed by Bernie Sanders, Patrick Leahy, Kirsten Gillibrand, Maggie Hassan
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), introduced two pieces of legislation Thursday to help workers around the country form More...
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...
Judge Neil Gorsuch: ‘This is a home run pick by President Trump’ and other comments
The Tuesday evening nomination by President Donald Trump of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court to replace the late Antonin Scalia drew differing comments from the left and the right. Here are some statements 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...
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...
Patrick Leahy chairs ‘mandatory minimum’ hearings, Rand Paul is lead witness
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Wednesday chaired a hearing titled “Reevaluating the Effectiveness of Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences.” Leahy is the coauthor of the bipartisan Justice More...
White House condemns arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader, cuts off aid to Egypt on the same day
Critics are making connections to the recent White House statement condemning the arrest of a Muslim Brotherhood “spiritual leader” and ending financial funding to Egypt on the same day. Muslim Brotherhood More...
AG Eric Holder announces no more mandatory sentences for low-level, nonviolent drug offenders
Attorney General Eric H. Holder announced Monday that low-level, nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or large-scale drug organizations will no longer be charged with offenses that impose severe mandatory 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...
Rand Paul lays out questions that should be answered prior to comprehensive immigration reform
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) today, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) urges Leader Reid to incorporate various national security concerns into the comprehensive immigration reform debate in the wake 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...
