Senate Republican leaders vote over rules at lunch to keep status quo, Mike Lee out
Senate Republicans “settled” an internal rift over once-obscure conference rules that prompted a leadership bid from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and now secures established roles of GOP senators on their More...
John McCain will skip RNC to fend off Kelli Ward in tough Arizona race
Dr. Kelli Ward earned 17 endorsements back in December to unseat Arizona Senator John McCain and now McCain is announcing that he would skip the Republican National Convention. “I have to campaign for reelection, More...
President Obama vetoes Keystone Pipeline bill
President Obama on Tuesday, as promised, vetoed the Republican led bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, pointing to the long State Department analysis project as an important means to assess the proposed More...
Senate Democrats may force government shutdown over DHS, amnesty battle
For the second consecutive day, Senate Democrats blocked their Republican colleagues from bringing a bill to the floor to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which has become the epicenter of disagreement More...
Krauthammer to GOP: make your own budget, force Obama to sequester
Charles Krauthammer turned his attention to the Republicans after President Obama’s proposed budget still exceeded projected revenues. The conservative was on Fox News offering his brand of advice. BRET BAIER: More...
Mitch McConnell to lead Senate GOP with ‘Don’t be scary’ plan
Congress will add their new members today and Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell will be moving to Senate Majority Leader and offers a simple plan for Republicans: “Don’t be scary.” “I don’t More...
President Obama cornered on Keystone Pipeline, Dem Mary Landrieu calls for vote
Democrats may still be reeling from the midterm election results and now President Obama will face immediate pressure to move ahead on the Keystone Pipeline. Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu sees the writing on the More...
Hobby Lobby, Obamacare battle continues, new bill in Senate stalls
A bipartisan attempt to overturn the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision has failed in the Senate, but the battle may be far from over. The Senate on Wednesday afternoon fell short of the 60 votes needed More...
Arizona GOP ‘censure’ Senator John McCain, needs ‘to be held accountable’
The media has been quiet and Senator John McCain has not been commenting on the Maricopa County Republican Party’s decision to “censure” him for what GOP activists deemed his “long and terrible record of More...
Liz Cheney drops out of Wyoming senate race noting ‘serious health issues’ in family
They VP’s daughter Liz Cheney has officially dropped out of the Wyoming senate race and her attempt to replace incumbent Mike Enzi. “Serious health issues have recently arisen in our family, and under More...
Potential 2016 Republican presidential contenders, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio vote against raising the debt ceiling
Several possible Presidential contenders for the Republican Party in 2016 voted no for raising the debt ceiling Wednesday being part of a relatively small group of conservatives to do so. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, More...
Ian Murphy Quotes
Writer for The Beast, AlterNet,The Daily Beast and now the Buffalo Beast Below is the “nugget” Ian Murphy feels he uncovered during a prank call to Scott Walker, Wisconsin Governor, as Murphy posed as More...
How is this explained? Libertarian Alex Snitker is viewed favorably by only 4% of conservatives
Well I do have a theory…. In a poll on the Florida Senate race from Public Policy Polling released on July 20th it shows that among other data, that Libertarian candidate is viewed favorably by 24% of liberals, More...
In defense of Jim Bunning
Honestly, I know little about the voting record of Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning (R), but I have to say that his recent vote to put a hold on a $10 billion bill to pay for extended unemployment benefits and other More...
