Today, a group of relatives of shooting victims from across the country and residents of Newtown, Connecticut headed to Capitol Hill to stump for gun control. None of those present were relatives of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary
State Department Spokeswoman Secretary Victoria Nuland said that the Secretary sent a letter to Congress expressing that she was disappointed that her health prevents her from testifying this week on Capitol Hill about the security failures in the attack on
At a press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday morning, Speaker John Boehner was asked about how hard his job is to strike a deal with the White House and still maintain his job as Speaker of the House. “I’m not
While the country worries about whether the White House and Congressional leaders will agree to a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama has spent more time socializing this holiday season than negotiating with Republicans on Capitol
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: “On the fundamental issue of balance and where revenues have to come from, Republicans need to acknowledge reality here, because rates have to go up. That has been a debate that has been explicitly
(AP) GOP issues new ‘fiscal cliff’ offer to ObamaBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONHouse Republicans on Monday proposed a new 10-year, $2.2 trillion blueprint to President Barack Obama that calls for increasing the eligibility age for Medicare and lowering cost-of-living hikes for
Environmentalists are furious that potential Secretary of State nominee and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice owns stock in TransCanada Corp, the pipeline firm that would benefit from the Keystone XL pipeline, which the State Department would have to approve. In an
(AP) Mitt Romney’s loss creates GOP leadership vacuumBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressBOSTONMitt Romney’s shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost
Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to testify behind closed doors this week in separate appearances before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees about the attack on the American mission in Benghazi, Libya. The Hill reported late Wednesday that
Fox News has the exclusive–former CIA chief David Petraeus will testify about Benghazi on Capitol Hill: Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to testify before the House and Senate intelligence committees, Fox News has learned. Prior to his abrupt
Several hundred supporters of US public broadcasting marched on Capitol Hill Saturday in a “Million Puppet March” in favor of ongoing federal funding for non-commercial programming. The good-humored protest was prompted by Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s threat, in a televised
As Republicans on Capitol Hill and the Romney/Ryan ticket continue to press Obama to show leadership on Syria, his administration’s approach to dealing with the conflict in that country has changed again. The Sec. of State is now saying that
As the curtain rises on the second presidential debate, President Barack Obama’s crony capitalist empire is crumbling. First, markets received word that troubled lithium ion battery manufacturer A 123–which received the enthusiastic endorsement of President Obama and Democrats on Capitol
A State Department official told Capitol Hill staffers the Islamist attacks in Benghazi, Libya were planned and highly organized the day after they occurred, contradicting the Obama Administration’s scapegoating of a YouTube clip. Fox News reported on Monday that Under Secretary of
From Fox News: In a briefing to Capitol Hill staffers delivered the day after the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the killings appeared to be the result of a
Attempts by the Obama Administration to obfuscate and misdirect over the horrible tragedy in Libya are falling apart. As my colleague John Nolte noted, even Democrats on Capitol Hill are demanding answers and a fuller explanation over events surrounding the
Fox News: During testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Counterterrorism Director Matt Olsen acknowledged that the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a terrorist attack. When asked by Senator Joe Lieberman about the deaths of four Americans, he
President Barack Obama credits Congressional Republicans for Washington’s partisanship and gridlock, but a new book by Bob Woodward, The Price of Politics, reveals Obama may be the one who poisoned the well and now regrets it. According to ABC News,
FOX NEWS: A video parody of the movie “Patton” which the Department of Veterans Affairs spent $52,000 to produce surfaced Wednesday, as lawmakers stepped up pressure on the VA to explain another set of questionable and costly conferences. The parody
Last month, I wrote about a brewing battle on Capitol Hill over on-line purchases and sales taxes. Governors, state officials and retailers are pushing Congress to force on-line retailers to collect state and local sales taxes on e-commerce purchases. An
Congress has sent a bill to President Barack Obama’s desk to allow the Capitol building to construct charging stations for electric vehicles in Congressional parking lots. The Hill reports that the bill was introduced by Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI, pictured
I’m not a big fan of government conspiracy theories, largely because the people in Washington are too bloody incompetent to do anything effectively. Heck, sometimes they can’t even waste money properly even though they have lots of practice. But it recently crossed my
In its update on the coming student loan interest rate hike deal in Congress, Politico dances its blame-the-GOP tap dance once again, saying that the coming rate hike is all just “politics.” But somehow Politico forgets to note that this
Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner, who has just written The American Spirit: Celebrating the Virtues and Values that Make Us Great, recalled how the late Jack Kemp, whose infectious optimism was one of his inspirations, was one of the GOP’s best messengers.
Liz Fowler, a presidential adviser who helped develop Obamacareduring her time on Capitol Hill, spoke at a high profile conference ofdoctors in April. Other speakers included HHS Secretary KathleenSebelius, former CMS Director Donald Berwick, and Jon Carson, Director ofWhite House
Former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will take part in her first ever Washington, D.C. fundraiser on June 25th at the Capitol Hill Club, Breitbart News has learned. Rice will headline a fundraiser for ShePAC, the
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) wanted to be sure to let everyone at the Minnesota film festival it was only those “folk who believe Jesus is coming back” that show what “Anti-Muslim” movies at Capitol Hill screenings. Rep. Ellison named Sen.
A Rex Nutting article in Marketwatch claiming the President has been a budget hawk has generated a lot of comment, much of it mistaken. Due to what I call The Lesser-Known Law of Large Numbers, most people’s brains go on
Our friends at the Daily Caller have a wonderful column up today written by Raymond Siller, a former head writer for “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” Unbelievably, this month we’ll hit the twenty-year mark since the legend’s departure from
ABC News has run a segment spooking consumers about the deadly dangers of … makeup. Naturally, the reporters in the segment, including former beauty queen Diane Sawyer and Jim Avila, report with faces full of … makeup. video platformvideo managementvideo
(AP) Obama’s new campaign slogan: ‘Forward’WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama has a new campaign slogan: “Forward.” Obama’s re-election team unveiled its new motto in a video released Monday morning. The seven-minute video begins by recalling the grim state of the nation’s economy
KONY 2012: nearly ninety million YouTube hits and counting. Rarely has something been injected so rapidly into the public consciousness of America. The beautiful cinematography and horrifying images have created an unprecedented reaction, reverberating all the way to Capitol Hill,
Alec Baldwin, Stanley Tucci and a bunch of lobbyists are crawling all over Capitol Hill attempting to steal more money out of our pockets to fund “artists” who don’t have the talent to survive on private donations and earnings. What
Trayvon Martin’s parents went before a congressional panel and thanked those who turned their 17-year-old son’s death into a cry against racial profiling. Martin’s parents spoke at a Capitol Hill forum that began with a moment of silence.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is hosting its annual RX Impact Day in Washington, DC this week. Its official, plain vanilla agenda lays out two days full of member events, Capitol Hill briefings and appointments with key Members
A reminder from the mainstream, tax-supported media: if you oppose ObamaCare, that may be because you are a white racist who hates our black president. That’s the gist of Shankar Vedantam’s story this morning on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition,
Over half of the President Obama’s 47 top fundraisers–individuals who helped bag a minimum of $500,000 for his presidential campaign–have been given jobs in the Obama White House. The latest revelation of crony capitalism, which was reported by the Washington Post, also
As a student at Cornell and treasurer of a a pro-choice organization at the school, Sandra Fluke, helped shut down a pro-life speech on Cornell’s campus by counter protesting. She argued that a pro-life organization at Cornell was about “manipulating
Authorities have arrested a man on his way to the U.S. Capitol for what he thought would be a suicide attack on Capitol Hill. In his 30’s, the man of Moroccan descent was arrested following a lengthy investigation by the
Highlights from an explosive day on Capitol Hill as lawmakers question the Attorney General over the “Fast and Furious” scandal.