During Saturday night’s GOP presidential debate, Donald Trump blasted President Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, which had been previously endorsed by several of his GOP rivals on the stage beside him.
Ohio’s embattled Republican Senator Rob Portman has come out in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, “in its present form,” as he zig-zags between supporters and opponents of the massive job-cutting deal.
Donald Trump’s decision not to participate in the Fox News debate has shined a spotlight on the advocacy efforts and undisclosed conflict of interests of the news network’s founder, Rupert Murdoch. These advocacy efforts may perhaps explain some of the motivations underlying the network’s treatment of the GOP frontrunner.
Barry Bennett, Ben Carson’s former campaign manager, is now an informal advisor to Donald Trump’s campaign.
As Donald Trump called for cracking down on Chinese currency manipulation, other candidates—most notably, Marco Rubio—argued against Trump.
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” political commentator and Jeb Bush supporter Ana Navarro said if Donald Trump is the Republican presidential nominee it would be very bad for Republican senators in purple and blue states. Navarro said, “I don’t
Stephen Koff, Washington Bureau Chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer has been trying to interview Democrat Senate candidate Ted Strickland about his views on gun control in light of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
Ohio lawmakers are expressing disappointment at President Barack Obama’s move to rename Mt. McKinley, seeing it as another instance of his executive overreach.
This weekend, leaders of the Republican Jewish Coalition hold their annual spring meeting in Las Vegas–and, as in prior years, many Republican presidential hopefuls will be in attendance. The conference is hosted by Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate, philanthropist and Republican mega-donor.
Ohio is a battleground. Bill Clinton hopes to reduce that by deploying a retired former congressman to run for the Senate.
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) declared that the IRS is “not going to get anymore funding until [it] re-gain[s] some element of trust” on Thursday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel. “I’m on the Senate Finance Committee, and this
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) criticized President Obama’s budget as “more of the same” and outlined the budget plan the GOP will unveil during Saturday’s Weekly Address. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: “Hi, I’m U.S. Senator Rob Portman from
Clearly Republican Bob Portman wants the media talking up the notion that he’s considering a run for the presidency. But given his deep ties to D.C. and both previous Bush administrations, one has to wonder how he would keep any
On Monday’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) indicated that although he had been a critic of President Barack Obama and his policy regarding the ISIS threat in the Middle East, Republicans Obama for his evolution on using forced against
Both Republicans and Democrats are throwing boat loads of coin at the races that will determine which party runs the Senate after November, yet at this point, the conventional wisdom is the outcome remains a virtual toss up. “There are
WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) — Attorney General Eric Holder’s suggestion that some harsh criticism of President Obama comes from racial prejudice is “not constructive,” U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said. Portman, R-Ohio, spoke on Fox News on Monday, a day after
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) told Breitbart News on Monday that the CIA station chief in Afghanistan revealed to reporters through a White House e-mail is no longer serving at that post. “It was irresponsible enough to expose him and it’s
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) on NBC’s “Meet the Press”:
The Senate voted Tuesday to invoke cloture on legislation extended unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed. Six Republicans joined Democrats to clear the key procedural hurdle by a vote of 60-37. The vote allows the Senate to pass the final
In a move designed to remove attention from the dramatic failure of the Obamacare launch, the Democratic Senate today passed the so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act by a 64-32 vote. All 54 Democrats voted for the measure, as did ten Republicans,
Ohio Senator Rob Portman told a local news affiliate on Wednesday that he felt changes needed to be made to Leadership campaign PACs. Portman’s statement comes in the wake explosive allegations detailed in a new book,”Extortion“, by Breitbart Senior-Editor-at-Large Peter
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) is attempting to shepherd votes for his immigration plan by offering political incentives to Republican colleagues, according to Politico. Politico described the immigration bill’s process in a Wednesday article about how “Gang of Eight” member Sen.
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. ABC’s “This Week” roundtable on the IRS scandal fallout with Sen. Rob Portman, Sen. Bob Menendez, Rep. Tom Price, and Rep. Charles Rangel…
Senator Mark Kirk (R – IL) is the newest Republican member of Congress to say he supports same-sex marriage. Kirk is among four Republicans; Rep. Richard Hanna (R – NY), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and Sen. Rob Portman (R- OH) are the
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is now in favor of gay marriage after his son told him that he is gay. “I’m announcing today a change of heart on an issue that a lot of people feel strongly about that has
On Tuesday, the Obama Treasury Department sparked bipartisan outrage when it released a report denying that China manipulates its currency, a belief widely held by Democrats and Republicans alike. By artificially lowering the value of its currency, Chinese companies sell
On CNN this morning, Ohio Senator Rob Portman put the kibosh on some last-minute GM/Jeep/Fiat spin from — who else? — Soledad O’Brien. O’BRIEN: The implication being that jobs were taken from the United States and being moved to China.
Just one day before America’s presidential election, it became evident that the Pentagon has dropped the ball and thousands of military voters will not receive ballots in time to participate in the election. In other words — thousands of the
CNN’s Candy Crowley on Sunday’s State of the Union, said “President Romney” in a question to Ohio’s Rob Portman
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) highlighted Gov. Mitt Romney’s ability to create capital and juxtaposed it with Barack Obama’s intention to redistribute it in his speech to the RNC. Portman opened his Wednesday address to the GOP convention in Tampa by
The RNC opened quietly Monday, with Republicans aware of the possible damage that might be incurred by Hurricane Isaac, and quietly waiting for the real action to begin today. But as quiet as the convention was, there was a silent
Wisconsin’s state motto is “Forward.” It may be President Obama’s campaign motto too, but it’s the “cheeseheads” who have truly embodied it. Last June, Wisconsin took a big step forward when voters fought back and reelected Scott Walker, Rebecca Kleefisch,
(AP) Tough talk: Romney is looking to shift campaignBy KASIE HUNT and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressBOSTONMitt Romney faces urgent tasks as he heads into a new phase of the White House race: Repair an image damaged by negative Democratic advertising and
It’s fun to play the “Who will Romney pick as VP?” parlor game, but the identity of who Romney selects won’t have an impact on the election in November. As I’ve been saying since April, Romney is going to win
Now that the US-backed sanctions resolution on Syria has failed in the UN, Republican lawmakers are pointing to what they see as a failure of leadership of Obama’s part. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) said, the “UN Security Council vote on
(AP) Obama presses Congress again to pass his tax planWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is prodding Congress to “skip the unnecessary drama” and pass his proposal to extend Bush-era tax cuts to families earning less than $250,000 a year but not for
(AP) Leaks, lies, auditions are all part of veepstakesBy NANCY BENACAssociated PressWASHINGTONLeaks are springing. Trial balloons are floating. Egos are being stroked. Wanna-bes are auditioning. And, chances are, lies are being told. Somewhere, amid all of the shenanigans, Republican Mitt
In the pitched battle over whether government should take over our health care system, a group of pro-life Democrat congressmen held the line to oppose the legislation because they knew the bill authorized funding for abortion. Under intense pressure from
Hopefully, it is not an ominous sign of things to come. Last week, the Senate confirmed former Kentucky insurance regulator S. Roy Woodall for the one voting position on the federal Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reserved for someone with
From Heritage Newspapers: On Senior Day 2011, more than 100 University of Michigan Law School grads walked out on a speech by Ohio Senator Rob Portman. Last Year, President Obama spoke to the University of Michigan. He criticized “poisonous” rhetoric