A House vote to start a floor debate on the Iran nuclear deal was scheduled for Wednesday, reportedly because that many Republican members don’t want to hold the vote amid Tea Party protests and a closed-door “rebellion from rank-and-file conservatives.”
The Hill profiles Armstrong Williams, “one of the most influential people” in Dr. Ben Carson’s nascent political life.
“Hillary Clinton’s campaign is ‘worried’ about Bernie Sanders, whom a top Clinton aide described as a ‘serious force’ in the 2016 battle,” The Hill reports. “We are worried about him, sure. He will be a serious force for the campaign, and I don’t think that will diminish,” said Clinton Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
On July 3, The Hill suggested fewer police officers would die if smart guns were issued as service sidearms.
The self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders is packing in listeners and pulling in cash. Some 10,000 supporters came to see him speak in Madison, Wisconsin this week, and he raised $15 million between April and July.
On Thursday, Wikileaks released new information about the international trade deal being negotiated by the Obama administration in secret and with the approval of many top Congressional Republicans.
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) created a small grass-fire in the arena of the 2016 presidential campaign when he hinted that he might be considering forming an exploratory committee. Gohmert’s staff quickly backpedaled and said the Congressman was making a joke. A Congressional staffer for Gohmert jokingly said there will be “no more bald presidents in his lifetime.”
Veteran Tea Party activists from around the country are mocking Sal Russo over his published comment that there are “zero big-government Republicans today.”
