“On [Jimmy Carter’s] watch, Fidel Castro was on the march in Africa and fueling potent Marxist revolutionary groups throughout Central America. El Salvador and Honduras were under siege. Grenada actually went Communist in 1979. Nicaragua was taken over by Marxist
On Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden filled in for President Barack Obama: VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Ladies and gentlemen, I’m Joe Biden. I’m filling in for President Obama, who is abroad. I want to talk to you today about the
It seems like a simple question: is the Congressional Budget Office qualified to assess what impact a major hike to the minimum wage would have on employment? In February, the CBO said raising the minimum wage to $10.10, as President
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) took to the Senate floor praising the Cuban government after his recent trip. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) responded with a passionate speech on the evil dictatorship’s cruel brutality…
Monday Senator Marco Rubio delivered a blockbuster speech on political repression in Cuba and Venezuela which touched on recent events including the death of 22-year-old Genesis Carmona. The speech makes him the most outspoken U.S. politician on the subject of
Each week, it seems another Democrat lawmaker announces their retirement from Congress. On Thursday, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) joined the growing list. It is only January, but 11 Democrat lawmakers have said they are quitting at the end of this
President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the government to “give America a raise” by raising the federal minimum wage – a move that would affect just 2.8% of Americans in the workforce who earn at or below the minimum wage. “Tom
Far-left Democrats who think President Barack Obama–and his Obamacare law–have not been liberal enough may push Democrats running for president in 2016 so far to the left that their chances in a general election may be hurt. The Washington Post
For the past year, most political observers have focused on Republican opportunities to capture Senate seats in red-states like Louisiana and Arkansas. The GOP had a plausible, but narrow, path to capture enough of these seats to win control of
Democrat Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland addressed top Obamacare administrator Marilyn Tavenner on Tuesday and bewailed the defective healthcare enrollment process. The Senator stated that the mishandling has created a “crisis of confidence.” What’s more, the senator worries that young and healthy Americans
Washington (CNN) – Senate Democrats voted unanimously three years ago to support the Obamacare rule that is largely responsible for some of the health insurance cancellation letters that are going out. In September 2010, Senate Republicans brought a resolution to
Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin is so upset it might not be business as usual in Washington he’s making ridiculous comparisons to the Civil War. It’s dangerous. It’s very dangerous. I believe, Mr. President, we are at one of the most
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced that he does not “classify” illegal immigrants as criminals, although he admits “it’s obvious that they broke the laws and did things that were criminal and they shouldn’t.” This odd distinction came up at an
(AP) Obama to sign student loan dealBy PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressWASHINGTONStudents heading back to college this fall will save thousands in interest charges on their loans after they graduate once President Barack Obama signs into law a rare bipartisan compromise. The
On Wednesday, White House spokesman Jay Carney became irritated when he was pressed about whether it was legal for the Obama administration to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate, which requires businesses that employ 50 or more people to provide health coverage or
A bipartisan group of Senators sent a letter yesterday to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asking for answers about domestic surveillance programs. Of particular concern was “business records” provision of the PATRIOT Act being reinterpreted to “allow the
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday stated that she wants Congress to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10. Pelosi posited that since Wall Street is riding high, the middle-class needs to be rewarded with pay hikes: This
The congressman told me he was “fifty-fifty” on a potential senate bid in 2014, filling the seat of out-going Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA). If King were to win that seat, can you imagine a better upgrade for our nation?
Tea party favorite and veteran Iowa congressman Steve King says he is “fifty-fifty” on whether he will run for the senate seat vacated by retiring Tom Harkin. King appeared on Mornings on the Mall on WMAL-FM in Washington DC
Ophthalmologist and Democratic political donor Dr. Salomon Melgen may have tried to buy cover from the IRS for the $11.1 million he owes in back taxes from 2006 to present, Breitbart News has learned. Melgen may have intended to court
This weekend, IA Dem Sen. Tom Harkin shook up Iowa politics with a surprise announcement that he would retire at the end of his term in 2014. The far-left Senator had been widely expected to seek reelection next year and
Several Democrats who have come out against the evils of guns since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary have also made money by investing in gun companies. Many are still making money with investments in those manufacturers now, even as they
Though many pundits and the media are heavily focused on the weaknesses of the Republican Party, Democrat legislators also felt the need to defend their votes, whether for or against the “fiscal cliff” deal. Only one member of Connecticut’s Democrat
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a deal early this morning to cut taxes to Bush-era rates for all income categories below $450,000 per household ($400,000 for individuals). The Senate vote came too late to avert the midnight “fiscal cliff” deadline,
Iowa’s Democrat Senator Tom Harkin is balking at any offer to raise the tax hike threshold from $250,000 annually to $450,000 in late negotiations to prevent the federal government going over the “fiscal cliff.” The most recent offer being considered
First it was Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s mammary grab, now this: Senator Tom Harkin suggests that women, of all people, should be for the birth control mandate because they have such a hard time with their menstrual cycles. “There are many women who
Michelle Obama will hold an exercise event for her “Let’s Move” campaign, which conservatives have criticized for perpetuating nanny-state politics on Friday at the London Olympics . But the “Let’s Move” campaign is now being criticized from the left as
Talk show host, Bill Press, doesn’t like the Star-Spangled Banner. Imagine: a liberal talk show that’s not on NPR! His radio show is simulcast on Current TV. Bill Press likes provoking conservatives, but I’m not sure we should be provoked by his outburst
Talk show host, Bill Press, doesn’t like the Star-Spangled Banner. Imagine: a liberal talk show that’s not on NPR! His radio show is simulcast on Current TV. Bill Press likes provoking conservatives, but I’m not sure we should be provoked
Misguided emotions, union misbehavior, and government intervention on behalf of Big Labor are collectively combining to threaten jobs and are putting in danger any potential deal between American Airlines and U.S. Airways which might serve to save American. This most
The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to be the scientific arbiter concerning the safety of dietary supplements. Instead, it is acting arbitrarily, choosing to target one product not because of any actual risk, but as an attempt to justify
By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTONFirst it was people earning at least $1 million a year. Now Democrats seeking their next election-year target for tax increases on better-off Americans may have found it: the owners of many privately held corporations. Democrats
If one clicks in to listen to National Public Radio’s (NPR) 3 minute report on the recently passed payroll tax cut deal, NPR’s Tamara Keith first plays a clip of a kumbaya-singing Barack Obama calling for action on the payroll tax cut
From the Iowa Department of Public Safety and the State of Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the following press release: Des Moines, IOWA — Today, Friday, January 20, 2012, Zachary Edwards, age 29, from Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested and
Senator Tom Harkin, whose outspoken opposition to Wall Street generally and for-profit schools specifically has made him a leading voice in Congressional regulation of career and for-profit colleges. His office is set to release a report this month – the
I’ll assume there was a time when giving Iowa permanent “first in the nation” status in our Presidential primary contests made sense. But, I don’t know when that time was. Mind you, this isn’t some East Coast gripe about “flyover
NBC’s Chuck Todd “went there” today and asked Newt Gingrich questions the former Tom Harkin aide-turned “neutral, objective journalist” would never ask a contending Democrat.
Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, who is the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has launched an investigation into the compensation of executives at private sector colleges and universities. Rep. Elijah Cummings The New York Times reports: “The American taxpayers
Ron Paul is the presumptive frontrunner of the Iowa caucus, but this comes with its share of caveats, oftentimes lost in the news cycle. First, the implications of a Paul victory are muted in a state where, at most, only
On September 21, 2011, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) spoke to a crowd gathered in Washington, D.C., outside of the Capitol and said, “We need some of you probably getting arrested for doing things you shouldn’t be doing” to save Medicaid.