Congress
Representative Steve Israel Excoriates ATF for “Cowardly” Delay on Ammo Ban
Representatives Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) are ignoring the groundswell of feelings against new bans on ammunition, even as the head...
Conservatives Further Frustrated With Boehner Over Latest Agenda Items
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has once again disregarded the conservative arm of the Republican Party and will forge ahead with two items...
Read moreGOP Unveils Budget Proposal
Republicans in Congress have released their first budget outline since the GOP took control of Congress in November. The Republican blueprint calls for...
Read moreWill Money-laundering Scandal Derail Lynch Nomination?
Loretta Lynch's handling of the HSBC money-laundering scandal could mean the end of her chances to become the next U.S. Attorney General. ...
Read moreWill GOP Use Kerry’s “We Didn’t Know” NAFTA Defense on TPP?
After voting for “Fast Track” for NAFTA and then for NAFTA itself, then-Senator John Kerry professed total surprise when a NAFTA court trampled...
Read moreSen. Wyden Is Key Democrat in TPP-TPA Fast Track Trade Fight
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, is getting pressure from both liberals and conservatives to oppose Fast...
Read moreMcConnell Betrays Conservatives by Promising to Raise Debt Ceiling
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. government will reach its borrowing limit in October or November, after exhausting emergency measures to...
Read moreLawmakers Try to Weed Out Federal Crop Insurance
Legislation has been introduced in Congress to eliminate federal subsidies for a type of crop insurance that pays farmers more as crop prices...
Read moreInhofe Throws Snowball in Senate to Refute Global Warming
Late last week, Senator Jim Inhofe tossed a snowball at a colleague on the Senate floor as a visual rebuttal to claims of...
Read moreEven Fewer IRS Audits This Year
Though John Koskinen, head of the IRS, has been complaining about a lack of money and agents, there's precious little sympathy for the...
Read moreLocal Bankers Prepare to Fight Audit the Fed Bill
Even as the Fed is churning out new money by the hundreds of billions and making secretive deals with other central banks, local...
Read moreCommunist Regime-financing Ex-Im Bank Fights for Survival
The U.S. taxpayer-backed Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), widely criticized for crony capitalism as well as for financing communist and socialist regimes with American money,...
Read moreOver 100 Congressmen Want 10-Round Cap on Ammo Magazine Capacity
Over 100 congressmen support a bill that would cap ammunition magazine capacity at 10 rounds. ...
Read moreDespite Cronyism, Keystone XL Bill Passes House, Faces Veto Showdown
The House of Representatives voted 270 to 152 on Wednesday in favor of the Keystone XL oil pipeline legislation. However, without the necessary...
Read moreObama Budget Proposal Designed to “Challenge” Republican Congress
Obama's 2016 budget proposal dares the GOP-controlled Congress to play defense without appearing to favor the ultra-rich or corporations who put billions in...
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