Congress
McCain Anxious for NDAA Renewal for 2013
During the overnight Senate session that resulted in the passage of a “de facto declaration of war” on Iran and a stopgap bill...
Privatization of the Postal Service Moves Closer
With the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service will be unable to make a $5.6 billion payment to its employees’ health benefit plan due on...
Read moreSenate Bill Overrides EU Emissions Mandates for Airlines
When the Senate unanimously passed SB 1956 early Saturday morning, September 22, Annie Petsonk of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) called it “rather extraordinary.” But she...
Read moreSenate Rejects Rand Paul’s Call to Cut Aid to Pakistan, Libya, and Egypt
Three minutes after midnight Friday leading into Saturday morning, the Senate rejected by a vote of 81 to 10 a proposal offered by...
Read moreHouse to Consider Bill Targeting Fannie and Freddie
Republicans in the House of Representatives have added another bill to this week’s legislative agenda, which is already cumbersome. The addition is entitled...
Read moreRon Paul Campaign Aide Benton Goes to Work for Sen. McConnell
Longtime Ron Paul for President campaign aide Jesse Benton announced September 13 that he would take a job working on the reelection campaign...
Read moreCongress Probes Obama Green Stimulus Funds for MSNBC
Lawmakers are investigating the Obama administration’s controversial decision to purchase over 100 advertisements touting so-called “green jobs” on the far-left MSNBC cable television...
Read moreActivists, Victims’ Families Want New Investigation of Flight KAL 007 Shot Down by Soviets
Twenty-nine years ago, on September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007) was shot down by the Soviet Union carrying 269...
Read moreSenator Asks Obama to Write Cybersecurity Executive Order
There have been various efforts to create a cyber-security measure that could garner enough bipartisan support to pass both chambers of Congress, but...
Read moreHow One Congressman Gamed the System
15-term House member Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) has been milking the system for years, the latest being obtaining VIP treatment from Countrywide Financial and...
Read moreInternet Regulation Still a Threat in the 112th Congress
Freedom advocates breathed sigh of relief when a coalition of Senate Republicans and a few Democrats opposed the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (S....
Read moreCongress Sues AG Holder in Fast and Furious
The House Oversight Committee investigating the Obama administration’s deadly “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal is seeking enforcement of formal charges against disgraced Attorney...
Read moreSenate Soon to Vote on NDAA for 2013
Although it was passed in May by an overwhelming majority by the House of Representatives, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal...
Read moreLabor Department Waives 60-Day Layoff Notice to Help Obama Win in November
On Thursday, Democrats in the Senate blocked an attempt by Republicans to enforce a provision of a 1980s law requiring all contractors doing...
Read moreHouse Passes Bill Eliminating Senate Approval of Presidential Appointments
By a bipartisan vote, the House joined the Senate in passing a bill that removes the "advice and consent" requirement from many presidential...
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