The Export-Import Bank’s charter expired at midnight Tuesday — at least temporarily. Even though the 81-year-old agency has expired, supportive lawmakers may include an amendment concerning the bank to a must-pass bill like the Highway Trust Fund in an attempt to revive it. While supporters say the bank helps American small businesses compete globally, opponents […]
Not surprisingly, the artificial June 30 deadline set for concluding the P51 nuclear talks won’t be met. The deadline backfired against the United States in part because the Obama administration has made it clear it wants a nuclear agreement more than Tehran seems to, giving the Iranians bargaining leverage they have used shrewdly. The administration’s […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—At a campaign appearance here, Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday railed against two “tragic” Supreme Court decisions, criticizing the verdicts as “judicial activism.” “Both decisions were judicial activism, plain and simple,” said Cruz, referring to the Supreme Court’s decisions to legalize gay marriage and allow nationwide health care subsidies under Obamacare. “Even in […]
NASHUA, N.H – Sen. Bernie Sanders praised the decision of the “conservative Supreme Court” to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide during a campaign stop at Nashua Community College in New Hampshire today. “They did this just on the merits of the case…. It’s also that they live in the real world and they realize times are […]
For many of the highest-profile U.S. Supreme Court cases, it all comes down to one man. Though only 20 percent of cases each term are decided by one vote and 65 percent in the last term were unanimous decisions, litigants often craft arguments aimed at capturing his vote and pander to him at oral argument. […]
by TED CRUZ June 26, 2015 5:39 PM This week, we have twice seen Supreme Court justices violating their judicial oaths. Yesterday, the justices rewrote Obamacare, yet again, in order to force this failed law on the American people. Today, the Court doubled down with a 5–4 opinion that undermines not just the definition of […]
Bristol Palin is pregnant again—and again, she’s on the receiving end of a barrage of snark and judgment, just like she was seven years ago when her mom was the Republican vice presidential candidate. There aren’t many young women—or men—who could handle nationwide shaming. There are even fewer—if any—who could handle it twice. Yet Bristol, […]
Conservative talk-radio host Sean Hannity voiced outrage over Speaker John Boehner’s treatment of House conservatives, calling leadership’s punishment of members “disgusting.” “How pathetic in my opinion that John Boehner is so petty,” says @SeanHannity During an interview Wednesday with two lawmakers who bucked party leadership, Hannity directed his criticism at Boehner, the Ohio Republican, for […]
Over the last few years, 11 Republicans have been punished by for bucking party leadership. Here’s who they are: Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, removed from Budget Committee Rep. Rod Blum of Iowa, denied a spot on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s fundraising initiative for vulnerable House members Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, removed from […]
Although the White House previously disregarded an MIT economist’s role in the construction of the Affordable Care Act, a recent report indicates the consultant was one of the most critical actors involved in crafting the legislation. The Wall Street Journal obtained emails recently from the House Oversight Committee that unmasked over 20,000 pages of correspondence […]
