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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/19/13 12:20 PM
It probably wouldn't have shocked political observers if Sen. Marco Rubio's job approval ratings had taken a hit since becoming the Republican face of comprehensive immigration reform earlier this year.
But the Florida...
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By STEVE CONTORNO | 06/19/13 12:20 PM
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska endorsed same-sex marriage Wednesday, making her the third Republican senator to switch positions on the issue.
In an op-ed published on her website, Murkowski, who backed a 1998...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/19/13 12:05 PM
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe told the Washington Post that the Old Dominion’s right to work law was “not going to change”. The Post reporter apparently though he left himself some...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/19/13 11:25 AM
What is an “elfin Alabamian?”
The print edition of the New York Times yesterday, featured Sen. Jeff Sessions R-Ala. and his efforts to take down the immigration reform bill, describing him as “an elfin Alabamian...
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By CONN CARROLL | 06/19/13 11:25 AM
Pro-amnesty Republicans constantly tell us that we must grant citizenship to the 11.5 million illegal immigrants currently living in the country because the only alternative is mass deportation. But just how many of those...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/19/13 11:15 AM
At a gun control rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday, the name of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers, was read as one of those "killed by guns" among a list including the children killed during the Sandy...
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By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 06/19/13 11:15 AM
About one in four Americans ages 18-30 say they “don’t really need” health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. About 35 percent are unwilling to say it’s “worth the money it costs.”
Those...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/19/13 11:00 AM
President Obama on Wednesday called for the United States and Russia to reduce their arsenals of nuclear weapons by up to one-third, using a speech at the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to renew a long-stalled push for...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/19/13 10:40 AM
During his speech in Berlin today, President Obama declared once again that the “decade of war” against terrorism was coming to an end.
“The Iraq war is now over, the Afghan war is coming to an end, Osama bin...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/19/13 10:30 AM
We aren’t taxing consumers nearly enough, the National Governors Association and National Conference of State Legislators argue in a rather blunt joint press release issued today. The release is calling for the...
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By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 06/19/13 10:25 AM
The primary consequence of Republican state-level laws requiring voters to present identification or prove citizenship was probably a higher turnout of minority Democrats, as liberals successfully painted these measures...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/19/13 10:20 AM
During his speech in Berlin today, President Obama thanked the people for their warm welcome.
“In fact, it’s so warm and I feel so good, I’m going to take off my jacket and anybody else who wants to – feel free...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/19/13 10:15 AM
The Treasury Department has yet to provide Congress with a full list and cost of employee conferences, despite repeated requests from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
Treasury officials blame multiple requests from different...
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By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/19/13 10:15 AM
Implementation of President Obama’s health care law is running behind schedule and it’s unclear whether federal health insurance exchanges will be up and running on time in October, according to two reports from the...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/19/13 10:10 AM
In a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll, just 19 percent of responders said they felt their families would be better off under Obamacare, the lowest since October 2011. Thirty-three percent felt they would be worse off...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/19/13 10:10 AM
President Obama, reacting to news that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had suspended talks with Washington aimed at setting up a prolonged U.S. presence in the country, said he was not surprised by the Afghan government’s...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/19/13 10:10 AM
President Obama vigorously defended U.S. surveillance programs Wednesday, saying he has scrutinized the programs and has come to the conclusion that they strike the right balance between fighting terrorism and protecting...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/19/13 09:30 AM
Charlottesville, Virginia NBC affiliate WVIR TV reported:
A man from Bassett admitted to faking thousands of signatures on campaign ballots.
In December of 2011 Newt Gingrich needed 10,000 signatures to get his name...
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By CONN CARROLL | 06/19/13 08:40 AM
Considering how effectively Democrats gamed the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring system during the Obamacare debate, conservatives have every reason to be skeptical of anything the CBO publishes. And while...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/19/13 08:10 AM
On Washington talk radio station WMAL this morning, former congressman Allen West refused to rule out a future Republican primary challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla.
During the interview, co-host Larry O’Connor asked...
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By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 06/19/13 08:05 AM
One of the most persistent canards the Obama campaign got away with was that Republicans wanted to “end access to birth control.” What Republicans were opposing wasn’t “whether or not you can have...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/19/13 07:25 AM
Journalist Michael Hastings died last night in a car accident at the age of 33. While many remember him for his Rolling Stone story that took down General Chrystal, he had a number of other interesting clashes with...
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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/18/13 08:10 PM
There was a mild uproar Tuesday when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he would move to bring the immigration debate to a close as early as Friday, less than two weeks after it began.
But as it turns out,...
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By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/18/13 07:45 PM
Two service members charged with sexual assault cannot be kicked out of the military, even if they are convicted, because comments made by President Obama about the issue constitute “unlawful command influence,”...
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By MICHAEL BARONE | 06/18/13 07:35 PM
The Daily Caller reports that a government-funded study by the New York University psychology department concluded that conservatives are more likely to be racist than liberals. Why? Because, reporter Robby Soave writes,...
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By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/18/13 07:30 PM
If the Senate immigration bill becomes law, federal health care spending would increase by $112 billion over the next decade as more people take advantage of Medicaid, Medicare and subsidies from President Obama’s...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/18/13 07:20 PM
The Republican-led House Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks.
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, approved by a vote of 228 to 196, comes in the wake of gruesome details that emerged...
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By MICHAEL BARONE | 06/18/13 06:25 PM
Veteran USAToday reporter Richard Benedetto, now with American and George Mason Universities and the Fund for American Studies, has the details–”the carefully chosen, softer words used by the news media when reporting...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 05:55 PM
In a new Gallup poll, Americans rate Republicans less favorably than Democrats, 39 percent to 46 percent.
With the onslaught of scandals surrounding the Obama administration, Democrat favorability fell more than GOP...
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By SEAN LENGELL | 06/18/13 05:35 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz wasted little time in reacting to Monday's Supreme Court rejection of an Arizona law that demands would-be voters prove they are citizens, filing legislation hours later to allow the measure to return.
The...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 05:05 PM
Two Indianapolis residents have filed claims with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that despite Indiana’s right to work law, they are still having union dues deducted from their paychecks against their...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 04:55 PM
James Cole, deputy attorney general, testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that when it comes to metadata collection, "every now and then there may be a mistake."
Cole made the revelation while...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 04:55 PM
Testifying before Congress on Tuesday about the National Security Agency's collection of private American's phone records, Deputy Attorney General James Cole stated that, "Under the law, the Fourth Amendment does not...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/18/13 04:50 PM
The Senate Tuesday defeated two amendments aimed at strengthening border security in the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill, including a provision that would have required a double-layer fence on the nation’s...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 04:45 PM
Representatives from the Heartland Institute, Heritage Foundation, R Street Institute and Energy and Enterprise Initiative gathered last week at the FHI 360 Conference Center in Washington, D.C. to debate whether...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 04:35 PM
Vice President Joe Biden, angrily denouncing opponents of gun control, predicted Tuesday that senators who helped block an expansion of background checks for gun sales two months ago would pay a political price for their...
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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/18/13 04:05 PM
The Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute on Tuesday continued their debate over comprehensive immigration reform, this time before a closed-door meeting of the Republican Study Committee.
The caucus of...
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By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/18/13 04:00 PM
As the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting to determine monetary policy, there are signs cropping up that the markets are confused about what Chairman Ben Bernanke and company are saying – or unconvinced that...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 03:40 PM
No, I’m not trying to pull the wool over your eyes, the federal government really does fund a National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. It is part of the Agriculture Department. You can read a request for grant...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 02:40 PM
In a statement released today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that US working families had “no higher legislative priority” for Congress than passing immigration reform. That reform must not not include any...
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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/18/13 02:30 PM
Democratic and Republican senators are in tense discussions over a border-security amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration-reform package that could prove critical to its passage, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 02:30 PM
My column today focuses on the strange bedfellows and ironic situations created by the immigration reform bill. I highlight the case of the Communications Workers of America and its concerns regarding the bill’s...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/18/13 01:25 PM
The National Security Agency’s power to scrutinize the nation’s telephone records have helped to thwart more than 50 potential terrorist plots, including plans to bomb both the New York City subway system and...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 01:20 PM
Governor Chris Christie elicited boos from students at an elementary school in New Jersey today, after he explained that he was a fan of the Dallas Cowboys – not the New York Jets or the New York Giants.
Christie...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 12:55 PM
World leaders at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland signed off on an agreement aimed at cracking down on tax evasion as part of transatlantic trade negotiations.
In still uncertain economic times, U.S. and...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 12:45 PM
Two military religious freedom amendments proposed by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas are challenging the Obama administration after they objected to a similar Amendment proposed in the House.
The...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 12:35 PM
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., told Sean Hannity Monday night that what the Obama administration and the NSA did with the Patriot Act was “clearly not within the law.” Referring to the dragnet collection of American...
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By CONN CARROLL | 06/18/13 12:05 PM
For almost 20 years, California’s 52nd Congressional District was owned by the Republican Party. Then in 2012, Democrat Scott Peters stole it from them. Now, Republicans want it back. And they have turned to an openly...
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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/18/13 12:00 PM
House Speaker John Boehner confirmed Tuesday that he would not bring an immigration bill to the House floor that is not supported by most of his Republican majority.
Boehner, R-Ohio, indicated that he still supports a...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 12:00 PM
A top Labor Department official told the House Education and Workforce Committee Tuesday that the underlying data they provide to calculate wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act had several limitations and could...
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