Conn Carroll

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

This morning the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee conducted a witchunt hearing into Apple’s tax bill. Republicans and Democrats alike took turns attacking the tech giant for not paying taxes on $74 billion of overseas income. But Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., would have none of...

Conn Carroll

Updated: 33 min ago

A broad coalition of more than 100 conservative leaders signed a letter Monday urging Senators to oppose S. 744, also known as the Gang of Eight immigration bill. “No matter how well-intentioned, the Schumer-Rubio bill suffers from fundamental design flaws that make it unsalvageable,” the...

Philip Klein

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

As residents of his home state recover from the devastating tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, Sen. Tom Coburn deserves credit for sticking with his position that all emergency aid spending should be offset. “He’s always had the same position since the Oklahoma City bombing,” Coburn...

Conn Carroll

Updated: 48 min ago

At least 51 people were killed Monday when a massive tornado destroyed a two-mile-wide swath of Moore, Okla., an Oklahoma City suburb. The state medical examiner’s office estimates that at least another 40 people may also be dead. Tragically, natural disasters have become a political football...

Sean Higgins

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Former National Labor Relations Board Chairwoman Wilma Liebman had an op-ed in Politico yesterday urging the full Senate to approve the five NLRB nominees the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is set to vote on tomorrow. She argues the situation at the NLRB — which...

Brian Hughes

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

President Obama pledged Tuesday that Americans would support storm-ravaged Oklahoma “for as long as it takes” in the wake of a tornado killing at least 24 people in the suburbs of Oklahoma City. “Our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma today, and we will back up those prayers with...

Charlie Spiering

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., this morning blasted his Senate colleagues for holding a Senate hearing to investigate Apple for moving assets offshore to avoid taxes. “I’m offended by a government who convenes a hearing to bully an American success story,” Paul said, adding that the company was...

Sean Higgins

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Joseph Hansen, president of the 1.3 million member United food and Commercial Workers, has an op-ed up in the Hill today in which he pleads with the White House to alter the Affordable Care Act  – aka Obamacare — to keep it from undermining UFCW members’ insurance. The basic problem...

Conn Carroll

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

McClatchy Newspapers has an excellent story on immigration today, reporting on how farmers are framing the debate to their representatives: Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or...

Timothy P. Carney

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

A State department official in Hong Kong explained in January 2009 that his diplomatic post “played a key role in reversing Hong Kong (HK) regulators’ intention to announce a mandatory scheme” for labeling of which foods are genetically modified. The cable, intercepted by Wikileaks, went...