May 13, 2014 – The Vermont legislature voted Friday to hike the minimum wage to $10.50 by the year 2018. … According to the bill: Beginning January 1, 2016, an employer shall not employ any employee at a rate of less than $9.60 … Peter Shumlin (D) has already stated his support of the bill: I will be proud to sign the minimum wage bill that…

May 13, 2014 – Eight of the ten richest counties in America also voted for Obama. Why? Crony socialism. … The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power." -- Elizabeth Warren. … They have tried to take our democracy and turn it into an hypocrisy." -- Michael Moore. Net Worth: 50 Million.…

May 13, 2014 – Editors flock to workshops that help them hire ethnic minorities, members of the LGBT community and other groups deemed to be disadvantaged … But when it comes to politics, it's a different world. … rebalance the newsroom to make it think more like America.…

May 13, 2014 – California is therefore sending billions of dollars to Texas, Canada and elsewhere to buy natural gas and oil that it could have produced … But California's green lobby is striving to deny them that opportunity. … The left and the political party it controls do not care if their policies force to companies to leave the state (or the country).…

May 13, 2014 – It said any moves to challenge such rights can only be seen as moves to crush the country. … However, citizens had time to hide the ballot papers, and they did not manage to destroy them." … Now those operations will be against people who voted to be independent.…

May 13, 2014 – Here’s how the New York Times handled the story: “The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to hold Lois Lerner, a former … The paper noted that the House was to vote Thursday to create a select committee to investigate the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attack … It’s the ones trying to get to the truth.…

May 13, 2014 – , Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind. … Scott said: "We said no to Common Core and they said, 'you want Race to the Top money?' That was $700 million. … Indiana became the first state to opt out when its Senate voted 35-13 to withdraw Indiana from Common Core Standards on March 12, 2014…

May 12, 2014 – That is to say, is this race now Sen. Pryor’s (D-AR) to lose? … “As we get closer to November, polling will be able to identify the character of the electorate for this election cycle.” … percent to 45 percent).”…

May 12, 2014 – Big business wants to ensure voters elect Republicans who will keep the perks flowing -- from taxpayers’ bank accounts and right to … basic research on projects ranging from batteries to natural gas vehicles to wind turbine research this year. … Government’s job isn’t to help businesses. It’s to get out of the way so the market can work.…

May 12, 2014 – And war theoreticians point to commitment to the cause as a decisive factor in the quality of an army and how it fights. … The Tea Party is in good shape and has good reason to glean satisfaction that it continues to impact the public debate in America in … In the last mid-term congressional elections in 2010, 91 percent of blacks voted Democrat and 9 percent voted Republican.…

May 11, 2014 – ” is the only way to make it all happen, so progressives say, and anybody who dares to doubt the agenda is a “climate denier” and to … attack the indisputable science on climate change, to buy junk scholars, to promote harmful legislation at the state level, to go … Two months ago the European commission, the legislative body that sets policies shared among the member nations, voted to officially…

May 11, 2014 – I asked listeners on Friday to identify as to whether they had voted for President Obama in either or both of the last two election … (I asked them to identify in this way, to choose pragmatic base democratic voters as opposed to people who might say they voted for … him if they can run to the battle to rescue those who are in danger, only to never have that answer come.…

May 11, 2014 – What’s refreshing to see are three, relatively new faces entering the arena to fill these slots and all appear to be strong contenders … to a veterans association - equal to the amount donated due to that email.” … According to votesmart, McSally refuses to disclose her positions on key issues, making her positions suspect to voters.…

May 11, 2014 – But my superiors were not the last Republicans to figure that if you can't get people to vote for you, you can try to keep them from … The odd thing is that two judges who voted to uphold that law later had second thoughts. … Republicans seem to be willing to go through an enormous amount of trouble to combat a crime that is highly rare and uniformly ineffectual…

May 30, 2014 – They'd like to gull a majority of the 99 percent to vote for parties that would put their friends in control of an engorged state apparatus … The protest votes around the world are mostly going not to redistributionist parties of the left but to various anti-centralization … In effect, they are saying that the original purpose of the E.U. -- to unite Europe to prevent a third world war -- is obsolete, now…

May 28, 2014 – And the broken promises are expected to continue to impact vast groups of consumers for years. … Last year's Congressional Quarterly analysis revealed that they've voted with the White House 90 percent and 97 percent of the time … By the way, if you're unacquainted with the significance of the #LikeABoss hashtag, read this to get up to speed.…

May 28, 2014 – Radio Free Europe reported that only 426 of 2,430 eastern Ukrainian polls managed to open. … Though not a decisive political victory, the election may prove to be "just enough of a win" to thwart the Kremlin. … He knows how to organize to achieve goals, and he is an experienced decision-maker.…

May 27, 2014 – It suggests something close to parity between two highly competitive parties. … Many of those Republicans might be in jeopardy if Clinton should turn out to lead down-ballot Democrats to victory. … Democrats currently need to net only 17 seats for a House majority.…

May 26, 2014 – The United States Army is the most vital branch to a strong national defense, Americans voted in a new Gallup … The United States Air Force consistently stole the show prior to the the mid-2000s. … However, Gallup was sure to note: While the Army has held a thin lead in perceived importance to the United States…

May 23, 2014 – Instead, according to McClatchy, "most" insurers are expected to increase costs, in some cases by double digits. … Only a fraction have done so, according to the documents. … be built, according to the three individuals.…

May 23, 2014 – voted for Obamacare, but evidently they aren’t straddling the party line on another brewing issue: the VA scandal. … To wit, both candidates have now called for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to tender his resignation. … ,” Michelle Nunn said in a press release, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.…

May 23, 2014 – This sentiment is reflected not only in fierce resistance to further integration within the EU, but in visceral hostility to further … They wish to return to Mother Russia. Our warm-water port is there. … At the least, as the Tea Party has pulled the GOP to the right, these parties are likely to pull center and center-right parties in…

May 23, 2014 – WASHINGTON - President Obama reluctantly went to the White House press room Wednesday to deal with yet another scandal that has hit … In Georgia, for example, Senate Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn refuses to say whether she would have voted for Obamacare or even … "I'm not going to get into his job performance," Nunn told Politico this week.…

May 23, 2014 – base and are willing to listen. … The Kentuckians who voted for Bevin had simply had it up to their eyeballs with a status quo featuring Republicans unwilling to stand … up to Obama-era expansionism.…

May 22, 2014 – I’ve seen a lot of that and I know a lot of that to be true. … Another question to ponder: Is it racist to want to "fix" Obamacare, as many Democrats say they do? … offer a straightforward answer on whether she would have voted for Obamacare.…