Apr 17, 2015 – The Friday Filibuster: The one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about this week in politics. … unanimously to approve legislation requiring President Obama to send a nuclear deal with Iran to Congress for review 6—the number … Chris Christie proposed significant changes to major entitlement programs, perhaps a political Hail Mary?…

Apr 17, 2015 – In February, Lynch was voted out of the committee and approved 12-8. … More from POLITICO:  “I think presidents have the right to pick their team,” Bush said, according to reports of his stop at the “Politics … The attorney general isn't supposed to be "supportive of the president's policies."…

Apr 17, 2015 – …In March, almost all Democratic senators voted for a symbolic budget amendment to express support for expanding Social Security. … I’m surprised demagogues such as Elizabeth Warren haven’t rallied behind a plan to simply add a bunch of zeroes to the IOUs already … Chris Christie…wants to campaign on a sweeping proposal to rein in federal entitlement spending on the elderly.…

Apr 17, 2015 – If you had to pick a single position that allowed Barack Obama to pull ahead in the 2008 Democratic primaries, his opposition to the … Meanwhile, none of the potential GOP presidential hopefuls voted for the war in 2002. … She voted for it, defended it in the well of the Senate, and arguably lost the primaries in 2008 because she refused to apologize for…

Apr 17, 2015 – If his approval ratings don't improve, the GOP will be favored to win the White House. … Or that black turnout may be down or Latinos less hostile to the GOP. … But it's also reassuring to note that the ultimate decision is based more on reality than candidates.…

Apr 17, 2015 – Liberal Democrats were willing to settle for half a loaf to break that lock -- which they did. … Liberals no longer feel they need to compromise to win. … The Democrats of 1992 accepted a somewhat hawkish Clinton in order to win. The Democrats of 2015 feel no need to do so.…

Apr 14, 2015 – Here is a trick question to pose to her supporters: What she has accomplished? … At the same time, it is next to impossible to name one disadvantage to Asian-Americans because there are few Asian-Americans in prominent … Isn't that supposedly the antithesis of the message feminists want to convey to young women?…

Apr 13, 2015 – to hide the facts. … shouted “AMEN” to regularly, was all well known to voters. … know how to properly register to vote, and that they know how to obtain a proper identification card, before we allow them to exercise…

Apr 30, 2015 – means to destroy the Bush presidency. … increase his capability to wage biological and chemical warfare and keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. … Clinton who proclaimed the existence of WMDs and then voted for the authorization of force, to charge that Bush lied the country into…

Apr 29, 2015 – therefore ought to be done. … That’s why Hillary also said, “I voted to raise the minimum wage. And guess what? Millions of jobs were created.” … People want to be genuinely useful. They don’t just want to go through the motions.…

Apr 29, 2015 – When time came to pass the Dec. 11 Cromnibus funding bill, rather than deal with conservatives, or wait for the Republicans to take … -Calif.) to get the job done. … As 67 Republicans voted against the Cromnibus bill, Pelosi lent Boehner 57 Democrats to pass the bill 219 to 206.…

Apr 29, 2015 – terrorism, and they are not reasonably likely to lead to information that relates to terrorism." … Thanks to Snowden, legislators now know something most of them did not know the last time they voted to reauthorize Section 215: Based … in a recent letter to Senate leaders.…

Apr 28, 2015 – Now let's turn to the creation of Pakistan. … Most historians believe the number to be far higher. The number of women raped when Israel was established is close to zero. … If you are a member of the Presbyterian Church, send these facts to the leaders of the Presbyterian Church USA who voted to boycott…

Apr 27, 2015 – fruition, and pledged to do her utmost to rebuild trust in America’s judicial system. … In my view, this makes her unfit to be the Attorney General.” Cruz isn't alone. … Nonetheless, twenty Senate Republicans voted for cloture -- and ten others voted outright to make her attorney general.…

Apr 27, 2015 – Perhaps most shockingly, Senator Rand Paul - who is campaigning for president on a promise to "defeat the Washington machine" - voted … To their great credit, four other Republicans voted with Chairman Vitter to issue the subpoena: Marco Rubio (Fla.), Tim Scott (S.C. … Democrats on the committee told constituents they were undecided up to the vote, but then all voted in lockstep to keep the documents…

Apr 27, 2015 – Cruz called it an issue best left to the states...Both men, in an apparent effort to play down any outrage in the gay community, put … reach across the aisle to make that happen. … In an 18-8 vote, the Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins voted not to “support the proposal of a Chick-fil-A, in a current…

Apr 26, 2015 – Obama found his likely path by going back to the FCC to please these capitalist foils. … Their 332-page document was never shown to the public or the press before it was voted in force by a 3-2 partisan margin. … A week after the passing (and still prior to its formal release) Hastings sent out his Chief Financial Officer, David Wells, to recant…

Apr 24, 2015 – that its bad policy to give an all-too-fallible government the power to execute its own citizens. … Several things stand out in Nebraska’s recent efforts to do away with capital punishment. … Second, conservatives are at the forefront of efforts to end Nebraska’s death penalty.…

Apr 24, 2015 – When you get an answer from Debbie, come back to me." … Which conscientious reporters will do if they consider it more important to do their jobs fairly than to help the candidates they like … As a senator, she voted against the partial-birth abortion ban and against a bill to make it a crime to harm a fetus in the course…

Apr 23, 2015 – (R-KY) voted with the Democratic caucus to confirm Lynch after slow-walking her nomination. … The other Republicans who voted for Lynch were Sens. … But they agreed on this: Voted "no" on confirmation of Loretta Lynch to AG - can't support her approval of Obama's exec action…

Apr 23, 2015 – It had been a hectic pace -- in some weeks, it was a challenge just to get from one debate venue to the next. … The goal: to protect the eventual Republican nominee and to gain more control over the process. … to debate.…

Apr 23, 2015 – Some say simply having something to do is better than just sitting around and waiting for a casting agent to call. … When a manufacturer, however, decides to move a facility to a different location ? … These principles are essential to Democrats like me, but they do not have to be exclusive to Democrats.…

Apr 22, 2015 – Tennessee is on the fast track to becoming the 27th state to require a waiting period before an abortion so women have more time to … The state House of Representatives voted 81-17 to require any clinic that performs 50 or more abortions a year to be licensed and inspected … Representatives also voted 79-18 to require women to undergo counseling and wait 48 hours before having an abortion except in the case…

Apr 22, 2015 – If I want limited government and individual freedom, to whom do I turn? Ted Cruz? I want to like him. He’s smart. … But he also seems so eager to go to war. … In fact, he seems to lean over backward to stick to libertarian principles -- even while trying to sound like a mainstream politician…

Apr 22, 2015 – Bush had "rushed to war" in Iraq. … to unseat [dictator Moammar Gadhafi] in Libya." … Again, according to Vox.com, when Moammar Gadhafi "ruled Libya, his government had an agreement with Italy to try to intercept and…