May 17, 2016 – pool (3-to-2) than Sanders. … That suggested that voting at the state convention would flip: Sanders would win those 4-to-3 and 3-to-2 contests, giving him a 7-to … -5 victory at the convention and making the state total 18-to-17 for Clinton instead of 20-to-15. […] Prior to the state…

May 17, 2016 – bipartisan vote Thursday, the Senate passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which allows families of 9/11 victims to … The bill is now headed to the House, where it will likely pass. … President Obama is vowing to veto the legislation should it reach his desk.…

May 17, 2016 – Americans with incomes too low to afford coverage qualify for premium subsidies to help them with the cost. … Costly regulations make Obamacare coverage so expensive that the Administration has to basically give it away to make the program appear … The Republican-controlled House voted to sue the executive branch for its abuse of presidential power.…

May 17, 2016 – candidate to sink Donald Trump. … Still missing, however, is the kamikaze pilot who gets just enough fuel to make it out to the fleet. Efforts to recruit Sen. … Second thoughts set in this weekend when the Nebraska State Republican Convention voted thunderously to chastise Sasse for persisting…

May 16, 2016 – Party insiders to find and fund a candidate to run as an independent for President this Fall. … Alternatively, as the article points out, you might be able to find someone who can win just enough states to keep either of the two … Anyone want to hazard a guess as to the Green Party’s candidate in 2016? Only if you did what I did:  Googled it.…

May 14, 2016 – Mitt Romney devoted an entire speech back in March to attacking Donald Trump in an effort to steer conservatives away from the businessman … He continued: “A lot of us voted for him [Romney].  … Schlapp is correct: It’s time to start focusing on Hillary. …

May 13, 2016 – In the last two weeks, Donald Trump has publicly declared that he does not need the Republican Party to unite behind him to win and … Trump failed to recognize that Paul Ryan's refusal to endorse Trump was an effort to inoculate Ryan's Republican congressmen from fall … They need to realize that they do not have to cast their votes for Trump.…

May 13, 2016 – In the last two weeks, Donald Trump has publicly declared that he does not need the Republican Party to unite behind him to win and … Trump failed to recognize that Paul Ryan's refusal to endorse Trump was an effort to inoculate Ryan's Republican congressmen from fall … They need to realize that they do not have to cast their votes for Trump.…

May 13, 2016 – It's not obvious that voters have lost the capacity to split their tickets. … That's just one question still to be determined. Another is turnout. … But it's too early to say it won't.…

May 13, 2016 – Ryan voted for the Iraq War that Trump calls a disaster. The people seem now to agree with Trump that the war was misconceived. … "Ryan ... wanted eventually to turn the massive health-benefit program over to private insurers." … Come to think of it, Barry Goldwater wanted to turn Social Security over to private enterprise. How did that one work out?…

May 12, 2016 – The Italian parliament has voted to legalize same-sex civil unions, becoming the last European Union country to do so. … The vote was 372 to 51, with 99 abstentions. … Earlier on Wednesday, the government won a vote of confidence, 369 to 193, that it had called on Tuesday, tying its fate to the legislation…

May 12, 2016 – Hillary Clinton’s campaign team knew she was going to lose in West Virginia. … , nor should it be shocking that because this place used to be a haven for such mining—that locals literally gave the finger to Clinton … Mingo County opted to back Paul Farrell, an attorney, over Clinton (via Weekly Standard): Hillary Clinton was guaranteed to lose…

May 12, 2016 – If Newsday’s editors had wanted to put their guest on the spot, they could have asked Clinton how she would have voted if she were … Tucker continues to be a prime mover with Common Core to this day. … came to town.…

May 12, 2016 – Rousseff recently traveled to New York City to make the case to the UN that this is a coup. … Why would a president leave the country and hand authority to her vice president if she is convinced he is part of the conspiracy to … To end corruption in Brazil, all politicians need to be held to a higher standard.…

May 10, 2016 – The delay in policy to the next election cycle is to avoid punishments from the DNC. … From the Portland Press Herald: In a message aimed at national party leaders, Maine Democrats voted to require that, beginning … That could bind some superdelegates – who currently hold five of Maine’s 30 seats to the Democratic National Convention – to supporting…

May 10, 2016 – What is Ryan up to? … When Nixon went to Rockefeller's New York apartment to persuade him to join the ticket, Rocky refused, but demanded concessions in … Barry Goldwater at the podium to tell conservatives to "grow up.…

May 10, 2016 – Trump's nationalistic tone, to make America great again, is not something likely to be heard from a church pulpit. … Now is the time for church leaders to listen to their own flock on the important issue of immigration. … On April 24, Austrians voted with a large turnout, and the candidate opposed to permissive immigration won the first round in a stunning…

May 29, 2016 – or close to a Veterans Administration hospital . . . they’re so difficult to tell apart. … One needs 270 electoral votes to win a majority in the Electoral College and, therefore, to be elected president. … Still, Johnson would have to grow his vote percentage ten-fold to get to 36 percent in a three-way race.…

May 29, 2016 – We are going to reveal the grand secret to getting rich by investing. … from 30% of portfolio to 50% as part of a big push to expand home ownership. … Just to make this story worse, Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama voted to filibuster a Republican effort to roll back…

May 28, 2016 – You see, amigos: the taxpayers of nations from France to Spain to Germany, from South Korea to Japan and from Russia to Brazil –taxpayers … Then the bill was constitutionally voted upon and passed by U.S. legislative branch, to the still sputtering rage of the Council on … Thanks to the embargo!…

May 28, 2016 – Nixon led a well-orchestrated effort to appeal to Mexican-American voters in 1972, which paid off handsomely when he won about a third … And it's the same when Trump plays the Mexican card to appeal to white working-class voters. … He has consistently tried to provoke fear among whites that Mexicans are going to steal their jobs, rape their daughters and even rob…

May 27, 2016 – Wade decision, the church voted at its General Conference to split ties with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, as well … as to repeal a resolution that supported a woman's right to an abortion at any point of her pregnancy. … Delegates meeting in Portland, Ore., voted 445-310 to repeal their 40-year-old resolution supporting Roe vs.…

May 27, 2016 – The first time it failed to pass, Democrats chanted “Shame! Shame!” on the House floor. … A few Republicans changed their minds and voted for the amendment, securing its passage. … Yet, the bill it was attached to failed.…

May 27, 2016 – I have to admit that I have never been a comic book fan. … So when my husband dragged me to watch the latest Marvel film, "Captain America: Civil War," I had planned to take a two-hour nap in … lose their autonomy to do what they believed to be right and act accordingly whenever necessary.…

May 26, 2016 – companies to pay overtime to employers earning less than $47,500. … Second, employers now have an incentive to keep more workers as hourly employees, as opposed to promoting them to salaried. … When one adds to this, Obamacare's disincentives to hire full-time employees, the picture looks completely antithetical to economic…