All Posts Tagged With: "Senator John McCain"

McCain hears angry comments on Immigration

On Tuesday, the immigration debate took center stage in Arizona as Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security toured the border of the state and Mexico and John McCain the Senator from Arizona defended his proposed immigration overhaul to a number of angry people in Phoenix. Washington officials arriving in Arizona is yet another sign [...]

Romney Takes Iowa Caucuses

Mitt Romney flew into New Hampshire in a Boeing 737 filled with reporters after his win in the Iowa caucuses. Rick Santorum placed second in Iowa and he would use this in his campaign to be the standard-bearer of a conservative insurgency. Romney went to a high school gymnasium to accept the endorsement of Senator [...]

Congress Passes Massive Defense Bill

Congress approved the $662 billion defense bill last Thursday after months of negotiating over how to handle arrested terrorist suspects without going against Americans’ constitutional rights. A compromise has been reached but it doesn’t mean that the fight is over. The Senate voted 86 to 13 in favor of the measure and it now requires [...]

Democrats Claim New Romney Ad is Misleading

Democrats blasted Mitt Romney’s new television ad. They said that the Republican hopeful distorted President Barack Obama’s own words from the 2008 presidential campaign. The ad began airing today as Obama is set to visit New Hampshire. It quoted then-candidate Obama as saying that if they keep talking about the economy, they’re going to lose. [...]

Republicans Say President Waited Too Long Taking Action Against Libya

Several Republicans expressed some criticism on President Obama’s time frame for military actions regarding Libya, as the U.S. and allies continue to bomb the country as part of the current operations in Libya. Rep. Senator John McCain said he felt the president waited a bit longer than he should have, but that he still believes [...]

New Seating Arrangement During President’s State of the Union Address

Republicans and Democrats crossed party lines and sat side by side as they listen to the State of the Union Address delivered by President Obama in Congress. Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona sat on the Democratic side of the House aisle, between Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts and Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico. [...]

New Start Treaty Facing Obstacles Placed by House Members

The Republican effort to block the approval for the new arms control treaty has been facing a tough time lately. President Obama said that he doesn’t intend to constrain American plans to build a missile defense system in Europe. So far, the vote ratio has been 59 – 37, while lawmakers are clearly rejecting an [...]

The Night of Comedy Gathered Journalists and Celebrities

The U.S. President Barack Obama, showed his funny bone to a huge audience on Saturday – from old times comedians like Jay Leno, to teen sensation – Jonas Brothers. On a lighter note, Jay Leno got tagged a lot of times, by Obama’s punch lines and we can’t really forget the response of the audience [...]