All Posts Tagged With: "Washington"
Court Says Appointments by Obama were Unconstitutional
On Friday, a ruling by a federal appeals court said that President Obama had violated the Constitution of the United States when he filled a labor board with recess appointments. The decision by the court could limit the power of the president in pushing through federal nominees. The federal court said the U.S. Senate had [...]
Jindal Says GOP Must Stop Being Stupid
Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana, warned his fellow members of the Republican Party that they need to stop being the stupid party. On Thursday, Jindal gave a sharp, fiery critique of the Republican Party at the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee. On Friday, top members of the Republican Party will meet in [...]
NRA Attacks Veiled Comment by Obama
Wayne LaPierre the Executive Vice President of the NRA has not been in the public eye since his appearance on the Meet the Press show last month was poorly received. However, on Tuesday night he appeared with the NRA’s response to a comment made during the inaugural speech of President Obama on Monday. In his [...]
Little Hope for Political Cooperation as Second Term Starts
Even though Americans are more upbeat about the direction in which the country is headed than most were four years ago, voters are less confident that the government can help them. The first inauguration of President Obama was a time of hope for bipartisanship as 50% of people in the U.S. predicted at that time [...]
Obama Administration Doubts Report on Chemical Weapons in Syria
Late Tuesday, the White House expressed its skepticism over a report saying the military in Syria had used a chemical weapon last month in Homs against its own. However, the White House would not come out and flatly deny the report. Tommy Vietor a spokesman for the National Security Council, said the reporting received from [...]
Biden Pushing Forward Will Meet NRA
Joe Biden, the U.S. Vice President will meet this week with representatives from the National Rifle Association along with experts in the mental health field as part of his effort to push forward actions of the task force established by the White Hours on gun control. The importance of looking in the areas of mental [...]
Immigration Enforcement Costs Billions
The White House administration spent close to $18 billion on the enforcement of immigration during 2012. That figure was substantially more than it spent combined, on all of the other law enforcement agencies. The information was taken from a report that was published on Monday by a research group known as Migration Policy Institute based [...]
Record Number of Hispanics Serving in Congress
The new 113th Congress will have a record number of Hispanics serving in Washington. Three Hispanic senators along with 33 Hispanic representatives will be a part of the legislators on Capitol Hill. Eleven of the Hispanic legislators, including one senator are participating for the first time in Congress. The vast majority, 28 in all, are [...]
Congress Has First Buddhist and First Hindu in Senate
The latest edition of the U.S. Congress, the 113th will be much different that the 112th. The previous one was slow in productivity but rich in obstinacy. The new 113th, which convened on Thursday for the first time will be its most diverse in the history of the United States. The 113th Congress will include [...]
Clinton Admitted to Hospital Due to Blood Clot
Current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to be admitted to the hospital Sunday when her doctors discovered she had a blood clot while performing an exam to follow up on her condition in relation to the concussion Clinton suffered earlier in December, said her spokesperson. No timetable was released regarding Clinton’s release from the [...]
