5/22/2013 1:13 PM // Politics

Excuse Me? Former IRS Commish Shulman smugly responds when asked if he is telling the truth to Congress

Jim Jordan took over the hearing from Issa part way through the Oversight hearing into the IRS targeting of Conservatives. Jordan asked the smug arrogant lying Shulman if he is being square with Congress.

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5/3/2013 11:48 AM // Politics

Fact checkers shred Organizing for Action video that claims House members voted to call climate change a hoax

FactCheck.org and The Washington Post have both called out an Organizing for Action video as false.

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4/30/2013 9:29 PM // Politics

6 years later Obama doubles down on closing Gitmo - blames Congress for not being able to close it

Obama at his presser today doubled down on his promise to close Gitmo - 6 years later.

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4/30/2013 8:54 PM // Politics

Obama: It is not my job to get Congress to behave

Obama at his presser today talking about sequester and the FAA furlough fix.  Said it was not his job to get Congress to behave.

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4/1/2013 10:23 PM // Politics

Major US Companies asking Congress to cut corporate tax rates

Major companies including  FedEx Corp. CVS Caremark Corp. and Boeing Co.  are asking Congress to cut corporate tax rates.

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3/26/2013 12:16 PM // Politics

Mark Zuckerberg and other tech moguls pressure Obama to act on immigration

Mark Zuckerberg is getting into the political arena by putting up $20 million of his own money to help launch a Silicon Valley non-profit organization to pressure Obama to act on immigration.

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3/21/2013 12:20 PM // Politics

Even Capitol Hill cannot escape the reach of Obamacare

Soon Capitol Hill will be affected by Obamacare. Starting next year, members of Congess and their staffers will be under the umbrella of Obamacare but a number of issues remain.

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3/11/2013 10:18 PM // Politics

Democrats' biggest obstacle for reelection in 2014 is, well, Obama himself

A number of Democrats up for re-election in 2014 have indicated in interviews that the biggest challenge they face in 2014 is not the GOP or the Tea Party but rather Obama himself.

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2/19/2013 11:24 PM // Politics

Mayans got the end of the world wrong; Obama got it right

Obama held another campaign rally today - this time using First Responders as his human shields. If sequestration goes through it will be the end of the world.

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2/7/2013 11:11 AM // Politics

White House to give drone information to Congress

Looking to help smooth out the confirmation process for John Brennan, the White House will give Congressional lawmakers classified information on drone strikes against Americans suspected of working with al Qaeda terrorists.

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2/5/2013 3:22 PM // U.S.

I guess tug of war will be banned next; Tug of war results in fingers being severed in California

Two students in California lost some fingers during a game of tug of war.

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2/5/2013 12:04 PM // Politics

Obama to propose short term budget to avoid sequester

Obama will be proposing a short term budget plan this afternoon in an effort to avoid the sequester.

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2/5/2013 9:29 AM // Politics

So just who is a gun owner in Congress?

USA Today knows. They did an email, phone and in-person survey to gather the data.

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1/15/2013 8:45 PM // Politics

House approves $50.7B pork laden Sandy aid bill

The House tonight just passed a $50 billion pork laden Sandy aid bill. The House previously had passed $9.7 billion bill while the Senate passed a $60 billion pork laden Sandy bill.

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1/14/2013 7:00 PM // Politics

GOP congressman threatens impeachment if Obama tries to go around Congress to enact gun control

The Daily Caller is reporting that Rep Steve Stockman has said that he would file impeachment articles if Obama went around Congress and enacted gun control via executive order.

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1/1/2013 9:52 AM // Politics

Details of Fiscal Cliff deal

Here are the details of the Senate Fiscal Cliff deal thanks to Fox News.

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1/1/2013 9:36 AM // Politics

Senate approves Fiscal Cliff Deal at the last minute; We still went over the Cliff

The Senate early Tuesday morning approved a last minute Fiscal Cliff Deal passing the package 89-8.

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1/1/2013 7:45 AM // Politics

Senators who voted against the Fiscal Cliff Deal

A handful of GOP Senators did stick to their principles and voted against the Fiscal Cliff Deal that was passed late last night.

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12/31/2012 11:06 PM // Politics

Senators want pay raise rescinded

Senators including Rob Portman and Michelle Bachmann want the pay raise Obama signed via excutive order rescinded.

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12/30/2012 9:14 AM // Politics

Obama quietly signs executive order incresing salary of Congress, Biden and Federal Workers

This will get your blood pressure up. Obama signed an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal employees, giving some federal workers a raise.

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