Text of Rand Paul’s Tea Party Response to SOTU
Under President Obama, the ranks of America’s poor swelled to almost 1 in 6 people last year, reaching a new high as long-term unemployment left millions of Americans struggling and out of work.
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Text of Rubio’s GOP Response to the State of the Union
The real cause of our debt is that our government has been spending 1 trillion dollars more than it takes in every year. That’s why we need a balanced budget amendment.
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Speech
Over the last few years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion – mostly through spending cuts, but also by raising tax rates on the wealthiest 1 percent
Scope of Doctor’s Money Ties to Menendez Exceeds $1 Million
Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen has given more than $1 million directly and indirectly to Sen.
Pelosi Asks to Drop Recess for Sequester Talks
With only a handful of legislative days before the sequester hits federal agency budgets starting March 1, Pelosi said the parties should start work on a compromise plan immediately.
Obama Plans to Take His Agenda Straight to the People
As a result, Tuesday’s speech will be as much about enlisting the public as it will Congress, as both the White House and Congress head into battle over the March 1 start of the sequester, a potential
Top 10 Things to Watch for During the State of the Union
1. Immigration Watch the GOP’s reaction. We already know President Barack Obama wants a comprehensive package including a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
Unusual Allies Fight Sequester Cuts
/p> The rare display of unity among groups that are often pitted against one another underscored shared concern over the across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to hit nondiscretionary spending March 1.
Fitch’s Advice to Members: Good Intentions Won’t Sail Your Ship
However, if members do not make these tough decisions, they will face one of two outcomes: 1. if they are in a safe district, they will become ineffective, or 2. if they are in an unsafe district, they
Parties Solidify Positions in Sequester Stalemate
President Barack Obama last week asked Congress to come up with a package of both new revenue and additional spending cuts — he did not make any other suggestions about specifics — before March 1,
State of the Union Intensifies Gun Fight
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has seen its membership soar from fewer than 200,000 in 2012 to between 500,000 and 1 million now, said its president, Dan Gross.
White House Warns of Job Losses Under Sequester
The White House is ramping up its warnings about the automatic spending cuts scheduled to hit March 1, warning it would lead to hundreds of thousands of job losses, furloughs and impaired government services
Defense, Other Sectors Band Together To Fight Sequester
The organizations on Monday will “detail a joint effort they are undertaking to put a stop to the severe budget cuts currently set to go into effect on March 1,” a news advisory stated.
Obama to Help House Democrats Recruit Candidates
The DCCC also pulled in an impressive $1 million online.
What Washington Reads
The top five paperback nonfiction books at Politics and Prose bookstore: 1. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander, M.D. 2.
Obama to Fundraise for House, Senate Committees
Updated: 1:09 p.m. | President Barack Obama will hold at least 14 fundraisers this year to support Democratic efforts to take control of the House and keep the majority in the Senate.
Obama Urges Democrats to Stick Together in Continued Fights
The GOP would like to replace the sequester, which begins to go into effect March 1, with other, more targeted spending cuts, while Democrats have said Congress should replace them with a combination
Cowan Joins Senate for Temporary Stint
Kerry, who assumed his new duties on Feb. 1, was in the chamber and escorted Cowan to Thursday’s swearing-in. Cowan was picked last month by Massachusetts Gov.
Norton Wants Clarifications From AOC on Capitol Power Plant
Tuesday, the day after launching an exploratory committee for a 2014 mayoral run, Wells made good on his promise to introduce legislation that would ban the use of coal as a fuel source in D.C. by Jan. 1,
Lyons: Confronting Iran Beyond the Fiscal Cliff
At less than one-fifth of 1 percent of the defense budget, cutting homeland missile defense will hardly make a dent in the federal deficit.