President Barack Obama made a mistake when, as a U.S. senator in 2006, he voted against raising the debt ceiling, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said two days ahead of the president’s major address on fiscal policy.
President Obama's toast to Chinese President Hu Jintao on January 19th, 2011.
While it is too late for Congress to have input on the U.S. bombing in Libya, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) would like to see a formal congressional rebuke of President Barack Obama for ordering military action without any authorization from Congress.
The only stern commitment that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will make about the 2012 presidential race is that he won’t challenge his father Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) for the GOP nomination. But if his father doesn’t run, the son believes the tea party should be represented in the race.
Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said yesterday the funding cuts to Planned Parenthood that passed the House yesterday are “Never, never, never going to pass the Senate.”
By Nicholas Ballasy
(CNSNews.com) – Contrary to Majority Leader Harry Reid’s prediction that the government is headed toward a shutdown, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Thursday that there would not be a government shut down.
Rep. Louise Slaughter Says This Is One Of The Worst Times In Our Nations History Because The GOP Freshmen Wants To Kill Women
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) informed his fellow members that the House of Representatives would remain in session Friday and through the weekend no matter if the government shuts down or not.
At a gathering in Pennsylvania Wednesday, President Obama told a man who questioned him about rising gas prices to think about trading in his gas guzzler for a vehicle with better mileage.
Drug traffickers and other criminals seeking to enter the U.S. through a Customs and Border Protection-controlled port of entry (POE) to commit a “major violation” have approximately a 70 percent chance of not being apprehended, a U.S. House subcommittee hearing heard this week.
