During an appearance on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopolous" on Sunday, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Syrian and Iranian leaders are behaving "more rationally" than House Tea…
Speaking at the Brookings Institution on Friday, former Vice President Al Gore called Republican efforrts to defund Obamacare through the continuing resolution "political terrorism."
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Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressed surprise that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) chose to read "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Suess during his 21-hour…
In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre said Sunday that no homeowners would be "satisfied" with a 30-minute police response time if someone was…
Speaking on the House floor on Friday, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) called the bill to defund Obamacare and fund all of the federal government "a blatant act of hostage-taking."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday accused House Republicans of "brutality" for introducing a bill that funds government but defunds Obamacare.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said Democrats are unified in their efforts to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government including Obamacare while Republicans are split on…
Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday used the act of hostage-taking as a metaphor for the debt limit during a discussion on the upcoming fiscal battles in the House.
President Barack Obama on Monday called for a "seamless" investigation into the Navy Yard shooting massacre and pledged to do everything in his power to make sure whoever is responsible for this "…
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin "got everything he wanted" out of the situation with Syria, "including…
Former assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security, Stewart Baker, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday that the U.S. could be…
Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday that any U.S. military intervention in Syria will be "small" in comparison to past military operations in Iraq, Kosovo…
Radio host Tavis Smiley said President Barack Obama should remove the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which was added to the Oval Office during Obama's first term, because of the president's…
Liberal activist and scholar Dr. Cornel West said if President Barack Obama moves ahead with military action against Syria without congressional approval, it would be grounds for impeachment.
Liberal activist and scholar Dr. Cornel West last week pointed out the contradiction between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and President Barack Obama's push for U.S.…
Secretary of State John Kerry told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday that he cannot guarantee the "outcome of Syria as a whole," though U.S. intervention in the region,…
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Monday called it "embarrasing" that President Barack Obama has drawn a "red line" on Syria and the congressman does not see "anything urgent about it."
British Prime Minister David Cameron told the British Parliament Thursday that while it would be "unthinkable to proceed" with military action against Syria, "if there was overwhelming opposition…
British Prime Minister David Cameron told the British House of Commons Thursday that no action should be taken on military action against Syria until U.N. weapons inspectors are heard.
Kristin Stoneking, executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, who spoke at the event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, asked how we can pay tribute to Dr…
Robert Woodson, founder and president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, said Monday that gun violence has claimed as many lives in six months as the number of people killed on 9/11 and…
Robert Woodson, founder and president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, said if Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were alive today, he would not just talk about justice for Trayvon Martin, he…
Bernice King, the daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said on Thursday that a woman's womb is where life begins.
Rev. Al Sharpton said Thursday that he did not protest the murder of an Australian man who was gunned down in Oklahoma because no one called him and there was no racial motive.