At a House Republican press conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday he's not "drawing any lines in the sand" when it comes to debt reduction.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that the administration would release enrollment data on how many people have signed up for Obamacare through the health care exchanges on a…
Speaking on the Senate floor Friday, Sen, Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said although he has not been to the Senate floor in days, that hasn't stopped Senate Democrats from disparaging him.
National Intelligence Director James Clapper told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the government shutdown "seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this…
In an address to the United Nations Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani wants the world to believe that it is not pursuing nuclear…
Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Senate Democrats of refusing to sit down with House Republicans and work out a compromise on the continuing…
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."
Obama Invokes Daughters as He Talks of Free Checkups, Flu Shots, Contraceptive Care
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…