Eric Holder: Obama Hasn’t Overreached with Executive Actions
In an interview with Time, Holder, who previously could not explain whether the Constitution enabled some of Obama’s bolder executive actions, claimed Obama has “appropriately used executive authority as other presidents have.” “He’s used executive action around 180 times, something like that. I was looking the other day just at a list of presidents, and […]
Reid Schedules September Vote to Amend Constitution – Tea Party News
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has set up a procedural vote for September on a constitutional amendment to limit money in politics. Before adjourning for a five-week recess on Friday, Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 19, which is designed to overturn two recent Supreme Court decisions that allowed […]
Poll Shows Voters Want Republican Majority in Congress
According to the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll, voters now want to see a Republican majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Respondents said they believed Congress to be unproductive overall, but that they do not wish the majority to change in the House. The poll asked registered voters if they thought […]
» NM governor proposes work requirement for food stamps » News — GOPUSA
Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration proposes to re-impose and broaden work-related requirements on low-income New Mexicans to qualify for food stamps. Starting in October, the state plans to restore a 20-hour-a-week work requirement for an estimated 26,600 childless adults to get food stamps. The mandate was suspended in 2009 because of the national recession. On-the-job training […]
CBS’s Gayle King: Unless Illegal Immigrants Are Doing Something ‘Illegal,’ Leave Them Alone | Media Research Center
According to CBS This Morning host Gayle King on Monday, unless an illegal alien is doing something “illegal,” Americans should leave him or her alone. Mike Hogan from Vanity Fair appeared on the program to discuss a new poll about ethical dilemmas and how people respond. Guest host Vinita Nair wondered, “Who’s more likely to […]
US general assassinated in ‘green-on-blue’ shooting at Afghan army training base | Fox News
A man in an Afghan Army uniform opened fire Tuesday at a military base, killing a U.S. general and wounding 15 people, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops. U.S. officials identified the murdered American late Tuesday as Maj. Gen. Harold Greene. Greene was the highest-ranked American officer killed in […]
Inversions: Senate Democrats Urge Obama to Take Action
A trio of liberal Senate Democrats want President Barack Obama to make use of his “pen and phone” to cut down on corporate “inversions.” In a new letter, Sens. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts seek executive action to reduce or eliminate tax preferences that come […]
Washington Post: Obama Doesn’t Have ‘License to Tear up the Constitution’ | CNS News
The Washington Post editorial board says President Obama “should think twice” about deferring deportation for millions more illegal immigrants, as he reportedly may do later this summer. “Obstinate, hopelessly partisan and incapable of problem-solving, Congress is a mess. But that doesn’t grant the president license to tear up the Constitution,” said the editorial printed in […]
Obama announces $12B in new aid to Africa power sector | TheHill
President Obama unveiled $12 billion in new pledges from the private sector and government institutions on Tuesday to help strengthen Africa’s electric power infrastructure.The new commitments to Obama’s Power Africa initiative, which the president launched last year, bring total funding of the program to more than $26 billion, according to a White House fact sheet. […]
Manatee County woman scares burglar off with gun – FOX 13 News
It was broad daylight, just around 2:30 in the afternoon. NJ Logan was upstairs at her Holmes Beach home off 6th Avenue. She was resting after hip replacement surgery when she heard a noise downstairs. “I kept hearing a commotion, like there were people walking around down there,” she said. She was alone. Her husband […]