Rand Paul stands tall opposing more federal debt
Thank God for U.S. Senator Rand Paul . At least there is one politician in the United States Senate who is concerned about deficit spending.
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The Latest: Pelosi against budget deal unless DACA vote
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, the vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, head to a closed security briefing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she and many fellow Democrats will oppose an expected bipartisan budget deal unless Republicans allow the chamber to vote on legislation protecting immigrants.
Congress grapples with immigration, averting funding fight
Legislation to help young "Dreamer" immigrants struggled to gain footing in the U.S. Congress on Monday, as lawmakers prepared to hold a Tuesday vote on a short-term government funding measure to avoid a rerun of January's three-day partial shutdown. Republicans in the House of Representatives were told at a Monday night meeting that the stop-gap measure would extend funding through March 23, along with a year of defense funding and two years of funding for community health centers, lawmakers said.
Era of trillion-dollar budget deficits is making a comeback
In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights illuminate the U.S. Capitol on second day of the federal shutdown as lawmakers negotiate behind closed doors in Washington. The era of trillion-dollar budget deficits is about make a comeback _ and a brewing budget deal hastened the arrival.
Shutdown Part 2?
Groundhog Day may have been last week - Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter - but it will be celebrated in spirit again this week as Congress deals with what seems to now be the monthly threat of a government shutdown. Republicans and Democrats continue their dance of despair as they pontificate over important issues and propagate one short-term solution after another regarding their basic duty to fund the government.
Chuck Todd Lets Teahadist Republicans Push Conspiracy Theories Around Nunes Memo Unchallenged
Chuck Todd may have had a temporary lapse where he behaved like an actual journalist for once and quit with his typical "both siderist" nonsense we typically hear from him in regard to this dud of a "Nunes memo" that was released this Friday. Sadly, that didn't stop him from allowing two of the so-called "Freedom Caucus" members to come on his show later that same day and lie and spew conspiracy theories about what the memo supposedly said and about who paid for the Steele dossier that Republicans have been desperate to use to discredit the entire Mueller investigation.
Lawmakers Make Progress on a Spending Deal
With less than a week before government funding runs out, it appears Congress will consider another short-term spending package, although negotiators reportedly are close to a long-term deal. If lawmakers do not act before midnight Feb. 8, federal agencies will shut down for the second time in as many months.
Trump urges compromise as Republicans wrestle with immigration
U.S. President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Thursday to put aside misgivings over letting young "Dreamer" immigrants stay in the United States and pass a bill that includes that measure but also imposes tough new immigration curbs. The debate over immigration policy has become closely enmeshed with looming deadlines over government spending.
Trump: FBI, DOJ have ‘politicized’ probe in favor of Dems
The White House is in the final stages of reviewing a classified congressional memo on the Russia investigation that President Donald Trump has said he wants released.
The Latest: Trump accuses FBI, DOJ of favoring Dems
GOP Rep. Mark Meadows is calling for the release of a classified memo on the Russia election probe, claiming there were "poor decisions made at some very senior level positions within the FBI and the DOJ." President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, in Washington.
‘Was the Obama DOJ Weaponized To Spy On The Trump…
AUGUST 28: North Carolina 11th District GOP Congressional nominee Mark Meadows speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Today is the first full session of the RNC after the start was delayed due to Tropical Storm Isaac.
As another spending deadline nears, Trump tells Republicans to seek immigration ‘compromise’
U.S. President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Thursday to overcome sharp internal divisions over immigration policy, a debate closely enmeshed with a deadline to fund the government that looms next week. Congress needs to agree by Feb. 8 on another temporary spending bill.
#ReleaseTheMemo isn’t about transparency – it’s political grandstanding
From spying on Martin Luther King Jr. to surveilling Americans citizens under the PATRIOT Act, the FBI has been abusing its powers since its inception in 1908. Politicians routinely turn a blind eye to such misdeeds.
Kochs warm to Trump policies, not behavior
In this May 22, 2012 file photo, Charles Koch speaks in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kan.The Koch brothers are spending up to $400 million to shape November's midterm elections nationwide. less FILE - In this May 22, 2012 file photo, Charles Koch speaks in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kan.The Koch brothers are spending up to $400 million to shape November's midterm elections nationwide.
Trump’s behavior worries top GOP donors
For the Koch brothers and their powerful donor network, the trouble with President Donald Trump isn't what he's doing. It's how he's doing it.
Kochs warm to Trump policies, not behavior new
For the Koch brothers and their powerful donor network, the trouble with President Donald Trump isn't what he's doing. It's how he's doing it.
Koch Network Plans to Spend $400 Million in U.S. Midterm Cycle
David Koch plans to spend close to $400 million on policy and politics during the two-year election cycle that culminates with November's midterm elections, a roughly 60 percent increase over 2015-16. That will include as much as $20 million in 2018 to sell to voters the Republican tax cuts signed in December by President Donald Trump, about the same amount Koch-affiliated groups spent on promoting the legislation in 2017, officials with the Koch network said Saturday.
Immigration talks: What’s next?
As the dust settled Monday on an agreement to reopen the government, the path forward for immigration remained as murky as ever. Democrats and Republicans who worked to break the impasse over the shutdown spun their vote to accept a slightly shorter continuing resolution as a victory because of a commitment to turn to immigration.
No deal reached, as moderates search for shutdown solution
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives for a meeting of fellow Republicans on the first morning of a government shutdown after a divided Senate rejected a funding measure, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. The U.S. government shut down at midnight after Congress failed to resolve a partisan standoff over immigration and spending.
Democrats, GOP exchange charges of blame for shutdown
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says the partial government shutdown is "inflicting needless uncertainty on our country" and he is blaming it all on Senate Democrats. WASHINGTON - Feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress are trying to dodge blame for a paralyzing standoff over immigration and showing few signs of progress on negotiations needed to end a government shutdown.