In this week’s address, President Obama said that Republicans in the House of Representatives chose to shut down the government over a health care law they don’t like. He urged the Congress to pass a budget that funds our government,…
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A new attack ad is out and it compares Republican House Speaker John Boehner to a crying baby. Although the ad is meant to be funny, it has some truth to it. John Boehner known, at least in my circle…
They all voted with joy to shut down the government – a move that amounted to yet another failed stunt to get rid of Obamacare. Their government shutdown move immediately caused 800,000 workers to be sent home without pay. But…
Yet another Republican who cannot figure out what they are trying to get from shutting down the government. We previously heard Marlin Stuzman of Indiana say he doesn’t know what Republicans want. And now Peter King of New York is joining…
It’s all an effort to end the Republican government shutdown. House Democratic leaders will begin circulating a discharge petition Friday in hopes of forcing a vote on a “clean” spending bill. GOP leaders have so far refused to stage a…
Imagine that. A Republican finally told the truth about why they shut down the government, bringing our economy to a halt. Apparently – and this is from their own mouth – they don’t want to be “disrespected,” and they will…
New York City councilwoman Letitia James, from Brooklyn and with strong ties to labor unions, has won a Democratic primary runoff for public advocate on Tuesday. This victory makes her all but certain to become the first African-American woman to…
President Obama’s already shortened trip to Asia was canceled Thursday, the White House calling it a casualty of the government shutdown. Obama had been scheduled to leave Washington Saturday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Indonesia, and…
It takes real balls to orchestrate a government shutdown, then blame the people who are implementing your shutdown. That was exactly the case on Wednesday, when a Texas Republican, Rep. Randy Neugebauer, appeared at The World War II Memorial in Washington,…
On Twitter, the Republicans are calling this “more campaigning.” But whatever they think it is, President Obama is darn good at it. Today in Maryland, the President took his show on the road and informed the American people of the…
A dental hygienist from Connecticut was the female driver who tried to ram her car into a White House barricade and was shot dead near the US Capitol after a high-speed chase through Washington streets Thursday afternoon, law enforcement sources…
