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December 20, 2015

Senate sets test vote on Iran sanctions bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set a test vote for Thursday on stalled bipartisan legislation to let Congress review and possibly reject any agreement the Obama administration makes to ease sanctions on Iran in exchange for concessions on nuclear research and development.

December 20, 2015

Off to a bad start? McConnell blasts Obama for early veto threat on Keystone

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted President Obama on Wednesday for vowing to veto the first bill of the new, Republican-controlled Senate -- legislation to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.

October 15, 2015

Jindal: It's time to retire the filibuster

This fall we again face what can only be described as a constitutional crisis masquerading as a recurring nightmare

October 1, 2015

GOP leadership punts on defunding Planned Parenthood

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not fight to defund Planned Parenthood, for the moment.

September 21, 2015

After the Planned Parenthood videos: The message Congress must send

The recent Planned Parenthood videos should serve as a crystal clear call to action; we can—and must—do better.

September 12, 2015

Harry Reid says he won't attend Redskins game until team changes name

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he won't attend a Washington Redskins home game until the football team changes its controversial name.

July 31, 2015

CIA Report, Funding the Government: How can Obama, Congress defy the Constitution?

Last week presented a textbook example of public disputes masking hidden deceptions. Here is what happened.

July 31, 2015

CIA interrogations report: Where is Katie Couric getting her news?

Where is Katie Couric getting her news? The Yahoo Global News anchor seems to have erroneously assumed that the Democrats’ report was the only one issued by the Senate committee. 

July 31, 2015

CIA interrogations report: Feinstein offers aid and comfort to enemy, stabs heroes, allies in the back

Tuesday’s willful, unnecessary and gratuitously destructive release of the one-sided “torture report” at the insistence of outgoing Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. (backed by the White House) amounts to nothing less that providing aid and comfort to the enemy in wartime.

July 31, 2015

Lame Duck Congress: Will new GOP majority fight, or cave like old minority?

The Lame Duck session presents the first test for Republican leadership in the House and Senate since the American people overwhelmingly spoke on Election Day.  As usual, President Obama and congressional Democrats are playing their Washington games.