Senate Republicans on Wednesday vowed to stay on the attack until the Obama administration reverses its decision to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
Forcing the Senate into a lopsided, 90-6 vote Wednesday to yank $90 million from a military supplemental bill reflects a turning tide in public opinion against the idea of closing the prison, [...]
Senate Democrats on Tuesday decided to strike $80 million from a spending bill that was going to fund the closure of the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, testing President Obama’s plan to shutter the controversial facility by next January.
The White House worked hard to downplay the setback, but several Democrats criticized the administration for [...]
A COMEDIAN who had a walk-on part in the Rutles film spoof of the Beatles is poised to deliver a 60-seat super-majority to the Democrats in the Senate as President Barack Obama consolidates his grip on the levers of power.
Al Franken, 57, a satirist turned Democrat politician, is expected to be proclaimed the winner of [...]
Republicans have lit a fire under the Democrats regarding the issue of what will be done with Guantanamo’s prisoners. They have turned up the heat so much that the Democrats will likely drop the verbiage to authorize the use of war funds to relocate the inmates from the pending $83.4 billion war funding bill. Senate [...]
No more “Party of No.”
Top Republican officials and lawmakers plan to announce on Thursday a series of town hall-style meetings about their ideas for shaping the country. With the backing of the House and Senate GOP leaders, the new group will operate outside the Republican National Committee and highlight conservative policy ideas and draw contrasts [...]
House Democrats voted to give final approval to a $3.5 trillion budget that addresses the Democrats’ top domestic priorities without the help of any Republicans.
The budget resolution passed in the House by a vote of 233 to 193. The budget won the exact same number of votes when it first came up for a vote [...]
“I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans,” Specter said on a statement posted to a web site devoted to Pennsylvania politics. President Barack Obama called Specter almost immediately to say the Democratic Party is “thrilled to have you,” according to a White House official.
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Congress will hold an emergency hearing on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the Swine Flu outbreak and the public health response to it. Janet Napolitano will be testifying before a Senate panel on Wednesday and a day later other officials are set to brief a House subcommittee on the risks of the Flu spreading.
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