House Speaker John Boehner told a crowd of thousands at the sixth annual Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C., that giving birth to 12 boys and girls probably was not convenient for his mother. But she did it, one at a time.
Following his formal entrance into the 2012 presidential race on Saturday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed on to co-chair an anniversary gala for the influential anti-abortion rights policy group Americans United for Life, which was founded in 1971.
Anti-gay rights groups around the country will see a cash infusion over the next two years through a plan called “Ignite an Enduring Cultural Transformation.” And the groups are remaining mum about who is responsible.
The campaign, which largely targets states where Republicans won control of legislatures or governorships, has More…
If Howard Dean were still the head of the Democratic National Committee, he would be “quietly rooting” for a government shutdown, he said while speaking on a National Journal Insider’s Conference panel Tuesday, according to the National Journal.
Once again, Michele Bachmann has been called out for exaggerating the facts.
Making the case as to why she should be considered for the 2012 Republican nomination for president, the Minnesota representative told Fox News last week, “I have been able to raise more money than any member of the More…
What does National Public Radio have in common with Planned Parenthood? They’re both national organizations, both often despised by the right wing, both receive federal funding and both have been singled out by House Republicans as organizations that should be stripped of federal funding.
The tea party movement, a phenomenon that many deem responsible for installing Florida’s all-Republican cabinet and turning over control of the House of Representatives to the GOP, continues to demonstrate its influence throughout the state and the country. #
Far from Tallahassee, Gov. Rick More…
The post-midterm hangover is still wearing off, but the Republican leadership is already starting to give a pretty good idea of what it intends to do once it assumes control of the House: not much.
“It’s my view that Americans are no more interested in a Republican platform for using More…
Remember Roberto DePosada, the Republican president of Latinos for Reform who released an ad urging Latinos not to vote in Tuesday’s election, because the Democrats had betrayed them by failing to pass immigration reform? Well, it turns out he didn’t take his own advice: He voted absentee in Virginia More…
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent agency established in 2008 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to launch investigations into congressional improprieties and make recommendations to the House Ethics Committee, seems to be performing its duties so well that it might just be out of a job. The Hill More…
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