Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
A caller named Joshua from California called into C-SPAN and was talking with host Mimi Geerges about the incoming squad of sexual predators and rapists, such as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Pete Hegseth, and even the Orange Felon himself. Geerges, who was probably warned about the overly litigious Felon, had to cover her and the station's ass by correcting the caller (emphasis mine):
GEERGES: There's Joshua in Los Angeles, Democrat.
Florida GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez called Trump's idiotic threat to reclaim the Panama Canal "legitimate" during an interview on Fox Business Network this Monday.
No mention, of course, of The Trump Organization's business disputes with the country.
WEBSTER: Congressman, is Donald Trump right? Are we being ripped off on the Panama Canal?
The Times has decided that now's the time to crank out "proof" that Christian beliefs are invented claptrap. It's Christmas, so they're going to the bathroom in the manger.