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David Sirota International Business Times 5/26/2015 Even by the standards of arms deals between the United States and Saudi Arabia, this one was enormous. A consortium of American defense contractors led by Boeing would deliver $29 billion worth of advanced fighter jets to the United States’ oil-rich ally in the Middle East. Israeli officials were […] May 26th, 2015 | Tags: arms sales, Benghazi, Clinton Foundation, conflict of interest, defense contracts, emails, FOIA, scandal, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sidney Blumenthal | Category: corruption, Human Rights, Internet, Politicians, State Department | Comments are closed
Jim Hoft The Gateway Pundit 5/22/2015 Conservative internet mogul Matt Drudge unleashed on the Republican Party Friday after the GOP Congress gave Barack Obama sweeping new powers. The Republican Senate passed Obamatrade Friday without reading the bill. ** Details to the bill remain classified. Republicans did not block Obama’s illegal amnesty or Obamacare – but […] May 23rd, 2015 | Tags: executive authority, Matt Drudge, Trade Promotion Authority, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, transparency | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, legislation, Politicians, Progressives | Comments are closed
Peter Schroeder and Vicki Needham The Hill 5/19/2015 Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) have a new challenge for President Obama on trade: if the terms of the deal are so good, why don’t you release them to the public? The two introduced legislation Tuesday that would let the public see the details […] May 19th, 2015 | Tags: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Joe Manchin, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, transparency | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, legislation, Politicians | Comments are closed
Steven Ahle Red Statements 5/12/2015 113 House members and Senators have filed an amicus brief in the lawsuit brought by 26 states asking the courts to declare Obamnesty unconstitutional. The case is currently in the hands of Federal Judge Andrew Hanen, who appears to share their belief that amnesty by executive order is indeed unconstitutional. […] May 14th, 2015 | Tags: Amicus Curiae, amnesty, Executive order, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Andrew S. Hanen, Republicans | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Illegal Immigration, Politicians, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Jordain Carney The Hill 5/7/2015 The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve legislation allowing Congress to review a nuclear deal with Iran in a 98-1 vote. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) was the only senator to oppose the bill. He said in a statement that he objected that the deal was not to be presented to […] May 7th, 2015 | Tags: Sen. Bob Corker, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Tom Cotton, treaty | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Iran, Israel, nuclear weapons, Politicians, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Matt Purple Rare.us 5/6/2015 Seriously, why were they? It’s not like other Republicans weren’t wavering. Senator Bob Corker, widely regarded as one of the more moderate GOP senators, stalled the entire budget last week because it employs a cheap gimmick that allows lawmakers to spend nonexistent savings in the future. But in the end even […] May 6th, 2015 | Tags: budget, Overseas Contingency Fund, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Ted Cruz, Senate Republicans | Category: Congress, Federal spending, Politicians, Progressives | Comments are closed
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