CQPolitics.com – When he took over this year as the chief candidate recruiter and campaign fundraiser for the Senate GOP, John Cornyn didn’t tip his hand about his strategy for taking away as many seats as possible from the Democrats. Read Full Story
President Obama said Thursday that the federal government was guilty of mistreating Native Americans in the past and promised to forge a new relationship between the federal government and tribal leaders. Read Full Story
AP – President Barack Obama’s next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about Iraq could delay the exit of U.S. troops there, squeezing an already overstretched military.
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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill question whether they should emphasize job creation over some of the more ambitious items on the president's agenda Read Full Story
AP – In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Reuters - Former Hewlett-Packard Co chief Carly Fiorina said on Wednesday she would run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from California, seeking to unseat liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer next year. Read Full Story
In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials tell The Associated Press. Read Full Story
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated John Gibbons and Robert Heun to be U.S. Marshals for the Districts of Massachusetts and Alaska, respectively. Gibbons currently serves as a Lieutenant with the Massachusetts State Police in Boston, Massachusetts and Heun recently retired as the Chief of Police in Anchorage, Alaska.
“John Gibbons and Robert Heun have dedicated their careers to protecting the public, and I am honored to nominate them to continue their selfless... Read Full Story