Filmer Behind Romney’s ’47 Percent’ Video Goes Public
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Mitt Romney may have lost the presidency because he offended a bartender.In his public debut on MSNBC’s The Ed Show, bartender Scott Prouty revealed that he filmed the famous “47 percent” vi…
Latest GOP Attempt to Repeal Obamacare Fails Again
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Thirty-five times up, 35 times down.That’s how often Capitol Hill Republicans have tried to quash funding for the Affordable Care Act, the signature achievement of President Obama’s first term, but have failed to d…
First Budget Plan from Democrats in Four Years
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Calling it “a balanced and fair approach” to solving the nation’s red ink, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray on Wednesday officially unveiled the Democrats’ budget proposal that focuses on both spendi…
President Obama: There Is No Debt Crisis
Stephen Chernin/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — There has been no shortage of dire warnings about the mounting U.S. national debt, but President Obama is now offering a different assessment: no big deal.“We don’t have an immediate crisis in ter…
Democrats Present Their Budget Plan Wednesday
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The proposal being unveiled by Senate Democrats on Wednesday to balance the nation’s books will be markedly different from what Republican Congressman Paul Ryan presented on Tuesday in that it offers both significa…
Paul Ryan’s Latest Budget Proposal to Be Unveiled Tuesday
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan will release the latest version of his budget blueprint on Tuesday in an attempt to set the federal government on a course to balance annual revenue and spending lev…
Some Gun Measures Broadly Backed But the Politics Show Even Split
David De Lossy/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — While Senate negotiators struggle for a deal on mandatory background checks at gun shows, the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll finds vast public support for the measure, as well as for a committee-approved ste…
Donald Trump Suggests He’ll Fund White House Tours
Mike Stobe/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — If White House tours resume before the sequester issue is resolved then visitors might have Donald Trump to thank.Last week, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich floated the idea that Trump could afford to pay for the…
Will House Republicans Unite on Budget?
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) — On Tuesday morning, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan will release the latest version of his budget blueprint, setting the federal government on a course to balance annual revenue and spending levels by t…
Jeb Bush: I’m ‘In Sync’ with Lindsey Graham on Immigration Reform
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush told ABC’s This Week that he is “in sync” with South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham on the immigration reform issue. This following an incident on Monday w…
Dick Cheney Unconcerned with Critics in New Documentary
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In The World According to Dick Cheney, a new documentary by R.J. Cutler, former Vice President Dick Cheney is unrepentant, and says that he doesn’t care about what critics think of him.
The documentary, …
States Having Their Own Gun-Control Debates
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — While Washington tries to decide how best to address with the gun violence epidemic in the country, individual states are making their own rules and having debates of their own.
More than 1,100 gun-related bills ha…
Republicans Decry Obama’s Decision to Try Al Qaeda Suspects in Civilian Court
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration’s decision to try Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law in federal court in New York City instead of a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay has reignited a debate over how to deal with suspect…
Fashion Designer Calls Michelle Obama’s Clothing ‘Dreadful’
Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert(NEW YORK) — From the attention-grabbing bangs, to the high-end Jason Wu dresses, to the colorful J. Crew ensembles, first lady Michelle Obama is considered by many to be a style icon in her own right. But …
Sen. Mark Warner Plays Cupid for Staffer on Twitter
warner.senate.gov(WASHINGTON) — Warm weather hasn’t come to Washington, D.C., just yet, but spring fever hit the Hill on Thursday just the same.When approached online by his press secretary’s boyfriend, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., agreed to s…
Bill Clinton Says ‘It’s Time to Overturn’ Gay Marriage Law He Signed
Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for TRANS4M(WASHINGTON) — Former President Bill Clinton is adding his name to the list of those who say the Supreme Court should overturn the federal law restricting marriage to one man and one woman. Seventeen years after he…
Activists Will Challenge Arkansas’ New Abortion Limit
Comstock/Thinkstock(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Arkansas’ new abortion law, the most restrictive in the nation, has incensed activists, who now plan to file a lawsuit challenging the measure.Their challenge will come on the heels of a court victory in Idaho,…
Senator Carl Levin, Michigan Democrat, Won’t Seek Another Term
Roll Call/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, the Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, announced Thursday evening that he will not run for reelection in 2014.Levin, 78, said the decision for him was “extremely…
Obama Signs Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama signed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act Thursday, expanding protections for victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault.“This is a country where everybody should be able …
President Obama, GOP Senators Break Bread
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama and Republican senators had a “good exchange of ideas” Wednesday evening during their roughly two-hour-long dinner at the posh Jefferson Hotel, just blocks from the Whi…