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Fraud On The Middle Class - "The Real Story On Taxes
While we continue to be distracted by manufactured scandals , Middle Class America, Working America, & Poor America continue to get their clocks cleaned.
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Native American veterans memorial gets legislative push
Sen. Brian Schatz introduced legislation Thursday to reauthorize the construction of a Native American veterans memorial on the Mall.
Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift
In this May 21, 2013, photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., expresses his displeasure that Apple CEO Tim Cook was being brought before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee as the panel examines the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the ... (more)
John McCain requests info from DHS on man suspected of killing cop
Sen. John McCain formerly requested information from the Department of Homeland Safety on a man suspected of killing a Phoenix police officer on Sunday.
Video: GOP Sens. slam Obama's suggestion that war on terror "must end"
Flanked by several GOP colleagues who echoed his remarks, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., blasted the president's declaration that the war on terror "must end" as premature and foolhardy, saying that a desire to bring the war "to a compete closure contradicts the reality of the facts on the ground," and arguing that "al Qaeda will be with us for a long ... (more)
Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. In a lengthy address at the National Defense University, Obama defended his ... (more)
Levin, McCain: Suspend Lois Lerner From IRS Job
In a letter to new IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and ranking member John McCain, R-Ariz., requested Lerner be suspended immediately due to an apparent failure to disclose information to their investigatory subcommittee.
Multiple fact-checks of Gomez agree: He lies.
The Boston Globe , in a news story, has already called out Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez for his dishonest new ad.
John McCain: Americans 'Are Being Ripped Off' By Cable Companies
John McCain continued his fight for a la carte cable programming that would allow subscribers to pay for just the cable channels they watch on Wednesday.
John McCain: "ESPN Tax" Needs To Go
John McCain became the best friend of many cable subscribers around the country earlier this month when he introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act.
Bernanke to Congress: You're killing us
Investors understandably paid more attention to Ben Bernanke's views on monetary policy when he testified in Congress this week than to his thoughts on fiscal policy.
Updated: 3:12 a.m.Horne: Border security should be decided by panel
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says a federal immigration reform bill should not allow the Department of Homeland Security to pronounce the U.S.-Mexico border secure.
McCain Looks to Defuse 'Nuclear' Threat
McCain and Rubio disagree over how hard the GOP should push debt limit restrictions when allowing the appointment of budget agreement conferees.
John McCain Is the Latest Senior Senator to Have Had Enough of Junior Ted Cruz
For two days John McCain and Ted Cruz have been fighting on the Senate floor over the rules for negotiating a budget, but, like so many fights, it's also about so much more.
Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action
Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law.
McCain Attacks Rubio for Opposing Debt Ceiling Increase (when...
On the Senate floor Wednesday, Senator John McCain angrily stated that fellow Republican Senator Marco Rubio was delaying Senate business by objecting to a routine increase of the debt limit.
Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , listens to testimony during a hearing on the immigration bill on April 22.
Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment
After five marathon sessions debating 150 proposed amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a landmark rewriting of the nation's immigration laws this week - and the bill emerged largely intact.
Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels
A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to send weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its response to the conflict.
Arizona Sen. John McCain and other moderate Republicans pointed to ill-fated abortion comments as one reason the GOP lost the 2012 elections and suggested conservative lawmakers should "leave the issue alone" in the future.