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Senators announce opposition to Obama-backed U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) faces a nearly impossible road to ratification after half of the United States Senate reiterated their opposition to the measure in a letter to President...
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Congress passes Reid-McConnell funding, debt ceiling deal
The government shutdown has come to an end and the debt ceiling has been raised after Congress passed the deal worked out between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch...
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Senate on a slippery path with filibuster change
The manufactured crisis last week that led to extraordinary, unprecedented change to the filibuster, prompted by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Democrats, is the first step down a road...
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Mitch McConnell and the "Republican brand"
TL;DR:Mitch McConnell feels threatened by principled conservatives and feels that they’re ruining the “Republican brand” by challenging him and other establishment Republicans. But really, the...
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Rand Paul nixes new Iran sanctions during negotations
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like Congress was going to overwhelmingly pass new Iran sanctions while the Obama administration was still negotiating with the prospective nuclear nation over their...
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To Help The Poor, To Not Help The Poor
Republicans in the Senate blocked legislation this week that would increase the federal minimum wage. Currently, the federal minimum wage level is at $7.25 an hour and the failed proposed increase...
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Obama is trying get around the Senate to enact a U.N. climate deal
There’s no ambiguity about the process by which the United States can enter into a treaty. The Constitution, in Article II, Section 2, states that a president “shall have power, by and with the advice...
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Get ready for a showdown over free speech: Harry Reid will push partial...
When the Senate returns to Washington next week, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is expected to bring up S.J. Res. 19, a constitutional amendment proposed by Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) that would...
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Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signs on to Rand Paul 2016
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled his support for Rand Paul’s potential 2016 presidential campaign in a wide-ranging interview with the Lexington Herald-Reader after Tuesday...
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Chairmen of House and Senate Budget Committees Propose Good Budgets,...
This was originally posted at International Liberty.Earlier this year, President Obama proposed a budget that would impose new taxes and add a couple of trillion dollars to the burden of government...
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