The armed occupiers changed the refuge's name to the Harney County Resource Center, reflecting their belief that the federal government has only a very limited right to own property within a state's borders. Bundy was arrested during a Jan. 26 traffic stop, effectively ending the protest. Another key ...
... Mulvaney from assuming the post. The White House cites the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which allows the president to fill openings. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders: Sarah Huckabee Sanders: I think that the legal outline shows very clearly who is in charge of that agency, and both he and ...
Political mudslinging over the Federal Reserve, particularly its authority to make monetary policy independently, is unprecedentedly partisan. That’s something Stanford’s John Taylor, on the right, and liberal former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., agree on. (Stay tuned for Paul Solman’s interview with the retired lawmaker in an ...
... Childers is waiting in the wings in the general election against either Cochran or McDaniel and would rather face McDaniel. Former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and 2012 presidential candidate Rick Santorum have campaigned for McDaniel in recent days. A McDaniel victory Tuesday would create a major headache for ...
... possible change once he got all the facts. On Wednesday, however, the White House stopped short of giving Shinseki its full support. Press secretary Jay Carney said the president “found the findings extremely troubling” and agrees with Shinseki’s decision to implement the recommendations made by the inspector general. The ...
w here or below. EmbedVideo(7979, 514, 320); Keep an eye on the Rundown blog for breaking news throughout the day, our home page for show segments, and follow @NewsHour for the latest. TOP TWEETS Carney, setting the bar for Obamacare numbers: "The only expectations I'll set is, we ...
... an aide to House Speaker John Boehner suggested a smaller negotiating team would be more likely to find a solution. White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement that the president is "disappointed" the speaker is "preventing" his members from attending the session. Still, two of the Republicans ...
Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., and Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., check out a printed version of the Affordable Care Act at a May press conference on Capitol Hill. Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call. More than three years since President Barack Obama signed the health care bill into law, and a year removed from the Supreme...
President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings at the White House before delivering remarks on the Senate's failure to pass a plan to expand background checks. Official White House photo by Pete Souza. "So all in all, this was a pretty shameful day...
Political campaign buttons and memorabilia at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor. Photo By Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call. Republicans and Democrats end a week focused on bipartisanship with signs they are far from united within their own parties. At the Conservative Political Action Conference, fissures within the Republican Party were on...
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