The Washington Post and CNN are both reporting that Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) will retire at the end of her term. Mikulski is the longest serving female Senator, she was first took office in 1987. Mikulski has been seen as the Dean of Senate women due to her seniority. […]
Loretta Lynch has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on her way to becoming the attorney general. She was approved by the committee on a 12-8 vote. All Democrats voted for her, in addition to three Republicans. Her next step will be to approved by the full Senate. The vote will […]
President Obama vetoed the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act today. He said that due to it circumventing the standard process, it had “earned my veto.” The bill, if signed, would have approved the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The approval of the pipeline typically goes through the State […]
The communications advisor for Rep. Aaron Schock, Benjamin Cole, has resigned following the revealing of Facebook posts where he expressed racist views. Both BuzzFeed and the left-leaning ThinkProgress found his posts and put them online. In one, Cole wrote that President Obama should build a mosque on White House grounds. […]
At the congressional Republican retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner announced that freshman Senator Joni Ernst would deliver the Republican response to President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union. Ernst is a rising star in the GOP and she catapulted her way […]
