Secretary of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson has been named the designated survivor for the Cabinet during President Obama’s State of the Union address. However, if something were to happen, Senate President pro tempore Orrin Hatch (R-SC) would instead assume the Presidency because he is higher in the presidential succession list. […]
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have announced that Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) will deliver the Republican response following President Obama’s final State of the Union. Haley is a rising star in the political party and many have seen her as a possible vice presidential […]
One of the main elements of Festivus, the winter holiday popularized by Seinfeld, is the Airing of Grievances where people say how they were wronged over the past year. Every year, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) airs his grievances on Twitter and this year he took aim at government spending and […]
Senate Intelligence Chair Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chair Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have released a statement saying that the committee is not investigating any claims from Tuesday night’s Republican debate. Senator Burr had told reporters early Wednesday morning that his staff was looking into whether presidential candidate Senator […]
When Senator Coburn (R-OK) retired from the Senate, he challenged his former colleagues to produce their own versions of his Wastebook. The WastebookIn was Senator Coburn’s annual look at his perceived wasteful federal spending. The report was often-lighted and pointed out absurdities filed away in the federal spending. The report […]
