Sen. Patrick Leahy was sworn in today as President pro Tempore. The Vermont senator has served since 1975, and was accompanied by his wife, Vice President Biden, and fellow Vermont senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). As President pro Tempore, Sen. Leahy is third in line to the Presidency, after Vice President […]
Senator Daniel Inouye has died at the age of 88. Sen. Inouye was the President pro Tempore, and served as Senator from 1963. This new Congress would have marked his fiftieth year serving. The Senator was in the hospital for respiratory problems, but said he would make a quick recovery. […]
Multiple sources are telling TKNN that Sen. John Kerry will be nominated by President Obama to be Secretary of State. One source has even spoken to the Democratic Senator. It was widely rumored that President Obama would nominate the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, rumors that have only intensified […]
Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum has endorsed Ken Cuccinelli in the Virginia governor race next year. The state Attorney General will most likely face Democrat Terry McAuliffe. Current governor Bob McDonnell is term limited from serving two consecutive terms. After dropping out of the Republican nomination, Rick Santorum started Patriot […]
Lately, Stephen Colbert has been employing his massive army of followers in an attempt to get appointed to fill the remainder of Senator Jim DeMint’s Senate seat. Senator DeMint will be resigning in January to take over as the president of the Heritage Foundation. On the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert […]
