The Republican National Committee announced on Monday that NBC News had officially been cut as the broadcast partner for the February debate. The debate is days before Super Tuesday on March 1. Instead of NBC, the RNC has awarded CNN the debate. CNN has held two of the prior debates, […]
During election years, action typically grounds to a standstill. Attention shifts to the elections as the House runs for reelection, along with roughly one-third of the Senate. During presidential election years, both sides know that their actions can have an impact and will be fodder for positive and negative ads. However, […]
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. […]
Former Represenative Gabby Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, have endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. The former Arizona Congresswoman has been a major proponent of gun control in the country following a failed assassination attempt in 2011. Giffords and Davis founded Americans for Responsible Solutions, a gun violence prevention […]
Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) called for a new constitutional convention in order to pass nine amendments to the Constitution. A constitutional convention is largely unprecedented and carries great risk. The Founding Fathers used a convention to amend the original Articles of the Confederation, but then decided to ditch the Articles […]
