We may be getting another Romney in politics. After Sen. Carl Levin announced he would not be seeking re-election in 2014, Mitt Romney’s brother, Scott Romney, is reportedly looking at running as a Republican. Rep. Gary Peters is a leading contender for the Democratic side. TKNN currently rates the race […]
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) announced that he is not running for re-election. Levin, who is 78 years old, is the current chair of the Armed Services Committee. The seat is up in 2014, and was leaning Democratic. From the press release: “This decision was extremely difficult because I love representing […]
In spite of Sen. Rand Paul’s bipartisan thirteen hour filibuster, the Senate voted to confirm John Brennan as the nation’s new CIA director.
In a nice taste of what could be coming, President Obama had dinner with twelve Senate Republicans. Many have criticized the President for not schmoozing congressmen and Senators. The twelve senators were Pat Toomey, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Kelly Ayotte, Saxby Chambliss, Ron Johnson, Dan Coats, Bob Borker, Tom Coburn, […]
The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense today. The former Republican Senator was confirmed by a mostly party line vote of 58-41. Senator Lautenburg did not vote. Four Republicans, Cochran, Johanns, Paul, and Shelby, voted for Hagel. All voting Democrats went for Hagel. The four Republicans mostly said […]
