WASHINGTON (CNN) — Struggling again with an issue important to women and minority groups, House Republicans on Thursday failed to pass their version of a new Violence Against Women Act and then split over a Senate version that won approval with unanimous Democratic support. The measure now goes to President Barack Obama, who said in…
(CNN) — Potential changes which could end the ban on gay boy scouts signal “a challenge to the Scouts’ very nature,” conservative activist and former Sen. Rick Santorum wrote Monday. His column, published online on the right wing website World Net Daily, comes as the Boy Scouts of America prepares to discuss changing their longstanding…
(CNN) — He forged his views of war and the military as a young man in mine-plagued fields of Vietnam. Now Chuck Hagel may become the first Vietnam veteran and first enlisted soldier to serve as U.S. defense secretary. In nominating him to succeed Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama urged the Senate to confirm a…
By Timothy Stanley Editor’s note: Timothy Stanley is a historian at Oxford University and blogs for Britain’s The Daily Telegraph. He is the author of “The Crusader: The Life and Times of Pat Buchanan.” (CNN) — For me, predicting the future is a family business. My grandmother was a professional clairvoyant (called, unimaginatively, Madam Clair)…
WASHINGTON – The head of National Log Cabin Republicans, R. Clarke Cooper, will step down from his position Monday and the board of directors announced today that Gregory T. Angelo has been named interim executive director of the organization. Cooper had served as executive director since 2010. “I hope LGBT Republicans and our allies who…
By Julian Zelizer Editor’s note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of “Jimmy Carter” and of the new book “Governing America.” (CNN) — 2012 has been a tumultuous year in American politics. With the presidential election capping off the year, Americans have witnessed a…
(CNN) — Time is running out for congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama to strike a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. If the two parties can’t come to an agreement before the end of the year, a combination of broad tax hikes and deep government spending cuts take effect . Experts warn of a…
(CNN) – After some Tea Party leaders blamed Mitt Romney‘s loss in the presidential election on his lack of conservatism, Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio, a moderate Republican who announced his retirement in July, offered sharp criticism to their reaction. “There’s a one-word phrase we use in Ohio for that: Crap. That’s nonsense,” LaTourette said…
“Where are the jobs?” That’s the unabashed clarion cry House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner bellowed upon taking the lectern as speaker in 2011, and it’s the same sad song he sings when, after nearly two years of proposing nary a jobs plan of the Republicans’ own, he needs to appear relevant again. Sure the…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNN) – For Democrats who gathered at their convention in the swing state of North Carolina, the high glitz extravaganza watched by millions on television was a partisan infomercial that has paid off, for the moment, in energizing their voters. For Republicans who convened in the battleground state of Florida, the impact on…
