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Pro-English Enthusiasts Bluster Ahead With Official Language Push
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2013 CommentTwo Republican members of Congress have once again introduced legislation in the House and Senate to make English the official language of the United States. Though similar legislation has failed in the past, current talk of immigration reform in Washington means the push may have a better chance than ever before. And changes have already been made at the local level, where three Maryland counties recently declared English the official language of the county government. Some two dozen states currently have official English language laws as well.
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Internal Emails Reveal Bitterness Behind South Carolina Special Election
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2013 CommentAn exchange between political consultants on an internal GOP listserv reveals the bitterness at the heart of the special election taking place on April 2 for a vacant South Carolina House seat.
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Office of Congressional Ethics Not Sure Where Complaint Against Gohmert's Parking Ticket Incident Will Lead
Tweet Share on Facebook March 28, 2013 CommentFollowing a report in Politico that an "irate" Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) pulled rank on the National Park Police over a parking ticket at the Lincoln Memorial earlier this month, a D.C. watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics, saying he violated the House code of conduct whose first rule states members "shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House."
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Chicago, Los Angeles, New York Prosecuted Fewest Federal Gun Crimes
Tweet Share on Facebook March 28, 2013 CommentThe districts that contain Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City ranked last in terms of federal gun law enforcement in 2012, according to a new report from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks federal data.
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Meghan McCain to Get 'Docu-Talk' TV Show
Tweet Share on Facebook March 27, 2013 CommentMeghan McCain is getting a TV show.
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Digital Firm Blamed for Romney Loss Now Working for Marco Rubio, RNC
Tweet Share on Facebook March 27, 2013 CommentIn the wake of Obama's sweeping second term victory, conservatives looking for a scapegoat found a convenient one in Zac Moffatt, Romney's digital director and a cofounder of the major GOP digital ad firm Targeted Victory. Fellow Republicans criticized Moffatt's team as having been incapable or too pricey, according to the National Journal. And questions about Romney's troubled get-out-the-vote operation, Project Orca, inevitably focused on Moffatt even though he was barely involved.
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Janet Napolitano Still Doesn't Use Email Because it's a Time Suck
Tweet Share on Facebook March 26, 2013 CommentHomeland Security chief Janet Napolitano, known for her staunch avoidance of email, refuses to change her ways anytime soon. At a breakfast for reporters in Washington Tuesday hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Napolitano had not much good to say about sending communications via the Internet.
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Gingrich Launches PAC to Pay Off Nearly $5 Million in Campaign Debt
Tweet Share on Facebook March 26, 2013 CommentFormer Speaker of the House and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is launching a new political action committee whose first order of business is to pay off his nearly $5 million in campaign debt.
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FBI Memo Advised Schmoozing 'Slow' Mexicans, Duping Blacks With Phony Insurance Pitches
Tweet Share on Facebook March 25, 2013 CommentA Federal Bureau of Investigations memo from 1947, published Monday by Muckrock, an organization that specializes in filing Freedom of Information Act requests, reveals that FBI agents were once trained to exploit the supposed weaknesses of various minority groups.
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DHS Denies Massive Ammunition Purchase
Tweet Share on Facebook March 22, 2013 CommentThe Department of Homeland Security responded Friday to questions from Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., about why the agency was allegedly planning to buy some 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over the next five years.
