SACRAMENTO -- Pausing in his struggle to solve, or to get others to solve, today's iteration of California's recurring fiscal crisis, Jerry Brown, the recurring governor, recently approved a new contract for the prison guards union.
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We could definitely use another Abraham Lincoln to emancipate us all from being slaves to words. In the midst of a historic financial crisis of unprecedented government spending, and a national debt that outstrips even the debt accumulated by the reckless government spending of the previous administration, we are still enthralled by words and ignoring realities.
The House of Representatives adjourned Friday, May 13, for a week's recess. Before it did, members passed the Intelligence Authorization Bill by a vote of 392-15.
Barack Obama's immigration speech in El Paso May 10 was an exercise in electioneering and hypocrisy. Hypocrisy because while Obama complained about "politicians" blocking comprehensive immigration bills, he was one of them himself.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- This summer, the huge Boeing assembly plant here will begin producing 787 Dreamliners -- up to three a month, priced at $185 million apiece. It will, unless the National Labor Relations Board, controlled by Democrats and encouraged by Barack Obama's reverberating silence, gets its way.
Contrary to Charlie Sheen-esque claims of a "winning" legislative session, Republicans settled for a watered-down compromise on public pension reform and punted on other key labor issues.
"I'm going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil debate on these issues." -- Barack Obama, speech on immigration, El Paso, Texas, May 10.
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It's been a week since George Zimmerman was acquitted in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, but the backlash over Zimmerman's acquittal still hasn't subsided. Rallies are still going strong across the country, drawing thousands who are speaking out about Stand Your Ground laws and racism in the United States. Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network planned over 100 vigils to take place outside of courthouses across the country on Saturday.
By Kevin Derby
A new poll finds a majority of Florida voters believe a jury was correct last week in finding George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin.
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Former Congressman Allen West held an online straw poll between candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 through his Allen West Guardian Fund PAC -- and the winner was Ted Cruz.
The senator from Texas took 58 percent of the vote when matched against Rand Paul in a runoff. While the Florida Republican did not include himself as one of the contenders, besides Cruz and Paul, West included a host of possible presidential candidates including Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Condi Rice, Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, Rick Santorum, and more.
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U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., submitted an amendment Friday to the Defense Appropriations bill that would prohibit providing funding, arms or any support to any group involved in military action in Syria. Last month, Rooney introduced the "Congressional Accountability and Oversight in Syria Act." which would essentially prohibit the Obama administration from providing weapons or support to any faction in Syria without first receiving authorization from Congress. It would also prohibit the American military from exercising military force in Syria.
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President Barack Obama unexpectedly made a statement in the White House briefing room on Friday about the death of Trayvon Martin, drawing from his personal experiences of being a black man in the U.S. to give perspective on African-Americans' view of the case.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, led a group of bipartisan congressmen, including Florida Democrat U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, in sending a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to push the U.N. on the matter of a North Korea ship stopped in Panama this week. The ship was returning from Cuba with missile equipment.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., took aim at the Transportation Security Authority (TSA) after reports emerged that TSA officials gave airport valets the green light to search cars in Rochester, N.Y. Southerland sent a letter to TSA Administrator John Pistole on Thursday night.
By Kevin Derby
Wyoming held its Republican presidential caucus right before Super Tuesday during the 2012 election cycle. Mitt Romney scored a victory there with 39 percent followed by Rick Santorum with 32 percent.
By Kevin Derby
Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, announced earlier this week that she will challenge U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., in the Republican primaries come 2014. A poll released on Friday shows she starts off as the underdog to topple the incumbent senator.
Harper Polling took a poll of likely Republican primary voters which found Enzi with a comfortable lead. He takes 55 percent in the poll while Cheney gets 21 percent.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson has called a boycott of the Sunshine State if the Department of Justice doesn't bring forth a civil rights case against George Zimmerman. Jackson called Florida an "apartheid state" in a CNN interview Thursday. Jackson said President Barack Obama must, at some point, "offer the moral leadership he has to offer."
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