Aug. 10, 2016
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NewsAccountability for IRS? What's Next After New Court DecisionThe IRS has not stopped targeting conservative groups seeking nonprofit status, a federal court ruled in deciding to reinstate a lawsuit against the agency. Read More |
NewsAfter Being Punished for Praying, Football Coach Files Lawsuit to Get His Job Back"I just want the ability to go back out there and help these young men, and also have my constitutional rights that I fought in the Marine Corps for 20 years," says coach Joe Kennedy. Read More |
NewsThese Gun Owners Are Least Likely Criminals, Report FindsConcealed-carry permit holders are nearly the most law-abiding demographic of Americans, a new report by the Crime Prevention Research Center says. Read More |
NewsGOP Lawmaker Suggests Obama Administration Employees Should Face Jail Time for Iran Cash Deal"I want to know what Obama administration employees were involved with this and how long do they serve in prison," says Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., a member of the House Intelligence Committee. Read More |
News'Like Hogs at the Trough,' Lobbyists Feast on Farm Bill for Subsidies, Food Stamps"The committee says that they're bipartisan, but that's because of the farm bill and the unholy alliance between agriculture policy and food stamps," says Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. "Both Republicans and Democrats get what they want out of a trillion-dollar spending bill and it's a problem." Read More |
CommentaryThe Left's War on Grit"Oh, sure, liberals love to spout happy talk about perseverance and the American dream, but they are doing everything they can to make sure there is only one path to this dream: through the government," writes Fox News' Eric Bolling. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans