Dec. 28, 2016
Senator Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General Prosecuted These Civil Rights Cases |
Good morning from Washington, where the senator chosen by Donald Trump for attorney general is under renewed fire from civil rights groups. Fred Lucas checks into his actual record. A legal question arises for the outgoing secretary of labor's campaign to lead the Democrats. Lucas has that story too. Plus: Jason Snead and John-Michael Seibler on fallout from the federal war on drones, Nick Loris on cleaning up the Energy Department, and Sen. Ted Cruz on props for Clarence Thomas. |
NewsTrump's Pick for Attorney General Prosecuted These Civil Rights CasesAccusations about the Alabama senator's past on racial issues have become a focal point for those opposing his confirmation as the next attorney general after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Read More |
CommentaryWhat It's Like to Be The Daily Signal's White House Correspondent"Since joining The Daily Signal in June, I've embraced the opportunity to stray from the pack and report stories most of the White House press corps either don't care about or just plain ignore," writes Fred Lucas. Read More |
CommentaryClarence Thomas Should Be Included in the African-American History Museum"As much as I am grateful for the museum and its efforts to preserve and promote the indispensable contributions of African-Americans to the collective history of our nation, I believe the museum has made a mistake by omitting the enormous legacy and impact of Clarence Thomas," Sen. Ted Cruz writes. Read More |
NewsLabor Secretary's Bid to Lead Democrats Comes Under Legal ScrutinyThe Hatch Act, passed in 1939, limits political activities by federal employees to ensure they do their taxpayer-funded work in a nonpartisan way and protects employees from partisan retaliation by a supervisor. Read More |
CommentaryWhat Rick Perry Could Do to Prevent Future SolyndrasThe Department of Energy's loan guarantee program provides taxpayer-backed loans to politically favored clean technologies that are "typically unable to obtain conventional private financing due to high technology risks." Read More |
CommentaryHow the FAA's War on Drones Is Killing a Popular PastimeAnd because nothing says "Christmas" quite like criminal fines and jail time, the agency promised $277,500 in civil and criminal penalties and three years' imprisonment to any overeager youngster who rushed out to play without first thinking about the wishes of a distant bureaucracy. 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