House Passes $1.1T Omnibus Spending Bill Implementing Murray-Ryan
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed with overwhelming support a massive $1.1 trillion “omnibus” spending bill to fund government operations until Sept. 30.
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Joe Miller: These Two New Facts Should Give Everyone Pause
This week we’ve already learned at least two facts that should give pause to anyone who cares about the liberty and prosperity of this country.
Rated-X Sex Ed Resources Being Pushed on Young Children in Kansas, New York (+video)
A poster listing X-rated sex acts was posted on a door in plain view of children at a middle school in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. It was no accident. And common core based curriculum in New York directed children to an obscene sex quiz.
IRS ‘Horribly Harassed’ Sarah Palin’s Father Six Times Since 2008
Sarah Palin’s brother said that his father, Chuck Heath, Sr., has been “horribly harassed” by the IRS six times since Palin became the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2008.
Crime Study: Handguns, Not ‘Assault Rifles,’ Used in Most Mass Shootings
Media hype about mass shootings in America has fostered a myth that the killings are on the rise and that an assault weapon ban, expanded background checks and greater attention to the mentally ill will curb a rampaging epidemic, according to an authoritative and exhaustive study by a noted criminologist.
Senators: Police Should Get Warrants to Use Drones in the U.S.
In addition to privacy, the hearing also briefly touched on another key issue that could slow down drone integration: safety. Some senators expressed concern over letting unmanned flying robots share the airspace with thousands of manned airplanes.
Ambassador Stevens Cabled Washington: CIA Says ‘AQ [Al Qaeda] Training Camps Within Benghazi’
On August 16, 2012–a little less than a month before the terrorist attacks on the U.S. State Department and CIA facilities in Benghazi, Libya–Amb. Chris Stevens sent a cable to State Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. stating that a CIA officer on the ground in Benghazi had briefed a State Department officer in that city the day before “on the location of approximately ten Islamist militias and AQ training camps within Benghazi.”
Alaska to Pay $5.75 Billion for Exxon LNG Project Stake
Alaska plans to jump-start a $45 billion natural gas export project by pitching in more than 10 percent of the cost and joining Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), BP Plc (BP/), ConocoPhillips and TransCanada Corp. (TRP) as an equity partner.
Alaska Will Be Leaving the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
Erik McCormick, director of assessment with the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (AK DEED) announced that Alaska will be leaving the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). Governor Parnell and Commissioner Hanley had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SBAC in April of 2013, but withheld announcement of signing the agreement until the legislature had ended the 2013 session in mid-April. The announcement comes days before the beginning of the 2014 legislative session.
Income Inequality: Obama Owes You $19,000
Democratic leaders have signaled their intention to make income inequality the centerpiece of the midterm elections, and expanding benefit programs for the poor and unemployed are at the heart of the strategy. As the ever-gracious senior senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, put it, if the GOP opposes extension of long-term unemployment benefits, “it’s going to hurt them in the election.”