By A.F. Branco

By Robert Romano On paper, should Scotland secede from the United Kingdom on September 18 via referendum, the political implications in British Parliament will be resoundingly in favor of the Conservative Party. Tories would lose just 1 seat in Parliament , bringing their current total to 303 seats. Meanwhile the rival Labour Party would lose […]

By Rick Manning 9/11 will be remembered by most Americans through the horrifying images of planes crashing into the Twin Tower and the collapse of the buildings.  Even though, I live in Washington, D.C., that is how I remember it.  First hearing the news on my car […]

By Robert Romano “I have the authority to address the threat from [the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant].” That was Barack Obama on September 10, telling the nation that he did not need Congress to act against the Islamist army that has conquered dozens of […]

By William Warren

By Tom Toth Elections to decide who will control Congressional majorities in the House and Senate are less than seven weeks away, and this calm before the political storm is as good a time as any to analyze the state our government’s most powerful branch—the people’s Congress. […]

By Robert Romano The House of Representatives led by Republicans is prepared to pass a continuing resolution for fiscal year 2014 that will fund the government through December 11 of this year, after the November elections. So, after the American people head to the polls, many of […]

By Tom Toth Mere hours after returning from summer recess, Harry Reid is prejudicially targeting his party’s proverbial White Whale: The First Amendment. While the words to the Pledge of Allegiance still rang fresh from the Senate chamber after opening the session yesterday, Harry Reid took the […]

By A.F. Branco

By Rick Manning The final month of Congress before an election serves as the opportunity for each political party to make their closing argument for their election.  With a limited calendar, the Democratic Party controlled Senate and the Republican Party controlled House will each be trying to […]