Boehner: House Won’t Pass Senate Immigration Bill – Washington Times

05/23/2013 By Leave a Comment

John Boehner-4Article authored by Stephen Dinan and appeared in The Washington Times.  Article is courtesy of washingtontimes.com

House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday flatly ruled out chances of the House passing the Senate’s immigration bill, saying his chamber will debate its own bill instead.

Mr. Boehner and his top GOP lieutenants issued a joint statement that seemed designed to tamp down some of the momentum behind the Senaate bill, which emerged from a Senate committee on a bipartisan 13-5 vote earlier this week, and to stake out a House GOP position. [Read more...]

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Another Enormous ObamaCare ‘Oops’ – NYPOST.com

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Obamacare-24Article authored by Michael Barone and appeared in The New York Post.  Article is courtesy of nypost.com

Would you like to have a “skinny” health insurance policy? Probably not. But if you’re employed by a large company, you may get one, thanks to ObamaCare.

That’s the conclusion of Wall Street Journal reporters Christopher Weaver and Anna Wilde Mathews, who report that insurance brokers are pitching and selling “low-benefit” policies across the country. [Read more...]

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IRS Official Who Refused to Testify, Faces More Scrutiny Over Other Scandals – Fox News

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Lois Lerner-2Article authored by Doug McKelway and appeared on Fox News.  Article is courtesy of foxnews.com

The IRS official who refused to testify at a House hearing Wednesday has become a key focus of the congressional investigations into the IRS practice of singling out conservative groups.

Now under the protection of her lawyers and the Fifth Amendment, Lois Lerner is facing a maelstrom of controversy. [Read more...]

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Two Muslim Men Hack British Soldier to Death with Machetes in UK Terror Attack [video] – Mail Online

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Woolwich attack-1Article authored by Arthur Martin, Sam Greenhill, Chris Greenwood, Mark Duell and Rob Cooper and appeared in The Daily Mail. Article courtesy of dailymail.co.uk

Clutching a bloodied meat cleaver after executing a soldier on a crowded street, he delivers a chilling message of hate.

‘You people will never be safe,’ he declares in a clear south London accent. ‘An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.’

In broad daylight, he and an accomplice had just repeatedly stabbed and tried to behead an off-duty soldier in front of dozens of passers-by. [Read more...]

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U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes – NYTimes.com

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Obama and Eric Holder - Drone Strikes on AmericansArticle authored by Charlie Savage and appeared in The New York Times.  Article is courtesy of nytimes.com

WASHINGTON — One day before President Obama is due to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

In a letter to Congressional leaders obtained by The New York Times, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. disclosed that the administration had deliberately killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen. [Read more...]

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“Yes We Can!” Chant in English…and Spanish, as Senate Panel Passes Immigration Bill [video] – The Daily Caller

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Immigration Reform ChantArticle authored by Jeff Poor and appeared on The Daily Caller.  Article is courtesy of dailycaller.com

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s passage of a sweeping immigration bill was expected. But the explosion of chants of “Yes we can! Yes we can!” and “Leahy! Leahy!” came as a surprise.

The “Gang of Eight” bill passed by a wide 13-5 margin early Tuesday evening. Amid the cheering, Democratic committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont could be seen motioning spectators to come up and participate in the celebration. [rest of article and video after page break] [Read more...]

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Forget the Headlines: Chinese Investment in the U.S at an All-Time High

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Chinese investment in the U.S.Article authored by Michelle Caruso-Cabrera and appeared on CNBC.  Article is courtesy of cnbc.com

Although all the news about Chinese investment in the U.S. have focused on the deals that don’t get done, Chinese investment in the U.S. is at an all-time high.

The Chinese are making headlines around the word for hungrily acquiring energy and resource companies in countries such as Canada, Africa and Latin America. [Read more...]

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Police State? Armed Homeland Security Guards Protect IRS From Tea Party Protesters [video] – Info. Wars

05/22/2013 By Leave a Comment

Homeland Security IRSArticle authored by Paul Joseph Watson and appeared on Info. Wars.  Article is courtesy of infowars.com

The DHS appears to have finally found a use for all those bullets it’s been buying. At a Tea Party protest outside an IRS building in St. Louis yesterday there were no regular police – only armed Homeland Security guards.

Video footage from the demonstration at which protesters, including Infowars.com readers, chanted “no more harassment,” shows numerous DHS Federal Protective Service vehicles along with several armed DHS guards. There is not a regular police officer in sight. [rest of article and video after page break] [Read more...]

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IRS Ended Internal Probe Six Moths Before Election: Hid Investigation from Congress

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Lois Lerner IRS hearings-1Article authored by David Martosko and appeared in The Daily Mail.  Article is courtesy of dailymail.co.uk

Tempers flared in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Wednesday, with members on both sides of the aisle castigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting conservative groups with special scrutiny, and then hiding the practice from Congress.

Rep. Darrel Issa, the committee’s chairman, said that the committee learned just yesterday that the IRS completed its own investigation a year before a Treasury Department Inspector General report was completed. [Read more...]

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