Morning Bell: Will Leon Panetta Ensure That America Is Defended?
Amid a continuing war in Afghanistan, a new operation in Libya, ongoing military efforts in Iraq and a failing foreign policy doctrine, President Barack Obama has proposed cutting the already...
View ArticleNew York Times Flip Flops on Nominee Filibuster
In an editorial last month, The New York Times argued that the Senate should adopt President Obama’s plan requiring the Senate to vote on judicial nominees within 90 days—thus eliminating the...
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Lack of Support for Hagel Hardly “Unconscionable”
Fang Zhe/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom The United States Senate declined to support Secretary of Defense nominee and former Senator Chuck Hagel today, after failing to reach consensus to clear a Senate...
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Why the Hagel Nomination Is in Limbo
Pete Marovich/ZUMA Press/Newscom The Senate’s vote on Thursday for former Senator Chuck Hagel (R–NE) for Secretary of Defense failed by two votes to achieve a 60-vote majority in favor of cloture....
View ArticleSenate Deserves Answers on Hagel
A multitude of questions loom over former Senator Chuck Hagel’s (R–NE) nomination process. It is now up to the Obama Administration to ensure that Senators get the answers comprehensively and not in...
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The Case Against Hagel
Pete Marovich/ZUMA Press/Newscom Some time has been gained to consider: Is former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel qualified to be Secretary of Defense? The number is growing of those who say the answer is...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Top 3 Reasons Chuck Hagel Is Wrong for Secretary of Defense
President Obama’s pick as the next Secretary of Defense is the wrong one. Heritage’s defense and foreign policy experts have examined the record of Chuck Hagel, the Republican former Senator from...
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Harry Reid’s Nuclear Option: Will the Filibuster Survive?
Credit: Lauren Victoria Burke/WDCPIX.COM The filibuster, Senator Rand Paul’s (R–KY) tool when he stood 13 hours on the Senate floor in opposition to John Brennan’s confirmation as CIA Director, is...
View ArticleSerious New Questions on Obama Labor Nominee
A surprising development on Wednesday has raised new questions about President Obama’s nominee to be the new Labor Secretary. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez is one of the nominees over whom...
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Third Time’s a Charm? Another Federal Appellate Court Smacks Down Obama...
Walter Choroszewski Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit invalidated the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) unfair labor practice...
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How Obama Is Remaking Federal Courts in One Chart
President Obama and his supporters constantly claim that Senate Republicans are being “obstructionist” and preventing the confirmation of his federal court nominees. If you look at the facts, however,...
View ArticleHarry Reid and the Nuclear Option: A Shortsighted Alternative to Senate...
Earlier this week, Senate Republicans halted the confirmation of Robert Wilkins to the D.C. Circuit, making it the third nomination to that court as part of President Obama’s court-packing plan to fail...
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