Republican Congressman Goes On Fox To Call Out Repeat Benghazi Hoaxster
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) called out Fox News #39; favorite Benghazi lawyer, Victoria Toensing, for her "unfortunate" and untrue a...
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Republican Right Wing #39;s Latest Superhero Turns Out to be a Mega Fraud
Chris Heben, a former Navy SEAL, has been making the #39;rounds on right wing media the past few weeks as he has become a hero of theirs. Why? He #39;s been selling a story that he was shot by 3 racist b.
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The House majority leader said he anticipates bipartisan support for a measure granting President Barack Obamas request to arm and equip Syrian rebels under an approach that lets skeptical lawmakers register their concerns.
The House plans to begin debate today on the measure offered yesterday as an amendment to a must-pass bill to fund the U.S. government through Dec. 11. Separate votes on the amendment and the bill, H.J.Res. 124, are planned tomorrow.
We want to give plenty of time for debate and discussion for everybody, said Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican.
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Lawmakers in both parties sought a separate vote on the Syria rebel aid. Some Republicans who want a more robust response to Islamic terrorism demanded a vote to send a message to allies and terrorist groups. Senate Democrats who worry the arms could fall into terrorists hands and that the U.S. may be drawn into a broader war want a chance to vote against it.
Congressional leaders say they want to pass the legislation this week so members can return home to campaign for Novembers election. The spending measure also will include a nine-month extension of the Export-Import Bank, whose charter ends Sept. 30, the same day government funding is set to lapse.
Obama, in a Sept. 10 televised address, asked Congress to authorize help for Syrian rebels combating the Sunni extremist group Islamic State, which has swept from Syria deep into Iraq with a campaign of terror that included the beheading of two U.S. journalists and a British aid worker. No U.S. ground troops will be needed, the president said.
Under the plan, the Defense Department and State Department would be required to report to Congress 15 days before putting its proposal into effect and demonstrate how it would work.
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Every 90 days afterward, the Defense Department would have to provide information on vetting of Syrian rebels who receive help, in an effort to ensure that U.S. equipment doesnt fall into terrorists hands.
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
The Republican Governors Association has begun running the first negative television ad of the general election race for governor, criticizing Democrat David Ige and trying to boost Republican Duke Aiona. But two political analysts question whether the commercial will be effective.
Over ominous sounding music, the announcer starts the TV commercial by saying "Neil Abercrombie calls David Ige a good partner. Leading the way for an estimated $800 million in taxes and fees. We're now the worst state to make a living.
The TV spot tries to link Ige to the failures of the administration of fellow Democrat Neil Abercrombie, the incumbent governor who Ige beat in a primary election landslide last month.
University of Hawaii Manoa political science professor Colin Moore doubted the new commercial will be effective for one major reason.
"Trying to tie Ige to Abercrombie in voters' minds might be pretty difficult, because most of them voted for Ige precisely because they didn't agree with Abercrombie," Moore said.
John Hart, the chairman of the Communication Department at Hawaii Pacific University, agreed that trying to link Abercrombie with Ige will not be successful.
"Ige has no close relationship, Hart said.He beat the pants off the guy in the election and I don't think Hawaii is going to say the two of them are connected."
The ad said Republican Duke Aiona will strengthen the state's economy and create new jobs.
The Republican Governors Association, based in Washington, D.C., did not return Hawaii News Now's call or email to tell us how much money it will spend on these and other ads trying to boost Aiona.
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Herbert Slatery speaks about his appointment as attorney general in the Tennessee Supreme Court chamber in Nashville on Monday. Slatery previously served as Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's chief legal counsel. CLOSER LOOK AT HERBERT SLATERY III
Age: 57
Current job: Legal counsel to Republican Gov. Bill Haslam
Family: Married to Carey Slatery. The couple have two children
Education: University of Virginia, bacceloreate (1974); University of Tennessee Law School (1980)
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NASHVILLE Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey may have lost at the ballot box in his efforts to defeat three Democratic Supreme Court justices, but he wound up Monday with a history-shattering consolation prize.
The five-member Supreme Court named Herbert Slatery III, Republican Gov. Bill Haslams legal counsel, as Tennessees first GOP attorney general since the end of post-Civil War Reconstruction in the state.
In doing so, the three Democratic and two Republican justices cast aside sitting Attorney General Bob Cooper, who had reapplied for another eight-year appointment, and chose Slatery, one of five Republicans who were finalists.
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