Senate in Turmoil Over Whether Obama Should Fill Scalia's Seat

Feb. 15, 2016
Good morning from the nation's capital, where the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia set off election year repercussions. Congressional correspondent Philip Wegmann explores them. In a new video, Genevieve Wood asks Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., what Congress can do about Iran. The Justice Department hasn't shed a Fast and Furious culture, The Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky warns. Two other Heritage scholars weigh in: Jim Phillips on Obama's bowing to Putin in Syria, and David Azerrad on Washington's deserving his own holiday.
News Senate in Turmoil Over Whether Obama Should Fill Scalia's Seat Lawmakers from both parties exchanged salvos Sunday over who should fill the Supreme Court seat vacated Saturday by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Read More
Commentary New Fast and Furious Report Shows Government Could Make Same Mistake Again In a new report, the Justice Department's inspector general concludes that while the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Justice Department have implemented most of the recommendations made in 2012 to correct the "serious management flaws" he found at the ATF, the same cannot be said for the other law enforcement agencies within the Justice Department. Read More
Commentary What Lawmakers Can Still Do to Push Back on Iran Deal While it will take a new president in 2017 to fully revoke the deal, Rep. Ron DeSantis says there are things Congress can and should do now, such as allowing individual states to enact their own sanctions against Iran. Watch the Interview
Commentary George Washington Deserves His Own Day, Not Presidents Day Washington, the "indispensable man" of the revolution who was rightly extolled for being "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," has now been lumped together with the likes of James Buchanan, Jimmy Carter, Franklin Pierce and John Tyler. Read More
News Conservatives and Paul Ryan Talk Terms During Ongoing Budget Battle "A success for us," said Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., would be "writing a budget that makes the deficit smaller than it would've been under the [Boehner-Obama deal] number." Read More
Commentary Obama Administration Once Again Concedes to Putin in Syria Washington has succumbed to another diplomatic mirage: the Russian promise of a limited pause in the intensifying war in Syria. Read More
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