Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) announced this morning that he will not seek re-election in 2014. Or as he put it in a call to supporters, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Sitting on a back porch drinking whiskey with some of y’all is exciting to think about.”
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that President Obama’s recess appointments of two three members of the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional because the Senate was not actually in recess at the time.
Mississippi clearly missed the boat by not having a Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Law back in the 1960s. But a couple of Republican state legislators are proposing one now.
The full rundown on the White House staff changes being announced today.
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Much like with Mitt Romney, it seems that Benjamin Netanyahu had no idea of the electoral drubbing headed his way, despite the fact that independent pollsters very much did see it coming. Yes, you guessed it: Netanyahu’s pollsters were apparently skewing his poll data. Read More
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Promoter postpones big annual hunting, fishing and outdoors show in Pennsylvania after the outcry over its decision to ban the exhibition of assault weapons at this year’s show.