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Nikki Haley's Inaugural Speech: Tea Party Praise, Budget Blame
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday, Republican Nikki Haley was sworn in as governor of South Carolina, becoming woman to hold that position in the state, and the second Indian-American governor to be elected governor in the country (Louisiana's Bobby Jindal was the first). Haley is a favorite of the Tea Party movement, and she returned the affection in her inaugural speech: Our state has an incredibly powerful and rich history. It is one that has not always been pleasant, but one that can teach us many great lessons. We have a history of fierce independence, and that independence has some remarkable relevance for us ...
Janet Napolitano: Leave 14th Amendment Alone!
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- The push to revise the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- which guarantees American citizenship to any child born within our country's borders -- is not sitting well with Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano. "I have to tell you I have [been] surprised, to say the least, that the discussions we have had about amending the U.S. Constitution [have happened] before we can even get to the table about amending the statues that carry out immigration policy," Napolitano said at a press briefing today. "Any talk of amending the Constitution is just wrong." As Napolitano ...
Illegal Immigration Foes Focus on 14th Amendment
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- A fourth senior Republican senator has called for a review of the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause as it pertains to children born to illegal immigrants in the United States. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) on Tuesday said he supports Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who announced last week that he is considering introducing an amendment that would deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants. "We should change our Constitution and say that if you come here illegally and have a child, that child is automatically not a citizen," Graham said on Greta Van Susteren's show on Fox. ...
Elena Kagan Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
By not in system - AOL NewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee approved Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday by a vote of 13 to 6. All 12 Democrats on the committee supported Kagan, as did Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Six Republicans voted against her nomination. "There's plenty of reasons for a conservative to vote no, but there's also one very good reason for a conservative to vote yes, and that's found in the Constitution," Graham said before the vote, explaining that while he disagrees with Kagan's politics, he feels the Constitution gives the president the right to choose his ...
Elena Kagan Confirmation: Tote Board Guide for Supreme Court Nominee Hearing
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Solicitor General Elena Kagan, set to begin Monday, will be filled with tiny islands of insight and humor, amid an ocean of useless legal and political rhetoric. Now that the American Bar Association has taken some of the starch out of the "she's got no judicial experience" argument by giving the nominee its highest rating, there ought to be even less drama than last summer when Sonia Sotomayor went through the process before the same Senate Judiciary Committee. And there was very little drama back then. Still, there are certain expectations that ...
John McCain Slams Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman for Climate Bill
By David Sessions - Politics DailySen. John McCain was once a "maverick" on climate change, so much so that he convinced one of his closest friends in the Senate, Lindsey Graham, to champion the issue. Now, as Graham and another McCain pal -- Joe Lieberman -- draft a climate bill that they hope will attract broader Republican support, McCain has taken up the GOP's talking points and slammed their efforts. "Their start has been horrendous," McCain said on Thursday. "Obviously, they're going nowhere." McCain called the climate bill that passed the House in January a "monstrosity," and is echoing his fellow Republicans in calling ...
Ridge to 'Primary' Toomey for PA Senate?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyWith yesterday's surprise announcement that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter would switch to the Democratic Party, it has generally been assumed he would automatically face former conservative Congressman Pat Toomey in the General Election. This may -- or may not -- be the case.Despite the Pennsylvania Democratic Machine's efforts to "clear the field," Rep. Joe Sestak is still considering whether or not to stay in the race -- and he has publicly noted that Specter's decision was based on expediency. It is interesting that the same folks (like Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell) who were behind ...
Should We Nationalize U.S. Banks?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe nation's media is buzzing over remarks made by Republican Senator Lindsay Graham in which John McCain's right hand man signaled that nationalizing the nation's banks was an option that Congress should consider. Watch:Who else is advocating what appears, at first glance, to be this most antithetical to Republican principles idea of bank nationalization? The man who predicted our financial catastrophe in the first place, Nouriel Roublni. Writing in Forbes, he surveys our options, including what little we know of the Treasury's bank rescue, and concludes that our best bet is all out ...
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