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Katie Rodriguez | November 19, 2014
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tried to maintain order in the Senate, but it seems the wailers were just too powerful for her. After the Keystone XL bill failed to gain the 60 votes necessary to pass the Senate, several wailers decided to put on a performance for those left in the chamber as Elizabeth Warren tried to restore some order in the chamber. A man wearing a Native American head-…
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Katie Rodriguez | November 18, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is encouraging President Obama to go "big" on immigration, but not without trying to get Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) in on his plan first.     "He should go big- as big as he can." "I believe that when the President decides to do his Executive Order he should go big - as big as he can- and there's precedent for him…
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Katie Rodriguez | November 18, 2014
Even professional sports players like paying less in taxes, it seems. A new study shows that of 123 National Hockey League (NHL) players who changed teams off-season, 57 percent chose teams in jurisdictions that tax at a lower rate.   NHL players pay high tax rates regardless of team, but the study conducted by Americans For Tax Reform (ATR) and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) shows…
Katie Rodriguez | November 18, 2014
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) appeared on Hannity Monday night to denounce Jonathan Gruber's "deceptive and deceitful" actions and called the actions of those who helped put together Obamacare disgraceful.
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Katie Rodriguez | November 18, 2014
Here's an interesting way to see how technology and news intersect.   Google Trends, a service that tracks how many times a keyword is put into search, showed that MIT's Jonathan Gruber was a virtual unknown in search terms over the past ten years until this year.  This month alone, Google Trends gave "Jonathan Gruber" a score of 100 because of the amount of search interest in the topic.…
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Katie Rodriguez | November 17, 2014
Laser weapons are no longer limited to the light-sabers of the Star Wars series. In fact, the U.S. Navy announced that its plan to use laser cannons on its ships has become a reality.     "Our nation's adversaries are pursuing a variety of ways to try and restrict our freedom to operate." The plan has been seven years in the making, but the U.S. Navy has only installed its laser weapon…
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Katie Rodriguez | November 17, 2014
President Obama may have insisted that Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber never worked on staff, but a closer look at Gruber’s finances show that he bankrolled quite a bit of money from the federal government.     “It’s a big deal, there are a number of states that have some explaining to do as well.” Gruber had contracts with several government agencies that ranged from thousands to…
Katie Rodriguez | November 17, 2014
Bret Baier from Fox News' "Special Report" gave a rundown on Fox and Friends Monday morning in order to explain why Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber raked in millions of dollars from the federal government in consulting fees.  
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Katie Rodriguez | November 17, 2014
Mitt Romney criticized President Obama's strategy in the Middle East because of its lack of willingness to "keep American troops standing by in Iraq." Romney said on Sunday's episode of "Face the Nation" that the United States must keep an open mind to sending troops back to Iraq to fight the Islamic State, while President Obama has repeatedly assured the American people that this is something…
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Katie Rodriguez | November 14, 2014
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart may be going into serious documentary filmmaking with his new documentary "Rosewater" set to be released in theaters Friday, but that didn't stop Redditors from asking questions about his day job. Lots of Redditors asked Stewart more light-hearted questions like who is his favorite superhero and what is his favorite thing to eat, but one Redditor decided to ask a…