Claire McCaskill

McCaskill: House GOP Is Skirting Its Own Earmark Ban

Igor Bobic | May 19, 2011, 4:40PM

When it comes to earmarks, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is accusing House Republicans of wanting to have their cake and eat it too.

House Republicans, she told reporters earlier this week, have added numerous line items for special projects into the defense-authorization bill, and thus, are violating their own self-imposed earmark moratorium.

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Topics: Buck McKeon, Claire McCaskill, Defense Authorization , Democrats, Duncan Hunter, Earmarks, House Armed Services Committee, Republicans

Sunday Shows

The Sunday Show Line-Ups

Eric Kleefeld | July 2, 2010, 3:50PM

Here are the line-ups for the Sunday talk shows this weekend:

• ABC, This Week: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

• CBS, Face The Nation: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

• CNN, State Of The Union: Afghan Ambassador to the United States Said Tayeb Jawab, Rep. John Boccieri (D-OH), Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA), Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO).

• Fox News Sunday: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Kenneth Feinberg, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC).

• NBC, Meet The Press: Will not air, due to coverage of Wimbledon.

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Topics: Afghanistan, Duncan Hunter, Jim DeMint, Joe Lieberman, John Boccieri, John McCain, Ken Feinberg, Lindsey Graham, Mike Coffman, Sunday Shows

Erwin Chemerinsky

Experts: GOP Plan To Change Citizenship Rights Is 'Clearly Unconstitutional'

Ben Frumin | April 30, 2010, 12:53PM

Earlier this week, we told you about Rep. Duncan Hunter's (R-CA) support for deporting natural born American citizens whose parents are illegal immigrants. That position is based on a Republican proposal to stop granting citizenship rights to such children.

According to two constitutional law experts, that's "clearly unconstitutional."

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Topics: Constitution, Duncan Hunter, Erwin Chemerinsky, Immigration, Richard Fallon

Barack Obama

Weekly Addresses: Obama, GOP Wish Troops A Happy Holidays (VIDEO)

Evan McMorris-Santoro | December 24, 2009, 6:00PM

In the first weekly YouTube address since the passage of health care reform in the Senate President Obama didn't address the issue, taking time instead to offer season's greetings to U.S. troops stationed overseas.

First Lady Michelle Obama joined him in the video for the first time and they talked about ways Americans can give back through national service.

"To all our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen--I have no greater honor than serving as your Commander in Chief," Obama said.

The White House also announced that Obama phoned 10 service members in Iraq and Afghanistan - two from each of the five military branches.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) took the same tack in the GOP's weekly address, but he found some time for partisanship along with the good wishes for America's fighting men and women.

"[L]et's resolve in the new year to end misguided efforts to create new laws that will cost even more jobs, whether it's the "cap and trade" national energy tax, the government takeover of health care, "card check," or even more tax increases," Hunter said after expressing his "hope we all take time to offer thanks and prayers to the men and women of our Armed Forces."

Watch both addresses after the jump.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Duncan Hunter, GOP