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The air traffic controllers crisis, brought to us by the sequester cuts, offers both a warning of more like it to come and a pathway to a possible compromise. Congress solved the controllers crisis the easy way – by simply moving money from one account (the Airport Improvement Program) to pay the controllers. This was far from an ideal solution, but it is what Congress had already done for a few mostly defense-related agencies.
In an effort to intimidate sanctuary cities, the Trump administration last week picked up undocumented immigrants who had various levels of criminal convictions across the country. That is ICE's job, and it has nothing to do with sanctuary cities. What Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions want is for sanctuary cities to detain and hand over to ICE people in state or local custody.
October 1, 2011
What was President Obama really saying to us at the annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner last weekend? He offered a lot of his vintage hope and a little tough love, but most of the speech was the mix of inspiration and substance that Democrats relish. Nearing the end of his first term, the President even loosened up enough to give the "B" word, bringing the audience to its feet. But it was his tough-love lines that caught the media's attention.
The United States did it again at the 2012 Olympics, coming away with more medals than any other nation. That didn't rock the world, but how we did it should have -- American women stole the show! Women's sports can rarely be found on prime-time broadcast television. Yet U.S. women left London with significantly more medals than our men, who dominate our airwaves. U.S. women took 58 medals, 13 more than our men (58-45), including 29 gold medals, 12 more than the men (29-17). Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Brunei sent their first women to the games this year, but the U.S.
Roll Call recently asked a handful of lawmakers and others from Capitol Hill, including me, what the flag means to them. As we celebrate the Fourth of July, here is my answer:
When the White House released the administration's emails on Benghazi last week, they snatched what was left of headlines for Benghazi. Republicans are still looking, though, and they have put out a call for whistleblowers. Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to tar anyone they can find. Democrats have asked that former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering, who with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, appointed by President George W. Bush, led the independent Accountability Review Board investigation of Benghazi, be called to testify.