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Murkowski becomes third Republican U.S. senator to back gay marriage

June 19, 2013 17:01
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska publicly backed gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the third Republican senator to do so as she spoke out ahead of potentially landmark rulings from the Supreme Court on the issue. Murkowski, 56, wrote in an essay posted on her Senate website that her decision was swayed, in part, by meeting a lesbian couple from Anchorage, one of whom was in the National Guard, who had adopted four children.

Democrat: IRS testimony shows no White House involvement

June 9, 2013 14:33
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conservative Republican overseeing Internal Revenue Service screeners in Cincinnati told congressional investigators that he does not believe the White House was behind IRS scrutiny of conservative groups, a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday.

Under fire, conservative Bachmann calls it quits in U.S. Congress

May 29, 2013 18:37
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party firebrand and 2012 presidential contender, announced on Wednesday she will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives but said her surprise decision had nothing to do with multiple investigations into her campaign finances.

US Tea Party darling Bachmann will not seek fifth term

Agence France-PresseMay 29, 2013 12:40
US congresswoman Michele Bachmann, a favorite of the ultra-conservative Tea Party Movement who ran for president last year, said Wednesday she will not seek re-election in 2014. The Minnesota representative insisted her decision was unrelated to an ethics probe of her former presidential campaign and appeared to leave the door open to a future run for national office. "I have decided next year I will not seek a fifth congressional term," Bachmann, 57, said in an eight-minute video posted on her campaign website.

Conservative groups, big and small, talk of IRS 'nightmare' of delays, demands for information

The Canadian PressMay 16, 2013 05:00
WASHINGTON - Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition.

Justice Department to monitor South Carolina congressional election

May 9, 2013 04:23
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department will monitor voting in Charleston County, South Carolina, in Tuesday's special election to fill a House of Representatives seat, the department said on Monday. Former South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford is facing Democratic newcomer Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of television political satirist Stephen Colbert, in the First District House race.

Former Senator DeMint takes center stage in immigration debate

May 9, 2013 04:18
By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Jim DeMint announced in December that he was leaving the U.S. Senate to head the Heritage Foundation think tank, he said he thought he could wield more influence outside rather than inside the Congress. Any doubt about that may have been put to rest on Monday with the release of a study by the foundation lambasting a bipartisan immigration proposal in the Senate as a budget-buster that would cost taxpayers trillions of dollars.

U.S. think tank says immigrant amnesty would worsen deficits

May 7, 2013 14:07
By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Granting legal status to 11 million undocumented foreigners living in the United States would significantly add to government budget deficits, according to a study released on Monday by the conservative Heritage Foundation. Heritage, a think tank headed by former Senator Jim DeMint, has assumed a leading role in opposition to a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration bill being considered by the U.S. Senate.

Heritage Foundation study on immigration bill's cost sets off squabble among conservatives

The Canadian PressMay 6, 2013 05:00
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who attacked the study as flawed and political.

US conservatives choose Rand Paul as next nominee

March 17, 2013 02:45
US conservative activists have picked Tea Party favorite Senator Rand Paul as their choice to become the 2016 Republican presidential nominee as they wrapped up a major strategy gathering outside Washington. Paul, popular among the younger conservatives who thronged to the Conservative Political Action Conference, on Saturday narrowly beat Senator Marco Rubio -- also tipped to seek the White House -- 25 to 23 percent in the CPAC Straw Poll.
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