Fred Lucas at CNSNews reports: The White House is in agreement with Sen. Marco Rubio’s assertion that if illegal immigrants are granted legal status, they will not be eligible for Obamacare, according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. CNSNews.com asked, “Marco Rubio has said that he would want to prohibit those who are on a… Continue Reading »
Tom Cohen at CNN reports: President Barack Obama on Monday reiterated his call for a comprehensive package of steps against gun violence as the focus on possible Senate legislation appeared to narrow to expanded background checks and limited ammunition magazines, rather than a ban on semi-automatic rifles that mimic assault weapons. Obama took part in… Continue Reading »
Roger Runningen at Bloomberg reports: President Barack Obama said there is “no doubt” the government needs new revenue from closing tax “loopholes” and limiting deductions, along with enacting spending cuts, to reduce the federal deficit. There’s “no reason why we can’t have really strong growth in 2013,” the president said in an interview with CBS… Continue Reading »
Sam Baker at The Hill reports: Federal regulators will let a Pennsylvania university continue to dispense Plan B — also known as the morning-after pill — through a vending machine. The Food and Drug Administration decided not to intervene following a “politically motivated uproar” over the vending machine Shippensburg University installed in its nurses’ office…. Continue Reading »
WNEW CBS DC reports: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics of the administration’s handling of the attack don’t live in an “evidence-based world” and… Continue Reading »
