DENVER – Political-advocacy group Citizens United is asking for its upcoming film on Colorado politics to be exempt from state-election finance laws. Citizens United, the namesake of the 2010 controversial landmark Supreme Court decision that opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate political spending, told a panel from Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s office that it […]
This weekend, senior aides to former Obama Secretary of State Hillary Clinton informed a group of Democratic foreign policy experts that they want to “move past” Benghazi, and have developed a messaging strategy to close the book on the Benghazi discussion once and for all. We are reminded that with the Clintons, it’s all politics […]
Phil Robertson, star of the A&E network’s hit reality television series “Duck Dynasty,” came to New Orleans on Thursday preaching the Bible and the gun to a group of jubilant Republicans. He had a few words for President Barack Obama as well. “We’re up against evil like I’ve never seen in my life,” he said. […]
NEW ORLEANS – Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson kicked off the Republican Leadership Conference at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans on Thursday with an entertaining speech in which he mixed his faith in Jesus Christ with an admonition to the GOP to return to the Bible and the fundamental principles of freedom upon […]
It was a Republican mixed-bag of Tea Party, religion, conservative principles, Obama-blasting, Presidential hopeful competing, Mary Landrieu-pounding, TV-celebrity start for the Thursday evening edition of the Republican Leadership Conference held in New Orleans. The conference continues Friday at the New Orleans Hilton. On Stage were Republican Chairman Reince Priebus, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former Alaskan […]
New revelations out this week show that disgraced former IRS official Lois Lerner was a key player in the Justice Department’s foiled scheme: “tax-exempt groups engaging in politics.” The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has discovered, via an interview with Richard Pilger (Head of the Department of Justice’s Election Crimes Branch), that Lois […]
On Wednesday, Citizens United sued New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, accusing him of ruling by fiat and violating the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Citizens United and its supporters by demanding the disclosure of its confidential list of donors. Citizens United President David Bossie said that Schneiderman’s “overreach needs to be addressed in […]
The conservative group Citizens United says it is suing New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over his interpretation of how much information the organization is legally obliged to disclose about its donors. Citizens United President David Bossie said the legal challenge would be filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court and would be on behalf of […]
Washington, DC — Citizens United President David N. Bossie released the following statement in regards to a lawsuit filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. You can read a summary of the case here. “New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s constitutional […]
Just over a year ago, I called on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down. Despite having said repeatedly that he had more than adequate resources to fix the host of problems in his Veterans’ Affairs department, nothing seems to be getting fixed. Last year, it was the 2,000 percent backlog increase for applications […]
David Bossie fielding questions about the recent conservative primary wins in Nebraska and West Virginia.
Every once in a while, Congress manages to get something right. This is one of those times. The proposed legislation is Senator Rubio’s Let Seniors Work Act of 2014. Current law requires America’s working seniors who are past retirement age to continue to pay Social Security taxes, all while receiving almost no extra benefits in […]