Okla. Dem Calls Obama Liberal, Declines To Endorse (Says Obama's Record...
Oklahoma City (AP) - Democratic Rep. Dan Boren of Oklahoma said Tuesday Barack Obama is "the most liberal senator" in Congress and he has no intention of endorsing him for the White House. ... Boren,...
View ArticleRe-establishing two fundamental rights
POINT OF VIEW Guns in national parks In 1999, a woman and two teenagers visiting Yosemite National Park were brutally murdered at gunpoint. That same year, park ranger Steve Makuakane-Jarrell, a father...
View ArticleBoren says Congress should push for removal of unconfirmed "czars"
U.S. Rep. Dan Boren said Congress should use the power of the purse to push the Obama administration to remove so-called czars that do not go through a confirmation process. Boren joined others in...
View ArticleBoren: Democrats may lose Congress
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, Oklahoma's only Democrat in Congress, predicts his party will lose seats in elections later this year. While such a statement falls in the category of conventional...
View ArticleBoren (D.Oklahoma) Says he is "in the driver's seat."
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, Oklahoma's only Democrat in Congress, predicts his party will lose seats in elections later this year. "If we have a tight majority one way or another, that puts me in...
View ArticleRep. Dan Boren (D-OK) to announce retirement in 2012
Rep. Dan Boren, the only Democrat in Oklahoma's seven-person congressional delegation, will not run for re-election in 2012, leaving open a seat that spans much of eastern Oklahoma. Boren, 37, plans to...
View ArticleHouse votes 240-182 to approve rule covering healthcare repeal
The House approved a rule governing debate for the Republicans' Repeal of Obamacare Act on Tuesday. Members voted 240-182 in favor of the rule, which sets up five hours of debate that will take place...
View ArticleThe other Ryan: the candidate’s wife, Janna
An interesting glimpse at Paul Ryan’s wife, from the Washington Post: Janna Ryan, wife of Republican vice presidential pick Rep. Paul Ryan, is the poster girl for Generation X women who wanted to...
View ArticleHouse Dem: Climate change bigger health threat than AIDS, malaria
House Dem: Climate change bigger health threat than AIDS, malaria By Andrew Restuccia - 04/06/11 12:25 PM ET Just hours before a vote Wednesday on a GOP plan to block Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleChris Cox Head of NRAILA, Suspended at NRA
U.S.A. -(Ammoland.com)- Large, powerful, political organizations such as the National Rifle Association (NRA) are seldom transparent or without internal struggles. The internal struggles at the NRA...
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