Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday made the case for his “democratic socialist” economic policies, directly addressing the controversy over a label that some say makes him too liberal to be a legitimate presidential contender. In a much-anticipated speech at Georgetown University in Washington, the Vermont senator defended his proposals to expand government welfare […]
Republican presidential candidates expressed support for strengthening U.S. borders as they debated Tuesday night on immigration, the economy and the country’s place in the world, but had different opinions about what to do with the millions of illegal immigrants already living in the country. Billionaire Donald Trump, who was virtually tied with neurosurgeon Ben Carson […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, former Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, offered the following statement after House passage of H.R. 22, the Surface Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015: “I have consistently worked to provide Alaskans with robust investments to develop our much needed infrastructure and transportation systems. The success of […]
Tuesday’s elections in the United States did not carry the gravity of the 2016 races that will include choosing the country’s next president, but Republicans still scored important victories in state contests. In Kentucky, voters elected just their second Republican governor in the past 40 years as businessman Matt Bevin used a campaign against President […]