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No. But the idea is out there. Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) has proposed requiring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to verify that everyone receiving a home loan

In April, I wrote about J Street, the first-ever Jewish-led political organization dedicated to a building an American constituency for an immediate and just

Late last week, in a decision that got some attention over the weekend, U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina ruled that a Pakistani man who has been held at

Turns out that the Keystone XL pipeline may have competition. Two other companies are joining forces and want to build a rival pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Enterprise Products Partners LP and Energy Transfer Partners LP said Tuesday they are forming a joint venture to build a 400,000-barrel-a-day oil pipeline from Cushing—a major U.S

I mentioned in my story today about the Washington Examiner that political correspondent Byron York has had the paper’s first big success with a

A bill introduced by U.S. Rep.

After a four-hour meeting of the Senate Budget panel on Monday, chairman J.D.

A factually flawed sex education curriculum, taught to the state’s middle and high school students, remains popular in Central Texas public

Jason Leopold at The Public Record writes about an email that turned up in the ACLU’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit revealing that, contrary to Bush

Andrew Breitbart, who’s been absolutely unbowed by the James O’Keefe controversy -- quickly turning the story into one of media malpractice against

At least 9,000 people in 13 states were on AIDS Drug Assistance Program waiting lists on Aug. 4; more than 3,700 of them live in Florida. # The Drug

Yesterday, the Taliban successfully killed at least 18 U.S. servicemembers and Afghan civilians a suicide car-bomb attack. Today, less successfully, Taliban

Maybe I’ve just not been reading it, but this Martin Luther King Jr. Day seems to lack the phoned-in King wanted black people to shut up and get over slavery

This time in Memphis. In fact, city officials are so fired up that they’ve filed a lawsuit charging the mortgage-loan giant with discrimination. The New York

Another ad from Crossroads GPS, a conservative group affiliated with Karl Rove, has hit the Florida airwaves — this one directed at Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. The ad is part of a $20 million campaign launched by Crossroads, which includes attack ads in several states. The group spent $15 million on attack ads during the 2010 election cycle.

Republican Party chairmen from the four early nomination states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — joined forces to condemn the efforts by any state to violate national party rules by moving their nomination contests outside of the existing nomination calendar. The prepared statements issued by each are as follows: Matt Strawn, Iowa — “The four santioned, early states have been very clear that we will move together, if necessary, to ensure order as outlined in RNC rules

Here’s my first stab at what I hope will be an ongoing and ever-improving feature: a sample of stories from conservative media that the Right has been talking

New report says Obama must push harder to negotiate return of almost 100 Gitmo prisoners still held without charge.

It’s amazing the vitriol that the community-organizing group ACORN has inspired among the right in this election cycle. In recent days, the National Review

American Express cards may no longer be used to purchase medical marijuana. The company has given no reason for the prohibition.

The Associated Press just reworked its earlier piece stemming from a morning interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. No longer