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House Republicans Vote to Sue President Obama

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to sue President Barack Obama. The vote comes in the middle of an election year where base voters are expected to drive turnout in the historically low-turnout midterm elections. The vote was 225 to 201 in favor of the lawsuit. Five Republicans voted against it. No Democrats…

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President Obama Promises Executive Action on Immigration This Year

President Obama said today that he would no longer wait on House Republicans to pass a comprehensive immigration bill as thousands of migrant children remain mired in a bureaucratic jungle that has placed them in inhospitable care. The mostly teenage children have fled their homes in Mexico and Central America where violence and endemic poverty…