John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican presidential nominee in the ... More »
Prince Harry opens weeklong US visit in Washington
Britain's Prince Harry opened a U.S. visit devoted to the wounded victims of war at the side of one of America's most storied wounded warriors, Sen. John McCain, at an exhibition about land mines Thursday. For the prince, the tour in the halls of Congress was a world away from the ... Read more »
William Ayers says Weather Underground, Boston bombings not same
“Just because they use the same thing, there’s no relationship at all.” Ayers went on to accuse Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who spent five years in a POW camp, of murdering civilians in the war, lament the deaths of two fellow Weather Underground members – skipping over the fact that they ... Read more »
A.U.M.F. Hearing
Senator John McCain, the Arizona hawk, said the statute’s not sufficiently expansive, because of the “dramatically changed landscape that we have in this war on Muslim extremism and Al Qaeda and others.” In response, the acting general counsel of the Pentagon, Robert Taylor, reassured ... Read more »
ICE admits hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal records released
" A statement from Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., who received the stats, said 32 of them had multiple felony convictions. The department then "re-apprehended" 24 of those, the senators said, after realizing the "seriousness" of their crimes. "ICE's reprehensible ... Read more »
Texas Republican Sen. Cruz eligible to be president should he decide to run
Others have faced similar questions including Obama’s 2008 presidential opponent Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain. McCain was born on a military installation in the Panama Canal Zone where his mother and Navel officer father were stationed. And George Romney, father of 2012 ... Read more »
Pressure mounts on Boehner to appoint select committee on Benghazi
Republican Sens. John McCain, Arizona, and Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, renewed their call after the Wednesday hearing for a select committee. Graham, who with McCain had led Senate Republican efforts to get to the bottom of the Benghazi issue, told The Hill that he has urged ... Read more »
Sequester Has Air Force Clipping Its Wings : NPR
The cancellations make it easier for Pentagon-backers like Republican Sen. John McCain to argue that the military should be protected from these automatic cuts. On Meet the Press on April 28, McCain said Congress should do for the military what it did for the Federal Aviation ... Read more »
Obama Contradicted Himself on Benghazi in Monday Presser, Say GOP Lawmakers
The three Republicans – Sens. John McCain, of Arizona, Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, and Kelly Ayotte, of New Hampshire – said that while Obama referenced terrorism in a Rose Garden statement the day after the Sept. 11, 2012 attack, he firmly denied terrorism was the cause of the ... Read more »
Double standard? IRS targeted conservatives, despite spike in applications from labor groups
"It's hard for me to imagine that this is just a bunch of low-ranking apparatchiks," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told Fox News on Wednesday, complaining about what he called "selective" treatment of these organizations by the IRS. The IRS, in a statement released after the IG report was ... Read more »
Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill
From left are, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Charles Schumer, Graham, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite FILE - In this April 18, 2013 file photo, Sen. Lindsey Graham,... FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. ... Read more »
CNN Washington AM Note – CNN Political Ticker
“I’m very much in favor of it, and I think we ought to do it right away,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told POLITICO. “And I think for us to after four years of complaining about Harry Reid’s failure to bring up a budget and then we do one and block conference is something that’s ... Read more »
The economic case for immigration reform – Global Public Square
On the right, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, director of the Congressional Budget Office under George W. Bush, and John McCain's economic advisor during his presidential campaign, recently pointed out that immigration reform could "raise the pace of economic growth by nearly one percentage point ... Read more »
Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
Clearly, Democrats are left with a tricky balance as they look for candidates with this criteria: Satisfy core Democratic voters, ensure successful fundraising and reach independents who voted for Romney and, before him, John McCain and George W. Bush. Some Democrats thought Barrow and ... Read more »
Reputation remake: Tilt-rotor Osprey wins fans in Afghanistan
Still, the Osprey is expensive – $122.5 million each, according to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a persistent critic – and it isn’t cheap to maintain, particularly in harsh operating environments such as the extravagantly dusty south of Afghanistan, where the Marines have been fighting. In ... Read more »
5 things you need to know on Friday
"I've never seen in all my years here such a one-gendered crowd," joked Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, when Harry visited Capitol Hill on Thursday. Harry and McCain depart the Russell Building as the prince makes his way to the White House for a surprise visit with First Lady Michelle ... Read more »
IRS flagged small tea party groups, ignored big-budget organizations
A Senate investigative panel led by Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan and Republican John McCain of Arizona has been reviewing the use of social welfare groups for political causes for the past year and now is examining the agency's handling of the tax-exempt reviews. And in a letter to ... Read more »
As TV Ratings and Profits Fall, Networks Face a Cliffhanger
Senator John McCain introduced a bill last week that would, among other measures, penalize the broadcasters if they were to do so. Viewers, for their part, already penalize the networks often — for disappointing them, for changing shows’ time slots and for canceling shows prematurely. If ... Read more »
Cybersecurity Still Lagging Behind
... the government to strip that personal information from the cyber threat data it receives from companies instead.” New bipartisan legislation [PDF], “The Deter Cyber Theft Act, S. 884″ that was introduced on May 7th, by Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich.; John McCain, R-Ariz.; Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va... Read more »
Romney: Im Not a Fan of the President
“We have nothing to fear from a President Obama (or the IRS):” Sen. John McCain 2 posted on 05/19/2013 1:17:25 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote. ) What a jerk Romney is. He says Obama wants the best for the country, etc. What total BS. Screw you Mitt. And ... Read more »
