David Sherfinski

Elizabeth Warren stands up to lame duck Obama on free trade deal

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, is hitting back at President Obama and his administration over a proposed free trade deal with Pacific-rim countries

April 22, 2015

John Boehner: Obama admin making it ‘virtually impossible’ to get Benghazi facts

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday that the Obama administration has made it "virtually impossible" to get to the facts surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, as the special panel investigating the attack indicated its inquiry could continue into 2016.

April 22, 2015

Rand Paul: People like John McCain, Lindsey Graham ‘essentially the lapdogs’ for Obama

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said people like Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are "essentially the lapdogs" for President Obama's foreign policy endeavors.

April 22, 2015

Mitt Romney: Don’t make Hillary Clinton ‘the woman of the people’

Mitt Romney said that while he might not be the best person to ask, his inclination would be not to try to make former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "the woman of the people" on the presidential campaign trail.

April 22, 2015

Marco Rubio led effort to ‘open the floodgates’ on immigration: GOP Rep. Mo Brooks

Rep. Mo Brooks, Alabama Republican, said Republicans like Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida led efforts to "open the floodgates" on immigration because of their support for a comprehensive 2013 bill that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for most of the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.

April 22, 2015

Mitt Romney: I wish Harry Reid ‘a very comfortable retirement’

Former Massachusetts Gov. and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney says Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid was more of an "impediment" than someone who got things done in Washington and said he's "delighted" that Mr. Reid is retiring after his current term.

April 22, 2015

Rick Perry: Next president needs to have ‘deep experience as an executive’

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday that the next president of the United States needs to be someone with "deep experience as an executive," naming several crises he had to deal with as the longest-serving governor in state history that nobody had explicitly prepared him for.

April 17, 2015

John Boehner: Hillary Clinton email scandal will ‘haunt her until she comes clean’

House Speaker John A. Boehner says former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "ignored the law" in setting up a private email system and server as the nation's top diplomat and that questions on the matter are "going to continue to haunt her until she comes clean."

April 17, 2015

Jeb Bush calls for gradual increase in retirement age

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday called for a gradual increase in the retirement age that would not affect people who are either receiving Social Security benefits or are close to receiving them.

April 17, 2015

Howard Dean: ‘Moderate, mainstream’ Jeb Bush probably wins 2016 GOP nomination

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said Friday that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will probably win the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, saying Republicans typically end up nominating the more "moderate, mainstream person."

April 17, 2015

James Comey, FBI director: I require every new special agent to go to the Holocaust Museum

FBI Director James Comey said this week he requires every new special agent and intelligence analyst to go to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in D.C. as part of their training.

April 17, 2015

Martin O’Malley: Glad Hillary Clinton has ‘come around’ on gay marriage, immigration

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that he's glad former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has "come around" on the issues of gay marriage and immigration.

April 17, 2015

Jeb Bush on Loretta Lynch: ‘Presidents have the right to pick their team, in general’

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush weighed in Thursday on the confirmation vote of Loretta Lynch, President Obama's pick to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, saying that presidents generally have the right to pick their teams.

April 17, 2015

Lincoln Chafee: I ‘fully’ expect to be in 2016 presidential race

Former Rhode Island Gov. and U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee said Thursday afternoon that he "fully" expects to be in the 2016 presidential race but that he's currently still in the exploratory phase.

April 16, 2015

Nancy Pelosi on Hillary Clinton’s Iraq vote: ‘That was then, this is now’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's vote to go to war in Iraq should not disqualify her from running for president, as former Rhode Island Gov. and U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee has said.

April 16, 2015

Carly Fiorina: ‘Politics is personal — people need to know you care’

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said Thursday that while policy matters, tone and empathy are hugely important for politicians, pointing to exit polling from the 2012 presidential contest to illustrate her point.

April 16, 2015

Carly Fiorina: Hillary Clinton can’t play ‘gender card’ against female nominee

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said Thursday that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton won't be able to play the "gender card" if she faces off against a female presidential nominee.

April 16, 2015

Trey Gowdy: Benghazi committee lacks authority to subpoena Hillary Clinton’s server

Rep. Trey Gowdy, the chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, said he lacks authority to subpoena the server of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton but that most experts believe the full House could do so.

April 16, 2015

Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign raises more than $4.3 million in nine days

The presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas raised more than $4.3 million in the first nine days of his candidacy, a filing with the Federal Election Commission shows.

April 16, 2015

Conservative leaders to huddle in bid to coalesce around 2016 candidate: report

An umbrella group that includes some of the nation's leading conservative power brokers is reportedly planning to hold two meetings in Northern Virginia in the coming months to vet 2016 presidential prospects and try to coalesce around a single candidate of choice for conservatives.

April 15, 2015