David Sherfinski

Rep. Henry Cuellar on border crisis: ‘Playing defense on the one-yard line’

Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat, said Friday there must be a shared responsibility between the United States and Central American countries in dealing with the current influx of illegal alien children coming into the country.

July 25, 2014

Rep. Luis Gutierrez: Senate Dems wary of immigration politics

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrat who has certainly not been afraid to criticize members of his own party on the issue of immigration, said one needs only to look at the Senate to find Democrats who are positioning themselves on immigration with their own political hides in mind.

July 25, 2014

Senators: Cease-fire must allow Israel to defend against rockets, tunnels

A bipartisan group of senators is urging the Obama administration to ensure that any cease-fire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas still affords Israel the ability to defend itself from incoming rocket fire and underground tunnel attacks.

July 24, 2014

Far out: Astronauts testify from International Space Station

Chocolate pudding cake is one favorite outer space food; humans are likely to encounter life from another planet; astronauts are adept at recycling their own urine into drinking water.

July 24, 2014

Inhofe: Illegal minors in Oklahoma ‘at the invitation’ of Obama

Sen. Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, said President Obama shouldn't get any new funding to deal with the U.S.-Mexico border crisis until he reverses the policy of allowing certain illegal immigrant children to apply to defer their removal proceedings.

July 24, 2014

Grijalva: Anti-trafficking law ‘line in the sand for many of us’

Rep. Raul Grijalva, Arizona Democrat, said keeping in place a 2008 law intended to curb trafficking of Central American children is enough for many congressional Democrats to hold the line on legislation dealing with the crisis of unaccompanied children streaming into the country at the southern border.

July 24, 2014

Jeb Bush to Congress: Don’t use border crisis as excuse to delay immigration reform

Jeb Bush, former Florida governor and possible 2016 presidential contender, said Congress should not use the current crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border as an excuse not to pass broader immigration fixes.

July 24, 2014

Arizona governor orders ‘full review’ after execution takes nearly two hours

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has ordered a "full review" from the Department of Corrections after the Thursday execution of convicted double murderer Joseph Randolph Wood took nearly two hours.

July 24, 2014

CBP Commissioner: Border is ‘more secure and more safe’

The new commissioner of Customs and Border Protection said the U.S.-Mexico border is "more secure and more safe," as the White House has touted a drop in the number of unaccompanied children arriving there in recent weeks.

July 24, 2014

N.Y. Gov. Cuomo’s office interfered with, pressured corruption commission: report

A commission established in July 2013 by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to try to root out corruption in state politics was reportedly beset by persistent interference from Mr. Cuomo's own office, which successfully pressured the commission into withdrawing a subpoena after it was discovered the governor was a major client of the firm in question.

July 23, 2014

Chuck Norris honorary chairman of NRA voter registration campaign

The National Rifle Association's voter registration organization kicked off its 2014 "Trigger the Vote" campaign Wednesday and announced it will again enjoy support from honorary chairman Chuck Norris.

July 23, 2014

Texas Rep. Cuellar: No summer break until we deal with border crisis

Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat, said Wednesday that Congress needs to stay in Washington until they pass something to deal with the influx of unaccompanied minors along the United States' southern border.

July 23, 2014

Bob Corker on presidential run: ‘Who knows?’

Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, said Wednesday there are many Republicans better known than he is who can run for president as a problem-solver, but he didn't rule out the possibility down the road.

July 23, 2014

Thune: Downed fighter jets show more evidence of separatist capabilities

Sen. John Thune, South Dakota Republican, said new reports of two downed fighter jets in Eastern Ukraine demonstrates some of the capabilities pro-Russia separatists have and how important it is that the United States stops any arms flow from Russia into Ukraine.

July 23, 2014

Chambliss: Downed jet ultimately goes back to Putin

Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he believes that more classified information on the recent downing of the Malaysian jetliner should be released and that the incident is at least indirectly tied to the Russian government.

July 23, 2014

Perdue strategy: Run against Reid, Obama, Pelosi

Republican David Perdue, who on Tuesday defeated Rep. Jack Kingston in a primary run-off in the race to replace retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss, said Wednesday he plans to run against Democrats' policies over the last six years in the fall general election.

July 23, 2014