Barack Obama, Justin Bieber Top Twitter's Most Influential List

One For The Table: Most Confusing People 2010
One for the Table's Most Confusing People of 2010 Congressman Ron Paul For so many reasons, it’s hard to know where to start—He’s the head of the Congressional Federal Reserve Oversight Committee but he wants to abolish the Fed. He wants to go back to the gold standard. He’s anti-war. He’s the founder of the Tea Party. Okay, we’re really confused. Harold Smith Will we ever know the true Ronni Chasen story? Senator Scott Brown Because he’s slowly s...

The Amazing Silence of Barack Obama's Supporters
The ones I'm writing about are the idealists. Those who are stirred to action by the inhumanity of man to man. Well, yes, I know that the Dalai Lama? can still draw a big crowd here and there in America. But the Tibetan cause -put on the map, so to speak, by Richard Gere and other Hollywood figures- is an ambiguous venture in that its objective is to restore an authoritarian clerisy to power. Better than "People's China," for sure. Still, while Klout designated Justin Bieber as the mo...

Nancy Pelosi makes history again! Has most votes against against a partys own speaker candidate in nearly 90 years!
Nancy Pelosi makes history again! Has most votes against against a party’s own speaker Candidate in nearly 90 years! She was the first ever female Speaker of the House, she ran up the most Debt of any two Congress sessions in American history, and lead the Congress to an Approval Rating of 13%, the lowest in modern history. Yes, San Fran Nan is historic in so many ways. But Nancy Pelosi is also historic for another reason. No, it’s not all the Botox that’s injected into her face,...

The New Mr. Speaker Warns of "Tough Decisions"
New House Speaker John Boehner said “hard work and tough decisions” await the 112th Congress, which began today when outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi handed over a very large gavel (selected by Boehner) to the Ohio Republican. “Nearly one in 10 of our neighbors are looking for work,” Boehner said. “Health Care costs are rising for families and small businesses. Our spending has caught up with us, and our Debt will soon eclipse the size of our entire economy.” This Congress

A changing of the gavel as 112th Congress is sworn in
The House and the Senate have a split personality by design, but Wednesday's debut of the 112th Congress revealed a stark contrast between the two chambers that could define the direction of every major debate over the next two years. This Story A changing of the gavel as 112th Congress is sworn in John Boehner sets humble tone as he claims House gavel Boehner assumes speaker's gavel House Republicans adopt new rules for tax and spending Legislation For GOP freshmen, congressional swearing-in...

Were a Belieber
Discovered when he was 14, 16-year-old Bieber has accomplished remarkable feats all within the past two years: a platinum Debut Album (My World), two Grammy nominations, four American Music Awards (he beat out Eminem and Lady GaGa for artist of the year), and a feature film, Never Say Never, out February 11. Did we mention a world tour? Video: Behind the scenes on Justin’s Photo Shoot with Art Streiber. Who Is the Person You’d Least Like to Imagine Sleeping with Natalie Portman? Wh...

Justin Bieber Covers 'Vanity Fair': 'I'm Crazy, I'm Nuts'
A lipstick-kissed Justin Bieber covers the February Vanity Fair, and in the interview he opens up about his fame and the pressures of showbiz. Here are a few excerpts, read more here. On his mind: "I'm crazy, I'm nuts. Just the way my brain works. I'm not normal. I think differently - my mind is always racing. I'm just ... nuts. But I think the best [musicians] probably are." On staying sane: "It's hard to really balance myself. A regular kid, if he catches the flu, he just gets to go home...

Mosque critic apologizes to Justin Bieber
Here's a quick update on the strange tale of the Justin Bieber Boycott by foes of the "Ground Zero Mosque" that I reported last week. Leading mosque foe Andy Sullivan, who signed onto the Boycott after being taken in by a Hoax report that Bieber had spoken out in support of Park51, has now apologized to Bieber, his fans, and his family.  Sullivan, a Brooklyn-born Construction Worker who will be touring in opposition to Park51 this year, published the Apology on his blog, Blue Collar Co...

Barack Obama: Dependable as the sunrise [Reader Post]
Yeah sure. If there’s one thing you can depend on, it’s Barack Obama saying one thing and doing another. Most likely Obama will pound something like globawarmiatechange or Amnesty down our throats. And today was no different. Over at The Hill they told us that Obama was getting all bipartisany: President Obama, returning to Washington from his Christmas Vacation in Hawaii, urged House and Senate GOP leaders to put partisan politics aside in the name of working to boost The Economy. &...

A Tale of Seven Psychoses
Media Bias in 2010: A Top 7 Dear Scott Brown: Well, we’re almost here, aren’t we? The end of a long, arduous, four-month campaign for a Senate seat that you have approximately the same chance of filling as you did the pilot’s chair of the Starship Enterprise. … [The] notion that Massachusetts would elect a Republican to fill the seat left vacant by Edward Kennedy was the property of people who buy interesting mushrooms in interesting places. You might as well expect the House of W

The New Congress: ‘A voice at the table’
WASHINGTON — - South Carolina’s four new Republican congressmen took their oaths of office Wednesday and pledged to move quickly to slash federal spending, cut the Deficit and reduce the size of government. With more House freshmen than any other state save Florida and New York, the South Carolina congressional delegation took on a new look after the defeats of Incumbent Reps. John Spratt, a York Democrat, and Bob Inglis, a Travelers Rest Republican. Hundreds of friends and relati...

Ezra Klein: A very smart speech by Speaker Boehner
If you spent the afternoon watching C-SPAN, as I did, you heard applause. A lot of it. Over and over again. And when John Boehner took the podium to be sworn in as Speaker of the House of Representatives, it swelled back up, and stayed there. No one Republican member of Congress wants to be the first to stop applauding the new speaker. Luckily, Boehner did it for them. "It's still just me," he said with a smile. Traditionally, politicians overpromise in these moments. If you look b...

Cantor says GOP, Democrats should work together
WASHINGTON Rep. Eric Cantor ascended to House Majority Leader on Wednesday, buoyed by a new balance of power in the 112th Congress that gives him one of the most influential positions in American politics. The GOP Caucus elected Cantor, R-7th, to the post in November, but he formally assumed it on Wednesday after the chamber’s members elected Rep. John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, speaker of the House, to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. A day draped in ceremony ushered in a new Congress and a n...

God Bless You Speaker Boehner
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivering her seemingly never-ending exit Speech as she prepared to hand the gavel over to new House Speaker John Boehner. Pelosi seemed to use her remarks to boast about what she considered her accomplishments, sounding much more like a campaign Speech than a graceful stepping aside. Eventually, she got around to John Boehner, praising him as a “skilled legislator” and a servant of the people, and then handed him the gavel as Speaker of the House. There was vis...

John Boehner sets humble tone as he claims House gavel
The clerk called his name twice to vote for speaker, but John Boehner wasn't on the House floor. He didn't have to be, of course. Once the tally was announced, the Republican from Ohio emerged, now officially speaker of the House. He looked up at his wife, two daughters and 10 of his 11 siblings in the gallery above. They were crying, and so was he. This Story A changing of the gavel as 112th Congress is sworn in John Boehner sets humble tone as he claims House gavel Boehner assumes speaker's...

Boehner elected House speaker as 112th Congress convenes
Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), taking the gavel Wednesday as the new speaker of the House, promised to work for Fiscal Responsibility while offering "openness" to the chamber's Democratic minority. This Story A changing of the gavel as 112th Congress is sworn in John Boehner sets humble tone as he claims House gavel Boehner assumes speaker's gavel House Republicans adopt new rules for tax and spending Legislation For GOP freshmen, congressional swearing-in is 'game day' Ezra Klein: ...

Christie Starts Firing
Seven education chiefs for New Jersey counties have been dismissed. Gov. Chris Christie decided not to retain them when their contracts expired Monday. Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak said the seven county superintendents affected were holdovers from the previous administration who would be replaced by Christie appointees. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress fr...

Photo of the Day
Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (in blue) hands the speaker's gavel to incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) after Boehner was elected Speaker on the opening day of the 112th United States Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 5, 2011. [Reuters Pictures]Sob. And if that isn't enough to make your barf bieberous chunks, get a load of this pic of Boeher puckering up to plant one on Pelosi. Eugh. Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (in blue) hands the speaker's gavel...

Boehner Elected Speaker of the House
(NewsCore) - Republican John Boehner of Ohio was officially elected the 61st Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives by the 112th Congress Wednesday, vowing more transparency and accountability in the “people’s House.” Boehner was handed the Speaker’s gavel after receiving 241 of the 432 votes cast, while outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received 173. Calling Boehner a “legislative leader of skill,” a "man of conviction" and a man of “great ...

No Speaker of the House?
As the House votes member by member on the nomination of Republican John Boehner to Speaker of the House, exactly who holds the position at this very moment? While Nancy Pelosi will be the one to ceremoniously hand over the gavel after the culmination of the vote, she doesn't actually hold the position now. Pelosi's term as Speaker ended at noon on Monday, which means there actually is not a House Speaker until, as expected, Boehner is sworn in later today. Behind the vice president and speake...

Union Boss Makes Shocking Admission
You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. Nancy Pelosi passes on the symbolic gavel as John Boehner becomes the 61st Speaker of the House....

Send in Your Transpo Questions for the 112th Congress
The new Congress has been sworn in and John Boehner has been elected Speaker of the House, 241-173. Nancy Pelosi has handed him the (strangely over-sized) gavel and he just took the oath of office. In his Acceptance Speech, he stressed fiscal discipline and Spending Cuts. The first vote the new Congress will take will be on new rules governing the Congress, including the one we told you about Monday that would allow Congress to withhold transportation funds. By holding the money in the bank, law...

Something historic this way comes....
Something Historic this way comes, San Antonio. While it could be great, there are those out there who believe it could also be useless. Please refer to this article, to get all the details as to who will be doing this. A new set of swearing in(s) took place today, January 5, 2011, on Capital Hill at the House of Representatives. The Lame Duck is now over and the new elected officials from November 2, 2010, have all been sworn into their new positions. John Boehner is now Speaker of th...

Pizza man's first day as a Congressman
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- At the open house gathering to celebrate the official swearing in to Congress of Rep. Bobby Schilling in Washington, D.C., the pizza and Ice Cream were shipped in from Illinois. The pizzas came in overnight from Saint Giuseppe's Heavenly Pizza, the shop that Bobby Schilling has owned for 14 years in Moline, Ill. Before deciding to run for Congress, Schilling was a pizza man. And lucky for supporters, there are pizza ovens in the historic D.C. Office Building, so the piz...

Promises of civility, but it's short-lived
WASHINGTON — Even as the House's newly elected leaders made lofty calls for civility and Bipartisanship Wednesday, rank-and-file members engaged in sharp warfare over the federal Budget and Health Care. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, tried to set a new tone in his Acceptance Speech: "The American People have humbled us." With 10 of his 11 siblings looking on, Boehner, 61, became the 53rd House speaker, succeeding Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. He will lead a House with a 242-193 GOP majorit...