Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe last month led to a hefty tab with over $1 million for hotels for himself, staff and security for two nights in London and Paris, government documents show. As first reported by The Weekly Standard, documents show that the U.S. State Department obtained contracts with two five-star hotels [...]

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Vice President Biden says a mental health check on gun sales may have averted the 2007 mass shooting on Virginia Tech‘s campus. Biden’s comments came after a roundtable discussion in Richmond today that included experts involved with the gun control commission convened after the university tragedy. The vice president reported the panel had reached “pretty [...]

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A nice little epilogue to a blog post I wrote earlier this week about “The Legislative Impulse,” courtesy of the Daily Caller: During the National Rifle Association’s meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and the White House gun violence task force, the vice president said the Obama administration does not have the time to fully enforce existing gun [...]

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MARK LEVIN: You know folks, I’ll be honest with you. I just told a friend of mine — even though I sit behind this microphone and I try to be civil and so forth — I can barely contain my fury about what’s going on in this country. I’m just being honest with you. I [...]

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With President Barack Obama endorsing sweeping gun restrictions in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, prices for handgun magazines are surging on EBay (EBAY) and semi-automatic rifles are sold out at many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) locations. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, [...]

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Biden: Bin Laden raid most ‘audacious’ plan in 500 years Joe Biden is not a man for understatement. At a fundraiser last night in New Jersey, the vice president bragged about President Obama’s decision authorizing the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden. And then he said: “You can go back 500 years. You cannot [...]

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Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit, according to several sources in the room. via Sources: Joe Biden likened tea partiers to terrorists – Jonathan Allen and John Bresnahan – POLITICO.com. Share on [...]

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Democratic leaders called on Wednesday for new spending and tax cuts to boost the sluggish U.S. economy, setting up a fresh hurdle for bipartisan efforts to head off a government debt default this summer. via WRAPUP 5-Democrats push for jobs package in debt deal | Reuters. Share on Facebook

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Vice President Joe Biden surprised a gathering of donors in Cincinnati last week when he floated the prospect of his succeeding President Barack Obama in the White House. via Biden tells donors: Keep me in mind for 2016 – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com. Share on Facebook

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