Republican and Tea Party Sens. Ran Paul and Ted Cruz are among the many hopefuls for the GOP to run in the upcoming election, however, a powerful voice from inside their own party has public come out as a staunch opposition to their bids.
While the Republican party has failed time and again to connect with the Hispanic and Latino community especially in terms of its tough position on immigrants, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush voiced his opinion about the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order and issue a presidential memorandum Tuesday, both with the purpose of promoting equal pay for woman and transparency in the work place.
Political campaign donors can now donate as much money as they wish as long as donations to individual politicians do not exceed $5,200, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
Although the presidential race is still two years away, both Republican and Democratic Parties have begun aligning their chess pieces in preparation of the 2016 battle for the White House.
Eliseo Medina is one of the loudest voices for reform One of the most pressing issues in American politics today is that of immigration reform. So far, all efforts to pass a bill to reform the current, broken system have stalled in Congress due to a lack of political willpower to push it through.
The Republican Party has spent $10 million to gain the interest of the Hispanic population, inundating the public with Spanish-language advertisements that aim to incite opposition to the nation's Affordable Care Act, unseat Democrats, and ensure that a member of the GOP sits in the Oval Office after the next election. The conservative push to disparage Obama over the ACA and immigration overshadows the GOP's efforts to assist the Hispanic community -- and exposes presidential and a desire to shake immigration as a topic.
"You can call yourself Republicans ... but don't call yourself Reagan Republicans," Republican Senator John McCain told some of his fellow GOP colleagues Thursday on the Senate floor, according to "Politico."
He is a Cuban American and GOP contender With the 2016 presidential election just a year and a half away now, all eyes are turning to the potential nominees.
Since the 2008 Presidential Election, GOP and conservative candidates have been part of an uphill battle to win the respect and votes of their constituents who have turned toward the Democratic or independent parties.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) recently publicized that Republicans were not likely to touch immigration reform this year, despite bipartisan promises made and mounting outrage from Immigration Reform protesters.
The Grand Old Party is up to its rabble rousing tactics again in an effort to woo latino voters. Admittedly, the GOP hasn't done much to stir up support among the Latino community.
Many republicans suggest tabling reform until next year because it will not benefit them in the 2014 elections; as many House Republicans reside over white-majority districts.
Ronald Reagan once famously proclaimed that Latinos "are Republicans, they just don't know it yet." Well, Ann Coulter - disagrees with that statement, having once stated that it's a waste of time for the GOP to woo Latino voters because they are "lazy, not religious, dependent on government, socially progressive, and poor."
Fancy yourself a Democrat? Fancy yourself a Democrat? Do you contribute to your favorite candidates campaign fund online? If those two statements sound like you, take heed.
House Republicans are paving a path to citizenship with a specified two-way street, offering the opportunity for "dreamers" to remain in the U.S. -- only if they earn a college degree or serve in the military, Takepart reports.
The largest Hispanic-owned business in the United States was founded by a working class man who emigrated from Cuba to the United States in 1959. That man, Jorge Mas Canosa, was recruited by an underground utility construction firm in 1969 by the name of Church & Tower, which he would later purchase. Under his guidance, Church & Tower joined forces with a construction company Burnup & Sims in 1994, and together the two companies, now one, assumed the name MasTec.
