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Fox News hires Dennis Kucinich as contributor
Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will be joining Fox News and Fox Business as a paid contributor, the channel announced on Wednesday. “Through 16 years in Congress and two presidential campaigns, Fox News has always provided me with an opportunity to share my perspective with its enormous viewership,” Kucinich said…
Kucinich: Obama’s Social Security cuts mean a ‘Cat Food Christmas’ for seniors
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama’s reported plan to cut Social Security by linking cost-of-living increases to the Chained Consumer Price Index — or “Chained CPI.” Earlier this week, Republicans told the The Associated Press that Obama had offered to use the chained CPI metric to…
Kucinich blasts ‘one-sided’ pro-Israeli House resolution
Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Tuesday objected to a House resolution that declared “vigorous support and unwavering commitment” to the State of Israel. Kucinich said the non-binding resolution, which supports Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in strong terms, was passed by the House in about a minute and without any…
Kucinich blasts CNBC’s Kudlow: You cannot convict someone in headlines
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, on Tuesday scolded CNBC’s Lawrence Kudlow for insisting that the White House or Justice Department were trying to cover up the “Fast and Furious” scandal. The Obama administration has invoked executive privilege over documents having…
Kucinich: Citizens United ruling would have staggered our Founding Fathers
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said Wednesday that the Founding Fathers of the United States would not have supported the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Citizens United. “Money is destroying our politics and our political system,” he said in a video uploaded to YouTube. “Our electoral system has become such…
Kucinich refuses to endorse Kaptur against ‘Joe the Plumber’
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Thursday refused to endorse Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), who defeated him in a primary election two weeks ago. “I’ve lost before, I accept that I lost,” Kucinich told The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur. “I want people to understand that I probably have more defeats…
Kucinich: Corporations can legally buy elections
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Tuesday called for Congress to support a constitutional amendment that would overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission. “One of the biggest stumbling blocks to America’s economic recovery is corporations can legally buy elections and then influence…
Kucinich proposes public financing to overturn Citizens United ruling
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced a constitutional amendment to the U.S. House on Thursday that would overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission. The court held that corporations have the same First Amendment rights as people and that money was a form…
Kucinich: Is Obama stumbling into war with Iran?
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Monday questioned whether the Obama administration was trying to provoke Iran into an armed conflict. The Iranian government claimed on Sunday that it had shot down a RQ-170 Sentinel — a U.S. high-altitude reconnaissance drone — that had flown into Iran’s eastern airspace. The Pentagon…
Kucinich bill seeks to end the Federal Reserve
A bill put forward by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) would do what libertarians and conservatives have long wished for: effectively end the Federal Reserve. The National Emergency Employment Defense (NEED) Act of 2011 would place the Federal Reserve, a private, qusai-governmental institution that controls the nation’s monetary policy, under control…
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