Tag: James Lankford

DHS to change naturalization test for ‘freedom of religion’

DHS to change naturalization test for ‘freedom of religion’

Joel Gehrke · April 8, 2016 6:16 pm

The Obama administration has been releasing Guantanamo Bay detainees at a steady clip in the hopes of obviating the need for the detention center, which Obama wants to shut down. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File)

GOP bill bans Gitmo releases to ‘unstable’ countries

Pete Kasperowicz · April 5, 2016 12:21 pm

Sen. James Lankford wrote a letter to the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights rejecting OCR's justification and said he was "unpersuaded" by its response letter justifying the expansion of Title IX. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

This senator is NOT happy with govt’s response to overreach concerns

Ashe Schow · March 7, 2016 6:01 pm

The avoidance question still stands in Education Department's Office for Civil Rights' response to Sen. James Lankford. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Education Dept. tries and fails to justify Title IX overreach

Ashe Schow · February 23, 2016 7:02 pm

At issue is the Department's "Dear Colleague" letters that force schools to take on new obligations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Education Dept. fails to respond on time to senator’s overreach inquiry

Ashe Schow · February 5, 2016 12:26 am

While we grapple with the political fights in Washington, D.C., we're grateful for every life-affirming, hope-filled, nonpolitical conversation Americans have around family dinner tables, during work hours and in casual conversations with friends. (AP Photo)

Sens. Lankford and Sasse: We’re proud to stand up for the unborn

ben-sasse, James Lankford · January 22, 2016 2:31 pm

Lynch: Government may fight decision forcing release of ‘Fast and Furious’ papers

Lynch: Government may fight decision forcing release of ‘Fast and Furious’ papers

Joel Gehrke · January 20, 2016 11:19 pm

James Lankford asks for a "thorough justification of the letters by providing the precise statutory and/or regulatory authority under Title IX for each policy that the letters purport to interpret." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Republican senator stands up to Ed. Dept. overreach

Ashe Schow · January 7, 2016 7:50 pm

On the bug study, the report concluded that "anyone raised in a rural area can attest that one way to attract insects is to turn on a light." (AP Photo)

Government studying how bugs react when lights are turned on

Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2015 5:22 pm

Republican Sen. James Lankford introduced a bill Wednesday, titled the PTC Elimination Act, that would remove the Production Tax CreditÂ from the tax code entirely.Â (AP File Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Energy and Environment

Bill introduced to end wind tax credit

Kyle Feldscher · October 7, 2015 9:58 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, from left, joined by Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and John Thune, R-S.D., speaks about Planned Parenthood during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Defunding vote sparks debate over women’s health providers

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

This Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, shows the door at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Robinson Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

What sustainability and religious freedom have in common

Op-Ed Contributor · March 18, 2015 9:00 am