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Gov. Bobby Jindal will show up after all for Wednesday debate among Republican presidential candidates on CNBC
Gov. Bobby Jindal will participate Wednesday in the third nationally televised debate among candidates for the 2016 Republican nomination for president, his campaign confirmed this week. As in the first two debates, in August and September, Jindal will not share the prime-time stage with the front-running candidates, as determined by national polls. Instead, he will … → Read More
Double whammy for Gov. Bobby Jindal: No prime-time debate, falling poll numbers in Iowa
As CNBC sealed the failure of Gov. Bobby Jindal to make it to the prime-time stage for the next nationally televised debate among 2016 Republican presidential candidates, a new poll from Iowa shows him settling back near the bottom of the field after a recent uptick. CNBC announced Wednesday the 10 candidates who will appear … → Read More
Campaign by U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, for majority leader muddled by conservative group's endorsement in House speaker's race
Washington — A key group of hard-right U.S. House Republicans endorsed a dark-horse candidate Wednesday for speaker of the House, throwing a potential monkey wrench into the plans of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, to rise to the No. 2 position of majority leader. That’s because the favorite to win the election for speaker … → Read More
U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, tells supporters he has the votes to win election Thursday as majority leader
Washington – U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, of Jefferson, told his supporters in a conference call Sunday evening that he has enough pledged votes from House Republicans to move up a slot in leadership to majority leader, the No. 2 post in the ruling House hierarchy, according to a source close to Scalise. If … → Read More
Scalise vies for House leadership post
Baton Rouge, /News/: Washington — Still short of his 50th birthday and just seven years after his election to Congress, Louisiana’s U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise stands on the verge of assuming the second most powerful position in the House of Representatives: majority leader. Bu → Read More
Steve Scalise could be stepping up as House Speaker John Boehner steps down
WASHINGTON — With the game of musical chairs in full swing after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner’s surprise announcement Friday that he’s stepping down, Majority Whip → Read More
Following second GOP presidential debate
Baton Rouge, /News/: Washington — For Gov. Bobby Jindal and his campaign for the 2016 presidential nomination, the question is: Where does he go from here? The simple answer is Iowa, which hosts the caucuses Feb. 1 that start the formal nomination process. Jindal has campaig → Read More
Following second GOP presidential debate
Baton Rouge, /News/: Washington — For Gov. Bobby Jindal and his campaign for the 2016 presidential nomination, the question is: Where does he go from here? The simple answer is Iowa, which hosts the caucuses Feb. 1 that start the formal nomination process. Jindal has campaig → Read More
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., talks up new plan to defund Planned Parenthood
Washington – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., is developing a new approach to de-funding Planned Parenthood, according to CQ Roll Call, a news outlet that covers Congress. Republicans in Congress overwhelmingly oppose continued federal funding of Planned Parenthood, which provides a variety of health services to women, including contraception and, in some cases, abortion … → Read More
Low poll numbers keep Gov. Bobby Jindal at the “kiddie table” for second presidential debate
WASHINGTON — Once again, Gov. Bobby Jindal will be relegated to the so-called kids’ table when Republican presidential candidates assemble Wednesday for a program of nationally → Read More
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal lags support from notables in presidential endorsement race
Washington — When Iowa state legislator Matt Windschitl endorsed Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal this month in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, → Read More
Washington Watch: Jindal has great one-liners, but no bump in the polls
New Orleans, /Opinion/GregoryRoberts/: Washington — Gov. Bobby Jindal must be experiencing at least a little frustration these days. Just last week, he saw one of his rivals for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, attract a lot of favorable attention for → Read More
New money rules confuses traditional campaigning
Washington — A pair of political action committees devoted to former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has raised nearly $17 million to propel him to 2016 Republican → Read More
Civil-rights leader, former N.O. Mayor Marc Morial says U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise has dropped the ball on voting rights
Washington – In a follow-up to a February meeting with U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., civil-rights leader and former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial has sent Scalise a letter expressing “profound disappointment” over Scalise’s failure to act on voting-rights issues discussed at the meeting. “Your unwillingness to take action is extremely troubling, and … → Read More
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s presidential quest continues, focus remains on 'early states'
Washington — With the first national TV debate of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign in his rear-view mirror, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled to Atlanta for → Read More
Jindal hits variation on his familiar theme in N.H. forum, parades favorite catchphrases 'hyphenated Americans,' 'European nightmare' during forum
Gov. Bobby Jindal played familiar rhetorical notes in his appearance Monday in a nationally televised forum featuring most of the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential candidates, who produced → Read More
Washington Watch: Obamacare remains target of Vitter’s ire
<span class="Dateline">Washington —</span> For U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., the federal health care law is the gift that keeps on giving. Not that he likes the → Read More
Republican candidates jockey for place in first prime-time presidential debate
<span class="Dateline">Washington</span> <strong>—</strong> After suspending his campaign for president for four days in the aftermath of the mass shooting at a Lafayette movie theater, Gov. Bobby → Read More
$1 million donation from Louisiana boatbuilder Gary Chouest boosts Gov. Bobby Jindal's presidential run
Washington — Louisiana boatbuilder Gary Chouest contributed $1 million to an outside group backing Gov. Bobby Jindal’s campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, a federal fundraising report filed Friday shows. That helped boost the total received by the Believe Again political action committee, a single-candidate super PAC, to nearly $3.7 million in the first … → Read More
Gov. Bobby Jindal: Treat mayors of "sanctuary cities" as accessories to illegal immigrants' crimes
Gov. Bobby Jindal has called for Congress to pass laws declaring mayors of “sanctuary cities” accessories to crimes committed by undocumented immigrants and to subject municipal officials to civil lawsuits by victims of the crimes. Jindal is a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. “My plan will hit these lawless city leaders where it … → Read More