Caroline May

The Obama administration’s exchange of American aid worker Alan Gross for three Cuban spies poses a threat to national security and is a “slap in the face” to the families of the men they killed, according to Cuba-born Rep. Ileana

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) slammed the Obama administration for exchanging imprisoned aid worker Alan Gross with Cuba for three Cuban spies. Menendez calls it a dangerous precedent and one that absolves the Castro regime’s behavior.  

A Pennsylvania district court’s ruling that President Obama’s actions are “unconstitutional” is a positive development and likely the first of many court rebukes, according to Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA).   “Though this is the first of presumably many court rulings

Sen. Marco Rubio is expressing concern and frustration with the Obama administration’s plans to restore relations with Cuba. “Today’s announcement initiating a dramatic change in U.S. policy toward Cuba is just the latest in a long line of failed attempts

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) won’t explain why he voted against Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) constitutional point of order on President Obama’s executive amnesty, telling reporters the vote is old news. “I’m not going to go back and

A federal district court judge in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that portions of President Obama’s executive amnesty are unconstitutional, according to the Washington Post. Western Pennsylvania District Judge Arthur Schwab concluded in his opinion that Obama’s executive actions go “beyond prosecutorial

While President Obama touts his executive amnesty and Republicans rail against it, many of the implications and plans are still unknown, according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies. Legal policy analyst Jon Feere of the anti-amnesty group

Despite criticism from conservatives that House Leadership has demonstrated a less than forceful opposition to President Obama’s executive amnesty, House Speaker John Boehner’s office continues to attack Obama for his unilateral actions. In a dispatch from the Speaker’s office Tuesday

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush writes that he has “decided to actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States.” In a Facebook post the Republican offered holiday greetings and a note about his conversations with his

The hostage situation in an Australia cafe carried out by an Iranian gunman should galvanize America and her allies against the threat of Islamic extremism, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) says. “What we’ve witnessed in Sydney

Sen. Mike Lee is defending the weekend’s acrimony-inducing Senate session, explaining that it was important to get a vote on the constitutionality of President Obama’s executive amnesty. “It’s always worth it when you stand behind the American people, who want

Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) says House Republican Leadership misled him during a procedural vote on the cromnibus Thursday afternoon.  “Earlier today, I supported the Rule because I was informed by Leadership that the CROmnibus was dead and a short term

More than 300 former Obama campaign staffers have signed onto a letter calling on Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president in 2016.  “We urge Elizabeth Warren to run for president in 2016,” the letter declares. The staffers cited income

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is targeting President Obama’s executive amnesty by offering companion legislation in the Senate to a bill from Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) that the House approved last week. Paul’s “Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014,”

In a “Dear Colleague” letter to Democrats dispatched as a news release, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is highlighting that the delayed vote on the “cromibus” gives Democrats leverage. “It is clear from this recess on the floor that

Just hours before the government might run out of funding, House leaders delayed a vote on final passage of the so-called “cromnibus.” The vote was supposed to take place around 2:00, however leaders called for a recess, likely indicating they’re concerned

House Speaker John Boehner claims that next year Republicans will take the fight over executive amnesty to President Obama.  “We’ve also made clear that early on we’ll make a direct challenge to the president’s unilateral actions on immigration,” the Ohio

Minutes after the White House issued a statement backing the House’s government funding bill Thursday, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi took to the House Floor to lodge her opposition to the deal.  Democrats have taken issue with a number of aspects

As House leaders tried to corral votes for the Obama-Boehner cromnibus Thursday afternoon, a number of congressional staffers walked out on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and put their hands in the air. The group of about 140 staffers offered

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is warning government leaders: he will not cease until President Obama’s executive amnesty is defeated. “I have a message today for every leader in Congress, for every official in the White House and to President Obama: We

Tea Party Patriots is joining the chorus of conservative voices expressing frustration that the House’s government funding bill does not block executive amnesty.  “Make no mistake, this bill DOES fund Obama’s executive amnesty, and so much more,” Jenny Beth Martin,

Conservatives who had wanted to see language to block President Obama’s executive actions inserted into the massive, must-pass government funding bill are expressing frustration and anger at House Republican leadership’s lack of an appetite to fight amnesty now. “The fix

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is signaling discontent with the government funding deal reached by House negotiators. In a statement released Wednesday, the Democratic leader cited the inclusion of two “special interest” provisions in the omnibus spending bill released