Several hours after Speaker John Boehner announced to colleagues in the Capitol that the GOP border bill wouldn’t address President Obama’s threats to unilaterally grant amnesty to as many as six million people, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was befuddled. “I’m
The bill doesn’t touch President Obama’s “deferred” prosecution of illegal alien minors, or his threats to expand the program to as many as 6 million people, but House Republicans now appear to have firmly concluded they must pass something before
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, warned GOP colleagues in a closed-door meeting Tuesday against fanning the flames of impeachment for President Barack Obama, saying Democrats had successfully used the issue to raise $2
They’ve pared it down and reduced the amount of spending in it, and now Speaker John Boehner and his leadership team are barreling ahead with a border crisis bill expected on the House floor Thursday. The bill is expected to
In a free-wheeling discussion that touched on dozens of proposals for how to address the tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children streaming across the southern U.S. borders, one thread connected the calls to add to or change a border
A working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner released a set of recommendations to the House GOP conference Wednesday, including $1.5 billion in new spending and proposals to send the National Guard to the border and require the
Former Dollar General CEO David Perdue narrowly beat Rep. Jack Kingston in the Georgia GOP primary runoff tonight, and in the days leading up to election day, he made a big push to tie the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s support
A border security proposal from Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) that has already prompted fierce criticism on the right is included in the forthcoming proposal from a working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner, according to Rep. John Carter
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is leading a delegation of lawmakers to Central America described as a “rival” effort to a recent fact-finding trip by a working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner. The
A working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner submitted their final policy recommendations to him late Wednesday, which did not include language intended to prevent President Obama from expanding a unilateral amnesty for so-called DREAMers, a member of
A small group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner to craft a response to the tens of thousands of illegal alien children streaming across the southern U.S. border has delayed a report of its recommendations while officials consider a
WASHINGTON, D.C.–A working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner is poised to recommend deploying the National Guard, amending a 2008 law requiring a lengthy deportation process, bringing in temporary judges to reduce a legal backlog and new border
Under the Obama administration, embassy construction costs have exploded even while security – a major issue in the Benghazi scandal – has grown worse. Now we know why. A video released by the State Department in 2012 shows exhibits the
In his office in the Rayburn House Office Building, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) hands me a bookmark-sized card with a gold, embossed congressional seal and his name at the top. On it are the 24 current members of the GOP
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) wants to bring “reform” back to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “I think the committee has somewhat atrophied on its core mission of government reform,” he said in an interview in his office in
Republican Speaker John Boehner offered his most forceful words yet regarding President Barack Obama’s aggressive use of executive orders to enact liberal policies, outlining the reasoning behind a planned lawsuit and saying Congress must act to avoid Obama from acting
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is calling for President Obama to intervene to free Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman whom an Appeal Court freed yesterday, who was just re-arrested at the airport trying to leave Khartoum. “There is an
In his nominating speech for Rep. Raul Labrador, who by all accounts was beaten badly in the race for majority leader by Kevin McCarthy, former Republican Study Committee (RSC) chairman Jim Jordan gave his colleagues a warning. “Look, we all
The first rule of leadership races, it’s often said among the few people who have experience waging power struggles at the top of the congressional food chain in the most powerful country on earth, is that he who who gets
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) is leading the race for House Whip, the third-ranking position in House leadership, and he’s running on his conservative bonafides. The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the Republicans’ 170-member strong conservative caucus, Scalise is pitching
That was fast. In a commanding display of sheer political power, GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy locked up support over 48 hours to replace the vacancy at Majority Leader left by Eric Cantor’s stunning primary defeat. House Rules Committee Chairman Pete
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) will not run for Majority Leader, he said in a statement. “Although I am humbled by the calls, emails, and conversations from my colleagues encouraging me to return to leadership for the
South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R) is adamant that he’s opposed to reauthorizing the Export-Import bank, a government-financing agency that has become a hot button issue among conservatives seeking to allow its charter to expire. So why did he help
House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) is working to outflank GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy on immigration in the early stages of a clash for Eric Cantor’s soon-to-be vacant Majority Leader slot, telling a group of reporters that securing the
Following the stunning upset of Majority Leader Eric Cantor last night, the Capitol is the political equivalent of a Black Friday stampede as top Republicans burn up the phone lines looking for support. It’s a highly fluid situation, but some
