
Saying his victory “would send a shockwave through the incumbent class,” Talk radio host Laura Ingraham endorsed state senator Chris McDaniel Tuesday in his bid against incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran, citing his early adoption of a new anti-amnesty pledge. Monday,
by Matthew Boyle29 Apr 2014, 1:22 PM PST0

House Armed Services committee chairman Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA) says a controversial immigration proposal shouldn’t be in the upcoming Department of Defense authorization bill, a new blow to the effort to insert it into the bill. In an interview on
by Matthew Boyle28 Apr 2014, 10:59 PM PST0

An anti-amnesty group is working to bring a Grover Norquist-like pledge to the immigration issue, and the highest-profile Republican primary challenger of the cycle is the first to sign. Mississippi state senator Chris McDaniel endorsed a new pledge from the
by Matthew Boyle28 Apr 2014, 9:51 PM PST0

For a year or so, House Budget Committee Chairman and possible 2016 presidential candidate Paul Ryan has been making trips to the inner city to help understand urban poverty and how the federal government can help fix it. The trips
by Matthew Boyle28 Apr 2014, 1:39 PM PST0

Before Gurbaksh Chahal was convicted of domestic violence and battery against his girlfriend and fired from his job as CEO of marketing firm RadiumOne, his rags-to-riches story had been touted as a case study in the push for comprehensive immigration
by Matthew Boyle28 Apr 2014, 12:16 PM PST0

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — The Tea Party rally held here Friday was only about 50 miles from the Mississippi border, but the primary campaign between Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness shares little with the
by Matthew Boyle28 Apr 2014, 10:00 AM PST0

It is “unbecoming” of a member of Congress like Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) to refuse to debate a credible primary challenger like state Sen. Chris McDaniel, a top Mississippi newspaper’s editorial board wrote Sunday. “We understand such decisions are based
by Matthew Boyle27 Apr 2014, 10:11 PM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) easily swept a straw poll of 2016 GOP contenders at the Maine GOP convention this weekend, securing nearly a hundred votes more than the next best potential presidential candidate. Paul topped the field with 176 votes
by Matthew Boyle27 Apr 2014, 11:26 AM PST0

JACKSON, Mississippi — Hours before two major Tea Party rallies in this state, the American Conservative Union endorsed state Senator Chris McDaniel over incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran, providing the imprimatur of an organization that remains the most highly-sought validator of
by Matthew Boyle25 Apr 2014, 7:26 AM PST0

BILOXI, Mississippi–“You feel it don’t you? The momentum is growing. The people are waking up again,”state senator Chris McDaniel told a crowd of about 150 Tea Party activists here. McDaniel was in his element at the event, part of the
by Matthew Boyle24 Apr 2014, 3:22 PM PST0

BILOXI, MS–South Mississippi Tea Party chairman John Rhodes is fairly involved in politics. The Tea Party chapter he leads meets twice a month. An active supporter of state Senator Chris McDaniel in the U.S. Senate primary here, Rhodes has been
by Matthew Boyle24 Apr 2014, 8:16 AM PST0

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is attacking his GOP primary opponent with a new television ad, a highly unusual move for a sitting member of House leadership that demonstrates he is taking the threat from his right back home more
by Matthew Boyle23 Apr 2014, 1:48 PM PST0

Eric Cantor has never been closer to wielding the speaker’s gavel, but he may want to keep an eye over his right shoulder. As speculation heats up about whether Speaker John Boehner will return in 2015, Cantor is in the
by Matthew Boyle22 Apr 2014, 9:31 PM PST0

Former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert, now a K Street lobbyist, is gathering with several Chicago Republicans for a public event aimed at yet again building support in Washington for amnesty, Roll Call reports. Hastert, now a lobbyist for
by Matthew Boyle22 Apr 2014, 8:12 AM PST0

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Friday that House Speaker John Boehner’s comments that he is “hellbent” on granting amnesty to illegal aliens in 2014 could destroy the GOP’s chances of winning American voters. “A weary public
by Matthew Boyle18 Apr 2014, 12:52 PM PST0

Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political advocacy firm FWD.us is publicly driving for a proposal to grant amnesty to illegal alien DREAMers who enlist in the U.S. military with a pair of new attack ads against Rep. Steve King (R-IA).
by Matthew Boyle18 Apr 2014, 11:58 AM PST0

President Barack Obama will meet with top officials from the American Legion on Friday morning just days after the 2.4 million-member group criticized a plan to include an immigration proposal in a defense authorization bill. According to the White House’s
by Matthew Boyle18 Apr 2014, 5:53 AM PST0

by Matthew Boyle16 Apr 2014, 4:06 PM PST0

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is working to to enlist 30 specific House Republicans on a mission to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. In a memorandum from the chief cosponsors of the Democratic House comprehensive immigration bill to “interested parties”
by Matthew Boyle16 Apr 2014, 2:52 PM PST0

The chairman of the Mississippi GOP, Joe Nosef, reacted angrily to Tea Party groups calling for his resignation this week, accusing one local activist of secretly working to elect Democrats and saying some “fanatical” Tea Party groups could jeopardize the
by Matthew Boyle15 Apr 2014, 10:21 PM PST0

A new report from an anti-amnesty group has concluded that continued high-levels of immigration to the United States of America will destroy the Republican Party’s long-term prospects of winning future elections, a copy provided to Breitbart News shows. “A comparison
by Matthew Boyle15 Apr 2014, 11:07 AM PST0

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and arguably the leading intellectual force against amnesty in Congress, is coming out hard against a proposal backed by Majority Leader Eric Cantor to grant amnesty to illegal
by Matthew Boyle15 Apr 2014, 11:01 AM PST0

A statewide Mississippi Tea Party group called Monday for the resignation of state GOP chairman Joe Nosef over negative comments he recently made about state senator Chris McDaniel, who is challenging Sen. Thad Cochran in the GOP primary there. The
by Matthew Boyle14 Apr 2014, 1:43 PM PST0

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor officially endorsed granting amnesty to illegal alien DREAMers if they enlist in the U.S. Military in comments a high-ranking operative who works for him made to Breitbart News. “Mr. Cantor views military service as the
by Matthew Boyle14 Apr 2014, 1:03 PM PST0

A group of conservative House members led by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is writing to the leadership of the House Appropriations Committee to press for cutting off IRS employee bonuses in the division of the agency that targeted Tea Party
by Matthew Boyle11 Apr 2014, 2:45 PM PST0