
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) will be a featured speaker at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention on Sunday, January 18. Joe Dugan, executive producer of the three-day event, told Breitbart News on Thursday that Cruz will join a pantheon
by Michael Patrick Leahy1 Jan 2015, 8:40 PM PST0

Much of the research assistant work performed for Professor Jonathan Gruber’s 2009 $392,600 contract with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop economic models for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) seems to have been conducted by an employee of the NBER.
by Michael Patrick Leahy31 Dec 2014, 9:17 AM PST0

Gruber’s stonewalling of Vermont comes on the heels of at least four other pending or potential investigations in which the professor has failed to provide documentation requested by authorities.
by Michael Patrick Leahy29 Dec 2014, 11:35 AM PST0

Like many American employers, Jonathan Gruber apparently has a problem with undocumented workers. Except his could place him in serious legal jeopardy. This week Democratic Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin decided to abandon a plan to introduce a single-payer health care plan to
by Michael Patrick Leahy20 Dec 2014, 11:31 AM PST0

Vermont’s Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin is abandoning his efforts to implement the nation’s first single-payer health care system in 2015. The surprise announcement was a stunning setback for supporters of “the next step” envisioned in President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act.
by Michael Patrick Leahy18 Dec 2014, 7:16 AM PST0

Minnesota State Representative Greg Davids is calling for embattled MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber, the “architect” of Obamacare, to return all $329,000 he was paid by the state of Minnesota as a subcontractor on a 2011 contract to analyze the state’s
by Michael Patrick Leahy17 Dec 2014, 4:36 PM PST0

Minnesota State Representative Greg Davids is calling for embattled MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber, the “architect” of Obamacare, to return all $329,000 he was paid by the state of Minnesota as a subcontractor on a 2011 contract to analyze the state’s
by Michael Patrick Leahy17 Dec 2014, 4:36 PM PST0

Best-selling author Brad Thor is expanding the tweet that started a social media firestorm. On Tuesday, he sent out this tweet: “Hey @Reince & @GOP – let me be perfectly clear. If Jeb Bush is the nominee, I will never
by Michael Patrick Leahy16 Dec 2014, 6:27 PM PST0

In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, potential 2016 Presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump bashes Jeb Bush’s presidential aspirations. “The last thing this country needs is another Bush at the helm. I think it’s a big mistake,”
by Michael Patrick Leahy16 Dec 2014, 10:34 AM PST0

In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, potential 2016 Presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump bashes Jeb Bush’s presidential aspirations. “The last thing this country needs is another Bush at the helm. I think it’s a big mistake,”
by Michael Patrick Leahy16 Dec 2014, 10:34 AM PST0

Dr. Ben Carson will be a top featured speaker at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention next month from January 17 to 19 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Joe Dugan, founder and executive producer of the group’s fourth annual
by Michael Patrick Leahy14 Dec 2014, 12:42 PM PST0

A showdown between the United States House of Representatives and Democratic Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin may be in the works over Shumlin’s claim of executive privilege over documents related to controversial MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber’s contract with the state
by Michael Patrick Leahy12 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is issuing a subpoena demanding MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber produce all documents related to his Obamacare consulting work for the federal government and any state governments.
by Michael Patrick Leahy12 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, isn’t wasting any time. Minutes after the House passed a controversial omnibus spending bill, she tweeted: “Speaker Boehner & House GOP leadership have found a way to needlessly squander political capital, after
by Michael Patrick Leahy11 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Laura Ingraham is blasting Republican House leadership over its support for a more than $1 trillion “Continuing Resolution-Omnibus” budget bill she calls “a 1,600 page bad joke.” On her nationally syndicated radio program Thursday, Ingraham said that Speaker John Boehner
by Michael Patrick Leahy11 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

A Wednesday afternoon session of the House Rules Committee remains the final hurdle for Speaker Boehner’s 1,600 page, $1.1 trillion “CR-Omnibus” budget bill before a scheduled vote on the floor of the House tomorrow. But one of the most powerful
by Michael Patrick Leahy10 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

by Michael Patrick Leahy10 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Controversial MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber, known to all except, apparently, himself as the “architect” of The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), apologized repeatedly for what he called his “series of inexcusable comments” in his testimony before the House Oversight and
by Michael Patrick Leahy9 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Democratic State Representative Cynthia Browning, who has a Phd. in economics from the University of Michigan, blasted the administration of Governor Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, for its lack of transparency and reliance on an expansive definition of executive privilege in
by Michael Patrick Leahy8 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

One week after he first requested billing details related to Jonathan Gruber’s contract with the state of Vermont, state Auditor Douglas Hoffer has yet to receive any information about the details of Gruber’s contract from the administration of Democratic Governor
by Michael Patrick Leahy8 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Internal emails between Vermont bureaucrats and controversial MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber reveal that Gruber’s public silence is a strategic decision to avoid engaging with what he calls the “haters” who have criticized him. Gruber, the “architect” of Obamacare, has
by Michael Patrick Leahy7 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Conservative talkradio host Mark Levin made news Thursday when he addressed the annual conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a “non-partisan membership association of state lawmakers,” and it wasn’t just because he reiterated his call for an Article V “Convention
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Less than 24 hours before polls open in Louisiana’s runoff election, things are not looking good for incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). The most recent poll, conducted by GEB International, shows her challenger, Representative Bill Cassidy (R-LA), with a 26
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer wants more details about controversial MIT professor Jonathan Gruber’s billing practices. To date, the administration of Governor Peter Shumlin (D-VT) has provided little evidence that it has exercised any accounting oversight of the $280,000 contract
by Michael Patrick Leahy4 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer is asking Governor Peter Shumlin’s administration to provide his office with further information about the billing practices of controversial MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber, as Breitbart News reported Thursday. Specifically, Hoffer wants more details about the names,
by Michael Patrick Leahy4 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0