Tony Lee

Republicans are working with Democrats in the Virginia legislature to try to enact the state’s version of the DREAM Act this year. The legislation would provide in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants who have lived in the state for three

Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder and National Coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots, said her group was still waiting for President Barack Obama to hold any of his own top officials accountable as Chris Christie did on Thursday. The Republican New

The immigration adviser that House Speaker John Boehner recently hired to help him pass immigration reform legislation is reportedly leading an effort to help Boehner and the House Republican leadership draft a statement of “immigration principles.” According to reports, Rebecca

On Wednesday, Tom Donohue, the President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, vowed to make the Tea Party “feel some heat” in 2014 in order to get amnesty legislation passed.  In his “State of American Business” address, Donohue,

On Wednesday, Tom Donohue, the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said his organization would fiercely support the implementation of top-down Common Core educational standards. He felt that was one of the best ways to combat the

The president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said his organization is willing to “pull out all of the stops” to make 2014 the year of amnesty.  In his 2014 “State of American Business” address on Tuesday, Tom

As record-low and deadly temperatures swept across much of the nation this week, there were fewer crimes reported on the streets of big cities like Chicago, but authorities indicated that there may be increases in the number of domestic abuse

On the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of his “War on Poverty,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will deliver a speech Wednesday outlining his ideas for more economic mobility and opportunity.  The biggest problem we face is not the

A record number of Americans (42%) identified themselves as political independents in 2013, according to Gallup, which has been conducting polling for 25 years.  As Gallup notes, “In each of the last three years, at least 40% of Americans have

On Meet the Press Sunday, CNBC host Jim Cramer suggested that members of the permanent political class that are zealously pushing comprehensive immigration reform do not care about American workers.   “David, don’t you find it interesting that the dogma is

Jared Bernstein, the former top economic adviser for Vice President Joe Biden, conceded that “tight” labor markets are the best way to raise the wages of working class Americans as the Obama administration sets its sights on loosening them with

The Republican establishment’s war against the Tea Party has come to Texas. According to a report in the Dallas Morning News, “Some of Texas’ biggest business trade groups are moving to counter tea party and anti-government forces that have dominated recent

Liz Cheney, the daughter of Dick Cheney, will drop her bid to challenge Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) in the Wyoming Republican Senate primary, according to a report from CNN’s Peter Hamby and John King. UPDATE:  Cheney cited “health issues” in

This weekend, California’s Obamacare exchange extended the deadline for the first month’s premium payment by another week.  The state exchange had already extended the deadline to Monday, January 6. “Covered California” announced the news as news outlets across California started

Virginia Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell was on the short list for the 2012 vice presidential nomination, and it seemed like he would, at minimum, get a cabinet position the next time a Republican was elected to the White House. Now,

A high school science teacher in Iowa lost 37 pounds and lowered his cholesterol by eating nothing but McDonald’s for three months.  John Cisna told KCCI that his body did not deteriorate like the star from the Super Size Me documentary.  Cisna’s

Nearly a third of lawmakers in Congress want to end the military pension cuts in the budget deal brokered by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), which President Barack Obama signed. According to The Hill, “more than

The Girl Scouts recently promoted Texas gubernatorial candidate and pro-abortion advocate Wendy Davis as an “incredible” woman who deserved to be on a 2013 “women of the year” list.  Is there anyone you’d add to this list? Incredible Ladies Who

The lobbyists that make up Washington’s permanent political class in the country’s “Boomtown” are banking on comprehensive immigration reform in 2014 to pad their profit margins even during a time when the country is revolting against them.  According to a