Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s purchase of the Washington Post comes on the heels of his spending $1.7 million on lobbying from January through June of this year, the ninth biggest Silicon Valley lobbying expenditure. Bezos has ramped up lobbying as
On Friday, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a memo home with other House Republicans to help them deal with questions on immigration reform. Titled the “Immigration Resource Kit,” the package summarizes the various bills
An aide to House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) confirmed for Breitbart News he is open to attempting to salvage the Senate’s immigration bill via a conference report with a single House bill or combination of House bills.
(AP) House hearing examines immigrants brought as kidsBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA House committee is holding a hearing on what to do about child immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as lawmakers search for a way forward on immigration in the
The President of the Roanoke Valley Republican Women’s club took matters into her own hands when she learned that a MASH unit had nothing but worn and torn blood-stained sheets to use to take care of our wounded warriors stationed
In his opening statement before Wednesday’s immigration hearing, House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte said the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill will not stop future waves of illegal immigration. “The drafters of S.744 promise to ‘ensure that this
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) will hold a hearing on Wednesday examining the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill and the likelihood it will cause
While House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is not ready to demand a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS conservative and Tea Party targeting scandal, he warned that Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice should not be
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) told Breitbart News that his committee’s Department of Justice oversight hearing on Wednesday will focus on the lack of accountability throughout President Barack Obama’s administration and the Department of Justice. Holder is
House Republicans have sent out letters to public health officials in all 50 states, requesting information on how each state regulates and monitors abortion clinics and protects the health and safety of women. The action is taken as a jury
The internet has transformed every sector of the economy, providing consumers more choice and greater value. It continually faces the challenge of outdated, government-imposed rules and regulations better suited for an off-line world. The promise of internet radio is facing
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is holding a full committee hearing today that started at 1:00 Eastern. It’s being livestreamed on CSPAN3. Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy, (R-SC) released the following statement ahead of the hearing:
The Republican Party for the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia has formally requested its GOP congressman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, to oppose the re-election of House Speaker John Boehner, Breitbart News has learned. On November 10, the local district committee–which officially
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Congressman Bob Goodlatte, of the 6th district of Virginia, joins Frank to discuss the “Diversity Visa Lottery,” and what he’s doing to eliminate it. Goodlatte calls the program unfair and unnecessary, as 10
From THE HILL: House Republicans on Wednesday charged that a multibillion-dollar settlement with black farmers supported by the Obama administration was rife with fraud. At a press conference in the Capitol Visitor Center, Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.)
Greece, Portugal and President Barack Obama have at long last combined to turn the common Washington wisdom about government spending on its head. Washington insiders insisted for decades that those who say they favor fiscal restraint in the abstract really
