
Orange County’s Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) took a symbolic stand against big government spending in voting against the recent omnibus bill–despite the fact that one of his own amendments was included in it.
by Michelle Moons29 Dec 2015, 5:22 AM PST0

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is coming under withering criticism from conservatives for passing a massive new budget that funds the government through next September–and avoids a government “shutdown.”
by Joel B. Pollak20 Dec 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

The House passed legislation on Friday to prevent a government shutdown. The continuing resolution will give lawmakers an extension until the middle of next week to pass the appropriations spending bill.
by Michelle Fields11 Dec 2015, 10:13 AM PST0

Several congressional aides have confirmed to Breitbart News that a rumor of a temporary extension until after Christmas is floating around Congress.
by Alex Swoyer7 Dec 2015, 10:28 AM PST0

House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican leaders in Congress are putting the final touches on a massive omnibus spending bill that will fund the federal government until after the presidential election.
by Mike Flynn1 Dec 2015, 9:48 PM PST0

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy tells reporters he expects a healthy debate about funding Planned Parenthood, but would not say whether or not Republicans intend to insist on defunding the abortion organization.
by Michelle Fields30 Nov 2015, 1:30 PM PST0

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) touts itself as “dedicated exclusively” to amateur sports, but a new investigation shows that the amateurs are floating some awfully big-league paychecks for the union’s officials, including a million-dollar golden parachute to a former president.
by Warner Todd Huston21 Nov 2015, 12:33 AM PST0

Senate Democrats plan to filibuster the legislation passed by the House on Thursday that seeks to pause the resettlement of Syrian refugees.
by Michelle Fields20 Nov 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

As the city of Baltimore continues to deal with the aftermath of the tens of millions in damage caused by this summer’s riots, the city has been hit with a $75 million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year, a report says.
by Warner Todd Huston13 Nov 2015, 1:07 PM PST0

Republicans in Congress say they won’t back down from a fight over the budget and will make sure conservative policies are put in place, despite warnings from Democrats that they will reject the bill and shut down the government.
by Michelle Fields12 Nov 2015, 11:20 AM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says she’s against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal that was recently made public.
by Alex Swoyer9 Nov 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

John McCain is taking heat back home for voting yes on the massive budget and debt limit suspension bill passed around 3 a.m. Friday morning.
by Michelle Moons31 Oct 2015, 10:24 AM PST0

On Thursday’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” on the Fox Business Network, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) took aim at Speaker-Elect Paul Ryan (R-WI) for not signaling he will do more to overturn what he deemed to be a
by Jeff Poor29 Oct 2015, 11:51 AM PST0

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) tore into the congressional budget deal on the Senate floor, arguing it is being jammed through without sufficient acknowledgment of its serious flaws.
by Caroline May29 Oct 2015, 11:36 AM PST0

President Obama has endorsed the budget plan proposed by Speaker John Boehner, according to White House aides, as the troubled Speaker prepares to retire from the House of Representatives. “We believe this a budget framework that meets the president’s vision,”
by Charlie Spiering28 Oct 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

Paul Ryan’s previous criticism of the deal to his Republican colleagues was quite pointed, including a declaration that the process “stinks.” But now he expresses optimism that the deal will include “meaningful reforms to strengthen our safety net programs, including significant changes to bolster Social Security,” and fund the military, as well as providing an opportunity to “return to regular order in our budget process.” His evaluation has been upgraded from stinky to “some good, some bad, and some ugly.”
by John Hayward28 Oct 2015, 6:45 AM PST0

The secret, top-level process used to create the federal budget for 2016 and 2017 really “stinks,” says Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who is likely to replace Rep. John Boehner as House Speaker this week. But he did not promise to vote against the $8 trillion plan.
by Alex Swoyer27 Oct 2015, 8:54 AM PST0

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is silent and offering no opinion on legislation currently being crafted in Washington, D.C., back rooms that would raise the debt ceiling and bind Congress to a multi-year budget deal
by Matthew Boyle26 Oct 2015, 1:38 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Governor John Kasich discussed his taxation, budgeting, and regulatory plans on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Kasich said, “we have a legitimate plan, that freezes the non-defense discretionary, does put more money into defense
by Ian Hanchett15 Oct 2015, 8:29 PM PST0

White House press secretary Josh Earnest consistently vows that President Obama would veto a bill from House Republicans that fully defunds Planned Parenthood. But he remained open to the idea that Obama might sign a bill that partially defunds the abortion corporation.
by Charlie Spiering14 Oct 2015, 12:01 PM PST0

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump thinks Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is “a very nice guy,” but “far from [his] first choice” to be the next Speaker of the House.
by Alex Swoyer10 Oct 2015, 8:10 PM PST0

The pending Republican move to defund Planned Parenthood will depend on four GOP Senators who are facing tough swing-state elections in 2016, and who must decide whether to alienate feminist or pro-life groups.
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Oct 2015, 10:14 AM PST0

Saturday in his weekly address, President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass a long-term budget agreement saying, “I will not sign another shortsighted, short-term spending bill,” which sets up a deadline for the budget negotiations of Dec. 11. Transcript
by Pam Key3 Oct 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee blasted the priorities of Washington politicians as “pathetic and absolutely absurd” when asked about his reaction to the Planned Parenthood hearing on Tuesday.
by Alex Swoyer30 Sep 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

In his Labor Day weekend video address, President Barack Obama the economic progress over the past five-and-a-half years and made a push for Congress to pass a new budget by month’s end. Transcript as follows: Hello, everybody. I hope most
by Jeff Poor5 Sep 2015, 8:47 AM PST0