On Thursday, President Obama unveiled another “fix” for ObamaCare. Americans who had their insurance plans cancelled, because they didn’t meet all of ObamaCare’s coverage mandates, can renew those policies for another year. Presumably, their plans would be cancelled at the
Ted Cruz’s appearance last week on The Tonight Show was generally judged a success. He did very well in defending his record, and his position on controversial issues such as gay marriage, which the audience applauded. Yet there was something slightly
During Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius’ questioning on Capitol Hill to testify about the shortcomings of Healthcare.gov, a female Democrat was caught on an open microphone grumbling about Sebelius having to answer questions about abortion coverage under
Testifying on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius got testy with legislators questioning who was ultimately responsible for the failure of the Obamacare website. Rep. Greg Harper (R-MS) said, “The president ultimately is responsible.
ADDED: During her testimony before Congress Wednesday, Secretary Sebelius claimed, “The website never crashed. It is functional, but at a very slow speed and very low reliability.” Just minutes before Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was set to testify
The expensive airport parking fees and costly airline reservation cancellations that bedevil most travelers are of little concern for members of Congress. According to the new book Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets,
Several corporate executives have joined forces with prominent local lawmakers, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and George Soros’ National Immigration Forum (NIF) to organize a campaign on Monday to target GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill to get them to try to support
A speech last night at the University of Buffalo by Hillary Clinton was disrupted by a lone male heckler who chanted: “Benghazi, Benghazi — you let them die!” The former Secretary of State powered through her speech as the man continued
In an exclusive phone interview on Tuesday, former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) confirmed to Breitbart News that every committee slot on Capitol Hill for members, especially committee and subcommittee chairmen, comes with a fundraising price tag. “There’s a huge focus
This morning’s New York Times features an article on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the administration official shouldering most of the blame for the disastrous rollout of Obamacare. It appears Ms. Sebelius gave permission to friends and allies
U.S. House stenographer Dianne Reidy was forced off the floor on Wednesday night following the House’s passage of a debt limit resolution package, which would end the government shut down. Reidy, who has worked as a recorder for the House for
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) sat down with Capitol Hill reporters at his weekly Pen and Pad on Tuesday to discuss the government shutdown as well as where House Democrats’ presently are on the debt limit and continuing resolution
As Senate leaders hammer out a deal to end the partial government shutdown and lift the nation’s debt ceiling, sources on Capitol Hill tell Breitbart News that labor unions are poised to win a significant delay in an ObamaCare tax.
For a week, the media have been laughing at Republicans with the false claim that if we hadn’t shut down the government they would be covering the dismal failures of the ObamaCare launch. Well, that is a good line of
Democratic Reps. Charles Rangel, Luis Gutierrez, Keith Ellison, Joseph Crowley, Al Green, and John Lewis, along with several other pro-amnesty activists, union members, and other left-wing protesters, got themselves arrested on purpose on Tuesday afternoon in a statement made in
This is likely to be a bad week for housing and the economy, but not for the reasons you might suspect. The usual cast of characters in the Big Media wants you to believe that the rise in interest rates
The government shutdown has now reach Capitol Hill, as Senatorial offices have now furloughed employees. According to two furloughed staffers, signs are posted around the Senate offices buildings, addressing visitors that some offices are closed.
After police fired shots at and killed a woman who led them on a car chase on Thursday in front of the U.S. Capitol, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said he hoped the incident would help end the government shutdown. While
In the days before and since the government shutdown, the media have suspended their usual practice of making politicians pay a price for using rhetoric laced with violent images. The reason for this suspension, obviously, is because it is Democrats
Alhurra Television caught the beginning of a high-speed chase on Capitol Hill Thursday afternoon that reportedly had deadly consequences. One officer is injured after a reported female driver allegedly tried to charge the White House barricades and then sped to
An hour after the shooting at Capitol Hill, Slate was already attempting to score political points against a GOP congressman over what they described as the “worst timed” tweet of the shooting. Slate is apparently unaware of the fact that
This is a tweet written by the New York Times. The headline attaches Thursday’s shooting as part of the unfurling government shutdown. The New York Times did not know this when they wrote the tweet, and an hour later we
(AP) Capitol Hill incident began at White HouseBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONA law enforcement official says a shooting at the United States Capitol is related to a vehicle that tried to ram a security barricade at the White House.
PHOTO: Scene outside Capitol after shooting, suspect believed dead pic.twitter.com/7x6HaIyOcy — ABC News (@ABC) October 3, 2013 — #BREAKING: Source says female suspect reported dead on scene at U.S. Capitol. — ABC News (@ABC) October 3, 2013 — Media reports
On Monday, just hours into a government shutdown, the Park Police tried to block access to the WWII memorial. The memorial, which is basically a landscape feature in a public park, was temporarily cut off from veterans of World War
