
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is firing back against a liberal blogger, telling Breitbart Texas in an exclusive interview that the blogger’s headline was an “outright lie” and twisted his words about the abortion bill that recently failed in Congress to make it sound like he said the complete opposite of what he actually said.
by Sarah Rumpf28 Jan 2015, 5:55 AM PST0

In a video posted on his Facebook page on Monday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) showed the 79,066 pages of new and updated regulations to make the point that the Congress has conceded too much of its lawmaking authority to unelected
by Breitbart TV26 Jan 2015, 2:42 PM PST0

Breitbart Texas’ Managing Director Brandon Darby responded to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul’s (R-Texas) claim that the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector is “the most wide open unprotected sector that we have on the U.S. – Mexico border.” Darby said, “He’s dead wrong about the RGV sector. In fact, he’s substantially wrong about his border security approach across the board.”
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Jan 2015, 9:56 AM PST0

House Republicans, worried about losing their majority in 2016, have caved to the pro-abortion lobby.
by Javier Manjarres22 Jan 2015, 1:08 PM PST0

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to grant whistle-blower protection to an Orange County Transportation Security Administration (TSA) air marshal who was accused of leaking sensitive information to the press.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Jan 2015, 12:39 PM PST0

A leading conservative in the House of Representatives criticized GOP leadership in the Senate on Wednesday, saying that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell already lost the immigration battle to Obama before the first fight has even started.
by Warner Todd Huston22 Jan 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

As hundreds of thousands of members of the pro-life community descend upon Washington D.C. for the March for Life Thursday, the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives has caved to Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) and a group of GOP
by Dr. Susan Berry21 Jan 2015, 8:42 PM PST0

During his trip to the United States next September, Pope Francis is planning to address a joint session of Congress as well as visit the White House, according to the Vatican’s permanent observer to the U.N. in New York. Francis aims to visit the White House on September 23 and will celebrate Mass at Washington’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception later that same day.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.20 Jan 2015, 5:26 AM PST0

A fawning New York magazine profile of Tim Ryan, Congressman from Ohio’s 13th District, praises the Democrat as a man of “ideas” and labels him “Congress’ crunchiest member.”
by Warner Todd Huston19 Jan 2015, 2:11 PM PST0

Friday at a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, President Barack Obama said, “Congress needs to show patience,” and let him negotiate with Iran before lawmakers go ahead with a bill increasing sanctions,
by Pam Key16 Jan 2015, 11:10 AM PST0

Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is touting the passage of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill as the fulfillment of a promise he and House Republicans made to block President Barack Obama’s executive orders granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
by Sarah Rumpf15 Jan 2015, 8:49 AM PST0

White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett is not pleased with the Republican effort to defund President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform, arguing that his actions have actually improved the immigration system.
by Charlie Spiering15 Jan 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

Conservative movement leaders are unveiling the mandate they say Republicans have heading into this new Congress, after voters gave them a majority in both the House and Senate for the first time during President Obama’s tenure.
The document, obtained exclusively by Breitbart News, details how the conservative leaders expect Republicans in Congress to “stop” Obama’s “fundamental transformation of America,” something they say the American people made clear in the 2014 midterm elections with such resounding GOP victories.
by Matthew Boyle15 Jan 2015, 3:01 AM PST0

Despite early talk of a historic insurrection, powerful criticism from conservatives upset by what they describe as weak leadership against President Obama’s agenda, and phone lines reported melting with anti-Boehner calls from Republican voters, the Speaker secured the votes he needed to win.
by John Hayward13 Jan 2015, 8:56 PM PST0

They didn’t fess up willingly, but after we applied the appropriate pressure, government officials responsible for operating the Washington, D.C. Obamacare “Small Business Exchange” have finally admitted that Congress is taking advantage of health benefits its members and staff are not entitled to claim.
by Tom Fitton13 Jan 2015, 11:27 AM PST0

Florida Congressman Richard Nugent (R), fresh off being booted from his seat on the House Rules Committee for opposing Speaker John Boehner in the recent Speaker of the House election, delivered a magnificent gutting of Boehner by calling out the Speaker’s missteps and poor leadership.
by Javier Manjarres13 Jan 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

Here in the winter of our conservative doldrums as the party of jackasses has once again been trounced by the screaming weenies of squishy establishment Republicans, a spark of hope. Amid the ruins lies the Gadsden flag, smoldering, tread upon. In swaggers the great orator and visionary statesman Daniel Webster. Wearing his long frock coat, he walks amid the ashes as if it is nothing. He casts about his severely conservative, unblinking gaze. He eyes the barricades before him. Undaunted.
by Charles Hurt12 Jan 2015, 2:38 PM PST0

The new Senate will have many national security and defense issues to deal with in 2015, but indulging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s relentless campaign to alter the military justice system should not be one of them.
by Elaine Donnelly9 Jan 2015, 2:47 PM PST0

After 25 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives embarrassed Speaker John Boehner by voting against his re-election bid, the newly re-elected Boehner has begun to exact his revenge on those that opposed him.
by Javier Manjarres9 Jan 2015, 7:58 AM PST0

Grassroots America – We the People, the largest constitutional conservative organization in East Texas and one of the largest in the state, thanks Congressman Louie Gohmert for his courage in leading a revolt against Speaker John Boehner.
by Breitbart Texas8 Jan 2015, 9:00 AM PST0

American voters, whether believers or not, apparently enjoy being represented by people of faith. A recent study by the Pew Research Center found that not a single declared atheist was elected to the 114th Congress of the United States.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.7 Jan 2015, 7:27 AM PST0

Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, (D-NV) bandaged and bloodied from an exercising accident last week, taped a video message to let everyone know he was “homesick” for Washington D.C. and the start of a new Congress. Reid said, “I
by Pam Key6 Jan 2015, 2:48 PM PST0

Here are six reasons a new poll from Caddell Associates shows that 60 percent of Republicans agree with dumping John Boehner.
by Ben Shapiro5 Jan 2015, 5:01 PM PST0

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) is not looking kindly at the current challenges to House Speaker John Boehner’s leadership post. “I don’t think they are very serious and frankly they are disappointing” Cole, a Boehner ally, told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” panel
by Caroline May5 Jan 2015, 7:38 AM PST0

Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) thinks that Majority Whip Steve Scalise should be allowed to remain in his leadership position. Scalise has apologized for a speech he delivered in 2002 to a group of people prior to a white supremacist conference.
by Charlie Spiering5 Jan 2015, 5:58 AM PST0