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Exclusive: Gohmert Hits Back Against Liberal Blogger’s ‘Outright Lie’

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.

@RepMcCaul: Standing with Border Sheriffs, Members of Congress and stakeholders at a press conference on the border.

Darby on McCaul’s Border Security Claim: ‘He’s Dead Wrong’

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.”

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Pope Francis to Address Joint Session of Congress

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.

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Obama: ‘Congress Needs To Show Patience’ on Iran

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,

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Exclusive: Conservative Leaders Draft Mandate For GOP: Stop Obama’s Fundamental Transformation Of America

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.

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The New Republican Congress Must Take a Stand Against Corruption

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.

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DC Admits Obamacare for Congress Scheme Unlawful

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.

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GOP Rep. Richard Nugent Questions John Boehner’s Leadership

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.

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THE NUCLEAR OPTION — Boehner Opponents Talk Big But Keep Losing

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.

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Military Women Don’t Need Magic Wands

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.

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JoAnn Fleming: Louie Gohmert is Our Hometown Hero

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.

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Bandaged, Bruised Reid Is ‘Homesick’ for Capitol Hill

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

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Rep. Mia Love Defends Steve Scalise: Let Him Stay

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.