On Wednesday, Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) became the third Democratic member of the House of Representatives in the last three days to announce that he will retire and not run for re-election in 2014. On Tuesday, Congressman Bill Owens (D-NY)
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the 1,582 page omnibus spending bill worth more than a trillion dollars of spending to accompany the recently-passed budget deal. The deal came up for the vote in the House less than two
“Your argument is, it seems to me, in search of a limiting principle,” Justice Anthony Kennedy told President Barack Obama’s lawyer on Jan. 13 at the Supreme Court. That lawyer, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, was explaining when Obama can appoint
On Monday, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told Sean Hannity on his Fox News program that President Obama was uncomfortable around military leaders – “I always had a feeling when he was around military leaders, he was suspicious of their
Over the weekend, I mentioned the controversy over ObamaCare cancellation numbers in Colorado, where staffers for Democratic Senator Mark Udall have been accused of trying to intimidate state officials into keeping the true fallout from Obama’s (and Udall’s) Big Lie
Local and national Tea Party groups joined Heritage Action and the Club for Growth on Tuesday in blasting the bipartisan $1.1 trillion Omnibus budget deal that was introduced in the House of Representatives late Monday night and could be scheduled for
Historic subsidies propping up US wind energy ended on January 1 and Congress refused to renew them, despite supporters arguing that the aid has made renewable power cheaper than coal. The United States has subsidized wind-sourced electricity since 1992 to
(AP) House ready to OK government-wide $1.1T budgetBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONShunning the turmoil of recent budget clashes, Congress is ready to approve a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill for this year, a compromise financing everything from airports to war costs
Perhaps the most bizarre request of the still young 2014 political season comes from The Weather Channel, which is asking people to call their congressmen and senators to demand Congress intervene in the battle between it and DirecTV. DirecTV and
A new political party in India that is fighting against crony capitalism is threatening politicians in the world’s largest democracy. According to Bloomberg News, the Aam Aadmi (“Common Man”) Party has gained “sudden popularity” by combating graft and crony capitalism,
In Nelson Mandela’s celebrated 1994 autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, the late South African leader and Nobel laureate was careful to distance himself from communism. However, in the original manuscript–quietly published online in 2011 and 2012, and only recently noticed–Mandela
The much-hyped bipartisan Ryan-Murray budget “deal” struck late last year increases the national debt $6.4 trillion over the next ten years. It does nothing to change the trajectory of our growing debt at a time when it is among the
The omnibus spending bill that House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) introduced with Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) is more than 1,500 pages long – and House lawmakers are expected to vote on it less
The omnibus spending bill that completes the budget deal Congress passed late last year has not a sliver of cuts for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) or the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Heritage Foundation reports.
The Russian government has banned David Satter, an American journalist, from Russia. He is the first American journalist banned since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. His expulsion was confirmed on Monday by Radio Free Europe’s president, who said no reason
Congress is prepared to allow US President Barack Obama to restore $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt, which is on a political knife edge as the military-backed government bids to consolidate its rule. A clause inserted deep into a broad
In a shocking blow to the Democratic Party’s hope to regain control of the House of Representatives, upstate New York Congressman Bill Owens (D-NY) announced on Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2014. The decision puts New York’s 21st
The omnibus spending bill before Congress continues to fund U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) advertising programs for food stamps in foreign countries like Mexico, Breitbart News has learned. The bill was hashed out between House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers
In response to Rise of the ‘Uber Presidency’: Obama Promises More Executive Overrreach In 2014: The scary thing is that even many people who object to the Obama agenda won’t object, in principle, to him forcing it through with executive
ObamaCare continues to wreck havoc on Democrats’ chances this November. A new poll by Democrat firm Public Policy Polling finds incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) trailing ALL of her potential Republican rivals. This is in spite of the fact that
President Barack Obama threatened Congress today, warning Congress that he will use executive orders and administrative actions if they fail to pass the legislation he wants: “I’ve got a pen,” he told the Cabinet. Until he stages a coup, the
A mere six weeks after the House judiciary committee held a hearing on “the President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws,” exploring political remedies to executive overreach, the president has defiantly promised that he’s “not just going to be waiting for legislation”
When South Carolina’s legislative session begins on Tuesday, lawmakers in the Palmetto State will seek to stop the implementation of Obamacare. They hope the legislation they are drafting can be a template for other states looking to do the same.
I have great respect for those who have risked their lives and fought for our country. Our veterans deserve the absolute best. That’s why I was shocked to find out that the Ryan-Murray Budget–that incumbent Congresswoman Cheri Bustos voted for
(AP) Dozens of trade-offs in $1.1 trillion budget billBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe sales job is on for a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would pay for the operations of government through October and finally put to rest the bitter
