On Friday January 3, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sent a letter to the National Security Agency asking if “the agency has monitored the phone calls, emails and Internet traffic of members of Congress and other elected officials.” The agency responded
Former Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH), now the head of the GOP establishment outfit The Main Street Partnership (MSP), may be engaged in illegal activity, the New York Times‘ Eric Lipton reported on Saturday. LaTourette is, as Lipton wrote, “one of the
It’s pretty sad when Congress has to pass bills just to make “the most transparent administration in history” more transparent about the president’s signature legislative achievement – but that’s where we’re at. The administration apears to be playing politics with
The lobbyists that make up Washington’s permanent political class in the country’s “Boomtown” are banking on comprehensive immigration reform in 2014 to pad their profit margins even during a time when the country is revolting against them. According to a
While members of Congress ended 2013 congratulating themselves for passing a budget, the media missed the fact that the agreement doesn’t actually avoid a government shutdown. The deal reached by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) provides
White House: In this week’s address, President Obama says Congress should act to extend emergency unemployment insurance for more than one million Americans who have lost this vital economic lifeline while looking for a job.
You don’t get something for nothingYou can’t have freedom for freeYou won’t get wiseWith the sleep still in your eyesNo matter what your dreams might be Rush: Geddy Lee, Neil Peart This past Friday, watching Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben
Virginia State Police say background checks for gun sales in 2013 “represented the highest volume of transactions since the inception of Virginia’s background check program” in 1989. Gun sales on Black Friday “also set a record.” According to the Huffington
The New York Times gave President Obama and Hillary Clinton their very own Christmas present last month, and it was more than either of them could have wished for. On December 28th, the Times published an article based on what it claimed was a
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said the grassroots in America will “overwhelm” the federal government and President Barack Obama’s administration by signing up for his class action lawsuit against Obama himself over the National Security Agency (NSA) spying on American citizens.
Updating our earlier story on 2013 highlights from the Supreme Court of the United States, we predict that Americans should expect 2014 to be a big year at the Court. The Supreme Court began its annual Term on Oct. 7,
The American left, we are told by the sympathetic New York Times, is watching the mayoralty of Bill de Blasio with great interest and excitement. The Times says that New York’s new mayor will create a “closely watched laboratory for
On January 3rd the Obama administration announced two new executive actions concerning background checks on firearm purchasers. These come just over four months after Obama last used executive actions to bypass Congress and just weeks after Vice President Joe Biden
(AP) Skimpy health law plans leave some “underinsured”By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONFor working people making modest wages and struggling with high medical bills from chronic disease, President Barack Obama’s health care plan sounds like long-awaited relief. But the promise could go
On January 2nd, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said that “good community members who have concealed weapons permits” (CCWs) deter crime and save lives. Craig admitted he did not have this view when he worked as a police officer in
Appearing on Fox News’ Hannity with guest-host Eric Bolling, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer said Washington’s politicians are finding more creative ways to use the tax code to milk various industries to their benefit.
The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration wrote Wednesday that passage of immigration reform that would legalize millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is a “win-win for both immigrant workers and their
Judicial Watch (JW) has released its list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2013, and it’s bipartisan in nature. Not only are eight members of the Obama Administration named, starting with Obama himself, but also GOP Speaker of
Amnesty advocates are planning more acts of civil disobedience in 2014 to force Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform because they know that this year may be their last chance to get such legislation passed. The New York Times
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi continues to insist that Democrats can pick up 17 seats in the November to retake control of the House. She also insists that fallout from ObamaCare will not hurt Democrats this fall. Setting aside that
As various lawmakers push to repeal cuts to military pensions, Representative Paul Ryan (D-WI) continues to defend. the cuts. House leadership indicates no plans to take up any repeal. On December 27, Breitbart News reported that lawmakers from both parties
In Washington, it is often said that the parties can’t get along. As the country found out with the terrible Ryan-Murray budget deal that just passed Congress, the only thing that’s worse than the parties not getting along is when
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is committed to passing immigration reform, and amnesty advocates are more hopeful that Boehner will ignore conservatives who are opposed to a pathway to citizenship provision that the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages
The New York Times has published a opinion piece, arguing that Edward Snowden should be recognized as a whistle-blower and asking President Obama “to begin finding a way to end Mr. Snowden’s vilification and give him an incentive to return
(AP) Poll: Americans have little faith in governmentBy CHARLES BABINGTON and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONAmericans enter 2014 with a profoundly negative view of their government, expressing little hope that elected officials can or will solve the nation’s biggest problems, a new
