Tag: Congress

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that if comprehensive immigration reform is going to pass in this Congress, it will happen before June of 2014.  “Well, I think if it’s going to happen, it will happen before June,” she

The country’s top problem, according to Americans, is the U.S. government, the latest Gallup poll shows, in which “dissatisfaction with government” topped even health care and the economy as the top problem facing the nation today. Gallup asked Americans to name the

Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Doug Collins (R-GA) recently took issue with my “screed” in opposition to the latest recording industry power grab and in favor of the  Internet Radio Fairness Act. In their piece they quote Pink Floyd and

The National Republican Congressional Committee already has its sights set on keeping the House seat once held by Florida GOP Rep. Bill Young. Young passed away at the age of 82 in October and was the longest tenured Republican in

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she did not think the disastrous Obamacare rollout would hurt Democrats in the 2014 elections and claimed Democrats would gain more seats in the House after the midterm elections.  “I don’t think that

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking GOP member of the Senate Budget Committee, is warning his fellow Republican Senators against voting for the spending deal that House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) reached with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman

President Obama gave almost immediate approval to the budget deal negotiated by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), even as top Democrats expressed skepticism. In doing so, Obama breaks a promise he made to veterans and military

In his exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Operation Fast and Furious, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) noted that a larger picture of “ineptness” is emerging regarding President Barack Obama’s administration. “I think

Don Bongino, former Secret Service agent, told Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon on Breitbart News Sunday that he is running for Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District as a Republican. The show, which airs every Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125,

Capitol Hill was shut down early Monday morning due to a “suspicious package,” a police source tells Breitbart News. Traffic in Washington was backed up for miles due to security concerns. An individual who police believe is responsible for the

Addressing questions regarding the millions of Americans struggling to access and navigate healthcare.gov, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney makes it sound so simple, telling a national audience that “you are better served by using a navigator…” These “navigators” are on

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is remembering the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry with a continued promise to seek justice in his investigation of the Justice Department’s Operation Fast and Furious. Issa, the chairman of the House Committee on

On Saturday, Apple CEO Tim Cook showed up at the United Nations to talk about American politics. Cook, who is openly gay, talked in vague terms about facing discrimination, stating that after seeing a cross burning as a child, his life

Democratic Senators, upset with the White House’s botched rollout of Obamacare, are apparently overjoyed at President Obama’s injection of former Clinton experts into the administration. Last week, the White House announced that John Podesta of the Center for American Progress

Recognizing that Congress has zero interest in passing more gun control, Obama used his weekly radio address to reflect on the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary and encourage communities and community-level gun control activists to rally behind the cause.

According to Politico, “like much of Obama’s second term agenda, gun control is buried under the reality of a divided Congress.” The outlet reports a “political shift” has taken place, and the push to pass gun control in Congress is gone.

Saying a decision by a federal court to remove the famous Mt. Soledad Cross from a Southern California veterans memorial on Thursday was the latest skirmish in the war against religion and faith, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said not even

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino, who is running for Congress as a Republican in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District, wants a divorce from the Republican establishment.  In “An open letter to the establishment GOP,” Bongino wrote, “I am serving you