Disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., who began serving a 30-month prison sentence on October 29, for misusing $750,000 in campaign funds to live a lavish and extravagant lifestyle, has reportedly failed to file the past three required quarterly finance
On Friday night, President Barack Obama said there should be a “price to pay” for Republicans who oppose comprehensive immigration reform–or amnesty for illegal immigrants, in effect. “The only way we can continue to place pressure to get that bill
Barack Obama, in a tailspin as his management of ObamaCare has forced him to apologize to the American people, has resorted to his favorite political tactic: bullying, as he threatened to use executive orders and bypass Congress to see his
Hundreds of angry protesters threw shoes at riot police Sunday as Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang party held a congress to call for unity as public discontent grows with the government. The demonstrators — some of them jobless after factory shutdowns and
On Friday, Peter Schweizer, the author of Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets, said the culture of Washington, D.C. resembles The Sopranos more than Jimmy Stewart’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Schweizer’s comments echoed
Every year, Congress finds new ways to tax and regulate you, but the D.C. political elites always go to great lengths to protect themselves from the same laws they pass. Until 1995, Congress exempted itself from compliance with the Age
The Hill posits that, with more of Obama’s agenda either hamstrung, or dead because of Congressional in-fighting, the EPA’s ability to skirt the legislative process trhough rule-making may provide him his best shot for a long-term legacy. … there’s one
The Wall Street Journal published a devastating op-ed on Friday by the Hoover Institution’s Paul E. Peterson and Eric A. Hanushek pointing out that much of the improvement in education assessments for which the Obama administration is taking credit actually occurred
On Wednesday, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability President Peter Schweizer shocked conservative talk radio host Mark Levin with revelations from his New York Times best-selling book, Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) — Fifty billionaires on the Forbes list of the U.S. richest have received $11.3 million in federal farm subsidies, the Environmental Working Group said Thursday. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, Charles Schwab, head of the brokerage
A record-breaking 49.7 million Americans–one in six–now live below the federal poverty line, newly revised 2012 census data shows. The new figures, which take into account medical and living expenses, are three million higher than the government’s official number. The
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, a Democrat, said the Redskins name was racist and every member of Congress should boycott the team until they change their name. Before the Redskins played the Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota on Thursday, Dayton said the
In October, when the Affordable Care Act’s website Healthcare.gov repeatedly crashed, we were told by the Obama administration that it was due to a high volume of Americans simultaneously trying to sign up for health insurance. Turns out that the website
(AP) Senate OKs gay rights bill banning discriminationBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate has approved a bill outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. The vote reflected the nation’s rapidly evolving attitude toward gay rights nearly two decades after
Those seeking the right to pray at government events consistent with their religious beliefs seem poised for a major victory after the Nov. 6 oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Town of Greece v. Galloway. The plaintiffs in this lawsuit
In response to When You Win You Don’t Have To Explain: I am literally the most conservative person I know, but I also understand that there are districts in this country where a Republican as conservative as I am, can.
UPDATE (Nov. 8): As predicted below, the Iranian regime has been able to extract more concessions from the U.S. The proposed “freeze” on Iran’s nuclear program is anything but, and could allow Iran to accelerate its program in the future more
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder to ask the Department of Justice to fund GPS tracking devices for autistic children–even though there are private companies that already offer this service. 14-year old Avonte Oquendo
(AP) Sebelius: Couple of hundred website fixes requiredBy ALAN FRAM and LAURIE KELLMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONProdded to be more candid with Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday the administration’s health care website needed a couple of hundred fixes
Supporters of religious liberty clearly had the upper hand today at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the lawyers representing those offering invocation prayers at town board meetings overpowered those who tried to have the Court declare those prayers unconstitutional. On
Senator John Cornyn warned HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that lying to Congress is a crime, when he questioned her about veracity of the president’s repeated promise that “you can keep your healthcare plan” at this morning’s Senate Finance Committee hearing
By DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONRepublicans blistered Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday over the nation’s controversial health care law, bluntly challenging her honesty, pushing for her resignation and demanding unsuccessfully she concede that President Barack Obama deliberately
The safety of the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol has often beencollateral damage in left-of-center illegal immigration advocates’ effortsto reduce border security and continue allowing the steady flow ofillegal aliens into the United States from nations south
By The Associated PressVoters across the country faced ballot measures Tuesday ranging from whether to approve seven casinos in New York to the fate of Houston’s iconic Astrodome. Here’s a look at some of the questions. ___ MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL
Special interest groups and corporate CEOs met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday to craft a strategy by which they hope to make granting amnesty to America’s at least 11 million illegal aliens “easy” for House
