In their non-stop push for more gun control, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly have presented Congress with a letter referencing “16 more mass shootings” since the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary on December 14, 2012.
Two stories from separate publications on the same day suggest a delay in the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate will bring relief to hurting Americans–a delay initiated by Barack Obama, not Congress. The two stories, one in New York Magazine
Federal agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the offices of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a prominent donor of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), in West Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday. NBC News reports that federal agents conducted a raid on
In the second part of his interview with Breitbart News on the corruption in Congress uncovered in Government Accountability Institute President and Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer’s new book Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own
In an exclusive phone interview on Tuesday, former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) confirmed to Breitbart News that every committee slot on Capitol Hill for members, especially committee and subcommittee chairmen, comes with a fundraising price tag. “There’s a huge focus
On Tuesday’s Hannity on Fox News, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) president Peter Schweizer said Attorney General Eric Holder is like the “squeegee guy holding the brick” in describing how President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has extorted
Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer will appear on Fox News’s Hannity on Tuesday night at 10PM EDT to discuss more revelations from his blockbuster new book. In Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy
Editor’s Note: Mr. Schweizer’s book Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes and Line Their Own Pockets is available in bookstores and at online retailers today from Houghton Mifflin. We have long assumed that the infestation of special interest money
On Monday, Tom Donahue, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce suggested Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) should “sit down and shut up.” Donahue’s remarks come a week after the group indicated it will wage war against conservatives by backing moderates
Many members of Congress will travel to Florida Thursday, to attend the funeral of Rep. Bill Young, the longest serving GOP member in the House. One person who won’t be attending is former GOP Governor Charlie Crist. Young’s widow asked
In response to Is Rubio’s Amendment to Obamacare a Good Idea?: Rubio’s proposal seems like smart politics, given that there is no way the Democrats can accept it. If there’s going to be an individual mandate delay, Obama will do
When the GOP suggested President Obama delay the individual mandate for a year, the media brought out the pitch forks and torches while screaming, “Freak! Racist! Extremist! Arsonist! Anarchist!” But now that a reality is fast-approaching that could see people
CGI, the Canadian company whose U.S. subsidiary built the failed Obamacare website, was once contracted to build a federal gun registry for the Canadian government, Breitbart News has learned. CGI’s contract was canceled in 2007 after a report by the
In Peter Schweizer’s Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets, which hits the shelves on Tuesday, the New York Times found shocking revelations of lawmakers using donations to their leadership PACs to fund golf outings, commission
An eyewitness noted when thirteen railroad tanker cars carrying propane and crude oil across Alberta, Canada exploded after derailing early on October 20, “the fireball was so big, it shot across both lanes of the Yellowhead (Highway)… there’s fire on both
Buzzfeed reports that there is a silver lining to the government shutdown: while hardliners on both sides were fighting, moderates on both sides had a chance to sneak away and try to find common ground. Buzzfeed notes that the Future
There is a lot of commentary in the press about who is responsible for the government shutdown and the near-miss with respect to extending the debt ceiling. The leading culprit is the Tea Party movement, a bunch of right-thinking Americans
America is suffering from an epic case of Armageddon fatigue. Budget showdown, government shutdown, debt ceiling debacle–the stakes are real but the establishment seems to feed off the chaos they create as a means to foment fear and outrage and
The recent debt limit deal negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) included only one earmark for a major public works project–an additional $2.1 billion authorization for the Olmsted Dam Project in
On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would testify about the Obamacare rollout before Congress. “To be clear, the House hearing is this week,” said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John
Members of Congress must pay secret fees known as “party dues” to the Democratic and Republican parties to secure and maintain top committee chairmanships and assignments, newly uncovered internal documents reveal. The never-before-published lists are reprinted inside the new book Extortion:
Breitbart News Managing Editor Wynton Hall appeared on Breitbart News Sunday to discuss a 60 Minutes segment that featured Government Accountability Institute president and Breitbart News’ Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer’s expose of leadership PACs that lawmakers in Congress are legally allowed to use as
On Monday, Government Accountability Institute (GAI) and Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer accused lawmakers in Congress of deliberately using their positions to extract money from donors and citizens to subsidize lavish lifestyles. Schweizer said one lawmaker spent more on
A former Republican who was running virtually unopposed en route to winning his race in 2012 with 78% of the vote funneled $130,000 from his leadership PAC to his two daughters for “campaign work.” An investigation by Breitbart News Senior
Many conservatives on Capitol Hill find themselves left out in the cold by the current leadership when it comes to receiving campaign donations from leadership PACs. CBS’ 60 Minutes aired an investigative report on Sunday by Steve Kroft who interviewed
