(AP) Judge refuses to block new meat labeling rulesBy JOSH FUNKAssociated PressOMAHA, Neb.A federal judge has refused to block new rules that require the meat industry to include specific information about the origin of their products on labels. Industry groups
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, visited the U.S. State Department on Wednesday to deliver a letter seeking the truth about the Benghazi terrorist attack from a year ago and the
Not for days, not for weeks, but for months, Joe Scarborough and his Morning Joe panel not only pushed, begged and berated Congress to pass new gun control laws — they threatened, shamed, mocked, and laughed in the faces of
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has been one of the leading proponents of defunding Obamacare, said establishment politicians in Washington, D.C. are “scared to death” of the grassroots because they do not want to be held accountable. Speaking with Breitbart
Democrats on the Hill are nakedly pushing the Department of Agriculture to take steps doubling the price of milk in a bid to ease passage of a new Farm Bill. Rep. Collin Peterson, Ranking Member on the House Agriculture Committee,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday “We’re diverted totally from what this bill is about. Why? Because the anarchists have taken over, They’ve taken over the House and now they’ve taken over the Senate. People who don’t believe in
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) says President Obama should bomb Syria before Congress says otherwise and that he should ignore any talk of impeachment for doing so. “They’re not going to impeach the president,” said McCain. “They’re not that crazy.” According
National Public Radio’s David Welna reported Thursday morning that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and other pro-Israel groups had suffered defeat in efforts to lobby Congress to back a military attack against Syria. Though Welna cites some dubious sources,
Wall Street Journal: Congress’s investigation into the IRS targeting of conservatives has been continuing out of the Syria headlines, and it’s turning up news. Emails unearthed by the House Ways and Means Committee between former Director of Exempt Organizations Lois
Wednesday night, House Leadership withdrew legislation to fund the government through December in response to growing conservative criticism that the measure didn’t strip funding for ObamaCare. Congress must pass legislation to authorize continued government spending before September 30, or the
(AP) Miss. still to spend $872M in Katrina moneyBy JEFF AMYAssociated PressJACKSON, Miss.Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn’t spent almost $1 billion in federal money dedicated to recovery from the storm. The remaining $872
Last weekend, U.S. Catholic bishops began an aggressive social justice campaign to persuade members of Congress to pass immigration legislation that would grant amnesty to at least 11 million people who came to the States illegally. As reported in the
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) said Republicans could defund Obamacare by changing the rules on mandatory spending they themselves created. He said the House leadership was scared to take that stand because they think it will cost them elections, even though
Though immigration reform may have been temporarily shelved in Congress, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said he was not willing to “declare victory” yet and urged Americans opposed to comprehensive immigration reform to stay vigilant. “I’m not ready to declare victory,”
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) said the message conservatives are sending to Washington is being heard and the same type of opposition to Syria is needed to defund Obamacare. Speaking to Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon on Breitbart News’s
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki did not directly deny to reporters Wednesday that Benghazi survivors were being withheld from testifying before Congress, suggesting instead that House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is mistaken to assume any of the survivors do
Singer Sheryl Crow typically wears her anti-war views on her sleeve–literally. These days, she’s far more demure about the possibility of her country going to war with Syria. She finally broached the subject during a Q&A at HuffPost Live when
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has been a vocal critic of the National Security Agency’s spying programs, said privacy rights are even more important in an era in which advances in technology have made an all-seeing totalitarian state like the
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 10 (UPI) — Russia’s ploy to defuse the Syrian crisis–persuading Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to turn over his chemical weapons to avert a U.S. attack–will likely end in an embarrassment for U.S. President Barack Obama and
House and Senate Republicans and conservative leaders have rejected House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s move to use a procedural trick to defund Obamacare, while still funding the government. The legislative move gives Senate Majority Harry Reid the ability to automatically
(AP) Voters slam Weiner, Spitzer comebacksBy JONATHAN LEMIRE and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated PressNEW YORKIt was perhaps a fitting end to an Anthony Weiner mayoral run that couldn’t seem to escape a sexting scandal.Outside a “victory” party where supporters mourned a disappointing
The architect of the defunding Obamacare strategy appeared on Breitbart News’s programming of the “Exempt America” rally on Tuesday and said Obamacare could be defunded if Congress gets more in tune with the desires of the American people. Sen. Mike
At the “Exempt America” rally on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots said that lawmakers in Congress needed to remember that “all men are created equal” when they consider voting to defund Obamacare. If Obamacare
A group called the Western Maryland Initiative, incensed that their heavily conservative part of Maryland is ignored by the rest of the largely liberal state in the state’s legislative process, is calling for the five counties of Garrett, Allegany, Washington,
On Tuesday, in a primetime address to the nation on Syria, President Barack Obama implied that President George W. Bush sidelined Congress during his presidency from “critical decisions about when we use force.” However, Obama won his party’s nomination for
