Obamacare is bagging Washington lobbyists big bucks as corporate clients line up to hire K Street lobbying firms made up of former government officials with high-powered connections. “After passage of major legislation, those who have networks on CapitolHill take exceedingly
(AP) US overhauls process for recognizing Indian tribesBy MICHAEL MELIAAssociated PressKENT, Conn.His tribe once controlled huge swaths of what is now New York and Connecticut, but the shrunken reservation presided over by Alan Russell today hosts little more than four
Representative Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) are sponsoring legislation which amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include a 20 percent tax on handguns–“pistols [and] revolvers”–as well as a 50 percent tax on “shells and cartridges.”
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano that reveals the Obama administration policy of asylum overwhelms the ability to enforce laws. This comes in the wake of a Breitbart News story about
Sen. Bob Corker appearing on “Fox News Sunday” reacted to the latest revelations in the NSA surveillance scandal: Host Chris Wallace asked, “As the top Republican on Senate Foreign Relations, as you sit here today, do you feel that you
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on CNN’s State of the Union that it would take a “grassroots tsunami” in September to convince lawmakers to defund Obamacare. He said the rise of the grassroots that causes Republicans and Democrats to listen to the
For months, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada threatened to change the rules of the Senate to prevent Republicans from filibustering Presidential nominees. This so-called “nuclear option” was avoided, as Republicans hastily rushed into a deal and set aside their
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed to know what Martin Luther King would have wanted on the 50th anniversary of his “I Have a Dream Speech,” saying on Saturday that the late civil rights icon would have wanted the nation
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, number four in House GOP Leadership, said the effort by conservatives to defund ObamaCare is “not realistic.” She advocated a piece-meal approach to repeal, delay, or defund individual provisions of the sweeping health care overhaul. The
A Facebook posting from ForAmerica on Friday morning has generated at least 5,000 phone calls from conservative activists to House Speaker John Boehner’s office, Breitbart News has learned. “Everyone knows ObamaCare has to go. But Speaker John Boehner won’t fight
After listening to 40 citizens in an open session this afternoon, the San Diego City Council entered a closed door meeting and voted to unanimously accept the resignation of Mayor Filner as of August 30. Councilman Scott Sherman and Filner hold-out
In response to Defund ObamaCare Effort Gaining Steam: One place this effort decidedly is not gaining steam is at the House Speaker’s office, because John Boehner says he’s going to put together a quickie short-term resolution to keep the government
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reportedly hinted on a Thursday conference call with House Republicans that he intends to “move quickly” on a short-term resolution to fund the government before the September 30 deadline instead of threatening to shut down
The State of California is seriously considering allowing non-citizens work at polls throughout the state during elections. The Sacramento Bee reported weeks ago that the California Legislature has passed a bill that would let non-citizens who are “lawful permanent residents
Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), offered a modest proposal in response to Barack Obama’s suggestions on education policy Thursday. Speaking on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir show to substitute host Joy-Ann Reid, Rangel opined that no young people should have to pay for their
(AP) Congress could ‘intervene’ on HGH testing in NFLBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Pro Football WriterNEW YORKSaying the NFL Players Association is “holding HGH testing hostage” after more than two years of squabbling with the league, the top Democrat on the House
On Thursday, the Supreme Court announced its calendar of cases for the first two months of its annual term, including four major cases that are sure to gather headlines. By federal law, the Supreme Court’s term each year begins on
Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew called on Congress Thursday to “raise the debt ceiling as soon as members get back to Washington after summer recess.” Lew delivered a strident, partisan speech, repeating familiar arguments from the 2012 presidential campaign.
The massive, coordinated initiative by the Catholic Church to push for comprehensive immigration reform is being run by a group that has the support of the most far-left corners of the Church who often seem to be at odds with
The most corrupt Attorney General in American history is now a full partner in Operation Turn Texas Blue. Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder officially sued Texas to stop the state from asking voters to show ID at the polls, accusing the
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert told a townhall audience Tuesday that the GOP Leadership was afraid of picking a battle to defund ObamaCare. Several conservative lawmakers, led by UT Sen. Mike Lee, have threatened to strip funding to implement the unpopular
Earlier this week, Liz Cheney quietly posted a $220 bond in a Wyoming court to settle a citation that she had lied on an application for a fishing license. She had received a state resident license, although she hadn’t lived
If you attend Mass on September 8th, it is likely the priest’s homily will be less about spiritual matters and more about the political imperative of passing an amnesty law for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants. Last week, the
A new study finds that three million young Americans would save $1,000 by forgoing the Obamacare health exchanges and instead paying the government’s penalty for being uninsured. The study, conducted by the National Center for Public Policy Research, concludes that
As Congress returns from recess next month following August’s town hall battles over immigration, it will take up the ever-controversial issue of the debt ceiling, plus tax reform. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew will be at the center of the
