Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Arizona Republican John McCain have introduced legislation to separate commercial and investment banking a la the Depression era Glass-Steagall. The proposal is more of a political exercise since the legislation has little chance of approval,
US Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said Friday she was resigning to take up a job in academia, opening up a surprise vacancy in President Barack Obama’s cabinet. Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona, said she was being nominated as
On Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano shocked Washington with news that she was immediately resigning her cabinet position. Her departure leaves vacant an office at the heart of the current immigration reform debate. If Congress proceeds with immigration reform
If you’re a transgendered individual who lives in Washington, D.C., you can now replace the birth certificate you received at birth with a new one that has your new gender as your birth gender, CNS News reports. The D.C. Council
From the “This Is Why We Lose Department,” Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), member of the House Homeland Security Committee, refused to give a straight yes or no answer to a basic question: Will House Republicans push for a border fence in
Lieutenant General Ion Mihai Pacepa writes in his new book “Disinformation,” that the most severe damage the former Soviet Machine inflicted on the West was the disinformation campaign perfected by Yuri Andropov, former head of the KGB. Andropov was a
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is holding a fundraiser this month for Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), one of the architects of a gun control bill which stalled in Congress. Bloomberg will throw a $1,000-a-ticket party for the Senator, though Manchin
At a press conference on Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed that “the Bible folks” are “getting impatient about Congress taking action” on comprehensive immigration reform. Pelosi told the assembled media: The fact is that many Republicans in
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that he is contemplating a run for president in 2016 and that he will likely make an announcement on a decision shortly after the 2014 midterm congressional
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid began steps to exercise the so-called “nuclear option,” a permanent change to Senate rules to prohibit filibusters on Presidential nominations. Senators would no longer have the right to extended debate on Executive and
Late Wednesday, the House Rules Committee voted to waive the rule requiring pieces of legislation to be available to members for three days prior to a final vote. After the ObamaCare debacle, the GOP campaigned on enforcing such a rule
On Monday, former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry said he empathized and could “identify” with disgraced former New York politicians Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner. Both Democrats are trying to make political comebacks this year. “I can identify with them,”
Breitbart News is featuring an ongoing series featuring the philosophical and policy outlooks of two great American leaders, Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) and Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). This conversation is less of a debate between the modern left and right, than one
After House Republicans met in conference on Wednesday for several hours discussing their pathway forward on immigration reform, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Whip Kevin McCarthy, Conference Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Homeland Security Committee chairman Michael
House bill H.R. 1797, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” which has passed in the House and will be introduced by Florida Senator Marco in the Democrat-controlled Senate, has been reviewed by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It revealed
On Tuesday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) weighed in on President Obama’s unilateral decision to not enforce the employer mandate of his signature healthcare law. The Washington Examiner reported that Lee observed that during the legislative debate on ObamaCare, its supporters
A former FISA court judge said yesterday that the FISA court was not a “rubber stamp” but that it needs to be changed to protect the public’s concern about civil liberties. Judge James Robertson also said that court needs to
Michael McConnell’s excellent op-ed Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal about Obama’s refusal to enforce or defend laws he does not like reminds us how much Obama’s rhetoric has changed since the 2008 campaign, when he styled himself as a constitutional authority
If our existing immigration laws are not being enforced, what on earth makes these “Gang of Eight” Republicans and the Republicans who support them believe “new” immigration “reform” will be enforced? How will we control the border moving forward given
Well, well, well. Check out the Walgreens website. It looks like a poster for ObamaCare. Some quotes from the site: “The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in 2010 to improve Americans’ access to healthcare. It expands insurance
The Wall Street Journal editorial page Wednesday urged Republicans, once again, to pass an immigration reform bill. The Journal has backed off its initial demand that Republicans “improve” the bill, and now asks only that they “pass the parts that are pro-growth.”
I think Sarah Palin struck exactly the right note when Sean Hannity asked her about supporting a third party on Tuesday: “Well, it’s certainly not my first choice. The Republican Party is the party of Lincoln and Reagan and the
(AP) TEGUCIGALPA, HondurasThere is “strong evidence” a charred and mutilated body found Tuesday in the northern city of San Pedro Sula is that of a journalist missing since last month, police said. National Police Chief Juan Carlos Bonilla said investigators found
The tragedy in Egypt is a warning to Americans–imperious executive power is a threat to liberty everywhere. In Arabia, citizens are sharply divided between advocates of modernism and those who embrace strict interpretations of Islam and favor a theocratic order.
The reason why politicians should not eat in public, is the same reason why they should not dance in public-There are far too many cameras out there. Back in 2003, and before he was elected to the U.S. Congress, Steve
