The inclusion of a public lands package in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) compromise has drawn criticism from two prominent conservative voices in the upper chamber. Meanwhile, some Republican lawmakers are celebrating the inclusion. “The decision to attach
Both House and Senate Republican leadership appears poised to sell-out it’s base to both keep the government open, while giving Barack Obama complete freedom to move forward with his controversial executive orders. The “cromnibus” represents “a combination of a long-term
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) agreement, reached by a bipartisan group of lawmakers from both chambers, will lower the pay raise for troops, slow the growth in housing allowances, and increase co-pays for most of their prescriptions. Critics
The House passed legislation declaring President Obama’s executive amnesty “null and void” Thursday, in a vote that many call merely symbolic as the Democrat-led Senate is unlikely to take up the bill. The measure passed 219 to 197, with three
On Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) accused President Barack Obama of trying to implement his executive amnesty that “stains our legal system and our country” before the American people figure out that the consequences are “graver than a lot of
AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that Texas would lead a seventeen state coalition in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action, under which he announced in November that he would grant amnesty
Congressman Ted Yoho (R-FL), the sponsor of a bill that asserts President Obama does not have the legal authority to implement his executive action on immigration, dodged on whether House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) would fight to defund the president’s
Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old dictator, Robert Mugabe, is continuing to expand his purge at the highest levels of office, disparaging his vice president, Joice Mujuru, as a politician willing to cooperate with white people. Mugabe did not mention Mujuru by name, though
SANTA MONICA, California — The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to consider requiring warning labels on all gas pumps to advise motorists of the risks of climate change. Council member Kevin McKeown proposed to “direct staff to explore
Some lawmakers negotiated the inclusion of land grab provisions in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which will expand the already massive federal real state holdings. Critics consider those provisions pork because they have nothing to do with
Incoming Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has discovered plans by President Barack Obama to open a new immigration facility to process his executive amnesty action in Northern Virginia, where the federal government has plans to hire a
Conservatives rallied supporters against funding President Obama’s “lawless, unconstitutional” executive amnesty Wednesday afternoon on the lawn of the Capitol. Led by Reps. Steve King (R-IA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the lawmakers slammed the president’s unilateral actions
During a conversation with the Business Roundtable on Capitol Hill, President Obama dismissed Republican opposition to his decision to implement executive amnesty without Congress. He calls his action “exactly the right thing to do.” Obama added that comprehensive immigration reform
Seventeen states are involved in a lawsuit filed Wednesday challenging President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the governors of Mississippi, Maine, North
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is backing up several other conservative senators in publicly calling on all House Republicans to band together to block funding for President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty. He advocates using a strategy that will hurt the Democrats
With House conservatives wanting to keep the pressure on Barack Obama given his end run of the political process when it comes to illegal immigration, reports indicate Republican House Speaker John Boehner may be considering doing the un-thinkable — abandoning
Talk radio host Hugh Hewitt and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) squared off over military pay and benefit cuts as part of a military budget deal on Tuesday. Hewitt said that listeners had been writing to him and were “pissed” and
Tuesday, December 2, is the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1964, on December 2, a simmering dispute between campus activists and the UC-Berkeley administration boiled over as over 1,000 took over the
While Republican Bill Cassidy has seen an uptick over the November primary in GOP early voting, Democrat Mary Landrieu is experiencing the opposite. Democrat early voting totals are down by almost 18 percent and turn-out among blacks is down significantly,
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) kicked off Tuesday’s hearing on President Obama’s “executive overreach on immigration” by comparing Obama to England’s King James II. But amnesty activists quickly disrupted the hearing with shouts, chants and signs. After playing a video
Following a closed-door meeting described as passionate but not contentious, Republicans are poised to move forward on a two-step response to President Obama’s executive action, but they are still haggling over the details. As early as this week, the GOP
Members of the Obama administration continue to be confronted by President Obama’s statement to a group of illegal immigrant protesters in Chicago that he had taken action to “change the law” on immigration. “Did the president misspeak in a moment
As Republicans explore a short term continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Jeh Johnson asserted that it would be bad for the agency. “I know that there are some contemplating some form of short term CR for
One year ago, President Obama stated, “You don’t like a particular policy, or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change it.” Just last month, the American people spoke loudly and
