The conservative Madison Project is collaborating with local Tea Party groups looking for a Tennessean conservative to challenge Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in the state primary over his vote in favor of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. The Madison
On October 1st, millions of Americans will be expected to begin clicking on to state healthcare exchange websites to enroll in Obamacare, an influx of web traffic and complex technological interoperability that experts say could spark a technological meltdown. “Everyone
On Wednesday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said, “If President Obama wants to make changes to ObamaCare, he must come to Congress.” King confronted the Obama administration on its decision to illegally delay enforcement of the employer mandate of the president’s
On Thursday, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) penned a scathing editorial in Foreign Policy ripping President Obama’s ambiguous foreign policy on Egypt. The Obama administration has hinted that it will cut aid to Egypt should the military depose Muslim Brotherhood president
When the Senate passed the 1,200 page immigration bill last week (officially called the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act”) less than six days after receiving the final version, its unlikely any of the 68 Senators who voted in
On Monday, Cablevision filed an emergency application for a stay with the Supreme Court to suspend the National Labor Relations Board actions against the company. The Obama administration has ignored the court’s decision that Obama’s recess appointments were unconstitutional and
The Supreme Court, last week, decided to weigh in on Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. The D.C. Circuit’s ruled in Noel Canning v. NLRB, that the NLRB cannot act unless it possesses a quorum of three validly appointed members.
On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper apologized for what he termed a “clearly erroneous” statement he made under oath to Congress regarding the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. On March 12, Clapper responded in the negative to a
A Freshman Democrat from California has introduced legislation to allow members of Congress to vote from their districts, instead of in Washington. The proposal, from Rep. Eric Swalwell, would create a “mobile Congress,” allowing Members to vote over a secure
On Monday, Alex Isenstadt of Politico offered some unsolicited advice to Republicans. Like so many elected Democrats in Congress these days, Mr. Isenstadt expressed concern for the long term political prospects of the Republican party. Not surprisingly, Mr. Isenstadt’s advice to Republicans can
In response to Woman Accidentally Super Glues Mouth Closed : With all of the NSA snooping going on, and ‘bug’ planting, you would think that by now, someone would have thought to plant super glue in Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s medicine
On Monday, the interest rate on federally-backed “Stafford” student loans doubled from a capped 3.4% to 6.8%. Keeping the interest rate artificially low was a key issue in President Obama’s reelection campaign. Through high-profile campaign events and his bully pulpit,
Arizona Reps. Paul Gosar, Matt Salmon, David Schweikert and Trent Franks will be holding a special select congressional field hearing on Monday afternoon to examine President Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) overreach. Arizona Attorney
(AP) Arizona wildfire kills 19 members of elite crewBy JOHN MARSHALL and JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated PressYARNELL, Ariz.An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation’s fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona, killing 19 members as they
When the James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, was asked under oath at a Senate Intelligence Committee meeting in March of this year: “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?, he
President Barack Obama’s speech to the University of Cape Town was bland, self-referential–and also deeply hypocritical. It takes some gall to lecture Africans about corruption, respect for journalists, and investment in energy when your own administration is failing so deeply
On NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, House Minority Leader signaled her tentative support for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s probable 2016 presidential run. “I make a habit of not endorsing people until they make a decision to run,”
On NBC’s Meet the Press, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took the opportunity to stump for a 2014 House Democrat majority: “I wish in 2014 one word could be on the ballot, vote it up or down: bipartisanship, cooperation, working
President Barack Obama told American reporters to “behave” during a joint press conference with President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Saturday. Obama was warning U.S. journalists not to ask too many questions in one, complaining that “my press” tried
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts complained on Saturday that sequestration is unfair to the judicial branch. He pointed out that the judicial branch receives less than 1% of the federal budget, and said: You get a whole branch of
In recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Americans would do well to remember Abraham Lincoln’s words in the Gettysburg Address to honor the sacrifice of the men who fought there. The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment made
This past Thursday, 14 Republican Senators betrayed the conservative movement by voting for an amnesty bill that doesn’t prioritize securing our Southern border first. What was passed by the United States Senate this week was amnesty, plain and simple. If the bill
(AP) Obama: House can pass immigration before recessPRETORIA, South AfricaPresident Barack Obama is urging the House to quickly send him an immigration bill, saying there’s more than enough time to do so before Congress takes its August recess. Obama says
The passage of the Senate’s Immigration Bill will not deter the mission of the Black American Leadership Alliance (BALA) and its coalition partners. The Senate passed their version of a immigration bill yesterday by a 68-32 vote, sending it
Congressman Peter Roskam reacts to the IRS Chief on the heavily redacted report he submitted to Congress…
