Tag: Congress

The Tampa Bay Times is asking whether Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) still supports the “Gang of Eight” immigration legislation. “Sen. Marco Rubio has for months positioned himself as the focus of the immigration debate, the reason why a bill has

On Wednesday, an angry Anthony Weiner bristled when voters and Democratic political activists questioned the propriety of his campaign for Mayor of New York City, in light of the notorious Twitter scandal that forced him to resign from Congress in

Once again Democrats tried to get a bill passed in the House of Representatives to fund an expansion of U.S. prisons in order to house terror suspects in the U.S. heartland instead of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As in years previous,

The Heritage Foundation released a compelling video profiling a small rural Virginia business owner whose company would be threatened if Congress passes an online sales tax bill.  Catesby Jones, the owner of the Peace Frogs business that sells everything from

Owners of various local gun stores sent members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus a letter Wednesday asking them to support the online Internet sales tax bill pending before Congress, arguing that without it they may go out of business because

Because of myriad scandals inflicting his second term, it has become common for many on the Right to compare Barack Obama to Richard Nixon. Both had been re-elected with majorities; though Mr. Obama’s margin of victory paled in comparison to

During an appearance on Laura Ingraham’s radio program Wednesday morning, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said most people in Congress trying to rush the Senate’s immigration bill have not even read the legislation. “Most of those in Congress calling to pass

The people pushing Comprehensive Immigration Reform don’t want you to hear a diversity of voices on the topic, hoping instead to crush debate as they ram their legislation through Congress. This is especially true with black Americans, among whom the

A high-ranking senate aide told Breitbart News on Wednesday that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is searching for an escape hatch from the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. “Rubio and his staff are trying to get out of the Gang of

Lynne Hybels, co-founder of the well respected Willow Creek Community Church, an often copied Chicago area evangelical mega-church, has become a national voice for the front group for the George Soros funded National Immigration Forum, a leading advocate for the

In analysis to be released Wednesday, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) estimates that the Senate immigration bill’s guest worker program would expand current levels to more than 600,000 new guest workers per year.  “The Schumer-Rubio bill, which will be

On Tuesday, John Eastman, the Chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, tore into Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee defending the IRS for targeting conservative organizations like his.  In response to criticism of his organization, Eastman said

Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) criticized six witnesses who were targeted for their conservative political beliefs by the IRS at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Tuesday. McDermott called the Committee’s IRS investigation “political theater,” saying, “The mistake here

The IRS scandal took a new turn Tuesday morning, as members of the House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony from leaders of Tea Party and conservative organizations who were targeted by the agency. The testimony was opened by Kevin

J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General, told a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Monday that there is an ongoing audit of  bonuses IRS employees have received, and that it should be completed sometime in the fall.   “We have an