Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) is absolutely right and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s calculating congressional testimony this week confirms it: Congress must appoint a select committee to investigate the terrorist attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. Why did the Obama
The winner of the “Most Serious About Deficits” Award goes to Rep. Mo Brooks. This week, the Alabama Republican proposed a Balanced Budget Amendment with an interesting enforcement provision. The constitutional amendment would require a balanced budget in five years and
In “Boomtown,” a blockbuster one-hour investigative special that aired Friday on Fox News’ “Hannity,” Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), and Steve Bannon, Breitbart News’ Executive Chairman, revealed a study discovered that for every dollar corporations spent on lobbying in 2004,
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), who is planning a trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories next month, is trying to contest rumors that Barack Obama wants to “pivot” on foreign policy from the Middle East to Asia. Kerry said
Rich Lowry has pointed out that President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address proves that Rush Limbaugh was right about Obama’s radicalism. Rush wasn’t the only one. As Andrew Breitbart continually argued, and as we illustrated in “The Vetting,” Obama’s intellectual
The preamble to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) “assault weapons” banning bill describes the purpose of the proposed law as “[regulating] assault weapons, [and ensuring] that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited.” The bill was introduced on Jan.
The most curious thing about outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s decision this week to allow women to assume combat roles in the military was the timing. It was announced just as departing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was testifying
In 1995, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) went on the record about the fact that she had a concealed carry permit and carried a concealed handgun when she walked back and forth to the hospital to see her ailing husband. She
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) criticized the Pentagon for telling the public about a policy change on women in combat without telling Congress about it first. In particular, Inhofe “blasted” what he saw as a tactic of leaking the news to
Department of Justice Voting Section lawyer Daniel Freeman is the face of the modern regulatory state – radical, ideological, partisan, unafraid, and unconstrained. I introduced Freeman’s radicalism to readers of my book Injustice, but many more came to know him
(AP) Biden heading to Virginia to push gun controlBy NEDRA PICKLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONVice President Joe Biden is taking the White House’s campaign for gun control on the road to Virginia. Biden plans a roundtable discussion Friday in Richmond with experts who
I certainly did, although I see reactions from certain quarters of law enforcement are a bit more tepid. Everyone knows the bill is doomed at the hands of red-state Democrats, which is funny, because it seems like only yesterday that
Senator Rand Paul to Breitbart News’ Ben Shapiro: “I think there’s no more pretense anymore about being a moderate or a centrist. I think it was a liberal manifesto and all the liberal ideas are out there for the taking
Over at Big Government, Jeremy Segal, aka RebelPundit reported that Van Jones described Obama as a communitarian after a lecture at Loyola University, Wednesday night. Jones compared the president’s address to that of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 and
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, the head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division who played a critical role in lying to Congress about Operation Fast and Furious, plans to resign soon, the Washington Post reports, citing anonymous sources. “It
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKIn Netflix’s bid for a flagship original drama of its own _ a “Sopranos” to its HBO _ the subscription streaming service is presenting a high-class adaptation of a British political thriller offered up all
Today on the Senate floor, Sessions’ discussed his opposition to Jack Lew’s nomination to be Secretary of the Treasury, including Lew’s coordinated effort to mislead Congress and the country about the fiscal impact of the President’s budgets.
Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) seemingly endless pursuit of a ban on “assault rifles” since the Sandy Hook tragedy has now led to the introduction of her “Assault Weapons Ban of 2013“–a bill that not only bans “assault rifles,” but numerous
Senator Rand Paul had a lengthy exchange with Senator John Kerry asking him to explain his view of the Constitution and the War Powers Act. Kerry said that while he believed military action should be cleared with Congress, sometimes decisions
Senator Dianne Feinstein was joined by lawmakers, law enforcement, clergy, and Americans adversely affected by gun violence as she put forth her full updated version of the 2013 Assault Weapons ban legislation. Pointing to a display of high capacity weapons,
House Speaker John Boehner, who’s spent the past two years trying to work with President Barack Obama, finally appears to understand what he’s up against. In remarks to the Ripon Society on Tuesday, Boehner–the de facto head of the Republican
(AP) Ted Turner’s son vying in SC congressional primaryBy BRUCE SMITHAssociated PressMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.Teddy Turner inherited his love of sailing from his father, media magnate Ted Turner. But there is less of a family resemblance when it comes to politics.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) —A retooled U.S. assault-weapons ban to be introduced Thursday was to include handguns and shotguns in addition to rifles, The Washington Times reported. The bill, by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., titled “The Assault Weapons Ban of
(AP) Gay rights groups seek order on employer biasBy SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONGay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against gay employees. The drive comes as Obama
John Boehner, Speaker of the House, minced no words in his response to Barack Obama’s second inaugural address. Boehner said: Given what we heard yesterday about the president’s vision for his second term, it’s pretty clear to me that he
