Tag: Congress

Prominent conservative leaders, including former attorney general Edwin Meese III, Ken Blackwell of the Conservative Action Project, Brent Bozell of ForAmerica, Colin Hanna of Let Freedom Ring, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, David Bossie of Citizens United, Gary Bauer

President Barack Obama at a White House press conference on Wednesday said that he intends to take action in the area of gun control legislation next year. “Any single gun law cannot solve all these problems,” he said.  “This time,

(AP) Fitch says ‘fiscal cliff’ may cost US ‘AAA’ ratingNEW YORKFitch warned that the U.S. is more likely to lose its top-notch “AAA” rating if lawmakers cannot agree on how to cut the deficit and avoid the broad government spending

(AP) Obama Social Security offer at odds with top DemsBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama’s offer to slow the growth of Social Security benefits would force fellow Democrats in Congress to abandon promises to shield the massive retirement and disability

Hispanic activist groups gathered in Washington, D.C. last week, threatening lawmakers that they will keep an immigration reform “report card” next year and punish members of Congress that do not vote for legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for all illegal

A man interrupted and confronted anti-gun demonstrators gathered near the NRA building in Washington, D.C. on Monday by yelling “Arm the teachers! Arm the principals!” Larry Ward told MyFoxDC that he is a father of two young children; he confronted the

With the fiscal cliff looming, Speaker of the House John Boehner tried to use the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as an excuse in his decision to begin caving to President Obama’s demands to raise taxes. Asked about the timing

With fiscal cliff negotiations at a virtual standstill, Speaker of the House John Boehner has proposed a new plan that would put President Obama’s feet to the fire – but would also raise taxes on high income earners, betraying conservative

Obama’s latest offer isn’t good enough for the House GOP. Yesterday, President Obama offered a slightly lower tax hike, raising rates on those making more than $400,000, and modest spending cuts along with a 2-year lift in the debt ceiling

Speaker Boehner goes before the House GOP conference today to detail the status of his negotiations with President Obama on a “fiscal cliff” deal. Up to this point the negotiations, which could result in the biggest US tax hike in

(Reuters) – Unburdened by re-election worries and empowered by law to act without Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama could take action to improve background checks on gun buyers, ban certain gun imports and bolster oversight of dealers. Prospects for gun

(Reuters) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined loved ones of victims of shootings from Colorado to Virginia to blast U.S. lawmakers on Monday for being too cowed by the firearms lobby to pass gun control laws that could save

Last Wednesday, Judicial Watch’s Director of Investigations and Research, Chris Farrell, joined with representatives of other watchdog organizations at a press conference to deliver a very simple message to House Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: Act now to

Today, the Democratic Governors Association sent out a blast email suggesting that higher taxes on high-income earners was justified because it would target the Koch brothers. This is how low the left now stoops: they think that hurting the economy

Over the last two years, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has begun violating conservative monetary policies by funding a third of the Obama Administration’s $5.4 trillion deficit-spend-a-thon through multiple rounds of money printing, called Quantitative Easing.  After thirty years of

Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his colleagues at Mayors Against Illegal Guns released a statement demanding that federal legislators take stringent anti-gun measures. Bloomberg said: “What happened in Newtown was an unspeakable crime – a mass murder