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Yesterday, the Congressional Black Caucus released a letter stating they would walk out of the contempt vote against Attorney General Holder. Mr. Holder and the Department of Justice have not complied with the October 2011 subpoena and will not turn

The House of Representatives, in a historic move, has voted Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failure to produce subpoenaed documents in the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. The vote tallies were 255 yeas, 67 nays,

JP Morgan Chase’s loss of an estimated $2 billion on bad credit derivatives bets may actually go as high as $9 billion, according to a data dump timed to get swallowed by coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold

The focus on the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision today seems to center around Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to rewrite Obamacare’s individual mandate as a “tax” rather than a mandate. This, of course, is egregious – the Supreme Court does not

After the disastrous Supreme Court ruling this morning on ObamaCare, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said that the House Republicans will schedule a vote on repealing the health care law on July 11, after the House gets back from its recess. Cantor spoke of the

Thank you, SCOTUS. This Obamacare ruling fires up the troops as America’s eyes are opened! Thank God.This proves to be such an unsettling time in America as we undergo the fundamental transformation that Barack Obama promised he would do to

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose Facebook post about “death panels” galvanized conservative opposition to Obamacare before its passing, came out of the gate with another fiery tweet after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, upheld the individual mandate

The myth is finished. The Constitutional order was shredded long ago by a Congress that does not care about upholding it; an executive branch interested only in growing federal power; and a Supreme Court that sees itself as a super-Congress,

The Supreme Court has ruled that most of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka ObamaCare, is constitutional, with the individual mandate actually surviving as a tax. Apparently, this decision means that the federal government can indeed force religious and other

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Obama’s health care law in a confusing ruling that apparently indicates that it is constitutional as a tax, although the bill never refers to its fines and penalties as taxes. It is therefore more

Chief Justice John Roberts provided the critical fifth vote to uphold Obamacare in its entirety, in a case that will go down as one of the worst and most consequential cases in American history. Now the Taxing Clause of the

Speaker John Boehner: The president’s health care law is hurting oureconomy by driving up health costs and making it harder for smallbusinesses to hire.  Today’s ruling underscores the urgency of repealingthis harmful law in its entirety.  What Americans want is

This morning, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal wing of the Supreme Court to effectively remove all limits on federal power. While finding the individual mandate unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause, the Court upheld it as part of Congress’

According to Chief Justice John Roberts and his liberal colleagues on the Supreme Court, Congress does not have to call a tax a tax in order for it to be a tax. Congress can, in fact, create a penalty instead

(AP) WASHINGTONThe Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The court on Thursday handed Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans

The Congressional Black Caucus plans to walk out of the House tomorrow when the contempt-of-Congress vote on Attorney General Eric Holder is taken. Apparently, they have scheduled a meeting at 10 a.m. to discuss the walkout and urge other Democrats

The NRA is putting pressure on the White House and members of Congress when it comes to Thursday’s House vote on contempt against Attorney General Eric Holder. In a letter to the House, Chris Cox, NRA-ILA Executive Director, said the

Tomorrow, at around 10:30am EDT, the Democrat-left-media complex will launch the most aggressive and sustained attack on the institution of the Supreme Court in the history of our Republic. When the Court throws out at least some portion of ObamaCare

As the U.S. House of Representatives votes to find Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, the natural question becomes: now what? Legal precedent lays out a step-by-step process, and Holder’s latest gambit suggests he knows of a loophole

The “death” of the tea party has been greatly exaggerated. Five-term Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) was defeated last night by Jim Bridenstine, a conservative with strong support from local tea party activists. It was the first time in 18 years

With one Facebook post, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin changed the healthcare debate, putting Obamacare supporters on the defensive while galvanizing Tea Party opponents of it by crystallizing what the fight was about in two words: “death panels.”  In another

From Fox News: NEW YORK –  Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., emerged victorious Tuesday in what may have been the toughest race of his political career. Rangel won the Democratic primary for the seat he has held since 1971 against state

A common joke is that, in the future, Republicans will have to find as many minorities to be on stage with them as possible while Democrats will have to do the same with whites. As the country becomes more diverse