The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is funneling $4 million over the next two years to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide legal representation for 2,600 unaccompanied illegal minors. “I think
I’ve probably got enough material from various contributors to put together a symposium on the utterly stupid behavior of supposedly super-intelligent government. Let me loop David Harsanyi at The Federalist in to make one more point about the Ineptocracy: the
Elise Stefanik, a Republican candidate for Congress in New York’s 21st district argued that President Obama has “piled on” harmful policies that have hurt small businesses during the Weekly GOP Address on Saturday. “Washington has made it harder for small
Dr. Sebastian Gorka, national security editor for Breitbart News, during a recent radio appearance said the GOP needs to figure out ways and take action to fill the vacuum created by Obama’s national security lapses rather than just criticizing the
President Barack Obama touted the “progress we can be proud of” made on the economy during his administration while arguing that Congress should raise the middle wage in his weekly address on Saturday. Transcript as follows: Hi, everybody. I’m at
Pinal County, AZ Sheriff Paul Babeu urged the Congress to “stop this president” from granting amnesty to illegal immigrants via executive order on Friday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. “The president, now, if you back
Speaker John Boehner’s office released a statement Friday ripping President Obama for his plans to issue “executive amnesty” after the election, some of the strongest rhetoric the Ohio Republican has used on the topic to date. The release, authored by
House Republicans have called for an oversight hearing on Ebola after Thomas Eric Duncan, traveling from Liberia, brought the disease to Dallas, Texas. According to a press release, the hearing will be held by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
GREENVILLE, North Carolina — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he fears the rapidly escalating Ebola crisis could become a “worldwide pandemic” and criticized President Obama for failing to forcefully confront it. “They’re downplaying and underplaying the risk of this,” Paul
On Thursday, President Barack Obama said illegal immigrant DREAMers who come out of the shadows and demand legalization–often ahead of legal immigrants and those still waiting in line–represent what it means to be American. Speaking at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
At the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Conference on Wednesday, GOP establishment darling Ana Navarro said amnesty legislation may have a better chance of passing if Republicans take back the Senate and control both chambers of Congress. When asked if a Republican
Last week, I participated in a hearing for a Georgia House study committee regarding HR 550, which created the state House Study Committee on the Role of Federal Government in Education. The purpose of the committee was to study “the
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), who said on Sunday that he can “absolutely” get Republicans to pass immigration legislation in the next Congress, believes his close relationship with potential Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will pay dividends if McConnell
With President Obama pushing back the immigration reform issue until after the 2014 mid term elections, members of Congress pressing for a comprehensive approach to fixing the immigration problem are upset that their message is being set on the President’s
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus will outline a broad policy platform for the GOP in a speech Wednesday, according to documents obtained by Breitbart News and excerpts of the speech provided by the RNC. Titled “Principles for American Renewal,”
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) criticized the president and Congress for failing to secure the border and argued that the Obama administration should label the beheading attack by Alton Nolen in Oklahoma should be labeled an act of jihad on Wednesday’s
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took issue with the term “illegal aliens” during a Wednesday press conference. Reacting to a question from a reporter about whether President Obama’s planned executive actions should also deal with Iraqis living illegally in the
News that the first case of Ebola in the U.S. had been identified and isolated in Dallas has caused widespread concern, given the severity of the disease and previous assurances by President Barack Obama himself that it was “unlikely” that
When you’re going head-to-head with a deliberately obstructionist Department of Justice (DOJ), it’s important to set deadlines. I am pleased to report that the U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia has ruled that the DOJ must submit a
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) heaped contempt on President Barack Obama’s executive overreach in a speech to University of South Carolina students here Tuesday morning, saying that Obama is behaving like a banana republic dictator. Paul’s harshest
A new survey released by Louisiana State University Public Policy Research Lab indicates that Republicans are both following the news more closely and more likely to vote when it comes to the upcoming November elections. “Generally, in mid-term elections, Republicans
In an appearance on CNN’s “OutFront” on Tuesday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the 2012 Republican nominee for vice president, discussed what he views as the shortcomings of President Barack Obama’s policy dealing with the Middle East, in particular with ISIS.
Whatever else is going on at the Secret Service, they’ve got the Obama Administration scandal playbook down pat, which is really depressing. 1. Lie about what happened – They not only misled the public about how far Omar Gonzalez penetrated
Democrats aren’t only running away from Barack Obama for the mid-term elections, they’re bailing on his so called signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, as well. New research from Elaine C. Kamarck and Alexander R. Podkulpaper of the Brookings
A Republican-controlled Congress’s approach to immigration reform would put an emphasis on border security and move forward in a piecemeal fashion, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told the The Dallas Morning News editorial board in a filmed interview. “Is a Republican-controlled
