Polling data compiled by Tea Party Patriots and provided exclusively to Breitbart News shows that a majority of Republican voters think Republicans standing strong on immigration is more important than repealing Obamacare, getting to the bottom of the Benghazi or
WASHINGTON,D.C.–In the Speaker’s lobby just off the House floor, members of Congress were full of recriminations over how the border bill had just died–until it sprang back to life. Now they have emerged from a last minute conference meeting vowing
UPDATE: Breitbart News has learned that there may be additional votes after a 3pm conference meeting. Developing… Unable to secure the necessary votes to pass it, House leadership pulled the Republican border spending bill from the House floor. After both parties
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress must do something to alleviate the ongoing crisis at the border, and President Obama’s plan to take more unilateral action on immigration reform will make the crisis worse, House Speaker John Boehner argued Thursday. “The crisis
After urging his colleagues to vote against both the House and Senate border bills on Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Congress should not adjourn until it stands against Obama’s executive actions that will effectively end immigration enforcement in America.
UPDATE II: Breitbart News has learned that there may be additional votes after a 3pm conference meeting. Developing… *** UPDATE: Believing they would not have the votes to pass their own bill, House leadership has canceled the vote on Boehner’s border
Just hours before House GOP leadership abruptly changed course on the border crisis bill, moving to allow a vote on a second bill that addresses President Obama’s “deferred” prosecution of illegal aliens, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) met with House conservatives
NumbersUSA is warning House Republicans that it will be scoring votes for the House border supplemental bill as “a vote for continued open borders.” In a message to House Republicans, obtained by Breitbart News, the limited immigration group warned that
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided House approved a Republican plan Wednesday to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Obama and other Democrats derided the effort as a
On Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said a new plan by House leadership to allow a vote on a separate bill to address the president’s unilateral amnesty is not sufficient. “The House border supplemental contains no language on executive action
On May 19, the U.S. government took a highly-publicized stand against state-sponsored cybercrimes by formally indicting five Chinese military officers who had infiltrated various American companies’ systems in order to steal trade secrets for the benefit Chinese companies. The compromised
On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Congress should use the border crisis to pass comprehensive amnesty legislation. At a Congressional Progressive Caucus hearing on the border crisis, Pelosi said the influx of illegal immigrant juveniles is more
When House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his new plan for fighting poverty last week, he encountered some unusual reactions. Conservatives, focused on the border crisis, wondered why Ryan hadn’t waited for a more opportune moment. Many liberals,
If the House’s supplemental border bill were to make it to President Obama’s desk, Obama senior advisors would urge him to veto it. In a statement of administration policy, the Office of Management and Budget said it “strongly opposes House
At a Wednesday Christian Science Monitor breakfast, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said he was still “a fan” of comprehensive amnesty legislation even though he was pessimistic about Congress and the White House ever agreeing on a bill. “You know that I’m
Conservative icon and talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has emerged as the “biggest enemy” of the mainstream media and the open-borders and pro-amnesty activists on the illegal immigration issue. “What Jeff Sessions is doing is
On Wednesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said President Barack Obama’s reported plans to enact a massive executive amnesty “soon after Labor Day” should “send shivers through every Member of this body.” Citing a Wall Street Journal report on Obama’s potential executive
Vulnerable Senate Democrats facing tight reelection bids this cycle are telling President Obama to go through the legislative process rather than enact unilateral amnesty himself. “I think this is a congressional issue and I encourage [House] Speaker [John] Boehner in
Wednesday in Kansas City, MO, President Barack Obama attacked Congress as “haters” instead of political advisories with possible different legislative solutions then his own. In discussing minimum wage increases U.S. economy the president launched into mocking laughter as he urged
One of President Obama’s closest friends on the world stage, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would be “Glad to return” an award given to him by a Jewish American group in 2004. The American Jewish Congress asked
On July 29, the Huffington Post ran a column in which Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (MDA) argued that gun control makes women safer. The column is part of a current push for more gun
An immigration hawk who has voiced concern over the current House proposal to cope with the ongoing crisis at the border says he and other conservatives they will be able to vote “yes” for the measure if it includes two
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With Congress expected to vote on authorization to sue President Obama over executive overreach, House Democrats slammed the effort Wednesday as a “loser” and “waste of time.” “Republicans are wasting time on a partisan lawsuit when instead
With little more than two years left in the Obama administration, President Obama seems to have given up on any pretense of abiding by his oath of his office as he seeks to accomplish his leftist goals. Perhaps the most
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be “glad” to return an award given to him in 2004 by a prominent American Jewish group, Turkey’s embassy in the US said Tuesday, amid a growing controversy over the premier’s anti-Israel remarks. According
