A flurry of legislative activity to address the border crisis is emerging as a major showdown between Tea Partiers and establishment politicians. Conservatives want to take the fight directly to President Barack Obama, whose executive amnesty policies they say is
Testifying before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Yellen cherry picked data on inflation by noting prices are up, on a year-over-year basis, less than the Federal Reserve’s target of 2 percent. The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index has accelerated since March
HOUSTON, Texas–While the Obama Administration has largely expressed surprise at the sharp increase in illegal immigrants from Central America this year, the Health and Human Services (HHS) budget for processing unaccompanied foreign minors has exploded in recent years, raising questions
On Wednesday, July 16th, six members of Congress launched the Friends of Egypt Caucus, emphasizing the importance of Egypt as an ally of the United States in the fight against terrorism. Caucus members stated that while the Obama administration promised
Hours after Microsoft announced that it would be slashing 18,000 jobs on Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (A-AL) issued a challenge to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and other Democrats who voted for the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill: Prove that
The Los Angeles Times reports that California Governor Jerry Brown, claiming he is concerned about the cost of a supplemental pamphlet on the November ballot, decided against signing an advisory measure that requests Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution and
A second national poll this week has found that a majority of Americans want illegal immigrants to be deported as quickly as possible. A Rasmussen Reports poll found that 59% of likely U.S. voters “believe the primary focus of any new
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is leading a delegation of lawmakers to Central America described as a “rival” effort to a recent fact-finding trip by a working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner. The
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is introducing legislation with Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to address the border crisis, a change in course for the powerful Judiciary Committee chairman who had previously focused on the actions President Obama could take under current
On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said he was not optimistic that Congress can pass a bill before the August recess that deals with the border crisis. President Barack Obama has requested $3.7 billion to deal with the flood
On July 14, Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL-2nd) put forth H.R. 5093–the Children’s Firearm Marketing Safety Act–to keep firearm-branded shirts, hats, and “stuffed animals” from being marketed to children. The bill asks the Federal Trade Commission “to prohibit any person from
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi asserted that the crisis on the border was actually an opportunity for America to display its humanitarian character. Pelosi said it was “stunning” that Republicans were drawing lines in the sand during the negotiations of
After meeting with President Barack Obama on Wednesday, along with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) expressed frustration that the White House was not treating illegal immigrants as well as gays and other special interest groups.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid challenged Republicans for demanding that any legislation to address the border crisis should include a termination of President Obama’s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DREAMers are a class of illegal immigrants under the age
California is a huge state, and nowhere is that more evident than in the sheer size of its Congressional delegation of 53 members. Nearly one in twelve members of the House of Representatives is from the Golden State! In
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating the circumstances behind the disappearance of emails from a former senior Internal Revenue Service official, part of a broader criminal inquiry into whether the agency had targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status,
With House Republicans exploring lawmakers’ immigration “wish lists” as they craft a legislative response to the border crisis, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is drawing a line in the sand: unless the bill prevents President Obama from expanding unilateral amnesty for
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley maintained that “a real self-destructive attitude among some members [of Congress]” has been used by the Obama administration to expand the executive branch’s powers well beyond what the Constitution’s framers intended and “to
Conservatives are beginning to organize against new immigration proposals emerging in Congress, including a forthcoming one from a working group put together by Speaker John Boehner and a just-released plan from Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, Breitbart News has learned.
A small group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner to craft a response to the tens of thousands of illegal alien children streaming across the southern U.S. border has delayed a report of its recommendations while officials consider a
Anti-amnesty group Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) says that Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn’s new immigration bill with his Texas colleague Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar doesn’t fix the 2008 human trafficking law it purports to fix. “Last night we
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) dismissed news that conservative radio host Laura Ingraham had endorsed his primary opponent Joe Carr and planned to campaign on his behalf. When asked by reporters about Ingraham’s endorsement on Capitol Hill this morning, Alexander reminded
Richard Martinez, father of Santa Barbara shooting victim Christopher Martinez, is joining with Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America to support pro-gun control candidates this November. He is also working with Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety. According
Despite what’s being acknowledged as a humanitarian crisis, Democrats in Congress are vowing to derail any potential fix, even though it was the Democrat-in-chief in the White House who opened the door to that very thing. Democrats in the House
Virtually every key House Republican, from Speaker John Boehner on down, has vowed to oppose a conference committee with the Senate’s immigration bill passed last year. And lawmakers working to craft legislation to address the tens of thousands of children
