Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) believes that the sudden influx of unaccompanied minors detained by the government should be cared for and sent home. In an interview with Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey, Rubio argued that it was important to enforce the
MUMBAI, India (AP) — India’s new government introduced a reform-minded budget Thursday, telegraphing a contentious overhaul of populist subsidies and vowing to lift economic growth to rates of 7-8 percent by spending billions of dollars on infrastructure. The budget for
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson argued Wednesday that there are more cost-effective and efficient ways to confront the ongoing border crisis than President Obama’s emergency funding request for $3.7 billion to be dispersed across multiple agencies. “The $300 million dollar
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testifed before a subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today. During one exchange with Rep. Jim Jordan, Koskinen seemed to find nothing at all suspicious about Lois Lerner’s interest in whether IRS instant
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released emails Wednesday from disgraced former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner wherein she advised her colleagues that “We need to be cautious about what we say in emails”
Wednesday at a Senate hearing with officials from the Department of Homeland Security testifying on the influx of unaccompanied children crossing into the border states, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) blasted U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske for issuing
Republican Senators blasted government officials on Wednesday for obstructing members of Congress from visiting facilities where unaccompanied minors were being held. During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) blasted Heath and Human Services
In speaking about the building the U.S. economy from the middle out instead of the top down at Cheesman Park in Denver, CO on Wednesday, President Barack Obama said his policies are not “crazy Democratic socialist ideas” and cited as
Despite the crisis underway at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Barack Obama casually leaned against his podium at Cheesman Park in Denver, CO and invited the crowd to have an “afternoon picnic.” Yesterday, the president called the situation unfolding on the
WASHINGTON (AP) — By its own estimate, the government made about $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been entitled to receive them — tax credits to families that didn’t qualify, unemployment benefits to people
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) criticized President Obama for sending the wrong message to illegal immigrants in his budget request to Congress. Flake, a member of the Senate “Gang of Eight” supporting immigration reform, explained in an interview with PBS anchor
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) elaborated on the op-ed she wrote that appeared exclusively on Breitbart.com earlier in the day calling for President Barack Obama’s impeachment. Palin told host Sean Hannity it
Hours after calling for President Barack Obama’s impeachment on the pages of Breitbart News for Obama’s lawlessness on illegal immigration, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Tuesday evening that Obama has committed at least 25 impeachable offenses and called on
Florida Republican Rep. Ted Yoho says Mexico should not get foreign aid until the U.S.-Mexico border is secure. “Mexico should not be accepting American generosity with one hand and covering their eyes to the situation at the border with the
President Obama could take action now to stop the flood of illegal immigration across the southern border, none of which he included in his funding request to Congress Tuesday, according to House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte. “President Obama created this
Congress should not provide the Obama administration with any additional funding until it uses current resources to secure the border and confront illegal immigration, according to Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith. “This isn’t a funding problem, it’s an enforcement problem.
Ever since the IRS scandal broke, the agency’s defenders have been saying it’s over. President Obama denied a “smidgen” of corruption. Elijah Cummings still says “the case is solved.” These statements have the same ring as an officer waving people
President Barack Obama has asked for at least $17.5 million to provide lawyers for the illegal immigrant children who are flooding across the border and their guardians. On Tuesday, the White House asked Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funds
President Barack Obama officially requested $3.7 billion in emergency funding to address the ongoing crisis at the southern border Tuesday. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, the Obama administration requested the funding but did not address any specific
President Obama needs to visit the border during his fundraising trip to Texas this week and get a “wake-up call,” according to Texas Republican John Cornyn. “I think the problem speaks for itself when the President — who would prefer
Remember Richard Kopf, the senior United States district judge in Nebraska who was so upset by the Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case? He was the judge who blogged, “the Court is now causing more harm (division) to
On Monday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) blamed America’s drug consumption for the spike in the number of illegal immigrants from Central America. Gutierrez, who is one of the most vocal pro-amnesty voices in Congress, said that U.S. drug consumption empowers
In a press conference Monday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said he was launching, without the approval of the U.S. Congress, the Excellent Educators for All Initiative, an endeavor that purports to assist states and school districts with support
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reportedly told President Barack Obama that there would be a good chance of passing a comprehensive amnesty bill in the next Congress, which the GOP may control. On June 24, when Boehner told Obama there
President Obama once described it as “little more than a fund for corporate welfare,” but now top Senate Democrats are touting their support for the Export-Import Bank as a way to siphon campaign donations from the GOP. The New Deal-era
