WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker John Boehner and House Republican inaction on immigration reform has been an invitation for President Obama to take executive action on the matter, Democrats argued Thursday. Since the Speaker has not brought immigration reform to
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s pro-amnesty FWD.us group is calling for a national “Day of Action” on Thursday to pressure House Republicans to pass amnesty legislation. “This week marks one year since the Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform–and tomorrow, we are mobilizing
Justice Antonin Scalia concurred with the majority on the Supreme Court in the unanimous decision to strike down President Barack Obama’s “recess” appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in NLRB v. Noel Canning. However, he wrote that the majority’s
In response to Lois Lerner Sought Audit Involving Sen Chuck Grassley: It’s not surprising that the outrage meter pegged on this because the target was a sitting Republican Senator who just happens to be sitting on the Finance Committee. (I
President Obama, tired of waiting for Congress to act on immigration reform, is currently exploring ways to address issues with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. During an interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest
Wednesday night at a speech to over 800 environmentalists at the League of Conservation Voters’ annual Capital Dinner, President Barack Obama mocked Republicans in Congress over climate change who he said, “Don’t just say, ‘No, I don’t believe anything scientists
The Obama administration will not ask for the education status of applicants who received temporary amnesty under President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action program in 2012 and are applying for a two-year extension. On Wednesday, officials from the United States Citizenship
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley made the case to fill-in host Steve Kornacki that President Barack Obama has exceeded his constitutional authority. “I think there is a case against the president for
On Wednesday’s “Special Report” during the “All-Star Panel” segment, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer explained why statistics comparing the number executive orders of presidents is an irrelevant statistic despite showing President Barack Obama (182) lags behind former Presidents Bill Clinton
In response to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s rebuke last month that environmentalists “have never been helpful to me in producing good water policy,” the Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC) and the Pacific Institute recently published a new report claiming that “drought-plagued California
Wednesday at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “Management Failures: Oversight of the EPA” hearing, EPA head Gina McCarthy argued that the constitutional balance of power is her reason for not turning over documents in compliance with the committees
HOUSTON, Texas–The border crisis exploding in South Texas should not be a surprise to the Obama Administration, according to Pennsylvania Congressman Lou Barletta (R-PA). The Congressman raised the issue of an advertisement on a federal website at the end of
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker John Boehner said he has formed the congressional working group to look at the flood of unaccompanied minors crossing into the United States illegally to get a better understanding of the crisis amid concerns that
Republican Speaker John Boehner offered his most forceful words yet regarding President Barack Obama’s aggressive use of executive orders to enact liberal policies, outlining the reasoning behind a planned lawsuit and saying Congress must act to avoid Obama from acting
From the announcement by Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) that Congress is considering filing a lawsuit against the Obama administration to the lawsuit against the IRS by the National Organization for Marriage, momentum is building for legal action
Wednesday, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) was asked about his decision to sue President Barack Obama over his use of executive action. Boehner said the Constitution calls for the separation of powers meaning with Obama’s overuse of executive
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service did not follow the law when it failed to report the loss of records belonging to a senior IRS executive, the nation’s top archivist told Congress on Tuesday, in the latest development in
With idea that surely someone somewhere knows something, one of the non-profits that was victimized by the IRS, is offering a million dollar bounty for smoking gun evidence that leads to the White House. In May, Catherine Englebrecht’s group, True
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters cast ballots Tuesday in primary elections in six states, plus a runoff in Mississippi. Highlights: ___ TOP OF THE TICKET The top race was Mississippi’s often-bitter Republican contest between veteran Sen. Thad Cochran and state Sen.
On June 23, 2014, Sudanese Christian Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, who had been sentenced to death by a Shariah court in Khartoum, was cleared of all charges by the Appeals Court and freed. Today, while the world was still reacting with
Rep. James Lankford (R-OK), the 5th-ranking member of the House GOP leadership, won the Oklahoma Senate special primary election outright on Tuesday, avoiding an August runoff against T.W. Shannon, the former Oklahoma House Speaker who was backed by former Alaska
On Tuesday, Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) suggested that the United States should consider repealing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to punish Mexico for “dishonorably” being “complicit” in allowing illegal immigrant children to come to America. At a House
“An agency has no power to ‘tailor’ legislation to bureaucratic policy goals by rewriting unambiguous statutory terms,” the Supreme Court declared Monday in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, rejecting the Obama administration’s unprecedented claim of executive power under the
The presidents of the unions representing Border Patrol agents and Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents will argue that current government policies have led to the massive influx of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors and family units at a House Judiciary Committee
After years of court battles, an early victim of the politicized Internal Revenue Service finally gets a little satisfaction, as the agency admits wrongdoing and ponies up a settlement for handing confidential information on the National Organization for Marriage over
