In response to Carney: WH Search Found ‘Zero Emails’ Between Lois Lerner And President’s Office (Video): Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp should also asked the White House to turn over any emails between its offices and frequent White House
Newly elected House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy took the stage at the Faith and Freedom conference in Washington D.C. today, thanking God for the amount of opportunity he had been granted in America. McCarthy was introduced by Ralph Reed, who
The defeat of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) last week was unparalleled in modern electoral history. Dave Brat, a man with almost no campaign, yet a powerful message, crushed the sitting majority leader while being outspent 42 to 1. And even
With tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the border, House Speaker John Boehner called on President Obama to “immediately deploy the National Guard to our southern border” Friday. In a firm letter to Obama, Boehner — who has blamed
On Jay Carney’s final day as White House press secretary, two odd things happened. First, he was ushered to the podium to the strains of Guided by Voices’ “Motor Away.” Yes, that happened. Then, to top it all off, Carney
In a letter sent yesterday, June 19, 2014, 38 members of Congress urged Secretary of State John Kerry to “further prioritize the case of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag, a Sudanese Christian who was sentenced to death for apostasy and 100
On Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) explained to host Sean Hannity how he saw the unfolding turmoil in Iraq and how it became this unstable, to which he partially blamed on Iraqi Prime Minister
A new Gallup poll shows that six years of the Obama Administration has taken as tough a toll on the news media as it has the Obama Administration. Just as the non-stop incompetence and neverending bad judgment of the White
Known as one of the more liberal Republican in Congress, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) is facing New York Republican Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, the Tea Party challenger, in the NY-22 GOP primary on Tuesday. Among many issues, Tenney goes after Hanna
In his nominating speech for Rep. Raul Labrador, who by all accounts was beaten badly in the race for majority leader by Kevin McCarthy, former Republican Study Committee (RSC) chairman Jim Jordan gave his colleagues a warning. “Look, we all
The House majority whip will be the next House majority leader. The House GOP conference elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Thursday afternoon to be their leader, once current Majority Leader Eric Cantor — who was unexpectedly defeated in his primary
Republican Lesli Gooch’s campaign called for a recount on Wednesday in California’s 31st district congressional race, in which she finished a close third behind Democrat Pete Aguilar, losing by just 209 votes. According to the San Bernardino Sun, it was
In response to Darrell Issa: Records Like Lois Lerner’s Emails ‘Don’t Just Disappear… Unless That Was the Intention’: The IRS is working to recover Lois Lerner’s missing emails according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney at Wednesday’s press briefing.
Thousands of illegal immigrants–mostly from Central America–have overwhelmed U.S. resources and facilities. Amid what has been labeled a “humanitarian crisis,” Border Patrol agents and spokespeople outside of Washington, D.C. have been ordered not to provide any information regarding the situation.
Citing Charlie Rangel’s censure four years ago for serious ethics issues and his “nearly 44 years in office, the New York Times is calling for him to “yield to the next generation,” while endorsing his opponent Adriano Espaillat in Tuesday’s Democrat primary. In Tuesday’s
Amid new reports claiming that Louis Lerner’s emails sought by Congress pursuant to claims the IRS targeted Tea Party groups are lost forever, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa issued a blistering statement alleging that such federal
Vox.com, Ezra Klein’s new “explainer” website, explains that the IRS scandal was all about budget cuts–not corruption: The core issue is that the IRS needs to figure out which nonprofit groups that file as 501(c)4s for tax purposes are eligible…But
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders believe he does not need authorization from Congress for some steps he might take to quell the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency sweeping through Iraq, the Senate’s top Republican and Capitol Hill aides said
Vox explains that the IRS scandal was all about budget cuts: The core issue is that the IRS needs to figure out which nonprofit groups that file as 501(c)4s for tax purposes are eligible…But enforcing that is tough…it requires investigating each
Joe Carr, a Tennessee state representative challenging incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in the August 7th GOP primary, released an audio statement Wednesday calling on Alexander to sign the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s (FAIR) No Amnesty Pledge. Carr, who said the
On Thursday, House Republicans will vote to elect a new majority leader and, in all likelihood, a new majority whip. Last week, National Taxpayers Union (NTU) posted the NTU Rating of Congress scores of the various candidates for these two
Ret. Army Spc. Cody Full, who was roommates with Bowe Bergdahl, testified before Congress that Bergdahl’s desertion was “premeditated” and that the former POW should be charged with desertion and other offenses. Full described Bergdahl’s desertion as “the ultimate betrayal,”
America’s immigration system is inadequate but unlikely to be fixed this Congress because of President Obama’s failure to enforce current law, according to House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte. “Our immigration system is broken because our current laws are inadequate to
An Article V convention, also known as the Convention of States, has quietly become a political inevitability, as state legislators all over the nation consider how to rein in the federal government’s unprecedented overreach and abuse. The Founding Fathers placed
As news breaks of an arrest in the attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi that killed, among others, Ambassador Christopher Stevens, questions continue to surface regarding those responsible for investigating the incident. Of particular note is House Intelligence
