Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour joined Democratic Party rising star San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro in Austin, Texas, this week to call for amnesty. “It’s not dead,” Barbour said of amnesty efforts in the U.S. Congress, according to the Texas
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she would rather pass amnesty legislation than get her gavel back. “It’s the biggest thing that we can do, and that’s why I’ve said to the speaker, to the press, to these groups,
In response to Eric Holder Feb 2013: ‘Contempt Vote Didn’t Have Huge Impact On Me’: Just one day after his contentious back and forth with Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), Attorney General Eric Holder credited himself with “making great strides and lasting reforms in
The heat in the IRS investigation just went up. Rep. Darrell Issa, head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter today to ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings in which he accuses Cummings of working to
The U.S. House Oversight Committee today released emails between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Democrat Minority Leader Elijah Cummings of the same committee detailing joint attempts to collect non-public information from True the Vote. According to the release obtained
A Louisiana pastor says that a top aide to Rep. Vance McAllister (R-LA) leaked the video that surfaced on Monday that purportedly shows the Congressman making out with a 33-year-old female staffer, Melissa Hixon Peacock, in his district office. According
For Comcast, the millions of dollars it has invested in Congress are definitely paying off. The company is finding a mostly warm reception in Congress for a proposed merger with Time Warner. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company has top proponents
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, was called before Senate and House Committees last week to explain why a faulty ignition switch, responsible for at least 13 crash deaths, was not recalled for several years in vehicles manufactured by GM.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who left Marquette University without graduating more than twenty years ago to work for the Red Cross, intends to get a college degree through an online program. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Walker “wants to finish
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, found another reason to shed tears on Tuesday, this time to acknowledge the generosity of the Taco Bell Foundation’s gift of $30 million to help adolescents successfully graduate from high school. The event on Capitol
After spending nearly 5 minutes struggling to explain the White House’s misleading gender gap stats, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney engaged in the Obama Regime’s tried and true (but despicable) tactic of impugning the motives of Republicans. In response to
President Obama seems to be under the mistaken impression that he’s a one-man Congress who can simply ignore the law to comport with his political interests. JW filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kawa Orthodontics, owned by Florida orthodontist Dr.
On April 7th, First Lieutenant Patrick Cook of the 49th Transportation Battalion, Fort Hood, posted an open letter to Congress explaining the helpless condition he found himself in when Army Spc. Ivan Lopez opened fire on April 2nd. The helplessness
Two House GOP moderates–Reps. David Joyce (R-OH) and Mike Simpson (R-ID)–made comments this week that are sure to infuriate the House GOP conference. In an interview published on YouTube as part of a series called “Solon Speaks” in Solon, Ohio,
Among the nagging questions left in the wake of theterrorist attack against our special mission compound in Benghazi, Libya, iswhether or not more could have been done to save the lives of the four Americanswho were murdered, including Ambassador Chris
Attorney General Eric Holder got a little feisty during a House Judiciary Committee Hearing Tuesday when Rep. Louis Gohmert suggested that being held in contempt of Congress didn’t appear to matter to the Attorney General. Charlie Spiering at Big Government reported: After
Attorney General Eric Holder admitted Tuesday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was in the process of looking at the use of domestic drones. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, questioned Holder during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, asking
Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) questioned Attorney General Eric Holder about Congress’ requests for documents relating to congressional investigations…
During a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder became visibly upset when Rep. Louis Gohmert suggested that being in contempt of Congress didn’t appear to matter to the Attorney General. After Holder dismissed Gohmert’s requests for
Lois Lerner loves her Fifth Amendment rights. Of course, this is a bit ironic for someone whose office at the IRS repeatedly blocked the exercise of First Amendment rights by conservative groups. In a stunning show of government overreach and
Ever the happy warrior of the left, Sen. Chuck Schumer is not giving up on his pipe dream: amnesty for illegal aliens in 2014. Appearing on MSNBC on Monday, Schumer said he thinks it still can happen this year thanks
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a mark-up on patent reform legislation. It is clear that current patent law is not “promoting the useful arts,” and therefore is in urgent need of reform. The proposed Senate legislation is designed
House Speaker John Boehner addressed the behind-the-scenes maneuvering by House conservatives mobilizing against his reelection as Speaker on Monday, telling Fox News host Megyn Kelly that he’s “confident” he’ll win reelection next year. “Some are suggesting you are not going
Freshman Rep. Vance McAllister (R-LA), who is married with five children, asked for forgiveness after a video surfaced on Monday that purportedly shows him kissing a woman that is reportedly his 33-year-old scheduler, who is also married. “There’s no doubt
On Monday’s “The Kelly File,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) gave a wide-ranging interview on the various issues the House of Representatives is confront with including the scandals surrounding the Internal Revenue Service and the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks on
