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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

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

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 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

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

An Arizona conservative congressman is shining light on how President Barack Obama is using $3 million of taxpayer money to teach National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials how to lobby Congress. In the first of a series of efforts

Nathan L. Gonzales of Roll Call’s “Rothenblog” has noticed something interesting about freshman U.S. Rep. David Valadao’s self-description on the primary ballot in California: he has declined to note that he is an incumbent congressman. Instead, Gonzales notes, Valadao will

The American public continues to sour on President Barack Obama’s signature health care overhaul, one littered with premium hikes, policy cancellations, delays and outright fabrications. Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad fame thinks ObamaCare is the highlight of the president’s legacy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says investigators have uncovered evidence that a former Internal Revenue Service official may have committed crimes as part of the agency’s tea party controversy. Rep. Dave Camp set

On April 6th, Lynda Voyles-Konecny said concealed carry allows her to be better armed than her son who was 100 feet from the Fort Hood shooter on April 2nd. She is asking Congress to change this. According to Huntsville, Alabama’s

While campaigning for office as an opponent of tax increases, congressional candidate Brian Babin’s record in local office have led some to charge him with hypocrisy. Babin says that while local elected officials have to “bite the bullet” and increase

The United States Air Force made pre-emptive strike against a memorial display in a Patrick AFB dining hall last week that has landed commanders in hot water. The display is what has become known as a Missing Man Table. The

Venezuelan general Antonio Rivero surfaced from hiding to speak to the UK Telegraph about life on the run after President Nicolás Maduro issued a warrant against him for being a member of the opposition party. Rivero’s life in the underground reflects

Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel laid out the national case for grassroots conservatism in a speech that fired up the crowd at the FreedomWorks-sponsored FreePAC Kentucky event on Saturday. “We’re fighting, and so it begins again,” McDaniel opened his ten-minute

Desperate to find a lifeline, the struggling Wendy Davis for Governor campaign, staffed primarily by out-of-state Obama operatives, resurrected a tired national wedge issue: equal pay. After two weeks of hyperventilating media coverage in the Texas media, I presume you

A new Reason-Rupe poll reveals that Americans believe that 75% of politicians are “corrupted” by the money given to them by special interests. Further, the poll indicated that the respondents felt 70% of politicians use their influence to give aid

Today I cried. This is not something I often do.  Along with members of my family, and several hundred others, we attended the full military funeral of a true American hero.  This afternoon, having been borne on a gun carriage

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials for the 2011 drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen, including an al-Qaida cleric. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer said the case raises serious

As Republican leaders in Congress plan a fundraising retreat in Florida to benefit the Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC, Florida Campaign for Liberty is teaming up with Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) in hosting a major event in Orlando, Florida, that’s

In 2010, your correspondent challenged incumbent Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in the 9th district of Illinois. It was an exciting campaign, a real contest between Alinskyite socialism and Tea Party conservatism. I lost by 30 points in the deep-blue district,

America once prided itself as being a land of opportunity – a place where one could rise through the ranks, build a successful business, and achieve the American dream. But today, our job-creators are under attack by the Obama Administration’s

Virginia Democrat James P. Moran is claiming that members of Congress, who collect an annual salary of $174,000, are underpaid. Moran stated to CQ Roll Call, “I think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid.

David Perdue, the wealthy businessman and establishment favorite for the U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, denigrated those who do not have college degrees in remarks that will make it easier for Democrats and the mainstream press to frame the GOP

On April 2nd, Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) asked President Obama “to ban the import of assault weapons” after “the arrest of state senator Leland Yee (D) on gun-trafficking charges.” According to The SF Examiner, Speier released a statement saying, “The