Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she hoped that American Idol runner-up and North Carolina congressional candidate Clay Aiken, a Democrat, would come in second place again if he faces incumbent Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) in this fall’s general election in the state’s
In an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan reacted the U.S. House’s vote earlier in the day to raise the debt ceiling. But Buchanan said Republican leaders in the House succumbing to pressure to raise that
The SEIU leader who fasted for 22 days last year in Washington to pressure Congress to pass amnesty sat at the head table with President Barack Obama at the State Dinner for French President François Hollande Tuesday. It was feast,
Before the House voted to raise the debt ceiling without any spending reductions or restorations of the military pension cuts Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly warned her members not to act like Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman and
President Barack Obama’s announcement Monday that he would extend the suspension of Obamacare’s employer mandate is illegal in a way that should concern both liberals and conservatives, as the left and Obama’s media supporters go into overdrive to argue that
U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan are now forced to fight a two-fronted war. Before each deployment, these soldiers understand fully that day after day they will do battle against relentless terrorists with shifting loyalties and unspeakable hatred. But what none of
Washington, DC–Representative James Lankford (R-OK), Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, today introduced the House Joint Resolution legislative proposal for the Health Care Compact, a breakthrough governance reform that allows states to clean up the health care mess created
Hoping that anger will lead to action, on Tuesday amnesty advocates announced plans to aggressively confront House Republicans opposed to comprehensive immigration reform to demand they act on legislation this year. Kica Matos, a spokesperson for the Fair Immigration Reform
Shirley Temple retired from acting at the age of 21, two years older than Justin Bieber is right now. The child star’s fame came at a time without a splintered entertainment landscape or pervasive social media, making her ascent all
Yesterday, the president decided to yet again unilaterally change ObamaCare by delaying the employer mandate until 2016 – that is – until after the mid term elections. Hidden in this latest rewrite of the president’s signature health care law, is
Speaker John Boehner will bring a clean debt ceiling bill to the floor Wednesday, marking the end of an era in which House Republicans sought spending cuts and reforms in equal or greater amount to the increase in the debt
When it comes to silencing political opposition, the Obama administration often wields a big stick – say, for example, using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to block the nonprofit applications for organizations deemed too “patriotic,” or subjecting these organizations to
Last week, the office of the United States Postal Service inspector general released a white paper touting a “huge market” represented by the population of Americans that is underserved by traditional banks and non-bank financial providers. The proposal is strongly supported
Some people don’t believe it. In school, we were taught, along with reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic, how the Constitution is amended: an amendment must go before both houses of Congress and pass a two-thirds vote. Before it becomes a permanent
On Laura Ingraham’s radio show on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ruled out the possibility of the passage of any immigration bill, echoing the sentiments of his House counterpart, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).
GOP members on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released on Friday a report showing the State Department’s lack of accountability following the deadly terrorist attacks at the compound and the CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. The report itself did
On Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Congress to pass amnesty legislation this year and delay the implementation of the law until 2017. His solution is remarkably similar to the various delays that are occurring under Obamacare, the “comprehensive” legislation
Henry Waxman, who just announced his retirement after 40 years in Congress, may be the most powerful under-the-radar-screen person in Washington. President Obama calls his fellow Democrat “one of the most accomplished legislators of his or any era.” The Washington
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday that in addition to passing an amnesty bill this year that will only be implemented once President Barack Obama leaves office in 2017, Congress should also, in that bill, allow those who came to
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that this is year is the last chance to get amnesty legislation passed. That urgency led him to call for Congress to pass immigration reform this year and delay the implementation of the law until
When Breitbart News first noted on Jan. 21 that Iran was sending its first warships to the Atlantic, the mission was presumed to be a mere tour of the open seas. On Feb. 8, however, Iran’s Northern Naval Fleet Commander Admiral
On Saturday, President Barack Obama released his weekly address. Transcript as follows: OBAMA: Hi, everybody. In my State of the Union Address, I talked about the idea of opportunity for all. Opportunity is the idea at the heart of this
Obama’s nominee for Ambassador to Argentina has never been to Argentina, but he did “[raise] half a million dollars for President Barack Obama and Democrats.” When Noah Bryson Mamet testified before Congress following his nomination, he responded to questions about
The US Treasury said Friday it was launching “extraordinary” money management procedures to keep paying its bills as its ability to borrow to finance the country’s deficit was capped. The official debt ceiling was to be reinstated late Friday at
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Postal Service lost $354 million over the last three months, and officials warned that mounting losses could lead to cash flow problems for the rest of the year, the agency said Friday. The loss was far
