
A new bombshell report from Politico found that House Speaker John Boehner had several days of secret negotiations with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the recently emboldened former Speaker, leading up to his decision to flip-flop and fund President Obama’s executive amnesty—including a pre-hashed out deal to use the hoopla around Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Tuesday address to Congress over Iran’s nuclear ambitions as political cover to sneak in the extraordinarily controversial vote. Even with the bombshell report, however, Boehner’s office continues to deny any deal took place.
by Matthew Boyle5 Mar 2015, 7:14 PM PST0

After his weekend appearance on Fox News, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is explaining his stance on immigration policy.
by Matthew Boyle4 Mar 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

House Speaker John Boehner is losing influence in his conference, and relied on Democrat votes to pass a DHS funding bill on Tuesday.
by Matthew Boyle3 Mar 2015, 2:46 PM PST0

The House passed a Senate-passed DHS spending bill on Tuesday with Democratic votes. It’s seen as a vote of no-confidence in Speaker John Boehner’s leadership.
by Matthew Boyle3 Mar 2015, 12:44 PM PST0

After the Israeli Prime Minister speaks, the Speaker plans to cave on executive amnesty.
by Matthew Boyle3 Mar 2015, 6:55 AM PST0

The former chiefs of staff to House Speaker John Boehner and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus are part of a concerted effort to target House conservatives with advertisements aimed at pressuring them to cave to President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and fund it in its entirety through the end of the fiscal year.
by Matthew Boyle2 Mar 2015, 2:57 PM PST0

With a cave on executive amnesty looking likely, it remains to be seen whether Speaker John Boehner can deflect blame.
by Matthew Boyle2 Mar 2015, 2:04 PM PST0

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) said that House Republicans “are forbidding Secretary of Homeland Security Johnson from having an organized approach to fighting terrorism” on Monday’s broadcast of “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart,” despite her earlier praise of Senate Democrats for
by Ian Hanchett2 Mar 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

With the House and Senate at odds over a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would or would not fund Obama’s unconstitutional power grab in immigration policy, there may be a way out for House Speaker John Boehner, although it’s bound to come with risks of its own.
by Dan Riehl2 Mar 2015, 7:39 AM PST0

Thursday at a press conference addressing the battle over funding the Department of Homeland Security, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said the Republicans are acting like they are in a, “eighth grade civics class,” playing “petty games.” Reid said,
by Pam Key26 Feb 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

A new letter from rank-and-file Republicans urges House leadership to stay the course on DHS funding. So far, Senate Democrats have refused to allow a House-passed bill to come to the floor.
by Matthew Boyle23 Feb 2015, 4:32 PM PST0

For a fourth time, Senate Democrats have succeeded in preventing a DHS funding bill from even coming to the floor. Funding for the agency runs out this week.
by Caroline May23 Feb 2015, 3:26 PM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul is trying to turn up the heat on Senate Democrats. He’s encouraging them to end a filibuster and allow the senate to take up a House-passed DHS funding bill.
by Matthew Boyle23 Feb 2015, 10:34 AM PST0

Republican congress members from Missouri are joining those from West Virginia and Indiana in calling on their state’s Democratic senators to allow a House-passed DHS funding bill to come to the floor of the Senate for a vote.
by Matthew Boyle19 Feb 2015, 5:05 AM PST0

Before a federal judge in Texas ruled President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty unconstitutional—and ordered its implementation immediately halted—Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said such a ruling would mean Democrats must stop obstructing the passage of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill.
by Matthew Boyle17 Feb 2015, 12:10 AM PST0

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) says that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components that keep Americans safe will continue to function despite any GOP-proposed budget changes.
by Edwin Mora20 Jan 2015, 4:18 PM PST0