
As the Associated Press notes, the defense policy bill “is one of the few bipartisan measures in Congress that has readily become law for more than a half-century,” but President Obama is threatening to veto this one, with Senate Democrats standing behind him.
by John Hayward7 Oct 2015, 9:14 AM PST0

The Obama Administration’s Dodd-Frank Act, passed early in his first term to supposedly punish Wall Street, has had the adverse effect of actually making billions for Wall Street hedge funds by cutting in half the percentage of Americans that could
by Chriss W. Street19 Sep 2015, 12:20 PM PST0

Senate Majority Leader appears to be taking last-ditch steps to stop the Iran deal, including an amendment that would prohibit President Barack Obama from lifting any sanctions until Ian lets four American captives go, and recognizes the State of Israel. However, McConnell’s ploy is just “kabuki” theater that will punish Democrats for supporting the Iran deal without stopping the deal itself.
by Joel B. Pollak16 Sep 2015, 8:04 AM PST0

Senate Democrats used a filibuster to prevent a vote on the Iran deal on Thursday. The move will also prevent President Barack Obama from having to use his veto power to block the motion of disapproval.
by Joel B. Pollak10 Sep 2015, 1:23 PM PST0

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Republican Study Committee Chairman Bill Flores (R-TX), Sen Mike Lee (R-UT), House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and other conservatives pushed back against calls to bring the export-import bank — whose charter expired at the end of June — back to life.
by Caroline May15 Jul 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz criticized Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s record on Obamacare while advocating against ending the filibuster to repeal the law on Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Cruz said, “I believe ending the legislative filibuster would
by Ian Hanchett29 Jun 2015, 5:01 PM PST0

Republican Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) hinted the Senate would vote for a short-term extension on three of the U.S. spy programs within the Patriot Act Friday, Bloomberg Politics reports.
by Alex Swoyer22 May 2015, 7:10 PM PST0

At the end of his filibuster that lasted nearly 12 hours, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) got some last-minute support from one of his fellow GOP U.S. Senators running for president: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
by Matthew Boyle20 May 2015, 10:09 PM PST0

Rep. Peter King (R-NY), an establishment Republican who positions himself as a defense hawk, attacked both Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) for standing up to National Security Agency (NSA) bulk collection of Americans’ data—as Paul is on the Senate floor leading a filibuster that’s lasted at least seven hours thus far.
by Matthew Boyle20 May 2015, 6:46 PM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, has taken control of the U.S. Senate floor to filibuster the PATRIOT Act over concerns that reauthorizing the national security bill would allow the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue the unlawful bulk collection of Americans’ personal records. Breitbart News will bring live updates as this process continues here.
by Breitbart News20 May 2015, 11:27 AM PST0

On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took to the Senate floor to protest NSA surveillance practices. Follow Breitbart.tv on Twitter @BreitbartVideo
by Breitbart TV20 May 2015, 11:08 AM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul says he will filibuster controversial aspects of the Patriot Act when they come up for reauthorization in the weeks ahead.
by Dan Riehl11 May 2015, 6:10 PM PST0

A new Rasmussen survey indicates voters are in no hurry to see Lynch sworn in to replace Eric Holder as AG. “Just 33 percent of Likely U.S. Voters believe the Senate should confirm the federal prosecutor from Brooklyn, N.Y., to be the nation’s highest law enforcement officer,” the poll of 1,000 likely voters finds.
by Rich Tucker24 Mar 2015, 2:36 PM PST0

Routing Mr. Obama and his agenda, Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate and made historic gains in the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead of respecting the election and listening to voters, Mr. Obama doubled down. He went from merely left wing to utter lawlessness.
by Charles Hurt4 Mar 2015, 4:50 PM PST0

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called for Senate Republicans to abolish the filibuster on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC. Host Chuck Todd asked McCarthy, “one way that this could change is, since Republicans do have the majority, is
by Ian Hanchett1 Mar 2015, 9:20 AM PST0

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) addressed an enthusiastic audience on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), laying out what sounded like a presidential campaign speech in all but name. Cruz challenged conservative activists to judge him and his potential 2016 competition by their actions, not just their words, and what they had actually done to fight for conservative causes.
by Sarah Rumpf26 Feb 2015, 12:02 PM PST0

On Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer urged Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate to end the filibuster as Democrats continued to block debate on a funding proposal for the Department of Homeland
by Jeff Poor16 Feb 2015, 4:26 PM PST0

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Reid Report,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said her Democratic colleagues will be using the filibuster aggressively. When host Joy Reid asked, “[T]he president has higher ratings and going—and going in better than ever and there
by Pam Key20 Jan 2015, 12:54 PM PST0

As Republicans assume control of Congress this week, pundits and political observers are handicapping the odds of legislation passing the GOP controlled Senate. While House Republicans enjoy their largest majority in almost a century, Senate Republicans have just 54 seats in the Chamber. It is a solid majority but a handful of seats below the 60 vote threshold to end filibusters on legislation.
by Mike Flynn6 Jan 2015, 7:48 PM PST0