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CBS Poll: Support for More Gun Control Plummets

CBS Poll: Support for More Gun Control Plummets

Shortly after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that Dianne Feinstein’s “assault weapons” ban was being cut from Democrats’ broader gun control package, a CBS poll shows that public support for any new gun control measures is down considerably.  The

Obama Cries Foul on Senate Rejecting Judicial Nominee

Obama Cries Foul on Senate Rejecting Judicial Nominee

Breitbart News previously reported on the Senate rejecting Caitlin Halligan’s nomination to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Now Halligan has withdrawn her nomination, and President Barack Obama is outraged that senators

Red State Dems Risk Careers on Senate Budget Vote

Red State Dems Risk Careers on Senate Budget Vote

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has vowed to push his caucus’ budget plan through the Senate before the Easter recess. The plan raises taxes by over $1 Trillion and increases net spending. It doesn’t achieve balance and adds trillions to

Abramoff: 'No Question' Melgen-Menendez Relationship 'Bribery'

Abramoff: 'No Question' Melgen-Menendez Relationship 'Bribery'

Former prominent lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who spent several years in prison convicted of corruption-related crimes, told Breitbart News that Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen and New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez have followed the corruption playbook with which he

Feinstein: 'I'm Not Going to Lay Down and Play Dead'

Feinstein: 'I'm Not Going to Lay Down and Play Dead'

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) boasted Tuesday that despite the shelving of her federal assault weapons ban bill by Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), she will not go quietly into the night. Feinstein said, “This is very important to me

Menendez Donor Cozied Up to Obama, Reid

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen cozied up to President Barack Obama, Politico reports. “He posed for pictures with President Barack Obama, flew Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on his private jet and sought

Reid: Sequestration to Blame for Marine Deaths in Nevada

Reid: Sequestration to Blame for Marine Deaths in Nevada

President Obama has blamed sequestration for everything from cutting White House tours to the possibility of first responders being laid off. But on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) did Obama one better: he blamed sequestration for the accidental

Sequester panic and REAL budget cuts

In response to Stupid Plane Stunts: While you’re watching them melt the Blue Angels down into raw material for robot squirrels, paper clips to hold ObamaCare regulations, and luggage tags for the Royal Family’s next multi-million-dollar vacation, enjoy a laugh

Harry Reid Filibuster Interruption Is a Media Play

The reason Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid interrupted when he did was likely in the hopes of stealing some of Rand Paul’s thunder in tonight’s Nightly News broadcasts. That little bit of tension, he hopes, will be what the networks

Harry Reid: I Am Going to Call Chuck Hagel And Apologize

Harry Reid: I Am Going to Call Chuck Hagel And Apologize

Following the Republican filibuster of Sec. of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel, a shocked Harry Reid (D-NV) said he was going to call Hagel and apologize over the fact that the confirmation had been stopped. Said Reid: They are filibustering him.

After Hagel filibuster, left vents at Harry Reid

After Republicans mustered a filibuster to block the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, the left is raging at… Harry Reid, for backing down on his pledge to “reform” (i.e. remove) the filibuster from the Senate rules (no

Hagel Confirmation Blocked

Hagel Confirmation Blocked

The Senate has failed, 40-58, to pass a motion by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to close debate on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to the post of Secretary of Defense. A Republican filibuster held, as Democrats failed to muster