
Ward — a recently former state Senator in her own right — counted 17 endorsements from legislators and state leaders in the first major endorsement list of her campaign. That list includes almost a third of State Senators that have chosen to back Ward over the establishment candidate McCain.
by Michelle Moons28 Dec 2015, 3:22 PM PST0

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, Paul Ryan defended his omnibus bill’s controversial expansion in the H-2B visa program, which would allow foreign workers to fill blue-collar American jobs, by arguing that if the provision were not included, American companies would be forced to shut their doors.
by Julia Hahn23 Dec 2015, 5:41 PM PST0

The largest piece of terra nullius in the world is one step closer to having an internationally-recognized government again. The two governments of Libya have signed a UN-brokered agreement to begin building a state in Tripoli, though members of both factions have loudly protested any such deal.
by Frances Martel18 Dec 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

Prior to Paul Ryan’s election to House Speaker, American victims of illegal alien crime warned conservatives against supporting Ryan’s Speakership, given his two-decade-long history of pushing for open borders. At an October press conference just days before Ryan’s election as Speaker,
by Julia Hahn17 Dec 2015, 6:16 PM PST0

On December 10, the House GOP shut down Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA-12) efforts to force a vote to add the no-fly list to background checks.
by AWR Hawkins10 Dec 2015, 9:08 PM PST0

Stephen Koff, Washington Bureau Chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer has been trying to interview Democrat Senate candidate Ted Strickland about his views on gun control in light of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
by Mike Flynn8 Dec 2015, 7:22 PM PST0

With the House GOP opposed to adding the imprecise no-fly list to background checks, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12th) says it is “unconscionable” to oppose gun control that would not have stopped the San Bernardino attack.
by AWR Hawkins7 Dec 2015, 5:49 PM PST0

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has now laid forth his agenda for the Republican Congress—and while his advocates have praised him as a forward-thinking, public relations-savvy replacement for predecessor Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), his speech on Thursday didn’t show it.
by Ben Shapiro3 Dec 2015, 9:59 PM PST0

House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican leaders in Congress are putting the final touches on a massive omnibus spending bill that will fund the federal government until after the presidential election.
by Mike Flynn1 Dec 2015, 9:48 PM PST0

CNN suspended a political reporter for two weeks after she tweeted an attack on House Republicans while reporting on their vote to put a pause on Obama’s Syrian refugee importation policy.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Nov 2015, 8:49 PM PST0

Speaker Ryan’s remarks were, for the most part, inside baseball. Multiple times Ryan referred to “regular order,” which to the common person sounds like a reference to getting the same fast food at McDonalds every time you go.
by Jon Fleischman30 Oct 2015, 5:37 AM PST0

Ryan has an incredibly difficult task ahead of him. But he can succeed if he does three things others have not.
by Joel B. Pollak29 Oct 2015, 11:01 AM PST0

Speaker-in-waiting Paul Ryan has invited former failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as his special guest for his Speaker election on Capitol Hill Thursday.
by Charlie Spiering29 Oct 2015, 6:35 AM PST0

After meeting with House Republicans this evening, Rep. Paul Ryan admitted during a press conference that he was willing to run for Speaker of the House–but only if they met a list of demands of what it would take to get him to run.
by Charlie Spiering20 Oct 2015, 6:26 PM PST0

There is finally some daylight between the crowded field of Republican candidates vying to be the next U.S. Representative in Florida’s 18th congressional district.
by Javier Manjarres18 Oct 2015, 6:01 PM PST0

Republican New York Rep. Richard Hanna’s congressional opponent in his home state said that Hanna is criticizing the House Benghazi Committee in an effort to gain Democratic support when he runs for re-election or to earn a Hillary Clinton administration post if he doesn’t run for re-election.
by Patrick Howley15 Oct 2015, 7:54 PM PST0

Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) circulated a letter Monday saying that if Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) stays out of the race for Speaker of the House, Flores will throw his own name in the hat, according to CNN.
by Alex Swoyer12 Oct 2015, 5:36 PM PST0

It appears as if those conservative “wacko birds” in the U.S. House of Representatives really do have a lot of sway up in Washington, D.C.
by Javier Manjarres9 Oct 2015, 8:15 PM PST0

In a series of Twitter posts, freshman United States Senator Ben Sasse is proposing the next House Speaker should not be a member of Congress, but rather come from outside the traditional realm of cautious politicians with bad approval ratings.
by Charlie Spiering5 Oct 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

Many Secret Service officials and agents intentionally spread and eventually leaked embarrassing secret information about a Republican chairman who is investigating the scandal-plagued agency, according to an Inspector General report.
by Patrick Howley30 Sep 2015, 9:45 PM PST0

Conservative state lawmakers in Mississippi—who urged their congressional delegation in Washington D.C. to vote against a continuing resolution that would fund Planned Parenthood—found that their House members heeded them, but their U.S. Senators did not.
by Dr. Susan Berry30 Sep 2015, 8:42 PM PST0

In what was ultimately a show-vote, the House once again passed a measure that supports the defunding of Planned Parenthood, as the abortion business is under congressional investigation for selling the body parts of aborted babies.
by Dr. Susan Berry30 Sep 2015, 6:01 PM PST0

The House approved a bill Tuesday that would make the defunding of Planned Parenthood easier in the states themselves.
by Dr. Susan Berry29 Sep 2015, 7:07 PM PST0

Though the House is officially in recess, committee chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), committee vice chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and committee chairman emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX) signed letters to Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, StemExpress, Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. (ABR), and Novogenix Laboratories. A news release posted on the committee’s website states the request for further information “build[s] on the committee’s investigation into the shocking Planned Parenthood videos released in recent weeks.”
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Aug 2015, 2:28 PM PST0

Republican members of the House made headlines for grilling Secretary of State John Kerry on the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, but Democrat Rep. Ted Deutch landed a solid punch by noting the Administration is absurdly downplaying how much damage Iran can do with all the money Obama wants to give them, long before they detonate a nuclear bomb.
by John Hayward28 Jul 2015, 7:41 PM PST0