
Obama Passes the Buck on Islamic State War Bill
Until Obama shows stronger leadership and vision, his call on Congress regarding Islamic State is just more buck-passing by the White House.

Until Obama shows stronger leadership and vision, his call on Congress regarding Islamic State is just more buck-passing by the White House.

The new Speaker of the House, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), is building a communications team to combat an increasing amount of press inquiries now that Ryan is the highest ranking member in the House of Representatives.

House Speaker John Boehner announced Friday the names of the Republican members of the House who have been appointed to the newly created Select Investigative Panel, which will address the recent Planned Parenthood scandal as exposed in a series of undercover videos.

Conservatives are coalescing movement-wide against an effort by House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to ascend to the Speakership in the wake of outgoing Speaker John Boehner’s forthcoming resignation.

The majority of Americans, across political beliefs, support President Obama’s decision to halt the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) acknowledged on Breitbart News Sunday that since no candidate has a clear pathway to becoming the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner could remain Speaker through January 2017.

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a former Commander at Navy SEAL Team Six before his election to Congress last year, confirms he is openly considering a run for the Speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives.

A new analysis from the American Conservative Union (ACU) of voting records of various potential GOP candidates for Speaker of the House under the soon-to-be-ending Speakership of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) shows that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is far and away the best viable candidate for Speaker.

Sometimes duty calls. Paul Ryan long has told people that he has no interest in being speaker of the House, and he has been completely sincere.

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the chairman of the House’s Conservative Opportunity Society, endorsed Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) for Speaker of the House on Wednesday evening.

Popular Texas grassroots conservative State Senator Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) penned an open letter to the Texas Republican Delegation in the U.S. House this past Thursday, urging them them to lead the nation and support new leaders who will act boldly and embrace foundational conservative principles.
Some 55 conservative leaders throughout the United States are calling on Republican leaders in Congress to live up to their responsibility to align their party’s platform with the Constitution.
As many as 80 conservative Republicans will meet with and vet candidates for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, four separate private groups of members announced on Thursday.

A new poll from pollster Pat Caddell’s Caddell Associates provided exclusively to Breitbart News shows that at least half the country wants to see Republicans oust Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in much the same way their contemporaries on the other side of Capitol Hill did to outgoing House Speaker John Boehner.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy officially announced his campaign to replace John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker on Monday and laid out his foreign policy vision for the United States: a stronger, tougher America.

The political action committee founded by Ronald Reagan called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to resign as House Speaker John Boehner did last Friday, so a constitutional conservative can take McConnell’s place leading the Senate.

GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is standing by his opinion that House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation “will be a good thing.”

Sen. Ted Cruz is excoriating the Republican leadership in the House and Senate for failing to “lift a finger to defend life” by eliminating taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood. Cruz’s speech on the Senate floor comes as the lawmakers voted, 77-19, to advance a bill to authorize government spending that includes funding for Planned Parenthood.

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” outgoing Speaker Rep John Boehner (R-OH) said there will not be a government shutdown over the fight about federal funding for Planned Parenthood in light of the series of videos showing Planned Parenthood doctors

House Speaker John Boehner says he ultimately decided to announce his resignation as a step in his on-going effort to strengthen the House. After walking to the podium singing “zippity do dah,” Boehner addressed his newly-announced departure from Congress by telling reporters that his primary goal has been to protect the institution of Congress.

Billionaire Donald Trump, the clear 2016 GOP frontrunner, tells Breitbart News he is pleased that House Speaker John Boehner has announced his forthcoming resignation from Congress. “I think it’s time,” Trump said in an exclusive interview here at the Omni Shoreham hotel that will air on Sirius XM Patriot Ch. 125 during Breitbart News Saturday or Breitbart News Sunday. Trump also spoke to a crowd of thousands of social conservatives at the Values Voter Summit.

According to Hill sources, outgoing House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi agreed that her Democratic caucus will join Boehner along with a handful of Boehner loyalists and moderate establishment Republicans to continue Planned Parenthood funding, along with a few other budget items Obama said were must-haves, in order to avoid a Government shutdown.

The audience at the Values Voters Summit cheered and roared when GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced House Speaker John Boehner would resign his position as Speaker of the House at the end of October. “Just a few minutes ago, Speaker Boehner announced that he would be resigning,” Rubio told the audience. The crowd applauded with approval.

House Speaker John Boehner still won’t be able to win reelection without Democratic votes, Breitbart News has learned, and he has abandoned yet another plan to try to embarrass conservatives seeking his ouster, which he was going to move forward with on Friday.

Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) supports GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, saying she thinks Fiorina is the “best person” to run against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. But when it comes to criticizing GOP congressional leadership, Jenkins says Fiorina shouldn’t get involved.