A bill that would close an IRS tax credit loophole that allows the IRS to funnel over $4 billion to illegal immigrants is being held up by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member of the
Yesterday, Dan Riehl of Breitbart News broke the story about judges from the notoriously liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals getting ready to spend about a million dollars of taxpayer money on a lavish vacation. Breitbart News published a report
Judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, federal district and bankruptcy courts in nine Western states and two Pacific island territories, along with lawyers practicing in those courts and court staff, will gather at the luxurious Hyatt Regency Maui
President Obama’s 2013 budget just went down to defeat by a 99-0 vote in the Senate. In March, the measure went before the House for a vote – and went down to flaming defeat, 414-0. The Obama budget had been
When Congress returns after recess, the astronomical levels of spending included in President Obama’s budget will face a vicious election-year showdown which will make the debt ceiling debate look tame. And while our Campaigner-in-Chief is busy making jokes about eating
Yesterday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) took to the floor of the Senate to announce that he will raise at least one budget point of order to the postal reform bill currently being considered. That’s because the Congressional Budget Office has
In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama said that “American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years.” But on Wednesday, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service released a new report that finds that the overwhelming majority–96
In his first press conference of 2012, President Barack Obama appeared “oddly disconnected” from the financial strain his economic policies have placed on everyday Americans. So says the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL): “Stunningly, in
On Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office released a report uncovering $400 billion of wasteful federal spending on 1,500 duplicative, fragmented, or inefficient government programs. From the GAO report: This year, GAO identified 32 new areas of duplication and 19 additional
This morning, Budget Director Jeff Zients went before the Senate Budget Committee to testify about the Obama proposed budget. The Senate Budget Committee Republican staff found that the proposed budget would raise spending by $1.5 trillion. With that statistic in
On Monday, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Jeff Sessions blasted President Barack Obama’s $3.8 trillion 2012 budget plan as being a fiscal charade of breathtaking proportions and “one of the most spectacular fiscal cover-ups in American history.” According
With a record 46 million Americans now receiving food stamps and rampant abuse resulting in what the Wall Street Journal calls a “food stamp crime wave,” Nation reporter Lizzie Ratner believes that “deep racism” is “at the heart of conservative
From The Hill: For the third time in four weeks, Senate Republicans on Thursday voted in unison to block a piece of President Obama’s jobs package. The GOP senators were joined by one Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), and Independent
At the hearings for Elena Kagan’s appointment to the Supreme Court, Senator Jeff Sessions rightly pointed out a dramatic inconsistency in the nominee’s capacity for outrage: While deploring the United States’ policy of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” in no uncertain
As an American citizen who has spent seven years fighting against and promoting awareness of the threat of libel tourism to American free speech rights, I am writing in support of the S 3518, the “Securing the Protection of our
Update: the Judiciary Committee has passed the SPEECH Act; it now goes to the full senate As an American citizen who has spent seven years fighting against and promoting awareness of the threat of libel tourism to American free speech
Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com Fox News: en. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the ranking member on the panel, offered some when he said Holder had shaken Sessions’ confidence in him since July’s decision to give Mohammad and the others
AP: Sen. Al Franken said he is “truly humbled” to be on the Judiciary Committee. He also praised Chairman Patrick Leahy and ranking Republican Jeff Sessions. Then, he was interrupted by the third protester of the hearing, speaking partly in
“[L]et me tell you what’s heading down the tracks. In a few weeks, we expect that the cap-and-trade legislation that’s been voted out of Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-Calif.) Environment and Public Works Committee will be on the floor and according
