A House vote to start a floor debate on the Iran nuclear deal was scheduled for Wednesday, reportedly because that many Republican members don’t want to hold the vote amid Tea Party protests and a closed-door “rebellion from rank-and-file conservatives.”
On Saturday, National Review senior editor Jonah Goldberg penned a controversial column in which he rejected Donald Trump and his followers from the conservative movement. “Well, if this is the conservative movement now, I guess you’re going to have to count me out,” Goldberg writes.
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, told Breitbart News exclusively here on Sunday that she believes House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should be removed from their positions
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz stated of GOP leadership’s handling of the Iran deal, “it appears that they’re prepared to roll over, to have a show vote, to lose the show vote, and then move on to
The real blame rests not with Corker, but with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who failed to defend the constitutional prerogatives of the Senate. He should have warned at the outset that if Obama failed to submit the Iran deal as a treaty as required, it would be dead–period.
Republican Rand Paul says he has contributed $250,000 and pledged another $200,000 to pay for a proposed GOP presidential caucus in his home state of Kentucky next year.
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina appears to offer initial support for a measure put forward by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) that would cost Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) the Speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The EPA’s final Clean Power Plan, released on August 3, financially hammers coal-dependent states, compared to the Obama Administration’s 2014 draft proposal. Nine months after the loss of Kentucky Democrat Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes and the retirement of West Virginia Democrat Jay Rockefeller, the EPA’s attack on coal country is all about going after Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved swiftly Thursday to shut down any possible conservative attempt to block funding for Planned Parenthood, the federally-funded abortion provider weathering a political scandal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has ruled out immigration reform this Congress.
Speaking to reporters at a Thursday press conference McConnell pointed to President Obama’s November executive amnesty as the primary reason why immigration reform is off the table until after the 2016 presidential election.
Three people with deep ties to the Ron and Rand Paul presidential campaigns were indicted Wednesday after months of investigation. Jesse Benton, John Tate, and Dimitri Kesari are charged with multiple counts, including conspiracy and filing false campaign expenditure reports.
With their legislation to defund Planned Parenthood and redirect those federal funds to women’s health care facilities that don’t provide abortions, Senate Republicans say they are sending the message that their proposal is not about politics, but about the “moral fabric” of the nation.
On July 28, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) admitted his latest gun control push is “going nowhere” because there is zero support for his new gun control push among the Republicans who control the Senate.
On the floor of the U.S. Senate on Sunday evening, something remarkable—a little bit insider-y in Washington, but remarkable nonetheless—happened: The Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, his entire leadership team, and most of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate voice voted through measures to fund Planned Parenthood in its entirety and to help protect President Barack Obama’s nuclear arms deal with Iran.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz stated that President Obama didn’t dispute the substance of his criticism of the Iran deal, but rather, just lobbed attacks on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Cruz “with president Obama
Fox News Channel “O’Reilly Factor” host Bill O’Reilly argued that if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) does not put legislation to pass Kate’s Law, punish sanctuary cities, and defund Planned Parenthood up for a vote, “he becomes just like
Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume argued that Senator and GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) attack on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hypocritical on Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Hume said, “The first
Columnists George Will and Charles Krauthammer agreed with Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on the substance of his opposition to the Export-Import Bank, but argued that the Republican base’s frustration is “mistaken” and that Cruz engaged in
Republican leaders said they needed the Senate to get anything done, and they got it, in a historic midterm election landslide. They’ve done absolutely nothing with it. Harry Reid is still the effective Senate Majority Leader – in fact, he’s sitting prettier than ever, because he gets to watch Republicans use his grubby tactics to stymie conservative votes, while his hands remain clean.
It is time for Mitch McConnell and John Boehner to resign for the good of the nation and the Republican Party.
Sen. Mike Lee’s attempt to force a vote in the Senate that would defund Planned Parenthood was blocked Sunday by some of his Republican colleagues.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blocked amendments to defund Planned Parenthood, end the Congressional exemption to Obamacare and for Kate’s Law on Friday’s “Mark Levin Show.”
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of filling the amendment tree, “the exact same procedural abuse of power [Sen.] Harry Reid (D-NV) used to do” to “prevent any vote on sanctuary
Paul tried to get the floor to stand up and offer an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood and another one to arm servicemen and women on military bases. He intended to offer these measures as amendments to the highway bill that is currently on the Senate floor. Whoever was presiding over the floor refused to recognize Paul to offer his amendments.
“At the end of the day, it is about power and money in Washington and the people getting left behind are working men and women,” Cruz said. “Now I will say one thing that’s very encouraging, which is even though the Washington Cartel is coming after me hard—the lobbyists are backing other candidates in this presidential race—out of 16 candidates for the Republican nomination, do you know which candidate raised the most money out of all 16?”
