
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has released his New Year’s resolutions for 2016, which include advancing a conservative agenda and building on the success that he claims he has had since he was elected Speaker in October.
by Stephen K. Bannon & Matthew Boyle1 Jan 2016, 8:20 PM PST0

Democratic leaders are unanimous in declaring a complete victory over House Speaker Paul Ryan and his close allies, who wrote the $1.1 trillion omnibus budget without asking House conservatives for any input — or even for some public objections to help their closed-door negotiations.
by Neil Munro18 Dec 2015, 11:01 PM PST0

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) relied on Democrats to pass the $1 trillion dollar omnibus bill.
by Michelle Fields18 Dec 2015, 1:40 PM PST0

House Speaker Paul Ryan traded exporting oil for importing Syrians in the trillion dollar omnibus bill.
by Michelle Fields18 Dec 2015, 5:15 AM PST0

Thursday at her weekly briefing, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she can not guarantee House Democrats will vote for the $1.1 trillion year-end omnibus spending bill. When asked if she was confident the bill would pass, Pelosi said, “No, we
by Pam Key17 Dec 2015, 2:14 PM PST0

In a wide-ranging exclusive sitdown with Breitbart News, conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly slammed House Speaker Paul Ryan for continuing to champion the same donor class’s America-last policies advanced by John Boehner.
by Julia Hahn17 Dec 2015, 12:08 PM PST0

Organizers of Crossroads of the West gun show in Del Mar, CA, expected a weekend crowd large enough to exceed twice the normal show attendance.
by AWR Hawkins13 Dec 2015, 5:29 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

The Cadillac tax was made famous last year by Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber who said it was a ploy designed to fool “stupid” American voters. Now the tax is facing a 2-year delay as part of a congressional budget deal, with leading Democrats helping push the deal forward.
by John Sexton9 Dec 2015, 6:40 PM PST0

On April 18, 2014, the New York Times published a scathing editorial on the no-fly list, describing it as “a violation of basic rights” and a list unsuitable for a “democratic society premised on due process.”
by AWR Hawkins8 Dec 2015, 6:30 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

Thursday at her press briefing, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters the Republicans “have a committee to harass Hillary Clinton,” so they could have “a select committee on gun safety in our country.” Pelosi said, “We are very
by Pam Key3 Dec 2015, 11:45 AM PST0

“Gun violence is a crisis of epidemic proportion in our nation,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday. “We’ve had far too many moments of silence on the floor of the House and while it is right to respectfully acknowledges the losses, we can no longer remain silent.”
by Caroline May3 Dec 2015, 10:19 AM PST0

Thursday at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s weekly briefing a reporter asked, “Last week, President Obama said that ISIS was contained. Was he right when he said that?” Pelosi replied that she had confidence in Obama’s statement. Pelosi said, “We
by Pam Key19 Nov 2015, 12:08 PM PST0

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tells Politico the “Tea Party empowers us.” But what she means is that former Speaker John Boehner was so weak, his failure to craft and submit legislation a majority of Republicans could back often put Pelosi in the position of calling the shots in the House.
by Dan Riehl5 Nov 2015, 2:13 PM PST0

Planned Parenthood has praised House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) for her appointment of Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough), a staunchly pro-abortion congresswoman, to a newly formed House select committee investigating claims into Planned Parenthood wrongdoing.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Nov 2015, 2:01 PM PST0

Paul Ryan called for a clean slate and regular order in the House as he was sworn in as Speaker Thursday morning.
by Caroline May29 Oct 2015, 9:40 AM PST0

Democratic House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi is going out of her way to praise Bernie Sanders for voting against the Clinton administration’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as one man and one woman.
by Patrick Howley27 Oct 2015, 11:03 AM PST0

Many Democrats legislators are willing to unite with Republican legisaltors to elect a “consensus choice” for Speaker of the House, Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said this weekend. “I think in our caucus there is interest and support, there’s an openness to a bipartisan approach to this [the election of the next Speaker of the House],” Pelosi said at the Texas Tribune Festival, according to Conservative HQ.
by Alex Swoyer19 Oct 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

On Oct. 16, Carolyn Lochhead, Washington correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, published an article entitled: “Nancy Pelosi’s leadership style helps her avoid crises like GOP’s.”
by Joel B. Pollak18 Oct 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

The problem is that the Republican leadership betrayed their own base one time too many. What happened in 2014 was quite simple: the GOP asked voters to give them both House and Senate to put the brakes on Obama’s disastrous agenda, and the voters took them up on it. The capitulations and walkbacks began with days of the last races being called. The old song-and-dance about how “we’ll fight next time” and “we need just a little more power to get anything done” was performed one last time, to disastrous effect.
by John Hayward9 Oct 2015, 7:58 PM PST0

House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused to answer a question on whether an unborn child is a human being and stated such a question has “no basis” in public policy on Thursday. Pelosi responded to a question on
by Ian Hanchett1 Oct 2015, 5:35 PM PST0

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused to acknowledge the controversial series of undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood doctors negotiating prices for fetal tissue are real. Pelosi said, “I don’t stipulate that these videos
by Pam Key27 Sep 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

On Friday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told GOP legislators he will resign in October. Boehner’s decision was likely prompted by at least 30 House Republicans who had threatened a no-confidence vote, which would leave Boehner in the uncomfortable position of needing Democratic votes to remain in his position.
by William Bigelow26 Sep 2015, 8:11 PM PST0

On Friday morning, Speaker of the House John Boehner announced that he would be leaving Congress on the day before Halloween. Presumably, he already has a gig booked the next night as a pumpkin.
by Ben Shapiro25 Sep 2015, 11:58 AM PST0