House Republicans plan to cut the Internal Revenue Service budget after the agency targeted conservative groups in a clear abuse of authority. “The House Appropriations Committee released a measure on Tuesday that would roll back the IRS budget by $3
Breitbart News has compiled a list of the Republican Senators who voted for amnesty over border security and interior immigration law enforcement for readers’ information. Below, you will find a list of their names and phone numbers for an office
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), one of fifteen Republicans who voted to end debate on the Senate’s immigration bill on Monday, told Breitbart News before the vote that the bill cannot guarantee the bill’s $40 billion border security mandates would be funded
Immigration bill supporters Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) told Breitbart News on Monday that future Congresses may not appropriate funds for the $40 billion worth of security mandates in the legislation. The bill, which now incorporates Corker’s
The IRS’s spending scandals, in which officials spent millions of taxpayer dollars on lavish conferences from 2010-2012 and forgot to properly record the expenses, may jeopardize funding for the implementation of Obamacare. President Barack Obama has sought a 14% increase
On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) blocked a vote on the border security amendment to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill offered by Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley was pushing for an up-or-down vote
According to Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the so-called Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill does not have enough votes at this point to pass the Senate. Even though the bill has exited the Senate Judiciary Committee with a 13-5 vote,
President Barack Obama endorsed the Senate’s immigration bill as it heads to the floor out of the Judiciary Committee, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The AP reported that Obama “says a far-reaching immigration overhaul approved by a Senate panel is
On Monday, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent a letter to the IRS requesting detailed information about the origins of the IRS scandal. Baucus’s committee will convene a hearing on Tuesday to
Questions remain as to whether Steven T. Miller resigned from his position as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service or if the Obama administration forced him out as a result of the controversy surrounding the agency’s targeting of tea party
The most liberal and conservative elements of the United States Senate are coming together to oppose the nomination of Jack Lew as President Barack Obama’s next Treasury secretary. One might think that Jack Lew, a man who was mentored by
Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano demanding answers regarding the administration’s soft treatment of immigrants likely
President Barack Obama’s first term taught businesses a clear lesson: CEOs and businesses that support the president will be rewarded with taxpayer-funded corporate welfare and favorable regulations, and those who oppose him will be shut out or crushed. On Friday,
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday that the Obama administration is “absolutely” ready for the U.S. economy to go over the fiscal cliff rather than accept a budget deal that doesn’t include higher tax rates for top earners.
Last week, the General Accounting Office (GAO) determined that the Obama administration did change the work requirements in the Welfare Reform Act. On Thursday, two House committees — Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce — will introduce resolutions
In 1996, Republicans forced through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) bill, also known as welfare reform. It incentivized states to create welfare-to-work programs, trying to transition Americans from government dependency to financial solvency. But states quickly acted to
In a shocking repudiation of President Obama’s “soak the rich” economic plans, Senate Democrats today blocked a vote on President Obama’s proposal to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 per year. Senate Republicans had proposed an immediate vote
By KEVIN FREKING and PAUL FOYAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITYSen. Orrin Hatch won the GOP primary in Utah on Tuesday, handily turning back a challenge from tea party forces hoping to jolt the Republican Party again by defeating an incumbent who
(AP) Utah Sen. Hatch seems to have weathered GOP stormBy KEVIN FREKING and PAUL FOYAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITYIt was an entertaining exchange, as one-man debates go. Dan Liljenquist, hoping to shock the political world on Tuesday, didn’t let Republican Sen.
The same federal government that wants to take over the U.S. healthcare system may also be the same federal government who is unwittingly funneling billions of Medicare and Medicaid dollars to Castro’s Cuba. So worry Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Tom
National Journal, which purports to be a non-partisan publication, headlines a piece decrying national security leaks by the Obama Administration this way: “Insiders Say Leaks Will Affect U.S. Foreign Policy–But Only a Little.” It’s not surprising the Journal downplays the damage
Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Steve King have demanded Eric Holder resign from his position as Attorney General of the United States. Senator Hatch made the announcement on former Governor Mike Huckabee’s radio show. “Well, if he doesn’t cooperate with
(AP) 107 charged in Medicare fraud busts in 7 citiesBy KELLI KENNEDY and PETE YOSTAssociated PressMIAMIFederal authorities charged 107 doctors, nurses and social workers in seven cities with Medicare fraud Tuesday in a nationwide crackdown on unrelated scams that allegedly
