
Chief Obamatrade proponent House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) admitted during Congressional testimony on Wednesday evening that despite tons of claims from him and other Obamatrade supporters to the contrary, the process is highly secretive. He also made a gaffe in his House Rules Committee testimony on par with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s push to pass Obamacare, in which she said infamously said: “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”
by Matthew Boyle11 Jun 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

In the wake of revelations that technically a vote for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) would be a vote to grant the executive branch massively-expanded immigration powers, the Washington establishment cooked up an elaborate ruse to try to save the flailing Obamatrade bill.
by Matthew Boyle10 Jun 2015, 4:39 PM PST0

An anti-Obamatrade group is having a little bit of fun with some House Republicans’ apparent eagerness to give President Obama Congressional authority over U.S. trade policy.
by Garrett Reno9 Jun 2015, 2:53 PM PST0

Freshman GOP congresswoman Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) has been on television pushing Obamatrade—appearing Monday on Morning Joe on MSNBC to do so—but her office admits publicly she hasn’t read the bill she wants to fast-track through Congress.
by Matthew Boyle8 Jun 2015, 2:29 PM PST0

Two members of House GOP leadership—Majority Whip Steve Scalise and Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)—refused to admit through spokespersons to Breitbart News whether they have read the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal, but they still support granting President Barack Obama the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to fast track it.
by Matthew Boyle4 Jun 2015, 3:47 PM PST0

Here’s the untold story of how two members of Republican leadership took a bold stand against the Democrats and the liberal interests in their own party to swat down a pro-amnesty amendment in a key defense bill.
by Matthew Boyle15 May 2015, 9:12 AM PST0

Despite 20 Republicans defecting to join Democrats, Republicans and conservatives won big on Thursday evening: An amendment from Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) passed onto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) stripping amnesty for illegal aliens from the defense bill.
by Matthew Boyle14 May 2015, 5:40 PM PST0

At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the House Rules Committee will begin general debate on the NDAA—and will wrap its discussion on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Because of the significance of these proceedings, Breitbart News will be carrying a live blog of them launching at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
by Matthew Boyle12 May 2015, 10:34 AM PST0

The FBI announced their agents will monitor people suspected of supporting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) more closely after the attack on a Draw Mohammed Contest hosted in Garland, TX. At the same time, Congressmen from Texas are meeting in Washington, DC, to develop new methods to monitor Americans drawn to radical Islam.
by Mary Chastain11 May 2015, 11:04 AM PST0

More than 40 House Republicans are urging the Senate to pass a bill aimed at rolling back funding for President Obama’s executive amnesty.
by Matthew Boyle28 Jan 2015, 9:39 AM PST0

A border bill introduced by House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) has less than 50 miles of border fencing because McCaul thinks it would cost American taxpayers too much to secure the whole border, McCaul aides tell Breitbart News. In addition, committee materials that were distributed to House Republicans in an effort to win their support for the bill contain provably false information—specifically a claim that there are already 652 miles of double-layer fencing, of the 700 miles required by law, built on the U.S. border with Mexico.
by Matthew Boyle26 Jan 2015, 12:20 PM PST0

Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is touting the passage of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill as the fulfillment of a promise he and House Republicans made to block President Barack Obama’s executive orders granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
by Sarah Rumpf15 Jan 2015, 8:49 AM PST0

Katrina Pierson, the Tea Party activist in Texas who challenged House Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) in a primary in 2014 and nearly won, is calling on Sessions to vote against the re-election of House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday.
by Matthew Boyle5 Jan 2015, 3:55 AM PST0

Republican Members of Congress share the frustration that voters have with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), according to well-placed sources that spoke to Breitbart Texas on condition of anonymity, but they are skeptical there is a viable alternative among their ranks this year and expect him to easily win re-election.
by Sarah Rumpf4 Jan 2015, 8:17 AM PST0

As we close out 2014, our first year of publishing at Breitbart Texas, we have a lot of reasons to be thankful. We thought it would be fun to collect a few New Year’s Resolutions from across the state and share them with our readers.
by Breitbart Texas1 Jan 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart Texas, Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) pushed back against critics who view Congressional Republican leadership as weak on amnesty, and defended the planned homeland security appropriations bill that will come up for a vote in the new Congress as a strong tactic against President Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty orders.
by Sarah Rumpf31 Dec 2014, 6:54 AM PST0

The incoming, bicameral congressional GOP leadership team may be working out a plan to fund President Obama’s executive amnesty in totality through 2015 and even beyond, therefore enabling its implementation once and for all.
by Matthew Boyle29 Dec 2014, 3:32 PM PST0

Speaker John Boehner’s more than $1 trillion omnibus spending bill is actually getting longer — it grew an extra 171 pages last night. “With the adoption of the rule in the House, the CRomnibus grew from 1,603 pages to 1,774
by Matthew Boyle11 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

A Wednesday afternoon session of the House Rules Committee remains the final hurdle for Speaker Boehner’s 1,600 page, $1.1 trillion “CR-Omnibus” budget bill before a scheduled vote on the floor of the House tomorrow. But one of the most powerful
by Michael Patrick Leahy10 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

In addition to Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), who is getting set to have his committee mark up the President Barack Obama executive amnesty-backing omnibus spending package Speaker John Boehner introduced late Tuesday, there are eight additional Republicans
by Matthew Boyle10 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The only person left who can stop the 1,603-page, $1.1 trillion Speaker John Boehner omnibus spending bill from getting to the floor for a vote is House Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX). If Sessions doesn’t kill the bill
by Matthew Boyle9 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Reps. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Pete Sessions (R-TX) promoted the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act during the GOP’s Weekly Address on Saturday. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as follows: House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris
by Breitbart TV6 Dec 2014, 6:42 AM PST0

Talk radio host Laura Ingraham railed against the Republican Party’s reaction to the president’s executive action on immigration on Friday, wondering “what is the point of even having a Republican Congress?” She began by stating “call up Pete Sessions’ (R-TX)
by Breitbart TV5 Dec 2014, 1:46 PM PST0

One of the top House Republican leaders, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), revealed this week that GOP leaders intend to push an amnesty bill in the next Congress that would subject only the most dangerous illegal immigrant criminals to deportation so that
by Tony Lee5 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

AUSTIN, Texas — Tea party activists are “liars and charlatans,” said Kim Locus, the campaign manager for Congressman Pete Sessions, a Republican representing a Dallas area district. Locus has jumped into the front lines of the battle between the Republican
by Sarah Rumpf18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0