
As Republicans in Congress race to complete their work on an end-of-year spending package before the holidays, any attempt to reform or curtail President Obama’s plan to resettle 10,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq is being left on the legislative floor.
by Mike Flynn14 Dec 2015, 7:10 PM PST0

As the government’s funding deadline approaches, Senior Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Richard Shelby and Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Sessions warn that unless changes are made, “The omnibus [spending bill] would put the U.S. on a path to approve admission for hundreds of thousands of migrants from a broad range of countries with jihadists movements.”
by Julia Hahn11 Dec 2015, 5:28 PM PST0

Alabama’s senior and junior senators took Attorney General Loretta Lynch to task this week for saying her “greatest fear” following the San Bernardino Islamic terrorist attacks is of anti-Muslim backlash.
by Caroline May10 Dec 2015, 2:27 PM PST0

“Any violent crime is tragic, but the fact that the senseless death in San Francisco arose directly from a ‘sanctuary city’ deliberately obstructing policies to remove illegal immigrants who have committed crimes is appalling and inexcusable,” Shelby, the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-Science, says.
by Caroline May10 Jul 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

There’s no amount of money that will protect any House Republican who supports Obamatrade from primary challenges that may emerge and chase many of them out of office.
by Matthew Boyle10 Jun 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) lives in the basement apartment in a house owned by his executive assistant, Kay Webber, which he has listed as his primary address on official forms. Now public records show Webber accompanied Cochran on dozens of
by Matthew Boyle12 May 2014, 6:36 PM PST0

Should JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon be the next Fed Chairman? Federal bankrRegulators just published the latest “draft” bank capital guidelines for US depository institutions, aka “Basel III.” You don’t need to know the details; just know that consumers
by Christopher Whalen8 Jul 2013, 7:19 PM PST0

On Monday, the Steering Committee of the Alabama Republican Party passed a resolution demanding that Sen. Richard Shelby retract his support of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to be Secretary of Defense, according to a report in the American Spectator. The
by Breitbart News26 Feb 2013, 4:31 AM PST0

House Republicans are scheduled to caucus around 1 p.m. on Tuesday about the “fiscal cliff” deal that Vice President Joe Biden cut late yesterday with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. It’s unclear if House Republicans will support the bill that
by Matthew Boyle1 Jan 2013, 9:11 AM PST0
The Senate’s 96-3 vote to ban members of Congress from using nonpublic information to inform their private investments brought with it important additional amendments that stand to shape the debate next week as the House takes up the STOCK (Stop
by Wynton Hall3 Feb 2012, 7:32 AM PST0
The #OccupyWallStreet movement has an agenda and has made it available for all to see. Among their demands is that government eviscerate existing contracts by “eliminating all debt, everywhere.” Imagine there was a government agency with the power to make
by Capitol Confidential25 Oct 2011, 12:35 PM PST0
[youtube QeJnkoBjII0] Richard Cordray, President Obama’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, won approval from the Senate Banking Committee last week on a party-line vote. His confirmation to run the new agency faces fierce opposition from Republicans, who
by Heritage Videos14 Oct 2011, 3:45 PM PST0
Congressional hucksters sold last year’s “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” as a pro-consumer effort to prevent future big bank bail-outs. The good news, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, is that Dodd-Frank expanded big government payrolls
by Chriss W. Street11 Oct 2011, 5:15 AM PST0
It seems hypocritical that MIT faculty member and recent Nobel Laureate, Peter Diamond, would lash out in a New York Times Op Ed titled: “When a Nobel Prize Isn’t Enough”, for not being confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the
by Chriss W. Street9 Jun 2011, 4:11 PM PST0
The Washington Post is reporting that Senator Harry Reid has been in China with six other Democrats and three Republicans on what they call a “secret, week-long trip to China.” Other members of the delegation include Democrats Barbara Boxer, Dick
by Niccolo Machiavelli22 Apr 2011, 7:25 AM PST0
Dr. Peter Diamond has once again found himself in the cross-hairs of Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the highest ranking Republican serving on the Senate Banking Committee. A Nobel laureate and MIT professor, Diamond has been nominated three times for
by Samir N. Kapadia12 Mar 2011, 12:01 PM PST0
AP: Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby says the Senate bill does not impose controls on giant government-sponsored mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He says they created a demand for risky loans and inflated the housing bubble.
by Breitbart TV8 May 2010, 9:43 PM PST0
AFP: A US Senator has taken the extraordinary step of blocking more than 70 of US President Barack Obama’s nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, senate aides said Friday. Senator Richard Shelby, the top
by Breitbart TV5 Feb 2010, 2:12 PM PST0