On Wednesday, the California State Assembly unanimously passed AB 1839, a bill that would expand California’s existing film and TV tax credit and incentive program, although the Assembly did not settle on the exact dollar amount of the expanded credits,
Neel Kashkari swings an axe in his ubiquitous television commercial. But he hasn’t found an axe big enough to cut into Tim Donnelly’s lead among Republican voters. A new Hoover Institution “Golden State” poll shows that Kashkari is only pulling 5% of
Following Wednesday’s release of the preliminary report by the VA Office of the Inspector General, the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) called on General Shinseki to immediately fire everyone who “knowingly gamed
OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi — Et tu, Jeppie? Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s brother Jeppie Barbour, the father of powerful political operatives Henry and Austin Barbour, endorsed state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the GOP Senate primary over longtime incumbent Sen. Thad
Forty Republican House members are counting on the success of a lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation that challenges the Affordable Care Act on the grounds that it violates the Constitution’s Origination Clause. Article I, Section 7, clause 1
According to a report from the bipartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and 21 other agencies of the federal government’s Executive Branch “do not have adequate policies for managing software licenses.” Despite the federal
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a victim of gun violence, has stepped up calls for Congress to take “immediate action” on gun control. This comes in the wake of this past weekend’s mass shootings targeting women and leaving six University of California,
Political figures are calling for further investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal – even though President Obama and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki have vowed to investigate the allegations on their own. Shinseki has tasked the Veterans Affairs Inspector
LANSING, Mich., May 28 (UPI) — Gov. Rick Snyder, R-Mich., signed a bill Tuesday evening that will raise the state’s minimum wage to $9.25 an hour by 2018. Snyder signed the bill quickly after the House passed it 76-34 and
Sandra Fluke, the free-birth-control and women’s rights advocate, has complained over the course of her campaign for California State Senate that women do not have equal access to campaign funds as men do. Yet Fluke loaned herself $100,000 in campaign funds for
Eric Cantor’s primary challenger David Brat ripped the Majority Leader as “the number one Republican supporter of amnesty” in a dramatic press conference steps away from a rival event by a liberal Democrat intended to paint Cantor as the face
AUSTIN, Texas–The Texas grassroots and the Tea Party movement stood out as the clear victors if the Texas Republican Primary Runoff elections of May 27, 2014. Wide margins were the general rule of the evening as nearly all contested seats
HOUSTON, Texas–State Senator Dan Patrick delivered an exciting speech Tuesday night as he accepted the nomination of the Republican Party of Texas to be the next Lieutenant Governor of the State of Texas. Sen. Patrick spoke to a packed room
What do you do when a crime wave hits the State Capitol? What do you do when three California State Senators are arrested, indicted or convicted of felony offenses in the first three months of the year? If you are
HOUSTON, Texas–The Tea Party is alive and well and is firmly established as a dominant force in Texas Republican politics. Victories by Tea Party favorites nearly swept the statewide Republican runoff election. Establishment candidates like State Representative Dan Branch and
Few Republicans have openly campaigned on their support for various forms of amnesty legislation, but Vice President Joe Biden urged Republicans on Tuesday to go against their constituents and pass amnesty now that most have cleared their primaries. “They’ve got
SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) pulled the old “bait-and-switch” to avoid a televised CNN interview, reporter Dana Bash says. Bash tried to interview Cochran for CNN at a Memorial Day event in Vicksburg, MS, but Cochran dodged the
Shane Battier of the Miami Heat reportedly turned down offers from Michigan Democrats to run for U.S. Senate this year. According to a Grantland report on Tuesday, “the Michigan Democratic Party recently called him to see if he might consider running
Fort Worth–Tonight at the Stockyards, it was all smiles for Konni Burton (R-Colleyville), the grassroots conservative favorite who swept Senate District 10 in her run-off bid to become the GOP nominee in the state senate race for the November 2014
SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi–He’s endorsed his colleague Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) re-election campaign. But addressing a crowd of 100 Republicans here Tuesday, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) urged party unity, no matter who wins the bitter Senate primary. “I think we need to
AUSTIN, Texas–Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has conceded in the Texas Lt. Governor Primary Runoff to his opponent, State Senator Dan Patrick. Lt. Governor Dewhurst was elected in 2002 and took office on January 21, 2003. Dewhurst was widely considered more
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sat down with with Ezra Klein for an exclusive interview on Vox.com. When Klein asked if about the potential hypocrisy of democrats pushing aggressive campaign reform while fundraising from millionaires. Pelosi said donors to
HOUSTON, Texas–The Texas Secretary of State’s Office has released early voting numbers for statewide races. As previously reported by Breitbart Texas, these numbers represent only 3.62 percent of the Texas registered voter base. In the race for Lt. Governor, State
For years, conservative activists have prodded the House of Representatives to use their unique Constitutional power of the purse to rein in Obama Administration excesses. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is doing just that through a series of
As individuals and families flock to Texas from liberal states around the U.S., many worry that the Lone Star State is turning blue. In spite of this fear, however, the Tea Party is projected to win big in the state today, as Texans head to the polls
