A key cost-reducing aim of Obamacare was to reduce expensive emergency room visits by having taxpayers subsidize coverage for the uninsured. However, according to a forthcoming survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians, nearly half of ER doctors report
When the founders included the “Speech or Debate” clause in the U.S. Constitution, they wanted to protect members of Congress from the whims of any outside tyrant who might abuse the power of his office to harass, control or destroy
HOUSTON, TX–FBI Director, speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee today agreed that Major Nidal Hasan’s shooting attack at Fort Hood in 2009 was inspired by al-Qaeda. The federal government’s official position classified the incident as “workplace violence.” The comment came
BEATTYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes on Wednesday twice refused to say whether she would have voted for President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Asked two times whether she’d have voted for the 2010 overhaul,
Two major conservative groups are dropping more than half a million dollars into ad buys in Mississippi, two weeks ahead of the June 3 election, to give state Sen. Chris McDaniel an extra boost over six-term incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran
Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel told Breitbart News Tuesday that he’ll fight against amnesty for illegal aliens by way of the military if he’s elected to the U.S. Senate over incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the state’s GOP primary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a federal appeals court nominee who helped develop the government’s legal rationale for using drones to kill American terrorist suspects abroad. The 52-43 vote cleared the way for a Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help located more than 200 girls kidnapped in Nigeria. Obama has sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and to the Senate
The 1980 campaign brought about the dissolution of the old New Deal Coalition and the rise of the Reagan Democrat, a phrase coined by Newsweek political writer Peter Goldman after that historic election. Yet all campaigns cannot be viewed as isolated incidents
State Sen. Peggy Lehner (R), chair of the Ohio Senate Education Committee, said that it is “just too late” in the state legislature’s session to consider a bill that would ban discrimination against homeschool graduates in Ohio. According to Mike
With months of civil unrest, 42 dead, and a consistent effort by Senator Marco Rubio for the United States to stand up for human rights, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed a bill urging the United States to sanction
Democrat and “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken is running to unseat Rep. Renee Ellmers in North Carolina’s 2nd congressional district and has also scrubbed his Twitter account of his public desire to punch conservative columnist Ann Coulter in the face.
The House Rules Committee wielded its enormous and quiet power late Tuesday evening to kill an effort from Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) to grant amnesty to illegal alien DREAMers who enlist in the military via the National Defense Authorization Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to head off a growing furor over veterans’ health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that allegations of misconduct at VA hospitals are “dishonorable” and will be not be tolerated by his administration. “I will not
In a letter to top donors released this week, the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA-List) reveals its campaign plans for the fall elections. SBA-List, through its Women Speak Out super PAC, intends to direct most of its firepower to Senate races,
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It’s widely used nationwide as a germ-killing ingredient in soaps, deodorants and even toothpaste, but it’s being banned in Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday signed a bill to make Minnesota the first state to prohibit the
Obamacare customers caught lying on their applications in an effort to bag bigger taxpayer-funded subsidies could get slapped with a $25,000 to $250,000 fine. Page 409 of the recently released Health and Human Services regulations states that “any person who
On Wednesday President Obama is expected to announce that he will bypass the Senate and Congress to create a 600,000 “monument” near the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico. Republican politicians and law enforcement alike have offered sharp criticism of the monument, which in
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of VA facilities under investigation after complaints about falsified records and treatment delays has more than doubled in recent days, the Office of Inspector General at the Veterans Affairs Department said late Tuesday. A spokeswoman
Despite an eleventh-hour political attack engineered by the Democratic Party of Oregon, Dr. Monica Wehby easily won the Oregon U.S. Senate Republican primary on Tuesday, defeating second place “Homeless to Harvard” attorney Jason Conger. With 51 percent of the precincts
Matt Bevin was the candidate, but Matt Hoskins, the Jim DeMint protege and the head of the Senate Conservatives Fund, was his most important supporter – and one McConnell allies took pains to highlight and isolate throughout the race. Hoskins’
The three top vote-getters in Georgia’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate all oppose amnesty and an increase in legal immigration while American workers economically struggle, early return results show. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), businessman David Perdue and former Secretary of
Jack Kingston, an eleven-term Congressman, edged out Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel in the Georgia Senate Republican primary Tuesday. Kingston will now face frontrunner conservative businessman David Perdue in the runoff primary election in July. In Georgia, a candidate
ATLANTA (AP) — Former Dollar General CEO David Perdue has advanced to a GOP runoff in Georgia’s hotly contested Senate race that will eventually help determine which party controls Congress. Who Perdue will face in the July 22 runoff has
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) may reprise his infamous 2013 anti-drone filibuster Wednesday to fight President Obama’s nomination of David Barron to a federal appeals court, hoping to shine a light on the would-be justice’s position on that same issue. “The nominee, David Barron, has
