More than 50 million working age Americans are either officially unemployed or not working, but George W. Bush’s former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says amnesty and significant increase in legal immigration are needed because businesses can’t find suitable employees. Gutierrez
Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett has joined the T.W. Shannon campaign as a campaign chair days after Shannon received former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s endorsement. According to The McCarville Report, Bennett, the “longtime business leader noted for bringing the
Everyone in politics knows that big GOP donors, many of whom are wealthy businessmen, are, broadly speaking, one of the key constituencies for a major amnesty bill. But aside from the money trail, their interactions with lawmakers, which often occur
Candidates will not get the most influential endorsement in Republican primaries if they do not ask for it first. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin only considers endorsements upon request. Heritage Foundation and former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint said that
An exemption is only an exemption if people know about it. That’s why the White House kept a broad hardship exemption to Obamacare’s individual mandate quiet, including leaving it off the official exemption page on Healthcare.gov for nearly three months.
Today the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the 1997 Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) law to better compensate doctors treating patients on Medicare. The Resolution, H.R. 4015, was authored by Texas Republican Congressman Michael Burgess, M.D. Twelve Democrats joined
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) responded to President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will seek executive options to aid illegal aliens by saying the president should care more about whether he is hurting Americans. “It is
The border between Jordan and Israel has been largely quiet for over 40 years. The formal peace treaty between the two countries has been honored for two decades. The two countries’ governments operate closely at the highest levels regarding intelligence
On Thursday, Newport, Kentucky Mayor Jerry Peluso endorsed Matt Bevin, who is challenging incumbent Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in May’s Kentucky Republican Senate primary. In a statement, Peluso cited Matt Bevin’s small business background as a main factor for his endorsement. “As someone
A day after President Barack Obama’s White House announced that it would be conducting a review to see whether it can flout more immigration laws and be even more lenient with deportations, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) threatened Republicans: pass amnesty
During a passionate senate floor speech Thursday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz reaffirmed America’s commitment to stand with the people of Ukraine despite Russian military aggression and Senator Harry Reid’s “political” actions. Cruz attacked Senate Democrats’ moves to amend a pending
I love primaries. The first campaign I managed was a primary, decades ago. With most districts, and many states, firmly in either the “red” or “blue” camp, primaries are an important mechanism for voters to ensure that their elected officials
A large group of liberty-loving Texans will gather this Saturday outside San Marcos, Texas, on Saturday, March 15 to participate in a “Patriots Rally for Freedom” event that will feature a slate of well-known Texas conservatives. The event will feature
How delusional is Nancy Pelosi? At her news conference today, the House Minority Leader gushed that she is proud that House Democrats have embraced Obamacare because after all, they created the law. And they’re very proud of it, too. She
Though the Oklahoma state House passed a bill Wednesday to repeal Common Core standards by a vote of 78 to 12, the bill was derailed in the Senate. The bill, HB3399, which was introduced by Speaker of the House Jeff
Ten senators, including members of both parties, have reached a deal extending by five months long-term unemployment insurance benefits that have already expired. Over two million Americans would be affected. The retroactive payments would be marked from December 28, 2013
Sen. Harry Reid took the lead among Democratic senators Thursday in maligning the billionaire Koch brothers, accusing them of using their clout to block aid to the Ukraine unless Congress puts off IRS rules changes affecting nonprofit institutions such as
President Barack Obama has launched an internal review on how he can provide additional leniency to illegal aliens inside the United States of America, the White House announced on Thursday evening. Obama “has asked Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
In a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) challenged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for his insistence on injecting money for the International Monetary Fund into a proposed aid package for the beleaguered nation
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid stood on the Senate floor recently and feigned outrage over the “horror stories” being told about ObamaCare, unequivocally stating that “all of them are untrue.” Reid’s comments are disparate from reality and have come
Legislators would be prohibited from serving as “bond counsel” for any public entity in Texas under a policy proposal made by Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott today. At least two Democratic senators currently profit from such arrangements — including Democratic
A news conference in Columbia, SC took an unexpected turn Thursday when one of Senator Lindsey Graham’s challengers insulted him with a gay slur. The event was being held by four of Graham’s six challengers to pledge support for each
Hours after an on-air meltdown over immigration, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) asked pro-amnesty business group ImmigrationWorksUSA to bail her out of criticism, prompting the group to send an email plea for phone calls and other support. “We need your help,”
Framing the Mississippi Senate primary as a “clear fight for the future of the Republican Party against the entrenched interests of the permanent political class in D.C.,” former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed conservative Mississippi state Senator Chris McDaniel on Thursday in
NBC’s political chief Chuck Todd said Obama was so unpopular that conditions are in place for Republicans to take back the Senate in November by picking up six seats. Todd made his comments after Republican David Jolly won a special election House
