“Does a school district using Common Core in any way to teach state standards violate the law?” That was the question asked by Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston), Chairman of the Senate Education Committee. The senator asked in a December 2013
While most of the attention in the Texas primaries is focused on the races for lieutenant governor and attorney general, there are notable state senate races that will have equally profound effects on public policy decisions in the years to
A wealthy businessman with a strikingly liberal record is out to an early lead in the June 3 Iowa GOP senate primary. Former energy executive Mark Jacobs has expressed support for cap and trade, Common Core, the Ryan-Murray budget compromise,
As the 2014 Republican Primary for U.S. Senate approaches, incumbent John Cornyn released a video announcement from immediate past President of the Texas Federation of Republican Women Carolyn Hodges. Hodges touted Cornyn’s record of serving Texas as a statesman and
Early voting turnout in Texas’ top 15 counties slightly improved in the 2014 primary season–compared to similar 2010 and 2006 returns. Given State of Texas data, the new voter ID law currently under attack from the U.S. Department of Justice
Obama’s signature achievement is working beautifully, Harry Reid will tell you. But unfortunately, there are spurious lies being spread by “shadowy groups” funded by the “unAmerican” Koch brothers “to grab headlines” such as this one. The latest bad news about O-Care comes
House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) lost a key endorsement from an anti-amnesty group to his primary challenger, Tea Party activist Katrina Pierson, on Monday. After a Breitbart Texas story uncovered videos on which Sessions said he supports granting
The Texas Democratic Party is overtly expressing a collective anxiety over the candidacy of LaRouche PAC figurehead Kesha Rogers one day before voters hit the polls. U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Candidate Rogers is currently poised to claim her third consecutive
North Carolina Freshman Senator Kay Hagan is one of the most vulnerable Senators running for reelection this year. Her challenge to winning reelection is evidenced by a new poll from Elon University showing that just one-third of Tarheel voters approve
The Federal government is shuttered once again as torrential snow and ice beset the nation’s capital, prompting the House and Senate to cancel votes scheduled for Monday evening. The nation’s capital has declared a snow emergency that went into effect
Democrats in the California legislature are moving ahead with SB 848,a $7 billion water bond that focuses almost entirely on water treatment and preparation for climate change, and ignores water storage. The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Lois Wolk, is
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa spoke out against two of his party’s statewide candidates and apparently endorsed a third. Hinojosa publicly attacked U.S. Senate Candidate Kesha Rogers and Agriculture Commissioner hopeful Kinky Freidman while allegedly throwing his support behind
On the five-year anniversary of the women-powered Tea Party movement that rocked the political establishment and gave back Republicans control of the House in 2010, the RNC released a statement honoring women’s history month that showed how out of touch
Native Texan and Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards raised eyebrows Friday, February 28, 2014 by claiming there was no relevance in arguing when life begins–the same day the organization launched its national “Women are Watching” campaign. Fusion host Jorge Ramos
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) will switch tactics this week when it sends thousands of activists to lobby members of Congress, Breitbart News has learned. Instead of asking for a vote on the new Iran sanctions contained in
On Sunday, former Obama administration “green jobs czar” and CNN “Crossfire” co-host Van Jones on the Sunday panel for ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” discussed the Democrats’ chances of holding on to power in the Senate and suggested the
Pro-Israel activists arriving at the Washington Conference Center from all over the country were greeted by noisy demonstrations and an “apartheid wall” display as they arrived for the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference on Sunday morning.
Democrats are walking very gingerly around Attorney General Eric Holder’s call to give felons the right to vote once they are out of prison. Notwithstanding the fact that a large percentage of felons are African-American and more likely to vote
On February 28th a bill to allow concealed carry on Idaho college campuses passed out of committee on an “11 to 3 vote” and now goes to the full House for floor debate. The bill passed the Idaho senate earlier
As the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIAPC) gathers in Washington, DC for its annual Policy Conference, Republicans are hoping to use the group’s traditional lobbying push to force Democrats to hold a Senate vote on Iran sanctions. The bipartisan
A series of videos from several town halls in 2013 have surfaced showing that Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) supports amnesty for illegal aliens, despite claims from his re-election campaign that he is against allowing illegal aliens stay in America. In
“Folly is a greater enemy of the good than evil.” Deitrich Bonhoeffer As the annual Conservative Political Action Conference opens this week in Washington, a rival conference organized by conservative activists like Stephen K. Bannon, executive chairman of Breitbart News,
Senator Cornyn primary contender Dwayne Stovall says he has filed two Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaints seeking investigation into what Stovall alleges are Texas Congressman Steve Stockman’s violations of campaign finance laws through alleged coordination with third party organizations. The
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared on the inaugural Breitbart News Saturday show and said that 26 million Texans did not send him to Washington to work for the party bosses. He vowed to relentlessly fight against an Obama administration that
