Extended unemployment benefits expired in December 2013 after Republicans in the House blocked an extension of the program. Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has proposed new bills that she claimed in a statement, “would not be necessary had the House adopted the amendment
Arizona is attempting to take border patrol into its own hands, but they may be going about it the wrong way. Many argue that the state’s self-funded $30 million plan to install “virtual fencing” along 350 miles of Arizona’s border will
Healthcare industry lobbyists connected with the Republican establishment in Washington are making a concerted effort to sink the campaign of the Nebraska Republican who has been branded the “anti-Obamacare candidate,” Breitbart News has learned. Ben Sasse, a young university president
At a Jan. 23 fundraiser at the Whispering Woods hotel and conference center in Olive Branch, MS, a suburb of Memphis, TN, across the state line, the senior senator from Mississippi let his $500-a-plate audience know what he really wants
On February 19 Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) said he will soon push legislation requiring smart-gun technology for all handguns, and he cited “the most recent James Bond” movie to demonstrate how the technology works. The legislation is called The Handgun
An Illinois State Senator from Chicago is proposing that the Land of Lincoln impose a new tax on sugary drinks to “solve obesity” in the state. However, few are greeting the proposal with open arms. The tax (Senate Bill 3524)
A new document obtained by Breitbart News undermines another facet of Matt Bevin’s explanations for his signature on a 2008 pro-TARP bailout letter sent from an investment firm he served as president. Bevin is challenging incumbent Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed fierce Texas conservative Katrina Pierson in her underdog bid to primary incumbent Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) in Texas’s 32nd congressional district. Palin called Pierson a “feisty fighter” who is “an emerging leader and important
As you know, there’s an election coming up on March 4th, and there are a lot of folks on the ballot this time around. So, I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you and to update you
Popular Will opposition party leader Leopoldo López is now Venezuela’s most prominent political prisoner. In a pre-recorded video released after his arrest, the longtime thorn-in-the-side of socialist leaders Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro encouraged the people of Venezuela to continue
Attorney General Eric Holder flubbed a question from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) that is of vital importance to the rule of law. While the Constitution allows – and sometimes requires – executive action on many matters, President Barack Obama has
In an appearance on Fox News’ “On the Record” with Jeanine Pirro (filling in for Greta Van Susteren), Monday, Rep Trey Gowdy (R-SC) enumerated the things Congress can do to counter Obama’s executive overreach, including removing funding for his vacations.
An incumbent legislator has threatened cable companies with litigation if they run advertisements citing his voting record in the Texas House. Meanwhile, the same lawmaker’s chief of staff demanded that a website publishing his votes be shut down, citing a
Robert Malley, a Middle East scholar who resigned from his advisory role in Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign when it was revealed he had met with the Palestinian terror group Hamas, has been appointed by the president to be a senior
Incumbent Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran said he was unfamiliar with the Tea Party movement, which has rocked Washington and the GOP establishment by giving a voice to Americans who believe Washington no longer represents them. That ignorance of the movement
Less than 24-hours after Texas State Senator Dan Patrick released a video asserting his opposition to illegal immigration, the candidate for Texas Lt. Governor stands accused of having hired four illegal aliens in a bar he previously owned. Earlier today
In a speech marking the five-year anniversary of his $831 billion economic stimulus plan, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that his plan, passed one month into his presidency, succeeded and that his critics were proven wrong and “have had
A billionaire hedge fund maestro on a mission to combat climate change is looking to up the ante. Tom Steyer, a 56-year old Democrat who accumulated more than $1.5 billion as founder of Farallon Capital Management, is galvanizing donors to raise
A plan to install 350 miles of “virtual fencing” along the Arizona-Mexico border was approved by an Arizona House panel on Monday. The endeavor would receive $30 million in funding but could also include an additional $260,000 in donations collected by the state. Sen.
Sen. Ron Wyden, (D-OR) is intending to draft a law that would entitle every child born in the United States to a $500 savings account of their own. Wyden stated that if there were universal savings accounts for newborns, it
Texas bans Common Core was the headline read around the nation on June 10, 2013 when Governor Rick Perry signed HB 462, the legislation that was supposed to impede the use of the federally led education mandate, the Common Core
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) are gathering colleagues’ signatures on a letter to networks ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox expressing their disapproval at the lack of global warming discussion on the channels’ Sunday shows. According to Sanders,
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions will face no Democrat opposition for re-election in 2014. It represents the first time in history Democrats are not putting up a candidate for the office. That’s not the only seat Democrats are leaving unopposed. There
In the heat of a re-election campaign, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s press office issued a strong statement today condemning the 5-year anniversary of President Obama signing the Democrat-led stimulus package into law. Yet Cornyn was one of two senators —
In two weeks it’ll be two years since Andrew Breitbart departed this world, leaving behind a wife and four children that he desperately loved. I mourn the void he left behind, both as an irrepressible friend and the indispensable man
