On Megyn Kelly’s Wednesday Fox News program, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) revealed Obama’s Treasury Department is using issuing a rule through the Internal Revenue Service that intended to silence conservative group critical of the Obama White House. “Well,
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate panel today that the geographical dispersion of the al Qaeda ideology through its affiliates makes the terrorist group a “formidable threat.” This comes more than a decade after the U.S. launched
On Wednesday, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) cleared the way for other Republican candidates to replace Sen. Tom Coburn by withdrawing his name as a potential candidate for senator in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Senator Coburn, a leader in the fight against government
At a Senate Judiciary hearing, today, Sen. Ted Cruz took the opportunity to grill U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the DOJ’s eight month investigation into the IRS’s improper targeting of conservative groups. At the hearing, Holder declared that the IRS
At a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) asked Attorney General Eric Holder to explain the constitutional basis for which President Barack Obama used in his issuance of executive orders: (h/t Washington Examiner)
Wendy Davis’s filing to run for Governor of Texas left an open seat to be filled by residents of Tarrant County, Texas (Fort Worth area). Five Republicans and three Democrats have filed to run for election to this Texas State
Milton Wolf, best known as Obama’s cousin (or second cousin twice removed), has been on the Kansas Senate campaign trail for only three months and is already gaining support from conservative groups within the state for his August 5 primary
In an unusually aggressive move, top immigration hawk Sen. Jeff Session (R-AL) is moving to preemptively arm House Republicans with anti-amnesty talking points and other materials ahead of a major planning session at the House GOP’s Maryland retreat tomorrow. Sessions’
“I know this chamber agrees that few Americans give more to their country than our diplomats and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.” President Barack Obama spoke these words in his State of the Union on
Unbeknownst to those closest to him, top Senate staffer Jesse Ryan Loskarn was a troubled young man who was sexually abused as a child. This all came to light after he was arrested for possession of child porn. He eventually
After the conclusion of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer offered his critique of the speech, noting there wasn’t a lot new. However, he expressed his concern over Obama’s remarks about
Dr. Milton Wolf, candidate for U.S. Senate challenging incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) for the GOP’s nomination for the 2014 U.S. Senate race, offered the “family response” to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Transcript as
President Barack Obama only mentioned immigration reform efforts as a mere throwaway line in his State of the Union speech Tuesday evening. The only time he mentioned the matter, according to prepared remarks distributed to press before delivery, was as
WASHINGTON – Tonight, Senator Mike Lee will give the Tea Party response to the president’s State of the Union speech. It can be viewed from Senator Lee’s Website or http://www.teapartyexpress.org. The following are selected excerpts of Sen. Lee’s remarks: “In America,
The political stakes are rising dramatically in the race to save California’s economy from a crushing drought that is among the worst in the past century. The U.S. Senate rejected an effort by three California Republicans–Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and
The “Hillary in 2016” train is gathering steam, as 57 Congressional Democrats are already on board, even though the former First Lady and Secretary of State hasn’t yet announced that she will be running for president. According to a survey
Democrat senators who are vulnerable in 2014 are looking forward to campaigning with the president according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who suggested as much to CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview that will be aired, tonight. “Anytime the President of
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain says the Arizona Republican Party’s censure of him over the weekend may just motivate him to run for a sixth term. The censure vote came during a meeting of state committee members who
Wendy Davis, who became a national figure fighting a law which would limit abortion to 20 weeks and impose additional regulations on abortion providers, said in an interview Wednesday “we all want it to be rare.” During an interview with
At his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Obama’s nominee for US Ambassador to China admitted, “I’m no real expert on China.” The answer came in response to a question from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). Points to Baucus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Max Baucus is going before fellow senators for a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. ambassador to China. Tuesday’s hearing by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will be a switch for the six-term Democrat
On January 27th Florida state representative Dane Eagle (R-Cape Coral) put forward a bill to prevent any “agent of the state or its political subdivisions [from participating] with or [assisting] federal agents in the enforcement of federal firearms laws.” According to
American Conservative Union (ACU) chairman Al Cardenas wrote to President Barack Obama ahead of his State of the Union speech to point out that Obama cannot accomplish bipartisanship if he plans to overuse executive authority. “At your first news conference
In tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama will no doubt make an eloquent case for his second-term agenda. There’s just one problem: The President’s credibility has been shattered. Indeed, on issue after issue, we see a massive gap between rhetoric
In a commercial set to run just before and after President Obama’s January 28 State of the Union (SOTU) address, Gabrielle Giffords looks into the camera and says, “Congress is afraid of the gun lobby.” According to the Associated Press ,
