Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), once part of the “Gang of Eight” in the Senate that wrote the immigration bill that the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of American workers, believes that conservatives are opposed to amnesty because
ABC News White House correspondent Jonathan Karl questioned White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on President Barack Obama’s low approval and the impact of ObamaCare on the upcoming U.S. Senate elections: KARL: You already lost the House because of ObamaCare,
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s speech denouncing the Tea Party has received a bit of mockery on conservative talk radio this week. Yet it is worth exploring in greater depth, because it reveals the confusion–and the deception–of the Democratic Party’s leadership as
It is a safe bet that Tom Coburn will not have a big federal building named for him. He is not likely to get a monument erected around here honoring him. He won’t be sitting for an official portrait —
The Founding Fathers built this country with the Roman Republic’s model in mind and were even more concerned about what caused its fall than how it rose to prominence. Rob Goodman, author of a new Cato the Younger biography, Rome’s
Dwayne Stovall, a Tea Party candidate challenging Senator John Cornyn for his seat in the United States Senate, has brought the controversial aspects of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into the primary race. Stovall is not alone in challenging Senator Cornyn
The U.S. Attorney behind the indictment of conservative author and commentator Dinesh D’Souza, is a politically connected Obama appointee who has been talked about as a potential replacement for Attorney General Eric Holder. Preet Bharara, a former staff member to
When the new legislative season begins on February 5, Connecticut State Senator Joe Markley (R-16) will introduce a bill that blocks officials from spending $1 million on an advertising campaign for Common Core. “Why should the government spend a million
UPDATE 12:43 PM PST: McCain has been censured by a voice vote at the Arizona Republican Party State Committeemen meeting. This is his second censure by the Arizona GOP this month and the sixth of Arizona’s fifteen counties to censure
Almost 200 people attended a joint House-Senate committee, this week, at the capitol in Boise, Idaho, and many wore anti-Common Core buttons. Parents and educators spoke out against the standards. House Education Committee chairman Reed DeMourdant and Senate Education Committee
The word “discrimination” has an uneasy cultural pedigree, because sometimes it’s meant as a salute to good taste, but other times it’s held as a synonym for unreasonable prejudice. Uncle Sam’s ability to discriminate works both ways. Big Government means
In the wake of a series of scandals that have plagued the Obama Administration, Texas Senator Ted Cruz released a statement asking if President Obama will “announce meaningful action on the IRS, NSA, economy, Benghazi and ObamaCare” during his State
The Department of Justice is launching an investigation to determine whether New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez helped a duo of fugitive Ecuadorian bankers remain in the United States in exchange for campaign funds, according to a special report by NBC
A former aide to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander hanged himself in his parents’ basement in Maryland as he awaited trial on child pornography charges, officials said Friday. Ryan Loskarn, 35, was pronounced dead in Sykesville, Md., just after noon Thursday,
As the IAEA reports that Iran has stopped enriching uranium to the twenty percent level required to produce a nuclear weapon in order to meet its obligations under the recently signed accord, the Obama administration fights tooth and nail to
Judicial Watch’s Corruption Chronicles blogger Irene Garcia, formerly with the Los Angeles Times, recently wrote on the latest Benghazi developments: It’s no coincidence that, days after prominent conservatives–including Judicial Watch–and family members of Benghazi victims demanded action and accountability, House leaders released classified
As the battle between the grassroots and the establishment sides of the Republican Party rages on, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is taking a very public stance on the side of the establishment. “I’m going to embrace being a Chamber of
Election Day is almost nine months off. But right now Republicans seem almost certain to hold the House of Representatives and are likely to take the Senate. Which raises the inevitable question: How might the GOP seize defeat from the
Lawmakers in Connecticut are considering amnesty for “assault rifle” and “high capacity” magazine owners who failed to register their firearms and/or failed to declare ownership of their magazines by the January 1, 2014 deadline. The date for registration and ownership
During the second special session of the 2013 Texas Legislature, apreviously unknown Texas state senator, Wendy Davis, from Fort Worth,Texas, skyrocketed to political fame by conducting an eleven-hourfilibuster on the floor of the Texas Senate. What would become Sen.Davis’s failure
As House Republican leaders prepare an immigration proposal that could go much further towards amnesty than their prior public stances, conservative lawmakers are quietly plotting to push back. Aides from over a dozen House offices secretly convened today on the
A federal grand jury indicted conservative author and commentator Dinesh D’Souza Thursday for allegedly violating U.S. campaign finance law. D’Souza, the author of books like Illiberal Education, What’s So Great About America, and The End of Racism, made the film 2016:
On Thursday, speaking at the John Podesta-founded Center for American Progress, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that if it were not for the Tea Party, immigration reform would have passed long ago. He blamed Tea Party opposition to immigration reform
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said Tuesday that he was a victim of “philosophical bigotry” after an NAACP leader referred to him as a ventriloquist’s dummy. Appearing on Fox News’s The Kelly File, Scott said that NAACP leader William Barber was engaging in
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fiercely defended Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) after an NAACP leader called him a ventriloquist’s dummy. “The NAACP’s attacks on Senator Tim Scott illustrate the anger and increased intolerance of the political left. Having falsely staked
