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On Thursday night, after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) gleefully denounced conservative groups as “losing all credibility,” 169 House Republicans joined Democrats on a march toward more spending and bigger government. It is a sad day that only sixty-two Republicans

Four Senate Republicans — Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Susan Collins (R-ME) (who is facing a primary challenger), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and Richard Burr (R-NC) — are planning to vote for cloture on the budget deal that Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)

Although polls show that a majority of Americans no longer support gun control, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says the Senate gun control push isn’t over and “the American people will prevail on this issue.” According to The Hill,

On Friday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said House Republicans voted for a budget bill that made it easier for Senate Democrats to increase spending because they did not know the significance of a rule change, inserted into the bill, that

Six of the eight House Republicans running for Senate voted against the budget deal on Thursday that was brokered by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), while five of the eight Republican senators who are facing primary

In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, affirmed the Tea Party’s adamant opposition to the Ryan-Murray budget deal that passed the House Thursday night.  House speaker John Boehner has criticized conservatives

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino, who is running for Congress as a Republican in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District, wants a divorce from the Republican establishment.  In “An open letter to the establishment GOP,” Bongino wrote, “I am serving you

Senator Marco Rubio responded to Rep. Paul Ryan’s criticism of his stance on the widely-panned budget deal establishment Republicans agreed to last week, noting that not only had he read the deal, but he knew “full well” the details he

St. Louis publisher Really Big Coloring Books Inc. has brought out a new, hot product for the holiday season: a coloring book of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). The coloring book, titled “US Sen. Ted Cruz to the Future” has already

While the White House and Senate Democrats hammered guns and gun rights during 2013, investors put their money into gun company stocks and garnered “incredible returns.” According to The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch, “those who bought [stock in] Smith

(AP) GOP struggle widens as Boehner rebukes hard rightBy CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Republican establishment’s much-anticipated pushback against the tea party wing is underway. House Speaker John Boehner made that clear Thursday, when he renewed his denunciation of groups that try

After winning approval in the House, the Ryan-Murray budget deal now moves to the Senate. Democrats will need support from at least five GOP Senators to pass the deal. While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) can normally count on

On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told her to wait until next year for comprehensive immigration reform. Boehner has previously said that comprehensive immigration reform is “absolutely not” dead and a

Mike Flynn’s recent screed takes aim against the music industry for opposing the so-called “Internet Radio Fairness Act” (IRFA), a bill that would effectively have the government set a reduced price (up to 85% less) for music used by Internet

Though Republicans and Democrats in favor of comprehensive immigration reform are ready to make a final push next year, a new national Gallup poll released on Thursday found that only 3% of the country believes immigration reform is the most important

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking GOP member of the Senate Budget Committee, said Thursday that Senate Republicans plan to filibuster the budget deal that House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) cut with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen.

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), has effectively declared war against the conservative members of the GOP caucus, as well as the Tea Party and other outside conservative groups. Not only did he attack outside groups twice in as

Two years ago, Congress and President Obama passed the Budget Control Act, including the sequester–many of them believing it would never go into effect because the appointed “super committee” would make more targeted cuts before that ever happened. Of course,

On Thursday evening, the House of Representatives voted to adopt the Ryan-Murray budget and bust through the sequester spending caps and increase user fees. The vote was a lopsided 333-94. Among Republicans, 169 members voted for the budget and 63

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said the clock on comprehensive immigration reform will end if Congress does not pass a bill next year.  “I don’t see the Senate, in 2015, taking this issue back up,” he said on Wednesday. “The clock

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) plans to join fellow New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in a 24 hour fast for comprehensive immigration reform after they visited the “Fast for Families” amnesty fasters on Wednesday. Menendez, along with Republican Senators Marco Rubio

House minority leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) decided on Thursday she will vote “yes” on the  “budget” deal between House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). “Let’s get through it,