A new ad produced by the left’s favorite bogeyman, Americans for Prosperity, which is heavily funded by the Koch brothers, will target Democrats in battleground states over their support for Obamacare. The group will spend $3.5 million dropping ads on
Chicago Tribute: President Barack Obama said a piecemeal approach to achieving a U.S. immigration overhaul in the U.S. Congress is acceptable to him if it is easier than gaining passage of one large legislative bill. At a Wall Street Journal
On November 8, Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) and thirty-nine other Republican members of the House of Representatives filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) based on the Origination Clause
President Barack Obama convinced a bipartisan group of Senators on Tuesday to delay enacting new sanctions until after the Thanksgiving recess. The Obama administration had sought the delay, it claimed, in order to show good faith to the Iranian regime
President Barack Obama told the Wall Street Journal‘s CEO Council meeting on Tuesday that the U.S. should scrap the debt ceiling, which he described as a “loaded gun” creating perpetual crisis in American politics. “We’re probably better off with a
As another of President Obama’s nominees to the powerful D.C. Circuit federal appeals court is blocked, Senate Democrats are seriously talking about invoking the “nuclear option.” Barack Obama has recently admitted his plan of “remaking the courts.” Since there are
Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL), a freshman congressman, was arrested on Oct. 29 in Washington, D.C., and charged with cocaine possession, Politico reported Tuesday. Radel was charged with cocaine possession on Tuesday in D.C. Superior Court, pursuant to the arrest a
When asked last week how he ended up on the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Clarence Thomas said, “It was totally Forrest Gump,” in a revealing–and hilarious–on-stage interview at last week’s Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. This full-length
From RedState: 150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln uttered 272 remarkable words on the battlefield at Gettysburg. It remains one of the most notable speeches ever given by an American President. Lincoln, in his speech, said, “The world will little
On Monday, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, one of the foremost supporters of amnesty and a potential 2016 presidential candidate, predicted a comprehensive immigration reform bill would pass next year and said House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was committed to
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who has been one of the staunchest opponents of comprehensive immigration reform, said House members needed to “be on alert” after President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he would not mind if immigration reform were
On Tuesday, The Daily Beast‘s Dean Obeidallah wrote about Governor Chris Christie’s upcoming Catch-22 on immigration. The New Jersey Tuition Equality Act, which would provide in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants, passed the New Jersey Senate on Monday and
State Sen. Chris McDaniel, a conservative endorsed by a litany of conservative groups like the Club For Growth, Tea Party Express, Senate Conservatives Fund, FreedomWorks, and Madison Project, is the tip of the spear in the latest Tea Party vs.
Roger Daltrey, frontman for The Who, stepped up to slam Britain’s recent massive increases in legal immigration, saying they hurt domestic workers in the European nation, the Telegraph reports by way of the Sunday Times magazine. “I will never, ever forgive
Dr. James Hoffmeier challenged the evangelical community’s use of Scripture to push amnesty for illegal aliens in a lengthy panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation on Friday. Hoffmeier is on the staff of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and an expert
At a fundraiser over the weekend, Michelle Obama told the crowd that the most important race in the country was defeating Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). “It is critical that we get them to the Senate,” she said of
Ex-Secret Service agent Dan Bongino, who left the agency to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland, argues in a new book that Operation Fast and Furious weapons may have been used inside the United States on more occasions than just
The Pentagon and various members of Congress stand united against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) push for a vote to move sexual assault cases outside the military chain of command. Gillibrand’s proposal would “strip commanders of their authority to prosecute cases
Vance McAllister, the Louisiana Republican who got elected to Congress on Saturday after being endorsed by Duck Dynasty‘s Willie Robertson, supports amnesty for all of the country’s illegal immigrants. “We have to secure the borders, but (citizenship) has to be
On Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry told the Organization for American States that “The era of the Monroe Doctrine is over.” After the assembled delegates applauded, Kerry proceeded to misquote the doctrine as “a United States declaration about how
A Democrat New York state lawmaker wants to ban tackle football and headers in soccer for kids under 14 years of age. According to the Times Union, there is a current bill that was reportedly introduced in February that would
My colleague Matt Boyle takes issue with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for focusing on minority outreach when he and Mitt Romney failed to turn out the Republican Party’s base in 2012–by which I take him to mean white voters. Respectfully,
Facebook’s billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg has launched a series of new television ads pushing for Congress to pass amnesty now, Politico reports. The new ad quotes President Barack Obama, House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Leader Rep.
After failing to turn out the base as Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential pick in the 2012 elections, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) told the Des Moines Register in Iowa that he thinks the GOP should focus on
By JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONThroughout President Barack Obama’s first four years in office, he prided himself on his ability to bounce back when much of Washington thought his presidency was in peril. But the political challenge posed by Obama’s
