Texas Congressman Michael Burgess, M.D. was elected to serve as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (CMT) for the 114th Congress which starts in January, 2015. Burgess previously serves as vice-chair of the
As President Barack Obama dictates his immigration decree on Thursday night, Republicans from all different sides of the party are responding by calling him “king” or “emperor” or some variant of those tyrant-sounding terms. “If ‘Emperor Obama’ ignores the American
President Barack Obama’s “rogue” executive actions are driving the country toward a constitutional crisis, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) said Thursday. “It’s both perplexing and alarming that President Obama has decided to move forward with executive actions that he
As the president prepares to roll out his planned executive amnesty on Thursday night, the mainstream media are eagerly pushing an administration talking point that former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush enacted executive amnesty too. That’s not true,
Former Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia is stepping up as a potential Democrat challenger to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race. With a 14-minute video, Webb announced an exploratory committee, saying that “thousands of concerned Americans” had urged him to
President Barack Obama will fast track green cards–or legal permanent residency in the United States–in his planned executive amnesty for illegal aliens that he will announce on Thursday evening, a leaked document published by a liberal group shows. The document
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is concerned that dangerous criminals and terrorists will not get deported when President Barack Obama enacts his executive amnesty and further weakens the nation’s immigration laws and enforcement mechanisms. In a Wednesday letter to Homeland Security
Incoming Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions says that President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty is something that is “endangering our entire constitutional order” as a democratic Republic. “President Obama’s executive amnesty violates the laws Congress has passed in order
As part of his argument for executive amnesty tonight, President Obama asserted that now was the time for action, instead of waiting any longer for Congress to act on immigration reform. Reports detail, however, that Obama made his decision a
A fact sheet being circulated by the White House shows that President Barack Obama’s planned executive amnesty will grant amnesty to 5 million or more illegal aliens, create a backdoor pathway to citizenship for those amnestied illegal aliens, and massively
Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell denounced President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform on Thursday, warning that when Republicans come back in 2015 they would act to block Obama’s decision. “We’re considering a variety of options, but make no
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released a statement supporting President Obama’s decision to grant executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants in America. “I support the President’s decision to begin fixing our broken immigration system and focus finite resources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several Democratic senators are uncomfortable with President Barack Obama’s decision to use executive action to make immigration reform, raising the possibility of open, bipartisan resistance to his plan. The senators, most from conservative states, objected to Obama’s
The sale of film studio DreamWorks Animation to toymaker Hasbro has been abandoned after an anonymous letter outlining the discussions around the deal and problems with DreamWorks Animation’s business was mailed to several media outlets. It is the second such
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) argues that despite the fact that President Obama’s executive amnesty will not have the force of law, it would be very difficult for another president to rescind. “This is something that is fair
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is concerned that President Barack Obama’s forthcoming executive amnesty may lead to anarchy and violence. “The country’s going to go nuts, because they’re going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president,
House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers says President Obama’s forthcoming executive amnesty is beyond the reach of his committee, something that has been reported to mean that Congress has no means of preventing it at all. But Rogers and
On November 4, in a healthy exercise of democracy, voters around the country registered their dismay with the governing party and swept them out of power in Congress and in scores of state legislatures. Yet, this president is not only
On the floor of the Senate this morning, Sen. Ted Cruz read aloud the text of Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline, subbing in President Obama’s name in the context. “When, President Obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience?
AUSTIN, Texas — Two weeks after Democrat State Senator Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) lost the Lieutenant Governor’s race to Republican Dan Patrick by double digits, she has decided to abandon her State Senate seat and run for Mayor
With vote counting largely completed now in both Sacramento and Fresno Counties, two Congressional races in California that had remained too close to call have now been decided, with two Democrat incumbents narrowly edging out their Republican challengers to win
On his Wednesday broadcast, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh questioned the leadership of the U.S. Senate in alleging that it was behind a push for Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) to supplant current Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that President Obama was “angry with the American people” in his promise to implement immigration reform through executive action and that the GOP should respond by refusing to confirm any nominees by the president on
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball With Chris Matthews,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he was “leaning toward” running again for U.S. Senate in 2016. When Matthews asked the former GOP nominee for president in 2008, about running again in 2016, McCain
Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) said that President Obama “sure has changed his mind” on whether he can implement his planned executive amnesty on Tuesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “The president sure has changed his mind about what he
