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A Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday proves beyond any doubt that the rolling ObamaCare debacle is exacting a toll on congressional Democrats that is every bit as devastating as the collapse in Barack Obama’s poll numbers. Less than 45 days ago,

On Thursday Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Janet Yellen appears before the Senate Banking Committee to defend her nomination to succeed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who received the weakest approval ever from the Senate when he was confirmed in February

Last week, President Obama was forced to apologize for misleading Americans with his oft-repeated claim that, “if you like your plan, you can keep it. Period.” Obama, however, wasn’t the only politician reassuring voters with the claim. Most of the

House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that the House of Representatives will not go to a conference committee with the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. “We have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate bill,” Boehner

Walmart’s President and CEO Bill Simon wrote in an op-ed for Yahoo Finance that U.S. military veterans are having trouble finding work when they return home, and that his company would be happy to help them find jobs at Walmart. “As more than

Hawaii has joined Illinois as a state whose legal approval of gay marriage now needs only the governor’s signature. The Hawaii Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage Tuesday at a special session called by governor Neil Abercrombie, who stated

Tuesday evening, the U.S. Senate voted against advancing the nomination of Cornelia Pillard to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Senators decided not to hold a final vote on Pillard’s nomination,

President Barack Obama has made it official: he’s “remaking the courts.”  At a private fundraiser for liberal Democratic donors at a DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) event on Nov. 6, Obama said, “we are remaking the courts.” Only presidents nominate

Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a self-described “Reagan Republican” who currently serves as the head of the American Bankers Association, called for open borders immigration policies in America, saying such policies would be “conservative.”  Keating made the call in an

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), one of the most prominent supporters of comprehensive immigration reform in the House of Representatives, wants lawmakers in Congress to stay through Thanksgiving and Christmas to create a pathway to citizenship for all of the country’s

U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) is now attempting to run as far away from her support of ObamaCare as possible. One hollow but high-profile move Hagan recently made was to demand a full investigation of the ObamaCare exchanges. Hagan is

Virginia’s incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling helped Democrat Terry McAuliffe narrowly defeat Republican Ken Cuccinelli in several ways. Not only did Bolling refuse to endorse Cuccinelli, he also transferred $446,674 remaining in his gubernatorial campaign committee to his newly

Though President Barack Obama has taken up the cause as his own, a new report from The Hill‘s Russell Berman shows that the current comprehensive immigration reform deliberations began in secret in Congress long before Obama ever took office. “Leaders in

On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said it was disappointing that the Republican establishment is joining Democrats to wage war on conservatives. She also made the point that the same types of establishment politicians and their consultants who shy

Earlier this year, negotiators in the House were on the cusp of a deal on immigration reform. It had a pathway to legalization Democrats wanted and strict enforcement triggers Republicans wanted. Democrat Rep. Luis Guitierrez, a long-time advocate for amnesty,

The millions of Americans receiving cancellation notices on their insurance policies aren’t the only potential victims of ObamaCare. Increasingly, Red State Democrat Senators up for reelection next year worry that the myriad of problems with the rollout of ObamaCare will

Whatever one thinks of Obamacare, it is now clear that the law was sold under false pretenses.   When Congress was debating health-care reform back in 2009 and 2010, President Obama and his Democratic allies repeatedly promised the American people

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told Breitbart News in an exclusive phone interview late last week that Republicans must stand up to stop amnesty because Democrats do not care about the disastrous economic effects such a policy like the Senate’s “Gang

Even moderates in the GOP like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are running scared from comprehensive immigration reform, knowing that such a plan is politically devastating for any of them.  Appearing on This Week with George Stephanopoulos Sunday, the former

(AP) New Colorado? Rural voters approve secession ideaBy IVAN MORENOAssociated PressDENVERThe nation’s newest state, if rural Colorado residents had their way, would be about the size of Vermont but with the population of a small town spread across miles of

On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, veterans who are involved in the Tea Party movement joined Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon to discuss why they joined the movement to fight for the