Three prominent conservative groups will make significant advertisement buys in August to pressure Republican senators and House Members in their states and districts to defund Obamacare. Leaders of the Tea Party Patriots and ForAmerica will also go on an “Exempt
In a February 10, 2004 letter to a constituent, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sounded a lot different than he does today about illegal immigration. McCain, a member of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight,” said in the letter almost a decade
In an event “billed as an economic roundtable” in West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) defended his push for more gun control and made it clear he is going to “continue looking for a way to expand gun-sale background checks.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has no significant pull in legislative battles, despite its perception as a lobbying powerhouse, The Huffington Post’s Paul Blumenthal and Sabrina Siddiqui report. The Chamber has spent $69.5 million electing candidates to Congress in the
Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor is widely considered the most vulnerable Democrat running for reelection next year. So, it isn’t surprising that he tries to distance himself from President Obama in an interview published Monday by Politico. Pryor even said publicly
The attack on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has begun. Fearful of Cruz as a prospective Republican presidential nominee in 2016, the media is now digging into his past, all the way back to birth. The Daily Beast ran a profile
On August 12 Breitbart News reported that California was set to become the strictest gun control state in the country with an ammunition registry. It has since become apparent that such a registry is only the tip of the iceberg.
On Sunday’s Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer, acting as if America ought to view Al Qaeda and the Egyptian military as coequal, asked Sen. Lindsay Graham if the Egyptian military’s arrest of the brother of Al Qaeda leader Mohammed Al-Zawahiri would
A new poll of Republican voters in Tennessee shows Sen. Lamar Alexander trailing a generic “conservative” challenger by 5 points. The poll, obtained exclusively by Breitbart News, shows a “credible conservative candidate” leading Alexander 49.5-44.9%. While a serious opponent hasn’t
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said “conservatives were elected to try stop the government takeover of healthcare,” and House Republicans should use their leverage in a government shutdown debate to try to make the Affordable Care Act
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Fox News Sunday that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper “greatly damaged the credibility of our American intelligence community” when he testified to the Senate about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs in March.
Yep, I’m feeling pretty good about things. I’m rich, I’m famous, and I get to travel the world, doing whatever I want. Now there’s one more thing I want: A first term in the White House for Hillary, and a
During Republican Steve Southerland’s most recent town hall meeting in Tallahassee, Florida, liberal Democrats supporting Gwen Graham, stayed true to ideology by orchestrating a tasteless ambush of Southerland, which disrespected him, other town hall attendees, not to mention embarrassing themselves.
In an apparent nod to the donor class, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has called on lawmakers in the House of Representatives to pass an immigration bill aimed at helping companies that say they need immigrant workers. Time‘s Zeke Miller
(AP) 2016 campaign checklist: Who’s doing whatBy CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated PressWASHINGTONThis is the season of cultivation for people who might run for president in 2016. It’s a time to get to know donors, to get the public to know you on
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have finally come around to joining Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in believing that the U.S. should cut off aid to Egypt amid the deteriorating conditions in that country. In a joint Friday
The new political drama Lee Daniels’ The Butler takes its cues from a Washington Post article about a black servant named Eugene Allen who worked in eight presidential administrations. That part of the story is essentially unchanged. The rest of
(AP) Obama is eager member of golfing presidents’ clubBy DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressVINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. American presidents love golf – 15 of the last 18 have played – and Barack Obama is an eager member of that club. He’s played golf
Comprehensive immigration reform advocate Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) seemed to admit that immigration reform legislation will not pass the House this year, telling Bloomberg News on Friday that he only expected passage of a “comprehensive” bill “within
Politico’s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei stretched their writing wings and penned an editorial Thursday night on the looming collapse of the Republican party. Allen and VandeHai, whose day jobs are to undercut the GOP and its candidates, feign concern
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has reportedly angered a Tea Party activist in Florida because he has not followed through on meeting with activists after Rubio personally called the Florida activist to ask him to set up a meeting with local
Historian Diana West’s new book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character has caused a stir, and countered many shibboleths on the left and the right. West’s book details the deep roots of communist infiltration that ran through
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Wednesday that he would prefer that the federal government not shut down in the next round of budget negotiations. However, he noted that he signed a letter saying he would vote against a continuing
A new poll finds that a majority of likely voters oppose any increase in immigrant workers being considered as part of the immigration reforms currently under debate in Washington. The poll, commissioned by NumberUSA, a group opposed to the immigration
A new poll commissioned by NumbersUSA and conducted by Pulse Opinion Research found that the majority of Americans want Congress and President Barack Obama to focus on getting unemployed Americans back to work rather than giving already-scarce jobs to immigrants,
In an April appearance on ABC News’ This Week, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) admitted that illegal immigrants hurt American workers, pulling their wages down. “First of all, it’s very logical, right now, who’s pulling down wage rates?” Schumer said, in
Focused on securing a historic landslide victory in November, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is keeping distance between himself and GOP Senate candidate Steve Lonegan. Allies of the Governor say they expect he will formally endorse Lonegan for the October
A top staffer for Speaker of the House John Boehner apparently told sheriffs in his Ohio district on Wednesday that the border must be secured before any legalization of any illegal aliens takes place. In a phone interview after the
Buried within an article on Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s run for U.S. Senate, Edward-Isaac Dovere of Politico admits “the irony that in the age of Obama, Republicans have done a better job than Democrats of bringing diversity through their ranks.”
A standing-room-only crowd of about 100 people at a town hall forum hosted by House GOP conference vice chair Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) Wednesday overwhelmingly voiced their opposition to amnesty, or any pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants in America,
In part of its continued effort to push immigration reform across the finish line, the White House is claiming a “pathway to citizenship” would boost U.S. GDP by $1.4 trillion over a decade. According to The Hill, Director of Domestic
In a sharply-worded editorial published Wednesday morning, the editors of the National Review (NR) have called on House Speaker John Boehner to promise the conservative movement and the American people he will not go to conference with the Senate’s “Gang
Alexis Levinson of The Daily Caller reported in a piece published late Tuesday that “several Republican congressmen have voiced support for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants” over the beginning of the month of August. She suggested that four GOP
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) is calling on his House GOP colleagues to stand with him and fight against Obamacare, and abandon continued and frequent establishment GOP “surrender” efforts. “Unless you are out of the country on a CODEL or pulled
A former deputy press secretary for President Barack Obama who later founded a super PAC to support Obama’s 2012 reelection efforts said he believes Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. In an appearance on
On Tuesday, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell spoke publicly about an effort by conservatives to tie ObamaCare funding to overall government spending. Under a plan pushed by Sens. Cruz and Lee, Republicans would support a continuing resolution to fund government,
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who was the face of the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration bill passed by the Senate, suggested on Tuesday that if Congress does not pass an immigration bill, President Barack Obama would temporarily grant all of
(AP) Booker cruises in NJ Democratic Senate primaryBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANGELA DELLI SANTIAssociated PressTRENTON, N.J.Cory Booker brushed off three experienced opponents in a victory in New Jersey’s special Democratic U.S. Senate primary, setting up a campaign of deep contrasts
(AP) Cory Booker, a rising star in the Democratic Party, and Steve Lonegan, a Republican former mayor won their parties’ primaries on Tuesday to set up a campaign of political and stylistic contrasts as they seek to fill the final
A petition that called for politicians to live in the same gun-free zones that schoolchildren do was filed on the formal White House petitions website and received a classic Obama Administration turndown. It seemed reasonable to ask politicians if they
