Tag: Senate

Sarah Palin’s influence is hardly fading, according to a CNN report. “The Republican establishment can’t stand her. The media mocks her,” CNN’s Peter Hamby writes. “But Sarah Palin isn’t going anywhere. Far from it.” Sal Russo of the Tea Party Express, echoing the

One huge political question surrounds the catastrophic launch of Obamacare: will the administration double-talk, cancelled insurance contracts for millions, terminated doctor-patient relationships, sticker shock from higher premiums and deductibility, and damage to job hiring and economic growth get the GOP

President Obama and Congress continue to wrestle with competing ideas to fix America’s housing crisis, ranging from abolishing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to introducing new regulations for repairing the rickety mortgage-financing system years after it crashed. To understand the

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who is reportedly working on legislation to provide a pathway to citizenship for all of the country’s illegal immigrants, is an ally in his quest to legalize all of the country’s illegal

“Janet Yellen would be a perfect candidate for running the Post Office.”  -James Grant Financial markets are trembling. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is threatening to put a hold on the nomination of Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve, CNBC

(AP) Both sides agree: No major budget deal foreseenBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONOn this, GOP budget guru Rep. Paul Ryan and top Senate Democrat Harry Reid can agree: There won’t be a “grand bargain” on the budget. Instead, the Wisconsin Republican

(AP) Obama discusses budget with Senate, House DemsWASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama discussed upcoming budget talks with top Senate and House Democrats before heading to New York City. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters traveling with Obama

On Tuesday, 79-year old Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), now serving his seventh term in the Senate, signaled that he and other members of the Republican establishment are likely to encourage a primary challenge to first term Senator Mike Lee (R-UT).

Breitbart News has learned that Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) will introduce major legislation to rein in NSA surveillance activities of American citizens on Tuesday.  The United and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act,

On Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius for journeying to Texas to push the Obamacare health exchanges. “Due to Obamacare, Americans are losing their health insurance, they are seeing their premiums increase,

(AP) After hiatus, Obama returns to campaign mode in NYBy JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is opening a six-week burst of fundraising for Democrats, offering an early look at how he’ll frame the messy health overhaul rollout and recent government

On Friday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced that he would require a vote on his Federal Reserve Transparency Act before acting on the nomination of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve. “As part of Senate consideration of the Janet

There is increasingly little chance that the House will consider immigration reform before the end of the year. Obama and the Democrats have pivoted from the shutdown fight, pressing their advantage to win approval of amnesty legislation. The aftermath of

The conventional wisdom is that divisions within the Republican Party are about tactics, not goals. That is true of the shutdown over Obamacare. It is less true of divisions over immigration, which are about tactics but also policy. Tactically, pro-reform

In a Thursday statement in response to President Barack Obama’s push for amnesty for America’s at least 11 million illegal aliens, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said that now is a time for House Republicans to show their unity for measures

More publications are noticing after the government shutdown that conservative Republicans and groups are gearing up to challenge moderate and establishment Republicans in the 2014 election cycle.  As the Daily Beast notes, even House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is being challenged by

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) was identified as the lawmaker accused of insulting President Barack Obama during the government shutdown negotiations, while the White House, which already said that no insult happened to begin with, is taking the blame for “miscommunication.” 

Even though the Congressional Budget Office determined that comprehensive immigration reform legislation would lower the wages of working class Americans in a sluggish economy, President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he has not heard of a good reason for

As we approach the 2014 mid-term election, the Republican Party’s center-right business-leaning faction exchanging blows with its own Tea Party group may prove to be self-destructive. Across the nation, these factions will collide via their political groups such as Defending

Ohio Senator Rob Portman told a local news affiliate on Wednesday that he felt changes needed to be made to Leadership campaign PACs. Portman’s statement comes in the wake explosive allegations detailed in a new book,”Extortion“, by Breitbart Senior-Editor-at-Large Peter

(AP) Obama pressing Congress to move on immigrationWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is using the bully pulpit to insist that Congress pass legislation overhauling the nation’s immigration system. Obama will issue that call to Congress when he speaks Thursday in the East

Barack Obama, doing what he does best, is back campaigning and fundraising hard for the next five weeks. Obama’s plans include eight fundraisers for Democrats in the House and Senate. The events include: New York: Fundraising for House Democrats and