Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told Breitbart News on Monday that the Obama administration’s decision to block publication Operation Fast and Furious whistleblower John Dodson’s book is troubling. In response to the attempt to block the book’s publication
(AP) Obama says talks OK _ after default threat avertedBy DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONAfter weeks of gridlock, House Republicans floated broad hints Tuesday they might be willing to pass short-term legislation re-opening the government and averting a default in exchange
Momentum appears to be building in South Carolina against Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who faces three challengers in next year’s June primary. On Monday evening, the Greenville County, SC GOP executive committee, an official arm of the state’s Republican Party,
On Friday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) defended the Tea Party movement on the Senate floor and said Democrats in Congress demean the Tea Party because they saw how powerful the grassroots movement was in 2010, toppling Democrats in both chambers.
Monday, the Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff told the story of Michelle Langbehn, a women suffering from a rare form of cancer who was counting on the kind of treatment she apparently can only get through the National Institutes of Health.
In November of 2005 senior citizens were given the chance to sign up for the new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program for the first time. Enrollment could be done via a special web site and phone number was set
As the government shutdown enters its second week, House Republicans are pushing for another “supercommittee” to negotiate a deal to restore government funding and raise the debt ceiling. The House is set to vote on the proposal Tuesday and send
On October 5, organizers in Colorado’s Senate District 19 were certified to collect signatures to recall another state senator who supported expanded gun control legislation earlier this year. The focus of this recall is senator Evie Hudak (D-Westminster), who sided
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to Speaker John Boehner (R-OH):
Recent polls in the New Jersey special Senate election, which will be held next week, indicate that Republican Senate nominee Steve Lonegan’s hard charging attacks on Democratic Senate nominee and Newark Mayor Cory Booker have caused Garden State voters to
The Obama administration will allow a massive rally for comprehensive immigration reform on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall, even though it is supposed to be closed due to the federal government shutdown. Open-air spaces like the World
The government shutdown has now reach Capitol Hill, as Senatorial offices have now furloughed employees. According to two furloughed staffers, signs are posted around the Senate offices buildings, addressing visitors that some offices are closed.
(AP) White House open to short-term hike in debt limitBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONSenate Democrats are drafting legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit without the type of unrelated conditions Republicans have said they intend to demand, officials said Monday, as
If the Democrats take enough hostages during Shutdown Theater to get their way, and the House eventually passes a “clean” resolution to fund the entire government plus ObamaCare, it might be time to think about doing away with the House
The sitting President is usually the titular leader of his party. This role can diminish late in a second-term, when possible successors take the national stage. President Obama, it seems, however, has been dethroned early, just months after having won
When Lawrence Summers withdrew from consideration as the next head of the Federal Reserve, he performed a great service for the Democratic Party’s two most important figures — Barack Obama, and his presumed (by Democrats) successor, Hillary Clinton. The president
Comments on Monday by Secretary of State John Kerry crediting the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad with initial cooperation with international chemical weapons monitors leave no doubt that the United States now has a stake in shoring up the Assad
Conservatives, and Republicans in general, have been accused of having “no strategy” in the showdown with President Barack Obama and the Democrats over Obamacare, the government shutdown, and the debt ceiling. It might be argued that the Republicans only adopted
Appearing the October 6th airing of This Week With George Stephanopoulos, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wants “complete surrender” by the GOP as a prerequisite for meaningful negotiations. After, Stephanopoulos said, “Reid said
On ABC News’ This Week, House Speaker John Boehner told host George Stephanopoulos that the votes were not there to pass a “clean” debt ceiling increase–i.e. a plain increase with no changes to spending and none of the changes to
The Big Lie being told by President Barack Obama, Treasury Secretary Jack “Loop-de” Lew, and Democrats in general is that Republicans are pushing for a default on the national debt. Lew said it again on Sunday’s edition of Fox News
Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) approval ratings and poll numbers continue to sink, according to two new polls released last week. In Florida, Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning polling organization, released a poll on Thursday that found only 43% of Floridians approved
Actor George Clooney said that he panics when he sees conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaking in Congress. Clooney referenced Cruz’s 21-hour quasi-filibuster on the Senate floor, which was in support of defunding Obamacare, in comments to New York Magazine “I
On Saturday, the House voted, unanimously, to give furloughed federal workers back-pay when the government re-opens. The 800,000 “non-essential” workers who are currently prohibited from working will be compensated for their non-work. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dismissed the measure
(AP) Supreme Court term begins with contentious topicsBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court is beginning a new term with controversial topics that offer the court’s conservative majority the chance to move aggressively to undo limits on campaign contributions, undermine claims
