According to sources on the Hill, there is growing support among Senate Republicans to support Sens. Cruz and Lee’s efforts to scuttle Sen. Harry Reid’s attempt to reinstate ObamaCare funding in the House Continuing Resolution. On Friday, the Senate is
One can only hope this scenario plays out. West says he will run for the Senate in 2016, not against Rubio, but if the seat becomes open, were Rubio decide to run for President, and with the Republican nomination. “If
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) supported the tactics that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is using to attempt to defund Obamacare before he was against them, Breitbart News has learned. In 2009, when Senate Republicans were fighting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters on Thursday that he hasn’t had a single conversation with House Speaker Boehner concerning the continuing resolution or debt ceiling debate. He also said he has no plans to talk with Boehner or
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, while discussing the Affordable Care Act’s tax on new medical devices, had a little Freudian slip.
On a conference call Thursday with reporters, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that the next stage in the fight to defund Obamacare occurs Friday when the Senate votes for cloture on the Continuing Resolution. Cruz says Senate Republicans must unite
(AP) Obama mocks GOP for ‘crazy’ Obamacare predictionsBy DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressLARGO, MarylandWith just five days to go before Americans can begin signing up for health care under his signature law, President Barack Obama on Thursday ridiculed Republican opponents for “crazy”
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told reporters Wednesday he is “ready to admit” that the GOP may not defund Obamacare when faced with a government shutdown. Paul told reporters after his colleague Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 21 hours quasi-filibustering on the Senate
House Leadership unveiled Thursday a draft plan to lift the debt ceiling for one year, in exchange for a one-year delay in ObamaCare and a host of other reforms. The plan contains a near wish list of reforms sought by
House Speaker John Boehner emerged from a GOP caucus meeting Thursday and said it was “unlikely” the House would simply pass a “clean” spending bill sent over from the Senate. On Saturday, the Senate is expected to pass a continuing
After Senator Ted Cruz’s epic talking filibuster, Senator McCain took the floor to attack Mr Cruz’s comparison of Senators unwilling to act and media opposition to Nazi appeasers…
Wednesday night, Senators reached a deal to speed up consideration of the House Continuing Resolution, as fears grow that Congress may run out of time to avoid a government shutdown. If Congress doesn’t pass some kind of continuing appropriation by
Appearing on Rush Limbaugh’s talk radio show on Wednesday after speaking on the Senate floor for 21 hours without food or drink in opposition to Obamacare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he was going to try and get “a little
A Senate.gov web page covering the Constitution gets the scope of the Second Amendment wrong, telling readers that it is not clear whether the amendment protects an individual right or a collective right. Here is what the Senate’s web page
In an otherwise useful article about the coalition building going on among establishment Republicans and more conservative activist groups outside Congress, Politico nonetheless insisted on using the term “wingers” to identify the movement conservatives who are seeking to have more
Earlier today, Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro detailed some of the attacks on the Ted Cruz quasi-filibuster perpetrated by the progressive media. Shapiro compared this to how they fawned over Wendy Davis’ pro-abortion filibuster in Texas. The media might be feeling the
On Wednesday, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he was appalled by Senator Ted Cruz’s invocation of the Dr. Seuss children’s book Green Eggs and Ham during his filibuster against funding of Obamacare. Cruz read Green Eggs and Ham to put
On Wednesday, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, said he would “push” for more gun control if he is elected governor in a debate with Republican Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. McAuliffe invoked the Washington Navy Yard, Aurora,
WASHINGTON–I consider myself an unapologetic Tea Party Patriot. I brush my teeth with red, white, and blue toothpaste. I have the entire line of Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Mike Lee Super Hero action figures. I will start buying Wheaties
The Atlantic Wire says conservatives are wrong on the facts about coverage of Wendy Davis and Ted Cruz. Here’s the chart that supposedly proves it: Here’s the explanation focused on the blue bars: As you can see, Cruz’s speech was
You might remember the media gushing over an eight hour U.S. Senate “filibuster,” launched by the openly socialist Bernie Sanders, back in December of 2010. Only it wasn’t a filibuster. What Sanders did was exactly what Senator Cruz just did:
A new law signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown promises to protect the children of celebrities from invasive photographer tactics. The California Newspaper Publishers Association and other groups had opposed Senate Bill 606, which increases penalties for harassing children because
Former Alaska Governor slammed the mainstream media for gushing over Texas Democrat State Senator Wendy Davis for filibustering in support of abortion policies a majority of Texans and Americans disapproved of while lambasting Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for speaking on
While Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke on the Senate floor yesterday in opposition to Obamacare and the waivers politicians and big business have received, he earned the support of many Americans. #MakeDCListen was the top trending hashtag repeatedly throughout his
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke to reporters following his 21 hour and 19 minute speech on the floor of the Senate. Cruz discussed the problems of Obamacare during that time with the intention of convincing his Senate colleagues to vote
