Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), like Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), has publicly split with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on whether to join Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in opposing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s efforts to fund
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to criticize Sen. Ted Cruz’s, tactic to defund Obamacare. McConnell’s remarks came in a argument he made against Cruz’s strategy to defund Obamacare in the Continuing Resolution (CR)
A senior Washington Post congressional reporter found it “interesting” that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told him that he answers to his constituents and the grassroots instead of the leaders in the Republican leadership who make up the permanent political class. On
The Senate is debating the motion to proceed to the Continuing Resolution passed by the House last week that will fund the federal government through December 15 and defund Obamacare. Senator Cruz wanted to filibuster the CR because of Majority
Most of Washington has decided that the ObamaCare defunding debate, led by Sens. Cruz and Lee, is a disaster for the Republican party. It is unlikely to succeed, they argue, and risks a government shutdown, which will be blamed on
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), one of the architects of the defunding Obamacare strategy in the Senate, compared the the battle to defund Obamacare to the Revolutionary War. “I would remind your listeners out there that the Revolutionary War was fought
There are a couple of recent polls worth mentioning. A recent Gallup poll indicates that “Americans express an increasingly strong preference for their political leaders in Washington to compromise, rather than stick to their principles at the cost of getting
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent out this tweet: Obamacare is the law of the land and it will remain so as long as Barack Obama is President and as long as I am the Senate Majority Leader. Reminds me of a
With the 2014 midterms just a little over a year away and the battle to defund ObamaCare currently unfolding in Congress, Gallup reports that the belief that the government is too powerful has hit a record high of 60%, including
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Tuesday told Breitbart News that he will buck McConnell, Cornyn and Reid, and supports the position of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Rubio made the remarks in response to the news that Senate Minority Leader Mitch
To be fair the house helped. I’m not against the Supreme Court. I think it is a good institution overall. There have been too many instances of activism on both the right and the left. Best interest of the nation
The media war against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) rages on as he continues fighting to defund Obamacare. The newest claim comes from GQ magazine. GQ quoted one of Cruz’s college classmates Damon Watson as saying he refused to work in
Fox News host Sean Hannity told Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday evening that the battle he is waging against Obamacare by trying to defund it in the Continuing Resolution (CR) is a nexus point in the grassroots fight against
The national Republican Party has a serious brand problem. Too many Establishment Elephants are too often Diet Democrats – taking positions just slightly less Large Government than the Donkey Party. That is – when they’re not agreeing with them in
On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Americans to light up Capitol Hill switchboards to urge senators to live up to their campaign promises and support Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in their effort to defund
A source in Congress tells Breitbart News that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn are using their leadership positions to pressure other Republicans to oppose Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in his campaign to defund Obamacare.
Kenya’s foreign minister has gone on record claiming 2 to 3 Americans were involved in the terrorist attack on a Kenya mall. Kenya’s foreign minister says “two or three Americans” and “one Brit” were among those who attacked a Nairobi
On Monday, after asking for unanimous consent on a 60-vote threshold for amendments to the House bill that funds the government except for Obamacare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that if Democrats think Obamacare is working for Americans then they
Senator Jeff Sessions, appearing on Breitbart News Sunday, yesterday with Steve Bannon, explained why he was supporting freshman upstarts Cruz, Lee, and Paul in their Defund ObamaCare effort. “Well, there’s division sometimes just over tactics like the healthcare bill and
Monday evening, GOP Minority Leader announced that he would oppose a proposed filibuster from Sens. Cruz and Lee to block the House Continuing Resolution from reaching the Senate floor. McConnell’s opposition was echoed by John Cornyn, number 2 in GOP
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid suggested he does not believe Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has ulterior motives in his push to defund Obamacare in Congress’s Continuing Resolution (CR) in a Monday floor speech. “I almost would bet–although I am not
An adviser to Senator John McCain (R-AZ) told GQ magazine that McCain loathes Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). “He f***ing hates Cruz,” an “adviser of the Arizona senator” told GQ. “He’s just offended by his style.” McCain has called Cruz a
CNN has announced that its HLN network will be helmed by television executive Albie Hecht starting September 30. Hecht is a long-time TV executive that has headed up several other channels, but he is also a big donor to the
On Monday, after asking for unanimous consent on a 60-vote threshold on the House bill that funds the government except for Obamacare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the ruling class should not fund Obamacare by “brute force.” Cruz said Obamacare
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) had a 45 minute showdown that lasted until procedural motions allowed for Reid to call for unanimous consent to proceed with pending judge nominations on Tuesday. Reid
