The Huffington Post inaccurately accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of “conceding that the [Republican] party’s efforts to repeal ObamaCare aren’t going anywhere in the Senate” on Thursday. The misleading article is meant to drive a wedge between Senate and House
State Representative Joe Carr, Senator Lamar Alexander’s (R-TN) Tea Party backed challenger in the 2014 Tennessee Republican Senate primary, blasted Alexander today for his refusal to stand with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and defund Obamacare. “Senator Lamar Alexander has refused
On Friday, the House is expected to pass a continuing resolution to extend funding for government, but also strip all discretionary spending to implement ObamaCare. If enacted, the House action would allow government to remain open but erect a huge
Senator Ted Cruz: “Today is a victory for House conservatives who stuck their necks out and endured a lot of criticism, and today is a victory for Speaker Boehner. I agree with [Senator] Mike [Lee], I commend House leadership for
With the House expected to vote this week on a Republican food stamp reform bill designed to reduce fraud and encourage self-sufficiency, Democrats have launched a full-scale effort to oppose the measure. “These cuts to SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]
After Tea Party groups and conservative lawmakers pressured House Republican leaders to defund Obamacare, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Wednesday set a vote for Friday on a resolution that would fund the government except for Obamacare. The House Republican
Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) were on Hannity Wednesday night to discuss the ObamaCare fight now that they have gotten what they wanted and the onus is on the Senate to pass the continuing resolution defunding it.
Seemingly oblivious to his own past statements, Barack Obama made said the following in remarks at the Business Round Table today: Now, this debt ceiling — I just want to remind people in case you haven’t been keeping up —
One day after Aaron Alexis opened fire at the Navy Yard gun free zone, President Obama called on Congress to take up gun control and expand background checks. According to CBS News, Obama said we are “vulnerable to these kinds
(AP) Navy Yard weapon exempted under proposed banBy EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe shotgun used by the Navy Yard shooter is identified by name as a firearm that would not be covered under a proposed weapons ban supported by the White House.
Alaa Mukahhal, the “Dreamer” who has been praised on the floor of the Senate by Dick Durbin (D-IL) as an activist “in the finest American tradition,” wrote a short and obscene assessment of Israel and its supporters on her Facebook page
(AP) Zuckerberg lobbies Congress on immigrationBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Capitol Hill to lobby members of Congress in support of comprehensive immigration overhaul legislation. Zuckerberg was pressing his case in private meetings Wednesday and Thursday at
On Monday evening, the Fairfield County GOP in South Carolina formally censured Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for his activities in the U.S. Senate. The official GOP body in the state passed its own version of a 29-point resolution shredding Graham’s
By ANGELA CHARLTONAssociated PressPARISFrance’s Senate has voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16 in an effort to protect girls from being sexualized too early. Anyone who enters a child into such a contest would face up to two
In what the Tea Party is seeing as a huge victory for the conservative movement, John Boehner has agreed to go with the Defund strategy to stop ObamaCare. House Republicans emerged from their weekly conference meeting Wednesday morning with a
Sen. David Vitter’s (R-LA) plan to prohibit the federal government from subsidizing the healthcare premiums of lawmakers in Congress and their staffs has been another instance in which Obamacare has divided Republicans in Congress. Vitter is making a push to
President Barack Obama said his “number-one priority” is signing a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year and called on House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to bring an immigration bill to the floor. In a Tuesday interview with Jose Diaz-Balart on Telemundo,
Fox Sports fired announcer Craig James earlier this month after one day on the job for comments he made during a 2012 Texas Republican Senate primary in which he indicated his support for traditional marriage and his belief that people
In a closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday, House Leadership is expected to unveil a new continuing resolution to temporarily fund government that also defunds the ObamaCare law. It is a potential reversal from Leadership’s previous position and a victory for
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) will be on the grounds of the U.S. Capital on September 19 to hold a rally for expanded background checks. The rally is part of the “No More Names: National Drive To
An internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by Breitbart News shows that the agency is aware of pro-amnesty American adults posing as DREAMer illegal aliens as a way to further their political agenda. The document says that such
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) may have to turn to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to get the votes for a short-term resolution to fund the government after October 1. After House conservatives refused to support a continuing resolution
Former State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, who is known for helping craft the Benghazi scandal talking points, has been confirmed as chief U.S. envoy for Europe. She sailed through a voice vote confirmation without any debate from Senate Republican leadership. The
A prominent “Dreamer” activist named Alaa Mukahhal took to social media to laugh about her cynical use of the American flag as a prop for “messaging” after her story was highlighted by Illinois Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin. In 2012, Sen.
West Virginia liberal Democrat Natalie Tennant launched her bid for the Senate today and stumbled out of the gate by using a clip in her announcement video filmed on the campus of the University of West Virginia’s chief rival, the University of
