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By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONGOP leaders eager to avoid blame for a possible government shutdown next month appear confounded by conservatives’ passion for using fast-approaching deadlines to derail the implementation of President Barack Obama’s health care law. House Speaker John Boehner,

By DON THOMPSONAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.California’s Legislature has passed a bill that would increase the state’s minimum wage to $10 an hour within three years, making it one of the highest rates in the nation. Washington state currently has the top

At an event celebrating the 19th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Vice President Joe Biden blamed the “neanderthal” crowd in the House of Representatives for holding up the VAWA’s renewal. The VAWA was reauthorized in March, having

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on Thursday wrote that American workers were “sacrificed completely” by special interest groups like the National Council of La Raza and the Chamber of Commerce in the Senate’s immigration reform bill. “The president, the Senate, and

Colorado state senator Angela Giron (D-Pueblo) says that Tuesday’s recall election ousting her and John Morse (D-Colo. Springs) succeeded because of “voter suppression.”  Giron appeared on CNN Thursday and said, “We know what really happened here. What this story is

Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) publicly came out against a conference committee with the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” legislation at a town hall in his district. A video of the event was provided to Breitbart News by local Tea Party activists. In

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has been one of the leading proponents of defunding Obamacare, said establishment politicians in Washington, D.C. are “scared to death” of the grassroots because they do not want to be held accountable.  Speaking with Breitbart

Wednesday night, House Leadership withdrew legislation to fund the government through December in response to growing conservative criticism that the measure didn’t strip funding for ObamaCare. Congress must pass legislation to authorize continued government spending before September 30, or the

Last weekend, U.S. Catholic bishops began an aggressive social justice campaign to persuade members of Congress to pass immigration legislation that would grant amnesty to at least 11 million people who came to the States illegally. As reported in the

The Legislative District 26 Republican Party in Arizona has passed a formal rebuke of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for abdicating GOP principles in helping Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) secure votes to approve several of President Barack Obama’s controversial

Fight for Tomorrow, a new national Super PAC based in Texas and developed by several conservatives in Virginia and in other states, is launching an advertising campaign intended to impact the Virginia Governor’s race.   Our first ad, “Don’t Let Them Detroit

Colorado state senate president John Morse dismissed the voices of his constituents when voting to support gun control in the spring of this year. Then, as the recall effort to remove him from office gained momentum, Coloradan Luke Wagner of the

Though immigration reform may have been temporarily shelved in Congress, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said he was not willing to “declare victory” yet and urged Americans opposed to comprehensive immigration reform to stay vigilant. “I’m not ready to declare victory,”

Breitbart News asked Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) about his thoughts on immigration in a ride over to the State Department on Wednesday morning. Gosar had been talking about town hall meetings in his district this August recess, where he said

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has been a vocal critic of the National Security Agency’s spying programs, said privacy rights are even more important in an era in which advances in technology have made an all-seeing totalitarian state like the

On Wednesday, Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling admitted to burying a poll unfavorable to Colorado State Senator Angela Giron prior to her recall on Tuesday. Tom Jensen of PPP wrote, “We did a poll last weekend in Colorado Senate

Questions are being raised whether outgoing billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is courting Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) to enact gun control measures in Virginia if he should win the statehouse in November.  On Tuesday, voters in

Just hours before state Senate President John Morse (D-Colorado Springs) conceded, the DNC was already claiming anti-recall voters faced “voter suppression” and urged pro-Morse and pro-Giron voters not to let voter suppression win.  The September 10 DNC tweet said: “Don’t

On Tuesday, the House unveiled legislation that would extend the government’s spending authority until December 15. Current law authorizing government spending expires on September 30, meaning that the government would shutdown after that date is spending authority weren’t extended. The