President Obama’s campaign-turned-nonprofit, Organizing For Action, has stepped beyond party lines in its attempt to back the president’s preferred immigration reform plan. On Monday, OFA began sending members to districts held by Congressional Republicans wavering on the Senate’s amnesty-first immigration
The victims and survivors of the November 2009 Fort Hood massacre filed a lawsuit against federal and Pentagon officials because they believe the shooting was preventable. The New York Times received two emails sent by the accused shooter, Maj. Nidal
Tennessee State Rep. Joe Carr told Breitbart News on Tuesday that he is running against Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in the state’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate over Alexander’s vote for the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. In a
After his appearance on ABC News’ “This Week,” Fox News contributor Bill Kristol participated in the online post panel conversation wherein he suggested Gov. Sarah Palin could revive her political career by running for US Senate. I think the way
To fully appreciate how dim the prospects of comprehensive immigration reform have become, look no further than the fact that supporters of amnesty are now pinning their hopes on a “discharge petition,” a rarely successful tactic that forces a vote
A new study from the Center for Immigration Studies found that 57.5 million working-age Americans are either unemployed or currently out of the labor market, a figure that matches what some estimate to be the number of immigrant workers that
Judson Phillips, who organized the April 15, 2009 Nashville Tea Party and is the founder of Tea Party Nation, announced today that his group is endorsing Joe Carr in the 2014 Tennessee Republican primary election against incumbent Senator Lamar Alexander
State Representative Joe Carr announced on Ralph Bristol’s Nashville talk radio program on Tuesday that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. Carr will compete against incumbent Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in the party’s
Three prominent conservative groups will make significant advertisement buys in August to pressure Republican senators and House Members in their states and districts to defund Obamacare. Leaders of the Tea Party Patriots and ForAmerica will also go on an “Exempt
In a February 10, 2004 letter to a constituent, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sounded a lot different than he does today about illegal immigration. McCain, a member of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight,” said in the letter almost a decade
In an event “billed as an economic roundtable” in West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) defended his push for more gun control and made it clear he is going to “continue looking for a way to expand gun-sale background checks.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has no significant pull in legislative battles, despite its perception as a lobbying powerhouse, The Huffington Post’s Paul Blumenthal and Sabrina Siddiqui report. The Chamber has spent $69.5 million electing candidates to Congress in the
Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor is widely considered the most vulnerable Democrat running for reelection next year. So, it isn’t surprising that he tries to distance himself from President Obama in an interview published Monday by Politico. Pryor even said publicly
The attack on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has begun. Fearful of Cruz as a prospective Republican presidential nominee in 2016, the media is now digging into his past, all the way back to birth. The Daily Beast ran a profile
On August 12 Breitbart News reported that California was set to become the strictest gun control state in the country with an ammunition registry. It has since become apparent that such a registry is only the tip of the iceberg.
On Sunday’s Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer, acting as if America ought to view Al Qaeda and the Egyptian military as coequal, asked Sen. Lindsay Graham if the Egyptian military’s arrest of the brother of Al Qaeda leader Mohammed Al-Zawahiri would
A new poll of Republican voters in Tennessee shows Sen. Lamar Alexander trailing a generic “conservative” challenger by 5 points. The poll, obtained exclusively by Breitbart News, shows a “credible conservative candidate” leading Alexander 49.5-44.9%. While a serious opponent hasn’t
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said “conservatives were elected to try stop the government takeover of healthcare,” and House Republicans should use their leverage in a government shutdown debate to try to make the Affordable Care Act
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Fox News Sunday that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper “greatly damaged the credibility of our American intelligence community” when he testified to the Senate about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs in March.
Yep, I’m feeling pretty good about things. I’m rich, I’m famous, and I get to travel the world, doing whatever I want. Now there’s one more thing I want: A first term in the White House for Hillary, and a
During Republican Steve Southerland’s most recent town hall meeting in Tallahassee, Florida, liberal Democrats supporting Gwen Graham, stayed true to ideology by orchestrating a tasteless ambush of Southerland, which disrespected him, other town hall attendees, not to mention embarrassing themselves.
In an apparent nod to the donor class, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has called on lawmakers in the House of Representatives to pass an immigration bill aimed at helping companies that say they need immigrant workers. Time‘s Zeke Miller
(AP) 2016 campaign checklist: Who’s doing whatBy CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated PressWASHINGTONThis is the season of cultivation for people who might run for president in 2016. It’s a time to get to know donors, to get the public to know you on
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have finally come around to joining Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in believing that the U.S. should cut off aid to Egypt amid the deteriorating conditions in that country. In a joint Friday
The new political drama Lee Daniels’ The Butler takes its cues from a Washington Post article about a black servant named Eugene Allen who worked in eight presidential administrations. That part of the story is essentially unchanged. The rest of
