Opposition is growing from the Democrat’s side of the aisle about the Obamacare death panels, also known as the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Howard Dean, former DNC Chair wrote an op-ed last month calling for a repeal of the
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), a member of the Senate’s Gang of Eight, told CNN on Wednesday that he thinks the House GOP’s plan to approach immigration reform through piecemeal legislation is acceptable since the bills will simply be combined in conference.
On Wednesday, President Obama touted his real estate record by explaining that he would “probably benefit from refinancing right now. I would save some money.” Obama was giving his perspective on the mortgage market during a question-and-answer with Zillow.com. Obama
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who was part of the “Gang of Eight” that wrote the Senate’s immigration bill, lamented that there were not more John McCains in the House of Representatives. Sen. McCain (R-AZ) has been lauded as Senate Majority
During little-noticed testimony last Thursday before the House Ways and Means Committee on the implementation of Obamacare, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Insurance Oversight Director Gary Cohen told lawmakers that anyone “lawfully present” inside the United States would
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s purchase of the Washington Post comes on the heels of his spending $1.7 million on lobbying from January through June of this year, the ninth biggest Silicon Valley lobbying expenditure. Bezos has ramped up lobbying as
Conservative Republican senators will be using the August recess to organize a “grassroots army” to put pressure on Republican leaders, particularly Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), to defund Obamacare during the budget negotiations that will ensue when they return
Some House Democrats want to ram amnesty for illegal aliens down the throats of the American people using a discharge petition that would circumvent House GOP leadership, while others want to hang back and continue politically peppering House Republicans to
“I’m running for Senate for the same reasons that I ran for Congress,” says Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR), “and for the same reasons that I joined the Army: to serve my country and expand freedom.” He’s calling me from his
Black leaders from all political persuasions–left, right and center–are questioning House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on the economic impacts on American workers, especially within the black community, of granting amnesty to America’s at least 11 million illegal
After covering Tuesday’s immigration reform rally on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall, I’m convinced that the proponents of immigration reform don’t want to persuade American voters to support their agenda. They want to bully them into submission. What
More journalists than activists turned out for the start of a rally for immigration reform on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall Tuesday morning staged by labor unions and pro-amnesty organizations. The event was aimed at warning Republicans in
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected leave office at the end of his term on February 1st, 2014. Do Republicans in the Senate have any thoughts on successors for the next Fed Chairman? Not so far, at least measured by
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday called on America’s grassroots conservative activists to rise up and organize an effort against the Washington, D.C. establishment to defund Obamacare in the upcoming Continuing Resolution (CR) that funds the government and must be
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), who is currently also a candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, introduced a resolution on Monday that calls for “No Amnesty” for illegal aliens in America. House Resolution 326 would keep Congress from granting citizenship or
Last weekend, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, the main Democratic challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2014, used kidney stones as a metaphor for the alleged obstructionism of her rival: “If doctors told McConnell he had
Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin told Breitbart News host Stephen K. Bannon on Sunday night that her group has a plan to prepare activists for town halls with their U.S. Representatives and Senators on Obamacare and immigration nationwide
On Saturday, in a prime example of media bias in news reporting, Greg Giroux wrote a piece at Bloombergthat drew attention to the otherwise unremarkable fact that the majority of House Republicans against President Obama are white. He added that the
(AP) State Dept: Posts in 19 countries to remain closedBy ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONAmid online “chatter” about terror threats, U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week,
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Senator Saxby Chambliss (R, GA) said that the terrorist “chatter” is very much like what the U.S. heard, and did not act upon, in the days prior to the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
On Fox News Sunday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) did not deny the House Republican leadership will support an “overall path to legalization” for all of the country’s illegal immigrants. Though not offering specifics, Cantor told host Chris Wallace that
Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it has been a long time since has been “scared,” directly taking on his conservative critics that have implied he was afraid to challenge the mainstream media he once said was his “base”
(AP) US posts in 19 countries will remain closedBy ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTON The State Department says U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 countries in the Muslim world will be closed through Saturday “out of an abundance of caution.” State Department
Advocates of comprehensive immigration reform from big business and technological sectors are reportedly fearing that August, when lawmakers go back home for recess, could be their “Waterloo.” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) conceded that the Senate’s Gang of Eight, which wrote
While a new study shows four-in-five Americans will now face near-poverty and economic insecurity in their lifetime, President Barack Obama is pushing for a comprehensive immigration bill that the Congressional Budget Office determined would devastate the wages of working class
