(AP) Differences small between student loan billsBy PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe House is set to go along with a bipartisan Senate compromise that would link college students’ interest rates to the financial markets and offer borrowers lower rates this fall. The
By BILL BARROWAssociated PressMOBILE, Ala.Republicans hoping to reach beyond the party’s white, aging core must do more than retool campaign strategy and tactics, say young GOP leaders pressing elected officials to offer concrete policies to counter Democratic initiatives. Weingartner and
A Tea Party activist whose political action committee will hold press conferences in five South Carolina cities this week to hold Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to account said the South Carolina Senator has turned his back on Republicans and conservatives
Senator Lindsey Graham, who already has one announced challenger in the 2014 South Carolina Republican primary for the United States Senate in businessman Richard Cash, may soon face two more challengers. Both State Senator Lee Bright and Nancy Mace, the first
In an exclusive interview late last week, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) told Breitbart News why he believes the upcoming fight over funding for the Affordable Care Act is the GOP’s “last best shot” to rid the country of Obamacare. “I
Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew doesn’t exactly have the best reputation for honesty, having misled Congress about President Barack Obama’s debts, and having claimed–falsely–that Obama’s budgets were stalled in the Senate because of a Republican filibuster threat. On Sunday,
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m EDT, host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will discuss “Fast Terry,” a new movie about Terry McAuliffe’s false promises and shady
(AP) Col. Bud Day, Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 88By JENNIFER KAY and MELISSA NELSON-GABRIELAssociated PressMIAMIRetired Col. George “Bud” Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5 1/2 years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said on Fox News Sunday that he didn’t believe that efforts to defund Obamacare would result in a government shutdown. “We all know the government is going to get funded. The only question is whether the
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on “Fox News Sunday” on his calls to shut down the government rather than fund Obamacare:
To defund or not to defund: that is the question. Hardline conservatives in the GOP are pushing for the party to stand tall on defunding Obamacare, which could shut down the government; the current funding bill is set to expire
Detroit is bankrupt, but Republican Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit’s Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr are going forward with a plan to finance a taxpayer-funded arena. Michigan’s taxpayers are expected to pay $444 million for the stadium. Based on being
Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t sugarcoat the odds against preventing ObamaCare from going into effect during a rip-roaring speech at the Western Conservative Summit Saturday in Denver. Then again, a senatorial hopeful with a 2 percent poll rating isn’t supposed to
Democratic representatives who are also members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) gathered in Chicago on July 26 to discuss “urban shootings” and “bring attention to an issue they say has reached epidemic levels.” They represented their gathering as “a
House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Friday that House GOP leadership’s forthcoming immigration plan includes amnesty for all illegal immigrants and a 15-year waiting period for citizenship. In his remarks to a Racine, WI, town hall, Ryan laid
By KELLI KENNEDYAssociated PressMIAMIFor the first time in history, federal health officials said Friday they will ban certain types of Medicare and Medicaid providers in three high-fraud cities from enrolling in the taxpayer-funded programs for the poor as part of
(AP) LAS VEGASSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he thinks Hillary Clinton could “handle things probably even better” than President Barack Obama. The Nevada Democrat had effusive praise for the former secretary of state when Judy Woodruff of “PBS NewsHour” asked
US President Barack Obama will likely name a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a few months, a senior White House official said Friday. In response to a question about the much-buzzed about successor to Bernanke, whose second
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not yet say whether he backs efforts by conservatives to defund Obamacare in the next vote to extend the federal budget through a continuing resolution (CR). In an email exchange with Breitbart News, McConnell’s
During a town hall meeting in Racine, WI, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) revealed the House Republican Leadership plans to pass multiple immigration bills and then combine them with the Senate legislation in the conference process to create a
Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan is weighing whether to enter the Senate race against Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) for 2014. However, Sullivan is also a Marine and has been deployed to Afghanistan, where he will remain through
On Sunday, Breitbart News reported on a rally held the previous day in Smyrna, Tennessee by 300 Tea Party activists who have launched a ground game to support an as yet undetermined conservative challenger to Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in
On Thursday, Mother Jones broke the massive scoop that Breitbart News participates in both journalism and conservative activism, reporting that reporters from this publication attended a conservative coalition meeting dubbed Groundswell. This stunning revelation was supported by the late Andrew
While Congress continues to investigate widespread IRS scandals, Senate Democrats are calling to increase the Internal Revenue Service’s budget. According to The Hill, Democrats are using a Financial Services subcommittee bill to push for the changes to take place next
