Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will head to Iowa in August to speak to religious conservatives at the Family Leadership Summit. The event, which will take place in Ames, Iowa on Saturday Aug. 10. It is co-sponsored by The Family Leader,
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) appeared surprised when Breitbart News asked for his response about a handout to Las Vegas casinos slipped into the newly formed immigration bill. Breitbart News‘ Matt Boyle first reported that on page 66 of the repackaged bill, the following provision
In the final push toward the Senate gun control vote on April 17, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) admitted Democrats were flying Newtown families into DC to break a Republican filibuster–he also admitted that those families did not know they were
Republicans and Democrats are divided as to whether Barack Obama’s Tuesday speech supporting new regulations for carbon emissions will hurt Democrats running for office in 2014. GOP members believe that Obama’s speech may have the same effect as his support
On the eve of the Massachusetts special election to replace John Kerry in the United States Senate, former Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) stumped for Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez at a rally in Quincy. Most polls show Democratic candidate Ed Markey,
President Barack Obama has scheduled a meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday with Vice President Joe Biden and the leaders of the House and Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker
Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) said late Monday they would have voted “no” on a procedural vote for the upper chamber’s immigration bill if they had made it to the Hill in time. That late-breaking news from the
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), one of fifteen Republicans who voted to end debate on the Senate’s immigration bill on Monday, told Breitbart News before the vote that the bill cannot guarantee the bill’s $40 billion border security mandates would be funded
Late this afternoon, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX addressed the Senate floor to contrast the border measures in the current Corker-Hoeven amendment to the border security amendment he filed last week. Sen. Cruz spoke in opposition to efforts of both
Immigration bill supporters Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) told Breitbart News on Monday that future Congresses may not appropriate funds for the $40 billion worth of security mandates in the legislation. The bill, which now incorporates Corker’s
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to the Senate floor early Monday evening to argue the U.S. Senate should not be voting on the new immigration bill before members and the public have a chance to read it. “We’re about to
Breitbart News has reported extensively on whether President Barack Obama’s recess appointments (those that do not require Senate confirmation) violate the Constitution. Early this year, a top federal appeals court held Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) ripped Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s rush to bring the new version of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill across the finish line without transparency in a Senate floor speech on Monday. “On
Breitbart News has learned there is a provision included in the immigration bill that could be used to give free cars, motorcycles, scooters or other vehicles to young people around the country over a period of 15 months after the
An analysis by a researcher at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University finds that the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) claim that the Senate immigration will create a budget surplus is false due to inaccurate calculations of Social Security inputs by
As Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) continues to push ahead with the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill currently winding its way through the Senate, his popularity has dropped drastically among potential Republican voters. Rubio, who once said that without proper
On Monday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent a letter to the Russian Ambassador to the Untied States regarding NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Citing the infamous attempt by the Obama administration to “reset” relations with Russia, Graham called on the country
Under the Gang of 8’s backroom immigration deal with Senators Schumer, Corker and Hoeven, formerly illegal immigrants who are amnestied will be eligible to work, but will not be eligible for ObamaCare. Employers who would be required to pay as
On April 17, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tabled gun control legislation when he failed to muster enough votes to pass it. Since that day, Democrats have been absolutely obsessed with finding another opportunity to bring it up for
In response to McConnell bugger afforded more rights than James Rosen: On Saturday evening, Curtis Morrison, the Democrat activist who is under investigation for secretly recording a Republican strategy session, exchanged some contentious tweets with Brad Dayspring, the Communications Director for The
CBS: Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a co-sponsor of an amendment to the Senate immigration bill that greatly increases the resources allocated for border security, explains why his plan should help compel wavering senators support the bill.
