Aggressive and unprecedented lobbying by Silicon Valley paid off last week, as the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an immigration bill that will be a boon to the high-tech sector. Among the provisions Silicon Valley secured in their efforts to shape
Just over a month after the NRA won the the day when the Senate voted down a proposed gun control package on April 17, the New Republic declares the NRA isn’t as strong as you might think and gun ownership
Democrats are desperate to recruit a challenger to GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell. After a Spring Fling with actress Ashley Judd, adults in the party realized they needed a more credible opponent. Most potential contenders have passed on the race,
In a press release entitled “MYTH vs. FACT: A Cautionary Tale Of How Immigration Myths Don’t Pan Out,” Marco Rubio labeled it a “myth” that proposed immigration reform legislation would exceed 1,000 pages in length. Today, Breitbart News has learned
Missouri could soon join Kansas in enacting a state law that refuses to enforce federal gun control measures. Jay Nixon, the scandal-plagued governor of Missouri has a decision to make. He can sign the Second Amendment Preservation Act (HB 436) which
The Senate Judiciary Committee has increased the already-sizable length of the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill to more than a thousand pages during the markup process, Breitbart News has learned. The final length of the bill remained a mystery
Call it the Immigration Reform Flimflam. There’s a ruse that’s in constant play by the gang trying to ram Comprehensive Immigration Reform through Congress. It’s a simple little trick. The immigration hustlers use it all the time. Once you know
In his keynote speech to the Iowa Republican Party’s Lincoln Dinner on May 10, Rand Paul gave a hilarious speech ridiculing ObamaCare and noting some of the most ridiculous propositions in it, including line-items for injuries people would suffer from
(AP) Gun control supporters facing recall bids in Colo.By KRISTEN WYATTAssociated PressCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.A Democratic campaign office here usually would be quiet this time of year, a few weeks after the state’s legislature wrapped up work and lawmakers headed off
In a surprising departure from Democrats’ strategy of intentionally lowering expectations for Obamacare’s January 2014 grand opening, New York Times progressive columnist Paul Krugman has declared that “the real Obamacare shock will be one of unexpected success” wherein “millions of
The Schumer-Rubio amnesty bill passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week doesn’t reform our broken immigration system so much as it doubles down on the failed policies that got us here. The bill guarantees amnesty now in exchange for
While Washington Republicans concentrate on symbolic top-down “outreach” efforts, a California state senate race may actually provide a better roadmap for how Republicans can win in districts dominated by Democrats and minorities. As the Wall Street Journal noted, Republican farmer Andy Vidak
The New York Times is exasperated with the lack of progress in Congress of “fixes” to the massive and far-reaching Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. This exasperation has evinced itself in an odd way as
(AP) Republicans see ‘Obamacare’ issues as key to 2014By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONIf Republicans were writing a movie script for next year’s congressional elections, the working title might be “2014: Apocalypse of Obamacare.” The plot: The rollout of President Barack Obama’s
Former Senate Majority Leader and 1996 GOP Presidential nominee Bob Dole excoriated the Republican Party on Fox News Sunday, saying the Party lacked new ideas and engaged in too much obstructionist activity in the upper chamber. “They ought to put
The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously confirmed Sri Srinivasan to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by a vote of 97-0, and he should already be considered someone on President Obama’s
On Friday, as Congress was preparing for a week-long recess, NJ Sen. Bob Menendez said supporters of the Senate Amnesty bill were short the 60 votes they needed for passage. The next two weeks are critical for both opponents and
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), appearing on Fox News Sunday, used the opportunity to single out perpetrators of sexual assault in the military. “I want to salute the women who serve and are putting up with way too much crap,” Graham
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Friday the Senate’s immigration bill will “hammer working Americans.” Sessions has been a vocal opponent to the immigration reform bill, stating that the bill gives preferential treatment to foreign-born workers over US job seekers. “This
State lawmakers in Texas have passed legislation that permits public schools to display nativity scenes, menorahs, or Christmas trees, and allows students and school district staff to use greetings such as, “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Hanukkah,” and “Happy Holidays.” According to
Texas legislators have sent a bill to Governor Rick Perry that allows schools to train and maintain teachers as “armed marshals” on campuses. The bill, which had already passed the Texas house, enjoyed a bipartisan passage of 28-3 in the
In September of 2010 Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) railed against 501(c) groups and their influence on 2010’s congressional elections following the Supreme Court Decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. “There’s nobody watching,” she warned; “there’s nobody asking questions.” McCaskill
A House Judiciary Sub-Committee held hearings Thursday on proposed legislation that would ban abortions in the United States after 20 weeks gestation, when many researchers believe the nervous system has developed sufficiently to allow babies in utero to feel pain.
Senior Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) joined with House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) on Thursday to write directly to President Barack Obama to “express concern over the exclusion of immigration and customs enforcement officers
