On Monday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said the Senate should not proceed with the Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration bill until lawmakers more fully understand the failures of the country’s current immigration system and how it may have let in
Speaking on April 21 in an ongoing effort to get Turkey to cooperate with the U.S. and bridge relations with Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Boston Marathon bombings reminded him of Turks who lost family during “the
On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a marathon hearing on immigration reform. Breitbart News will bring you the latest information from inside the Committee and across the news on the issue. Check back for regular updates. [UPDATE: 16:09
The immigration reform issue is all the buzz across the country, and Senator Marco Rubio, who is aggressively pushing the newly unveiled immigration reform bill he helped craft in the U.S. Senate, is once again be talked up as a
Less than a week after the push by Democrats push for more gun control went down in flames in the Senate, Reuters is reporting the suspected Boston Marathon bombers ignored gun laws that are already on the books in possessing the
The ostensible plan to guarantee border security that was part of the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform proposal isn’t turning out to be what its sponsors promised. Pro-reform Republicans pledged that if border security had not increased in five years
In designing a federal grant program, one can opt for very general eligibility criteria, to provide certain flexibility, but strictly limit the funding to ensure the grant is narrowly applied. One could, alternatively, detail very specific eligibility criteria, with less
Alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is likely to be sentenced to death for his part in the plot if he is tried in a federal civilian court, Sen. Diane Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. Sen.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in light of the Boston Marathon bombings, which were allegedly committed by individuals who immigrated to the US, that the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill should not be rushed because it is a bill that
(AP) Big scramble seen in open Senate seat in GeorgiaBy BILL BARROWAssociated PressATLANTAA rare open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia promises a scrambled 2014 campaign that already has some Republicans quietly nervous about retaining it. Democrat Barack Obama lost the
Two senators who have been pushing for comprehensive immigration reform defended their efforts on Sunday, after last week’s Boston Marathon terror saga provoked new challenges for their new bill. Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), both members
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the now-deceased Suspect 1 in the Boston Marathon bombing, was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend by the Cambridge, Massachusetts Police on July 28, 2009 after he confessed to officers who arrived on the scene. “I slapped her,” Tsarnaev
In his statement after the capture of Boston bomber number two, a serene President Barack Obama cautioned against making a “rush to judgment” about the motives of the terrorist killers: One thing we do know is that whatever hateful agenda
After the Boston Marathon bombing, days of armed terrorists on the loose in the Boston area, and a door-to-door search for a terror suspect that ended in gun fire on the night of April 19, gun control will be an
Organizing for Action (OFA) executive director Jon Carson said his group will now pour resources into opposing Senators who opposed gun control–especially Democrat Senators. This means Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Mark Begich (D-AK), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), and Mark Pryor (D-AR)
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Friday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), a member of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight,” urged his Senate colleagues and members of the media at the immigration bill hearing to not tie the bill to
Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano will not be testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday morning about the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill after all, Breitbart News has learned. A committee aide told reporters here about 10
(AP) Judiciary Committee takes up immigration billBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA far-reaching new immigration bill is getting its first test at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where opponents of the legislation will be able to face off with its authors. The
Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin wrote a tribute for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) to honor his selection as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2013. Paul even made the magazine’s cover. Time decided
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) introduced a bill on Thursday that would streamline the food stamp program (officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) to save taxpayers $30 billion over 10 years. “Since
Democrats enjoy a supermajority in the Illinois House of Representatives, holding 71 seats to the GOP’s 47. On Wednesday, the same day the US Senate voted down gun control legislation, powerful Democrat Speaker Michael Madigan tried to push a restrictive
In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama urged members of Congress to pass the STOCK (Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge) Act, a bill to ban insider trading for members of Congress and their staffs and to
No law enforcement officials or representatives spoke to endorse the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill on Thursday at the group’s Capitol Hill press conference announcing it. Instead, at the “Gang of Eight” press conference, as USA Today reported they would
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) Wednesday were debating background checks for private gun sales on the Senate floor. At one point Schumer could be heard laughing out loud at Sen.Ted Cruz.
In the aftermath of the failure of gun control amendments in the Senate, most attention has been focused on the defeat of the Manchin-Toomey provision to expand background checks. While that provision wouldn’t have prevented Newtown or any other recent
