Gallup released a poll Monday that asked Americans to list the most important problems currently facing the country. Despite the fact that the media has been on a months-long, 24/7 crusade to convince DC lawmakers to restrict our Second Amendment
While the FBI is currently conducting an investigation into the surreptitious recording and release of the private conversation of campaign aides to Senator Mitch McConnell to determine if any federal laws were broken, the key players may also face state
Roll Call is reporting that the Senate will hold votes on nine amendments on the gun control bill today. (S.649) Among the amendments to be considered are: a plan to ensure that concealed-carry handgun permits issued by one state are
The 17-page document laying out the forthcoming bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration reform legislative proposal shows the senators are fully entrusting the Department of Homeland Security with all steps of border security. The document shows that the Secretary of
The bipartisan Senate group pushing immigration reform, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” has missed its own self-set deadline to drop the approximately 1,500-page bill that aims to overhaul the nation’s immigration system. As of midnight on Tuesday, a senate source
Beginning on Wednesday, the Senate will begin holding up-or-down votes on amendments to the Toomey-Manchin gun control bill now making its way through the Senate. According to the Washington Post, the Democrats still lack enough votes in the Senate to
Details of the bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration reform proposal that have surfaced show illegal immigrants will only have to pay slightly less than $17 per month–or roughly 10 cents an hour out of their paychecks from full-time work–to receive
After Tea Partiers in Florida protested at the home state offices of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Tuesday at an event organized by Tea Party Patriots, Rubio quickly, but largely unsuccessfully, tried to reaffirm his commitments to conservative principles when
With Senate support for the Manchin-Toomey “compromise” continuing to slide, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) appear willing to revert to gimmicks to try to squeak the bill through. The numbers on the bill are tight but tending
Obamacare set a nasty precedent in Washington: radical and unpopular legislation is developed behind closed doors and then passed quickly, without time for sufficient public scrutiny. Tragically, this is exactly what is happening on Capitol Hill as the so-called “bi-partisan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says a letter containing ricin or another poision was sent to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi. In brief remarks to reporters in the Capitol, Reid did not say when
On Tuesday, the US Senate finally passed a resolution to honor recently deceased former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) had been holding up the resolution over the resolution’s word choice. Fighting him on that was Senate
In response to Manchin: Gabby Giffords Is Our Whip on Gun Bill: I don’t think, though, that he says he’ll vote “no” on cloture. All I see here is that he’ll vote “no” on the amendment itself. “I believe very
The Senate could vote as early as tomorrow on the Toomey-Manchin gun control bill. Reports indicate the Democrats do not have the 60 votes they need to pass the bill. Former Rep. Gabby Giffords was on the Hill today along
On Monday, former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and conservative talk radio host Mark Levin said they would not support any politician who backs bills like the Schumer-Manchin-Toomey gun registry bill that would put more limits on the Second
Crooner Tony Bennett is teaming up with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and Voices Against Violence on a text message mission to let citizens reach out to Senate offices. Bennett told Politico we live in frightening times, but
Update (4:55 p.m. EDT): Breitbart News has learned that Sen. Bob Menendez has just accepted Senate Republicans resolution “wholesale” to honor Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. A Senate resolution to honor the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been gutted by
To understand why Republicans regularly get rolled whenever there is a “Gang” negotiation in the Senate, look closely at the latest “Gang” negotiating immigration reform. The Democrat effort is headed up by Sens. Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer, veteran negotiators
Late Monday evening leaks of the immigration reform proposal details from the bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” suggest that the legislation may start legalizing America’s at least 11 million illegal aliens before securing the border and enforcing immigration laws inside
Harry Reid “On the anti-gun legislation before the Senate, we are making good progress on the effort to schedule a series of votes on amendments to the anti-gun violence legislation before the Senate.”
The Daily Mail is reporting that friends and allies of Baroness Thatcher are surprised and disappointed at the news that the president will not sending a member from his administration to her funeral, describing it as a “snub.” Whitehall sources have revealed that
Senator Ted Cruz tweeted out a little faux pas by Senate Majority Leader Reid on the Senate floor earlier today: (he quickly corrects himself) Freudian slip? Sen. Harry Reid calls bill “anti-gun legislation” youtube.com/watch?v=pHj6KA… — Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April
As the Manchin-Toomey background check ‘compromise’ moves toward a scheduled April 18 vote, 39 Senators have already said they will be voting against it. This 39 opposed to the compromise includes eight of the 16 GOP Senators who voted to
In the immediate aftermath of the tragic Newtown murders, Obama and His Media joined forces to exploit the deaths of innocent children for all it was worth — with a series of laws that would have done absolutely nothing to
The bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform is moving ahead with its plan to roll out an approximately 1,500-page bill this week despite the bombings that rocked the Boston marathon on Monday. The bill reportedly grants amnesty to
