DAVID BROOKS, NEW YORK TIMES: If you woke up this week you would be under the illusion we’re in a functioning democracy. You know, things are working well, especially on immigration. I got to salute the gang of eight. They
The bipartisan Senate group pushing immigration reform, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” has allowed a representative from President Barack Obama’s White House to be involved in writing their bill but has not even tried to meet with representatives from the
CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS HOST: Senator Durbin, you and Senator Cornyn, as the whips in the Senate, are the vote counters, the guys who know whether or not there are enough votes. Are there enough votes when this comes up
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) told host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that supporters of new gun control legislation do not yet have the votes to pass it, despite defeating a Republican-led filibuster attempt last week. Durbin is the Senate Majority
From the Politico: Appearing jointly on “Fox News Sunday,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Minority White John Cornyn (R-Texas) both refused to say if their side had the votes to either pass or derail the bipartisan deal on
On Saturday, President Obama handed over the camera and teleprompter to the mother of a victim of Sandy Hook Elementary shooter Adam Lanza. Explaining his exploitative choice via email to his entire WhiteHouse.gov email list, Obama explained: Each week, like
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent an email to his supporters on Thursday asking them for a contribution “in the wake of the horror of the December 14, 2012 massacre of 20 beautiful children and 6 dedicated educators.” The New Haven
White House: This week’s address is delivered by Francine Wheeler: Hi. As you’ve probably noticed, I’m not the President. I’m just a citizen. And as a citizen, I’m here at the White House today because I want to make a
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will reportedly go “all-in” to support the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform legislation that will allow illegal immigrants to potentially apply for citizenship in 13 years. Conservatives believe the immigration reforms should be dealt with in a
Chris Crane, the president of the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council, which represents ICE agents, was on Greta Van Susteren, last night to voice his concerns about the immigration bill that is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate
Ranking Senate Budget Committee member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said in a Thursday evening statement provided to Breitbart News that the political posturing of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration group, along with Senate Democratic leadership, and their plan to rush
According to an ABC News report, senators from the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform are expected to drop their bill, estimated at around 1,500 pages, on Tuesday, mere hours before the only scheduled Senate hearing on the topic.
Normally I’m not at all interested in what the openly left-wing media are up to. It is bias that energizes me, not leftists being leftists. But when an outlet like Salon admits that Wayne LaPierre and the National Rifle Association
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns has launched a new ad campaign praising Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) while targeting Republicans in states like Georgia, Tennessee, and Indiana. The new ads draw attention
The Virginia Board of Health met on Friday to decide whether to require abortion clinics to meet stricter hospital-style standards, part of an effort by a number of states to tighten abortion restrictions. Reuters reports that the board’s 15-member panel
(AP) GOP senator would broaden gun checks, no recordsBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONA conservative senator is proposing to greatly broaden the background check system for firearms purchasers but require no records of the transactions as the Senate braced for votes on
According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Shawn Reilly, Executive Director of Progress Kentucky and one of two left wing activists alleged by Jacob Conway to have made the surreptitious recording of aides to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), was a delegate to the 2012 Democratic
The Executive Director of the progressive Super PAC Progress Kentucky, Shawn Reilly, who was accused of being one of the two men who illicitly taped a private meeting between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and aides, is denying that
When it comes to exploiting the tragedy of the Sandy Hook massacre to push a completely unrelated gun control agenda, President Obama has no peer. The White House announced today that it would hand over the President’s weekly internet and
Yesterday, I wrote a piece at The Conversation titled, Hints of Prior Attacks As Reports of Progress Kentucky’s Role in McConnell Recording Surface. Go and read it if you haven’t already, then come back to this post. I want to
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says the mother of a Newtown shooting victim will deliver the weekly presidential radio and Internet address.President Barack Obama typically gives the talk, focusing on a topic that’s in the news or a policy
Though the proposed Toomey-Manchin gun control legislation states that it hopes to “protect Second Amendment rights” while it “prevents individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm” from doing so, the bill could actually deter mentally ill people from
Senator Pat Toomey’s (R-PA) background check ‘compromise’ expands background checks to cover not only gun shows and internet sales but also sales in print publications. Section 122 of “The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act” states: Beginning on the
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents’ union president Chris Crane called on Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio to abandon the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” in the U.S. Senate pushing immigration reform on Friday in a statement obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.
Reps Peter King (R-NY) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) will be introducing a version of the Toomey-Manchin gun control/background check compromise early next week. I will be introducing, along with Mike Thompson [D-Calif.], basically the House version of the Manchin-Toomey bill
