On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted down the budget plan unveiled by Senate Democrats last week. The plan failed by a vote of 154-261. Although Dem leadership whipped in support of the budget plan, 35 House Democrats defected and
Before President Obama left for his trip to Israel, 78 Senators called on him to stand by the Jewish State. They did so by signing a letter “spearheaded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee” (AIPAC). The letter asked Obama to
Former prominent lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who spent several years in prison convicted of corruption-related crimes, told Breitbart News that Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen and New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez have followed the corruption playbook with which he
In response to Poll: Plurality Favor Sequester, Think President Used Scare Tactics: This afternoon, Senate Democrats voted down a Republican-led effort to reopen the White House to public tours. There is some good news, however: Senators nibbled away what they
Wednesday evening, the Senate passed its version of a continuing resolution to provide government spending authority through September 30th, the end of the fiscal year. The government has been operating off a series of continuing resolutions, since the Senate hasn’t
The Senate Democratic budget will increase America’s gross federal debt per household by more than $50,000 over the next decade, according to GOP Senate Budget Committee staff. Factored on a per-person basis, the gross debt increases from $53,937 today to
While President Obama’s administration has suggested that the Secret Service is to blame for the closure of White House tours, the onus now falls on the Democrat-controlled Senate. On Wednesday, Democrats rejected a Republican attempt to reopen the White House
Count former President Bill Clinton as the latest Democrat actively worried that Ashley Judd isn’t the best person to unseat Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky come 2014. Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is being wooed by Clinton
It was only a matter of time. CBS’s San Francisco affiliate is reporting that Contra Costa County is taking steps to amend a county ordinance to include e-cigarettes in their Secondhand Smoke Protections provisions. : Supervisors voted to amend the county’s
Monday afternoon a disappointed Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA-Dem) announced that her bill to ban assault weapons would not make it onto the floor of the Senate for a vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid admitted it had zero chance of
Guns will be the key issue in 2014, good news for the pro-2nd Amendment Republican Party, which has Democrats backed into a corner in an untenable position on gun control. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) assault weapons ban has already essentially been
The left-wing media complex has found its new bete noir for the 2013/2014 political news cycle, and that dubious honor goes to Republican rising star, Ted Cruz. Note that the left always targets those they perceive to be the greatest
Conservative radio host Mark Levin has slammed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for implying on Tuesday that the deaths of seven U.S. Marines in a training accident in Nevada was the result of budget cuts in the sequester that
The White House is still acting confident about passing an assault weapons ban despite Senate Democrats cutting the idea out of their proposed gun control legislation. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said, “We’re going to work on this.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) boasted Tuesday that despite the shelving of her federal assault weapons ban bill by Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), she will not go quietly into the night. Feinstein said, “This is very important to me
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen cozied up to President Barack Obama, Politico reports. “He posed for pictures with President Barack Obama, flew Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on his private jet and sought
“With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed” The above quote, from Abraham Lincoln, is Governor Hickenlooper’s favorite quote, per his own website: That largely describes John’s governing approach as he tackles difficult problems in a
The idea now supported by House GOP leadership that a budget should balance within ten years originally came from conservative leaders in the House and from Heritage Action, the Club for Growth, and the Family Research Council. On January 15,
Every Senate Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee except for the two involved in Sen. Marco Rubio’s “gang of eight” is demanding that committee’s chairman Sen. Pat Leahy conduct open and transparent immigration reform proceedings, a letter they sent to
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided to split legislation banning assault weapons from an overall package of expanded gun control measures set for the floor next week. It has been an open secret in Washington that most gun control
President Obama has blamed sequestration for everything from cutting White House tours to the possibility of first responders being laid off. But on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) did Obama one better: he blamed sequestration for the accidental
During comments of condolences on the accidental deaths of seven Marines, Senate Majority lLeader Harry Reid implied that the sequester cuts played a role in the tragedy prompting a strong and angry reaction from the Marine officials. “As I indicated,
On Monday, Breitbart News asked GA Rep. Tom Price whether he thought the House would agree to a budget deal with President Obama that further increased taxes. Rep. Price responded bluntly, “the President got his revenue,” referring to the $600
After a meeting yesterday with Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Dianne Feinstein learned that her controversial assault weapons ban mess will not be part of the gun control bill package heading to the senate floor next month. The AWB could be
There were high expectations for Sen. Ted Cruz’s keynote address at CPAC 2013, and he delivered. As a young, passionate Hispanic who happens to be one of the most brilliant and accomplished constitutional experts and Supreme Court lawyers in the U.S.
