Citing three anonymous sources, the Washington Post‘s Carol D. Leonnig and Peter Wallsten reported Thursday that Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is being investigated by a federal grand jury in Florida over his ties to donor Dr. Salomon Melgen, an opthamologist for
Pat Caddell, the Fox News Contributor and Democrat pollster who engineered Jimmy Carter’s 1976 Presidential victory, blew the lid off CPAC on Thursday with a blistering attack on “racketeering” Republican consultants who play wealthy donors like “marks.” “I blame the donors who allow
The American Conservative Union’s (ACU) Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicked off Thursday morning in in National Harbor, Maryland–and according to CPAC chairman Al Cardenas, this year’s event is the youngest and most diverse ever. “It’s the best. You can
For us everyday Americans, we either obey the law or face the consequences. However, that rule doesn’t apply if you’re the President of the United States and the law is the Budget Act. It’s time to change that. Current federal
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has quietly added a slew of new measures to his self-sponsored gun control bill currently making its way through the Senate. Schumer has been fighting to get his Protecting Responsible Gun Sellers Act of 2013 (S
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed California Senator Dianne Feinstein’s renewed assault-weapons ban. The bill passed along party lines, 10-8 and will head to the Senate floor. Magazines carrying more than 10 rounds and semi-automatic weapons with a detachable magazine and
(AP) Senate panel approves assault weapons banBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate Judiciary Committee has approved an assault weapons ban in a party -line vote that underscores how hard it will be for the measure to survive in the full Senate.
After four years of the Democrat-led Senate failing to produce a budget, the Senate Budget Committee began work Wednesday on a budget at a committee mark-up session. Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) blasted Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats released their first budget blueprint in four years on Wednesday. Any budget-cutting muscles the Democrats possessed have clearly atrophied over the past half-decade. Not only does their budget add more than $7 trillion in new debt over the
On Wednesday, WA Sen. Patty Murray unveiled the first budget proposal from Senate Democrats in 4 years. Looking at the top-line numbers, it is easy to see why the Democrats were so coy with their spending plans. Virtually ignoring the
On Wednesday night, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) electrified the crowd at the Coalitions for America’s Weyrich Awards Dinner, named after founder Paul Weyrich. He led off his speech with a dismissive reference to Senator John McCain’s characterization of him as
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul swung back at critics within his own caucus in a Wednesday morning op-ed, saying his fight via old-fashioned filibuster is one the American people wanted. “Last week, a Senate colleague of mine said that when
On Wednesday, every GOP senator voted to defund Obamacare on an amendment to the Continuing Resolution that funds government for the rest of the fiscal year. The amendment from Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz failed to pass, as all 52
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino told Breitbart News that President Barack Obama was lying when he blamed the cancellation of White House tours on his former agency. “The president’s absolutely not telling the truth when he said the Secret
The Oklahoma House passed The Special Reserve School Resource Officer Act by a 68-23 vote on Tuesday, Fox News reports. The measure would allow public school districts to choose if they want to allow armed teachers. “Our children are grossly
On March 12, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the GOP’s budget proposal, sparking an afternoon of analysis and criticism. By Tuesday evening Reuters was contrasting Ryan’s budget with one sponsored by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). But there is one problem
President Barack Obama walked quickly past reporters and photographers as he arrived on Capitol Hill to meet with Senate Democrats Tuesday.
Senate Democrats are about to reveal their first budget in four years, and it reportedly calls for $1 trillion in new taxes. Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) brought out the new Democrat budget and said the next nine
In response to Ryan Budget Doesn’t Account for the Democratic Party’s Dependency Agenda: In what Paul Ryan called “an unprecedented disrespect for the law”, Obama failed to submit his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year by the the first Monday
Senate Democrats are infighting on the eve of the release of Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray’s budget, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, slammed Murray on Tuesday evening through
Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Paul Krugman dished out another serving of rhetoric on ABC’s “This Week.” His performance on Sunday follows Krugman’s deficit reduction debate with former congressman Joe Scarborough (R-FL) and a recent speech in which Krugman advocated
The conservative Heritage Foundation on Tuesday said that Rep. Paul Ryan’s new budget has some good aspects but does not go far enough. “At first look, the budget unveiled today by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-WI) advances much-needed
Senate Democrats, including Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray, are hiding their budget from their Republican colleagues, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. Murray did share her budget plan with her Democratic colleagues on Tuesday. The budget is scheduled for
House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan unveiled a budget Tuesday that he says balances the budget in 10 years. Ryan invited President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to come together and put forth their ideas on how to balance the
Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, whose parents are from India, ridiculed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at the Gridiron Dinner in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, telling her–“from one Indian politician to another”–he wishes her the best in the Senate. “Great to
