As Breitbart News reported, world leaders announced the deal from Vienna on Tuesday. The 159-page deal drops all financial and economic sanctions against Iran, and imposes a special dispute resolution process before the United States or European Union can impose any new sanctions. Iran agreed to limits on its nuclear enrichment activities for eight years, its stockpile of enriched uranium, and its research and development efforts.
by Sarah Rumpf14 Jul 2015, 6:30 AM PST0
Rubio’s official campaign has not released its fundraising totals yet. Sources close to the campaign told Breitbart News that they would release numbers soon and expressed confidence that the campaign would have the resources needed to be competitive.
by Sarah Rumpf9 Jul 2015, 8:50 AM PST0
Grayson has been battling the Democratic establishment for months, as many leaders within both the state and national party organizations threw their support behind Grayson’s fellow Congressman, Patrick Murphy (D-FL), who filed to run months ago.
by Sarah Rumpf9 Jul 2015, 8:11 AM PST0
President Barack Obama’s administration has aggressively pushed for normalizing relations with the island nation. In April the State Department removed Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, despite ongoing concerns about its support for terrorism and human rights violations. This decision was heavily criticized by both Rubio and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rubio’s fellow Republican in the Senate and competitor for the GOP presidential nomination.
by Sarah Rumpf1 Jul 2015, 8:20 AM PST0
Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 277 into law on Tuesday despite every effort on the part of thousands to halt a legislative push making California one of the three most restrictive states on childhood vaccines in the United States.
by Michelle Moons30 Jun 2015, 4:46 PM PST0
He isn’t even in the race yet, and Rep. Alan Grayson is already touting an April 6, 2015, Quinnipiac poll that shows him besting Republican Senatorial candidate Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in the 2016 Senate general election race in Florida.
by Javier Manjarres24 Jun 2015, 11:07 AM PST0
California Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) is facing a piranha-like feeding frenzy of criticism over comments she made at a pro-life banquet relating to drought and abortion policy, which were picked up by pro-abortion website RH Reality Check.
by Michelle Moons14 Jun 2015, 2:11 PM PST0
U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), chairman of the House rail subcommittee, has proposed an amendment that could cripple plans for the construction of California’s high-speed rail project. Denham’s amendment would eliminate a 2012 agreement between California and the Obama administration that permitted the state to obtain federal grant money without matching those funds with money from state coffers.
by William Bigelow11 Jun 2015, 1:01 PM PST0
Many leading Republican presidential contenders are gathering at Walt Disney World today for an “Economic Growth Summit” organized by Gov. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) political committee, Let’s Get to Work.
by Sarah Rumpf2 Jun 2015, 5:58 AM PST0
Democrats in the California State Assembly are being accused of using the state budget to execute retribution against opponents of highly contentious vaccine mandate legislation.
by Michelle Moons29 May 2015, 2:20 PM PST0
“Congressional Democrats, like Patrick Murphy, are in virtual lockstep in their support for the big corporate special interests that gain taxpayer-provided financing from the Export-Import Bank,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh in a statement provided to Breitbart News. “Despite the hundreds of fraud claims against Ex-Im, and the 31 open fraud investigations involving the bank, Murphy still wants an expansion of Ex-Im.”
by Sarah Rumpf26 May 2015, 3:14 PM PST0
From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — The sleepy United States senators thought they were done voting. But then, around 1 a.m. on the Saturday before Memorial Day, Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky and presidential candidate, marched spryly to
by Breitbart News24 May 2015, 8:08 AM PST0
A war of words has escalated between proponents and opponents of the highly contentious SB 277 bill in the California legislature, which would eliminate parental choice in vaccinations required to enroll children in public or private schools.
by Michelle Moons21 May 2015, 2:06 PM PST0
When Senate Republicans changed the name of the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights to the simpler Subcommittee on the Constitution this past January, Democrats pounced, claiming that the name change meant that Republicans did not care about civil rights or human rights. Wednesday, the Subcommittee, led by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), will hold its first official hearing on a human rights issue that should be supported by Democrats: the testing of the nationwide backlog of rape kits.
by Sarah Rumpf20 May 2015, 12:10 PM PST0
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) introduced a bill Thursday that would return control of student education records back to parents and their children.
by Dr. Susan Berry14 May 2015, 9:01 AM PST0
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) will reportedly launch a Senate campaign. He starts with a war chest of more than $1 million in his House campaign account, which federal election law permits him to roll over into a Senate campaign.
by Sarah Rumpf5 May 2015, 3:26 PM PST0
Arizona State Senator Kelli Ward is calling out the Republican establishment Republicans for enabling the confirmation of Loretta Lynch last week.
by Michelle Moons27 Apr 2015, 5:28 PM PST0
The GOP majority is because of the midterm elections last November, which saw a nine-seat swing in favor of Republicans—one of the biggest in history. But it’s quite clear from the empirical data that nothing has changed, and Reid’s office is clearly quite happy about it. It’s as if he’s still the Senate Majority Leader.
by Matthew Boyle23 Apr 2015, 4:01 PM PST0
Team Hillary joined Senate Democrats on Tuesday in the Capitol to solidify Hillary Clinton’s grip on the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.
by William Bigelow21 Apr 2015, 7:15 PM PST0
As Marco Rubio runs for president, a new poll shows that the contest to replace him in the Senate is wide open in both the Republican and Democratic Florida primaries. No candidate is winning a majority of the votes, and most have a large name recognition deficit.
by Sarah Rumpf21 Apr 2015, 9:17 AM PST0
As Attorney General Kamala Harris has gone unchallenged in her candidacy for Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat, speculation has focused on whether a Latino candidate who could more effectively represent the needs of the state’s large Latino population would emerge to run for the office. On Monday, Rep. Loretta Sanchez will speak at a luncheon of the Democratic Foundation of Orange County, possibly announcing her candidacy, according to The Orange County Register.
by William Bigelow20 Apr 2015, 11:28 AM PST0
The Senate rulebook is a notorious alchemy of parliamentary procedures, precedents and the whims of individual Senators. That said, Sen. Harry Reid could only “force” a vote if enough Republicans joined with him to give him majority votes.
by Mike Flynn17 Apr 2015, 6:49 AM PST0
MIAMI, Florida — Now that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has officially thrown his hat in the presidential ring, the chatter is heating up about who among the many Republican contenders might run for his Senate seat.
by Sarah Rumpf14 Apr 2015, 10:33 AM PST0
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater says he’s decided not to run for the Senate seat that is expected to be vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Rubio will launching a presidential campaign on Monday and Florida law will not allow him to remain on the ballot for both races.
by Sarah Rumpf11 Apr 2015, 1:31 PM PST0
The sanctions on Iran have not technically been removed – in fact, we learned today that even the timing of their removal under the Lausanne framework is a matter of great dispute between Iran’s Supreme Leader and the Obama Administration. But Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) is already talking about passing a bill to keep them in place, effectively killing whatever remains of Obama’s deal.
by John Hayward9 Apr 2015, 3:22 PM PST0
