Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) joined Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday to demand that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid allow a vote on the House-passed bill blocking a continuation or expansion of the president’s Deferred Action
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Senate Republican says President Barack Obama should seek congressional approval for whatever he decides to do against Islamic State militants. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Tuesday that seeking congressional approval would be good
Tuesday on the Senate floor, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for wasting time on debating how to take away American’s right to free speech as guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The Cook Political Report’s Charlie Cook reported that he believes there is an “over 60 [percent]” chance the Republican Party takes the Senate on Tuesday’s “Now with Alex Wagner” on MSNBC. He outlined the other predictions that various prognosticators have
President Obama told congressional leaders from both parties that he does not need their approval to launch additional military action against the Islamic State (ISIS), but it would be preferable if they did provide it. “The President told the Leaders
At a Tuesday press conference hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), several members of Congress–after Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) brought up how Tennessee helped save Texas with luminaries of history like Davy Crockett–compared the battle they’re heading into with Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama’s decision to delay taking executive action gives Congress a chance to pass a major bill during the upcoming lame duck session, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid argued Tuesday. The delay is “another example of why”
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) urged Senate Democrats to secure the border in order to increase wages and reduce income inequality at a press conference on Tuesday. That press conference highlighted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) blocking of a vote
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said congressional Republicans in the House and the Senate should use “any and all means necessary” to stop President Barack Obama from granting an executive amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, which he said may include
In July, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) vetoed SB 656–legislation that would have allowed schools to train faculty to become “School Protection Officers” and carry guns with which to protect children on campus. The Missouri General Assembly will convene on
Republican Arizona lawmakers are demanding answers from Attorney General Eric Holder about whether he ordered U.S. attorneys in southern Arizona to stop prosecuting illegal immigrants who are first-time offenders in addition to repeat offenders who do not have criminal histories.
Don’t blame us, the headline is right out of Bloomberg News: “Democrats See South as No Country for White Men in Senate.” Talk about your southern strategy … Bloomberg explains why we are seeing mostly female Democrat candidates in the
With Barack Obama now publicly backing away from executive action, or perhaps an amnesty for illegal immigrants until after November, anyone watching the mid-term elections closely has to admit that the border crisis and the amnesty issue is now a
Headed to New Hampshire Friday for a sold out event in Manchester, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he’ll be making a decision about whether he’ll run for president by the spring next year. “My wife and I are still talking
On Tuesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) conceded that Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) will not stop opposing President Barack Obama’s potential executive amnesty and lawlessness even after Obama decided to not act unilaterally on immigration before the
On Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) argued that while the GOP is to blame in his view for obstructing efforts to reform the U.S. immigration system, it was the Democrats that missed an opportunity as well
During his public relations tour before his inaugural Meet The Press on Sunday, new host Chuck Todd admitted that the mainstream press and the Washington establishment have lost touch with regular Americans and vowed that his show would do its part
What with the on going rise in Islamic extremism, including ISIS and as new information conties to break regarding past events in Benghazi, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee has decided to take up something extremely important to fulfill a
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) railed against President Barack Obama’s decision to delay an executive order granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants until after the election in a speech on the Senate floor Monday. Sessions argued, “President Obama’s announcement Friday
Respected political prognosticator Stu Rothenberg isn’t buying the mainstream media spin that the GOP can’t come up with a wave in the upcoming midterms. On his Roll Call blog Monday, Rothenberg sees the Republican Party picking up “at least” seven
Common Core opponents in Louisiana have sent an open letter to U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R) asking him to end his surprising support for the controversial standards. Vitter stunned his conservative supporters last month with his high praise for
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Janice Leahy, the primary source for what clearly amounts to a Time hit piece on Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown, claims she was “duped” and “taken advantage of” by Time journalist Jay Newton-Small. Leahy
USA Today has a lengthy article about a report from the Democrat-controlled Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that’s supposed to dissipate the IRS scandal by demonstrating that “mismanagement, not political bias, was responsible for the targeting.” It does nothing of
Trailing in the polls, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes is going to Hollywood to fund her lagging campaign to defeat incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the Bluegrass State. Both the Hollywood Reporter and Politico are reporting that liberal Hollywood film
