Conservative icon and talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has emerged as the “biggest enemy” of the mainstream media and the open-borders and pro-amnesty activists on the illegal immigration issue. “What Jeff Sessions is doing is
On Wednesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said President Barack Obama’s reported plans to enact a massive executive amnesty “soon after Labor Day” should “send shivers through every Member of this body.” Citing a Wall Street Journal report on Obama’s potential executive
On July 29 Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced legislation encouraging states to “[seize] firearms when adjudicating or responding to domestic violence situations.” Called the Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2014, the
Vulnerable Senate Democrats facing tight reelection bids this cycle are telling President Obama to go through the legislative process rather than enact unilateral amnesty himself. “I think this is a congressional issue and I encourage [House] Speaker [John] Boehner in
At a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Wednesday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said President Barack Obama’s lawless executive actions are not high crimes and misdemeanors worthy of impeachment. “I see this as sort of a ridiculous gambit by the president and
Democrat US Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes may need to brush up on her foreign policy chops, because she seems to have stumbled badly in her response to a question about Israel’s Iron Dome at a recent political event in
A total 11 Senate Republicans–including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)–crossed the aisle to vote to advance Senate Democrats’ border spending bill. Two vulnerable Democrats up for reelection, Sens. Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA), joined 31 Republicans in voting no.
Democrat Senators Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Pryor of Arkansas have both now warned Barack Obama against taking “any steps without the approval of Congress” when it comes to dealing with the current illegal immigration crisis. “I’m not for
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With Congress expected to vote on authorization to sue President Obama over executive overreach, House Democrats slammed the effort Wednesday as a “loser” and “waste of time.” “Republicans are wasting time on a partisan lawsuit when instead
A shadowy Californian-based foundation called Sea Change – part-funded by Democrat hedge-fund billionaires and a mysterious Bermuda-based company called Klein Ltd – has been funneling millions of dollars into hard-left environmental causes including the campaign against the affordable energy on
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will use the immigration bill proposed by Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) to bring back the Gang of Eight immigration proposal. On Wednesday’s “Laura Ingraham Show,” Sessions told guest
The biggest casualty in this year’s West Virginia Senate race may be Barack Obama. West Virginia Democrat Natalie Tennant recently aired an ad that turned the lights out in the White House, now Republican Shelley Moore Capito is up with a one-minute spot
“There aren’t a lot of functioning democracies around the world that work this way where you can basically have millionaires and billionaires bankrollingwhoever they want, however they want, in some cases undisclosed. What it means is ordinary Americans are shut
Texas Gov. Rick Perry waded into the New Hampshire Senate race on a conference call with reporters, “I would be embarrassed if I was from New Hampshire and I had a United States senator who was so with the president on
In terms of 2014 overall race for control of the Senate, CQ Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski quotes National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Jerry Moran, “I think we have a good map in the sense that we have good candidates and good
The same Democrats who were once feeling confident about Rep. Bruce Braley winning a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa are now worried if Braley might not turn out to be the biggest bust in what looks to be an extremely
The details of a 2009 draft of health care reform have become relevant again this month. Here’s what the so-called HELP bill said and why it matters now. The Halbig case is the one about whether or not tax subsidies
Several hours after Speaker John Boehner announced to colleagues in the Capitol that the GOP border bill wouldn’t address President Obama’s threats to unilaterally grant amnesty to as many as six million people, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was befuddled. “I’m
In an item partly discussing yesterday’s leaked Nunn campaign memo, which the Atlanta Journal Constitution calls a “massive blow” to Democrat Michelle Nunn’s campaign, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed makes it clear that “Atlanta has open arms to the thousands of unaccompanied
Nearly 70% of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of illegal immigration, and a plurality oppose any emergency funding to address the border crisis, according to a new national poll. The Associated Press-GfK poll found that 68% disapprove of Obama
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said in a statement Tuesday that House Speaker John Boehner’s border crisis working group’s legislation is a “surrender” to a “lawless president.” “The Obama Administration has openly declared its plan to
In a classic Washingtonian political maneuver, both parties are prepared to introduce a massive new Veterans Affairs health care entitlement and force members to vote up or down on the entire package before they hustle off to their awaiting flights
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said he wanted to attach the Senate’s comprehensive amnesty bill to the House border bill and potentially have a conference on legislation that had all but been declared dead. “Well, if they
Conservative scholar and talk radio host Mark Levin said he is rooting for Tennessee state Representative Joe Carr to defeat Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in next week’s August 7th GOP Senate primary. On his Monday radio program, Levin said Alexander,
Senate Democrats are angling to include the entire “Gang of Eight” bill in a conference committee with whatever border crisis bill comes out of Speaker John Boehner’s House of Representatives, Politico reports. “The only way any piece of the House
