Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) writes an op-ed in Politico about the stand he took this weekend against a continuing resolution omnibus spending bill which funded President Obama’s executive actions granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. For the past week,
The White House is mocking Sen. Ted Cruz now that President Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General has been approved by the Senate. Obama officials appeared happy to ridicule the Texas Senator after his Senate colleagues complained to the media that
In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, potential 2016 Presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump bashes Jeb Bush’s presidential aspirations. “The last thing this country needs is another Bush at the helm. I think it’s a big mistake,”
In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, potential 2016 Presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump bashes Jeb Bush’s presidential aspirations. “The last thing this country needs is another Bush at the helm. I think it’s a big mistake,”
On Monday, conservative Senators warned against nominating someone who has vowed to implement President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty to head the agency that is supposed to enforce the country’s immigration laws. The Senate will vote on Tuesday to confirm Sarah
Florida Senator Marco Rubio had a very bad weekend, this after Nicaragua’s communist dictator Daniel Ortega told Costa Rica’s Tico Times that Rubio, and one of his partners in political crime, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, would be banned from visiting his
Sen. Mike Lee is defending the weekend’s acrimony-inducing Senate session, explaining that it was important to get a vote on the constitutionality of President Obama’s executive amnesty. “It’s always worth it when you stand behind the American people, who want
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) raised a point of order in the US Senate Saturday evening. Heritage Action’s Michael A. Needham explained it this way. “If Senators are opposed to President Obama’s executive action on immigration, they should vote in favor of
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) argued that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wasn’t like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) because “she’s not…say[ing] ‘shut down the government or don’t fund things if I don’t get my way’” on Sunday’s “State of the Union” on
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress cleared a $1.1 trillion spending bill for President Barack Obama’s signature late Saturday night after a day of Senate intrigue capped by a failed, largely symbolic Republican challenge to the administration’s new immigration policy. The vote
(Reuters) – The Senate passed a five-day extension of federal funding on Saturday, staving off a government shutdown and buying lawmakers more time to resolve a fight over a longer, $1.1 trillion spending bill led by Tea Party firebrand Ted
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) attempted to push the US Senate to vote on whether it considers President Obama’s executive action on immigration to be constitutional in a speech on the Senate floor on government funding on Friday. Cruz cited “Saturday
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) objections about the CR/omnibus bill Thursday night was a “spectacular hypocrisy, a festival of hypocrisy.” Krauthammer added, “And, of course, the media loves it
Republican Senator Mike Lee joined Senators Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions Friday night to push for a vote to defund the president’s amnesty decree in the “Cromnibus” spending bill. The trio of conservative senators were hoping to get the defund vote onto
More and more legislators are loving on Senator Ted Cruz nowadays, considering that he is one of a few embers of the Republican caucus in the Senate that actually has the stones to say what he means. Here is Rep.
“If you look to prior elections, the one thing that’s clear, is if we nominate in 2016, another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole, or a John McCain, or a Mitt Romney…but what they did, didn’t work. And
After one of the most resounding election victories in recent history, the GOP establishment–not “leadership,” because there’s none of that to be found–has surrendered, granting an undeserved victory to an embattled, lame-duck president, whose policies were roundly rejected by voters.
Not everyone in the Senate is happy as the House advances a “$1.1 trillion spending package” to the Senate where it’s expected to pass but not without potential delay and some contentious debate. Some Republicans are upset because “the bill
In response to “Are You Smart Enough to be President of the United States?”: This reminds me of the running gag about the hapless Senator Bedfellow in the “Bloom County” comic strip, forever facing rigged “gotcha” questions from the satirical
AUSTIN, Texas — Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has wielded immense influence nationally among grassroots conservatives since his 2012 election, and now, thanks to his mentoring of several key staffers, he is poised to have a significant role in shaping the
AUSTIN, Texas — Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced on Wednesday that two of his staffers had accepted leading positions in the Office of the Texas Attorney General, taking the opportunity to follow in his footsteps and serve their home state.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is reminding Americans that no civilized nation should ever torture prisoners. “Torture is wrong, unambiguously. Period. The end. Civilized nations do not engage in torture and Congress has rightly acted to make absolutely clear that the
New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie will attend The Iowa Freedom Summit with Republican Rep. Steve King on January 24. The event is co-hosted by Citizens United and is seen as a step on the road to the 2016 presidential
HOUSTON, Texas — While 95 percent of U.S. Border Patrol agents are men, officials are taking steps to increase the number of female agents. Border Patrol recently posted a job listing for new agents that is “restricted to female applicants only.” The pay is $39,012.00
AUSTIN, Texas — Greg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General and Governor-elect, will stay out of the 2016 Republican Presidential race, and will not endorse any candidate during the primary, even those with a Texas connection. In an appearance on NBC’s
