On Friday, Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, again slammed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for his defunding Obamacare strategy in an appearance on Fox News. In an appearance on Gretchen Carlson’s Real Story, Norquist claimed there was “no
Debate over the government shutdown and Obamcare became testy on Friday afternoon between Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX). Durbin accused Cruz of causing “damage” with the government shutdown, which Durbin said Cruz “inspired’ by his 21-hour speech
In an interview on Salem Radio’s Hugh Hewitt Show, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) revealed that, in a conference meeting of Republican Senators earlier this week, a group of Republicans waged an “all-out attack” on himself and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): Hewitt: There
Senate Democratic leadership refused to consider a resolution (H.R. 3220), supported by Senator Ted Cruz (R – TX) on Friday , to make continuing appropriations during the government shutdown and provide pay and allowances to members of the reserve components of the
As the government shutdown moved through its first week, the late night talk shows returned the medium back to the traditional satire we once enjoyed before the Obama Administration caused political humor to shut down. David Letterman is proving why
On Friday, in a surprising sign that public pressure has impacted the Democrats’ government shutdown intransigence, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) apologized for the level of rhetoric used over the shutdown. On Thursday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) blasted Reid
The media and the DC establishment are abuzz with reports that Senate Republicans recently lashed out at Texas Sen. Ted Cruz over the government shutdown. New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte confronted Cruz with copies of ads run by an outside
Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, slammed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday and accused him of abandoning House Republicans in the budget battle. Norquist told the Washington Post that Cruz came out “from left field” and “said
The partial shutdown of the federal government is on its third day, but the political fight is effectively over. The GOP has fought to a draw–and, as predicted, the shutdown is now part of a bigger, and more consequential, debt
STEVENS POINT – A couple months ago, a 67-year-old Vietnam veteran began flying his American flag upside down to protest what he views as scandalous American failings: the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, accusations that the IRS targeted
Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO Northern California Republican who ran as a conservative to get the Republican Senate nomination in 2010, attacked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday, saying there was “no honor” in his fight to defund Obamacare.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) thinks his colleague Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is actually leading the House of Representatives in mounting the opposition to Democrats on the budget and other fiscal matters. Reid slammed what he said was a
The Tea Party Patriots blew away expectations at last night’s tele-townhall on the Continuing Resolution with 104,000 participants for Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK). The previous record for an event was three weeks ago when
Left-wing Politico, in its latest attempt to scuttle burgeoning Republican momentum on the government shutdown, has launched an all-out hit piece on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), completely with anonymous quotes from a Republican senator. The title: “Government shutdown 2013: Ted
What the House Should Do The House should keep passing bills that fund the government (with the exception of ObamaCare). Let Harry Reid refuse them. At the same time, get on TV all day and night articulating what you’ve been
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz made the following statement today regarding the government “shutdown,” and the World War II Memorial: “President Obama is so fixated on forcing Obamacare on the American people that he’s even willing to deny World War II
In consonance with the Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) strategy of funding the government piecemeal and forcing the Senate to vote up or down on specific funding for specific branches of the federal government, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on
(AP) King says Cruz conservatives want to ‘hijack’ GOPWASHINGTONRep. Peter King is charging that tea party-backed members of the House Republican Caucus are trying to “hijack the party.” The New York Republican says he senses that increasing numbers of House
In response to A New Normal I could get used to: Yeah, except intransigent Democrats refuse to pass the smaller bills. The latest proposal from House Republicans to re-open only certain parts of government failed Tuesday night as Democrats insisted
President Barack Obama told National Public Radio recently: “I shouldn’t have to offer anything.” That sounds tough, but those are words the president and his party may live to regret. As Republicans scrambled to find a way to pass funding
On Monday, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asserted that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is running the House of Representatives when it comes to the budget negotiations. According to a recent poll, Cruz is viewed as the leader of the Republican
On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went on Fox News and discussed her exclusive Breitbart News op-ed in which she described Senators like Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) as flushing dogs for the conservative grassroots. On the
On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went on Fox News and discussed her exclusive Breitbart News op-ed in which she described Senators like Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) as flushing dogs for the conservative grassroots. She described
On Sunday, Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), who complained the night before about having to do the work in Congress his constituents sent him to do, accused conservatives of not serving the public they were elected to serve. At a press
