Tag: Ted Cruz

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said he expects there to be somewhere close to 250 House members to vote for the plan to defund Obamacare in the Continuing Resolution (CR) on Friday, when House GOP leadership brings the plan up for

Several House members are backing up Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his leadership role in the effort to defund Obamacare in the wake of attacks from the mainstream media and anonymous statements from establishment Republicans and their staffers. “I do

State Representative Joe Carr, Senator Lamar Alexander’s (R-TN) Tea Party backed challenger in the 2014 Tennessee Republican Senate primary, blasted Alexander today for his refusal to stand with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and defund Obamacare. “Senator Lamar Alexander has refused

On Friday, the House is expected to pass a continuing resolution to extend funding for government, but also strip all discretionary spending to implement ObamaCare. If enacted, the House action would allow government to remain open but erect a huge

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush echoed the sentiment of others in the Republican establishment when he came out against conservatives who want to defund Obamacare.  “I’d just add a little dose of reality,” Bush said at the National Press Club

In the midst of the Navy Yard attack, former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum took advantage of the chaos to attack gun rights advocates. Gun control is a repeated hobbyhorse for Frum, who blamed the “gun lobby” for the

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the architect of the effort to defund Obamacare, said on Thursday it was “morally unacceptable” for lawmakers in Congress to vote to fund the health care law.  Lee said the Affordable Care Act violates the religious

An amendment is moving through the Senate Judiciary Committee that would essentially allow the government to determine who is a journalist for purposes of legal protection of sources. For purposes of protecting a source, a “journalist” under law would be

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has been one of the leading proponents of defunding Obamacare, said establishment politicians in Washington, D.C. are “scared to death” of the grassroots because they do not want to be held accountable.  Speaking with Breitbart

Wednesday night, House Leadership withdrew legislation to fund the government through December in response to growing conservative criticism that the measure didn’t strip funding for ObamaCare. Congress must pass legislation to authorize continued government spending before September 30, or the

On Tuesday at the “Exempt America” rally in Washington, D.C., Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Obamacare needed to be defunded because it is a job-killer that is not working. “Obamacare is a disaster,” Cruz said. “This thing ain’t working.” Cruz,

(AP) House preps for debate stopgap spending billBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONHouse Republicans plan to condition a short-term spending bill for averting a government shutdown next month on making Senate Democrats vote on _ but not necessarily pass _ a tea

The GOP 2016 presidential race has begun, with the first candidate announcing his intentions to seek the White House: Rep. Peter King (R-NY) King, visiting a New Hampshire radio station on Friday, said the reason he was in New Hampshire

At the top of the Exempt America website, it reads: “If Obamacare isn’t good enough for Big Business, Big Labor, or Big Government, then it isn’t good enough for the American people.” These words are all-too-true, and we hope you