On Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) confronted President Barack Obama at the White House when Obama met with Republican senators to discuss the budget. Cruz reportedly insisted that Americans deserve “substantial relief” from the president’s signature law. Cruz said it
During the daily press briefing Friday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney ignored Fox News’ Ed Henry several times, causing Henry to walk out.
Hours after President Obama rejected the latest spending offer from the House GOP on his weekly radio address, Senate Democrat leaders rejected a competing proposal offered by Senate Republicans. While Obama and the Democrats have remained united on a simple
Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) told Breitbart News that his party’s leaders should be very careful about targeting conservative members associated with the Tea Party, as the reason Republicans hold a majority in the lower chamber is because Tea Party activists
On Friday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told the audience at the Values Voter Summit he will do everything he can to free American pastor Saeed Abedini in Iran. “In Iran, American pastor Saeed Abedini is detained indefinitely, facing physical and
On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to receive the 60 votes he needed to move forward with his plan for a 14-month extension of the debt ceiling. Reid’s plan contained no off-setting spending cuts or reforms and was
In his weekly radio address Saturday, President Obama rejected any short-term increase in the debt ceiling. The move was a preemptive rejection of a potential House proposal to allow a short-term increase in the debt along with reopening government, which
The Washington Post reports that the ObamaCare site problems are even worse than originally believed. It is not just the buyer-end of the ObamaCare website that is unworkable; so is the back end that is supposed to tell insurance providers
On Friday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) blamed conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the Obama administration’s initial failure to pay death benefits to the families of fallen American soldiers during the government shutdown. In an appearance on Fox News
On Friday, after blaming conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the Obama administration’s mishandling of military death benefits, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Cruz simply did not represent the GOP. Fox News host Martha MacCallum mentioned that Cruz would
The roll out of the health care exchanges has been a stunning failure. A look at the federal exchange’s Facebook page reveals that there are plenty of unsatisfied customers. As you’ll see, not all the complaints are about website glitches,
Breitbart News reported that House Republicans have offered a new deal to the White House to end the fiscal stalemate. The GOP plan, authored primarily by House Budget Chair Rep. Paul Ryan according to Hill sources, would meet Obama’s demands in
Late on October 10, President Obama signed the military death benefits bill White House Spokesman Jay Carney described previously as “not necessary.” The bill passed in the Senate early on October 10 after being passed by the House the day
In response to Majority of Dems and Republicans Want A Third Party: I also noticed a poll from NBC this morning poll that said 60 percent of Americans want to defeat and replace every single member of Congress, which would
Despite several Obama Administration officials’ contention that they do not have figures on the number of first-week Obamacare enrollments, the Daily Mail says two Health and Human Services workers have accessed the data and crunched the figures: in the first
In the report embedded below, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams claims that, if it weren’t for the government shutdown, his network would be offering more coverage of the ObamaCare launch debacle. But it is doubtful the White House believes
I’ve been concerned all week about the risks of a two-stage negotiation strategy, which other conservatives seem to have considered a good idea. That concern has been validated by the precarious position the GOP suddenly finds itself in, after Speaker
Friday morning NBC’s Today show aired a segment warning viewers of a new concern associated with Obamacre: Scam artists. That closing statement by White House spokesman David Simas is increasingly in doubt. The number of visitors may be a contributing
Hollywood’s desperate attempt to bolster President Barack Obama has taken on new dimensions; now Obamacare will be featured or supported in upcoming Hollywood products. The USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s Hollywood Health & Society program has been given $500,000 to
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News exclusively on Friday morning that he believes President Barack Obama will cave on the debt ceiling and end up negotiating with congressional Republicans if the GOP holds its ground. As Paul was leaving
House Republicans have sent the White House a revised proposal to lift the debt ceiling for six weeks, as well as reopen government through December 15th, which was their original spending proposal before the partial shutdown. The revised GOP plan
On Friday, Senate Republicans will meet with President Obama at the White House to offer their plan to end the fiscal stalemate. Splitting with the House GOP, the Senate GOP plan would lift the debt ceiling, likely for six months,
Since the beginning of the fiscal showdown, President Obama has stressed that he wouldn’t negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. His top economic advisor Gene Sperling has regularly repeated Obama’s stance, “If you sanction through negotiation the legitimacy of somebody threatening
A new report issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) asserts that the Obama White House is the most insular in decades, and the worst since the Nixon Administration for its secrecy and lack of transparency. The report was
Emails released Wednesday revealed that Sarah Hall Ingram, the IRS’ top ObamaCare official, advised White House executive staff on legal challenges from groups claiming the HHS contraception mandate violated their religious freedom. Redactions in the emails indicate they contained confidential
