The House Freedom Caucus – a group of constitutional conservative Congressmen – announced Wednesday evening that it will support Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) for Speaker of the House, to replace John Boehner at the end of the month.
GOP presidential candidate Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is pleased he’s seeing growing crowds in Iowa, which reflect the latest NBC poll that has Jindal tied for fifth place in Iowa and the most recent Fox News Index where he snuck into the top ten.
GOP presidential candidate Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal aims to eliminate the corporate tax, an issue he addressed as he unveiled his tax plan Wednesday afternoon on a call with reporters where Jindal argued his plan simplifies tax code.
GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is heading to the Mexican border this weekend. On Saturday, former Congressman Duncan Hunter and officials from the National Border Council will accompany Huckabee on his tour of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Conservatives in the House of Representatives believe a bloc vote will help influence who will be the next Speaker of the House, so members of the House Freedom Caucus will meet Wednesday afternoon to debate which member – Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Daniel Webster, or Rep. Jason Chaffetz – they should support for Speaker.
GOP candidates are jabbing back as Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton trolls the GOP field by sending them copies of her book “Hard Choice,” which sketches out here tenure as Secretary of State.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski tells the Washington Post that the billionaire businessman is prepared to spend “whatever it takes” on paid media in the next phase of his campaign.
GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio is missing another vote, this time just days after he said he wouldn’t miss any with “major national significance,” according to CNN. The Floridian has missed the most votes of any senator currently running for president.
The Club for Growth Action claims its anti-Trump ads are working, citing a poll that suggests Trump slipped to second place in the Hawkeye state. However, the poll — paid for by the Club for Growth Action — differs from the Real Clear Politics Iowa average, which still shows Trump on top of the GOP field.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump said he hasn’t given “one percent” of thought to getting out of the GOP presidential nominee race. “Not even a thought, not even 1 percent of the thought,” Trump said during an interview with CNN. “Why
Political public policy polls may not be the best criteria to set presidential debate standards, according to several experts who explained their skepticism in detail with Politico and with whom Sen. Rand Paul’s communications director agrees.
Several conservatives who pushed for Speaker of the House John Boehner to delay House Majority Leader and Majority Whip elections say they support Boehner pushing the votes back until next month.
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina leads Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton by 14 points in a head to head match up in Iowa, a major poll shows.
Speaker of the House John Boehner decided to push back the elections for House Majority Leader and Majority Whip until next month, giving conservatives more time to offer candidates to fill the positions.
Gov. Mike Huckabee slammed President Barack Obama’s new campaign to win Hill approval for a new Pacific-wide free-trade treaty with 11 countries. “Once again, American workers are getting punched in the gut by Washington because this deal is a handout to insiders, interest groups, Obama’s allies and Asia,” said Huckabee, a GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor, shortly after the president announced the completed deal Oct. 5.
Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said he didn’t regret removing Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) from his subcommittee chairmanship for voting his conscience against GOP leadership, but that Chaffetz “learned” from that experience.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump maintains his lead in the early Republican primary states of New Hampshire and Iowa, according to new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls conducted after the second GOP primary debate and Gov. Scott Walker’s withdrawal.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton keeps her lead over fellow candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in Iowa, but Sanders continues to lead Clinton in New Hampshire, according to new polls by NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and Marist.
GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is going after CAIR – an organization linked to terrorism – again, sending out an email to supporters to call for an investigation into this “non profit organization.”
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina took to Facebook to show her supporters Snickers and Max – her two dogs.
“I would like to see someone that’s very tough and that can negotiate with the Democrats, and I don’t know that he’s that person,” Donald Trump said about possible Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “We need somebody that’s a very, very tough, smart, cunning person. I don’t know that that’s him, and obviously this statement hurt him pretty badly in the eyes of some, unfortunately.”
Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has missed the most Senate votes this year out of all the senators who are also running for president, a point that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump highlighted during last month’s GOP primary debate.
A new Sunday morning news show aims to up the journalism game in Washington, D.C. and bring investigative storytelling to the forefront of the political discussion ahead of the 2016 presidential election. It will feature Sharyl Attkisson and aim to avoid the same “white guys from Capitol Hill” that other Sunday programs repeatedly present.
Donald Trump on Syrian ‘Migration’: ‘If I Win, They’re Going Back!’
Only candidates earning an average of three percent support in selected national polls will be allowed on the next GOP prime time debate stage, according to CNBC.
GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee blasted the priorities of Washington politicians as “pathetic and absolutely absurd” when asked about his reaction to the Planned Parenthood hearing on Tuesday.
On the first business day following House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation, J.D. Winteregg filed his necessary paperwork, becoming the first candidate on the regular ballot to replace Boehner in Ohio’s 8th District.
Melania Trump: Supports Husband’s Campaign To Make America Great Again
The spending resolution passed in the Senate Wednesday morning now goes to the House, and it funded Planned Parenthood – something the conservative base protested.
The spending resolution expires December 11, creating another government shutdown cliff right before Congress leaves for the holidays. Potentially, the December “omnibus” could bust the budget caps, raise the debt ceiling, fund amnesty, fund sanctuary cities, fund Iran deal, and fund Planned Parenthood.
Republicans encouraged Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) to run for Majority Leader in the House of Representatives Tuesday, following House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation, but Gowdy refused, saying he doesn’t want to leave his Chairmanship on the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
Foster Friess, a conservative billionaire living in Wyoming, is supporting Kevin McCarthy’s race for House Speaker, following John Boehner’s resignation. “He seems to be a real upbeat guy in all my interactions with him,” Friess stated in a press release.
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal faces a major hurdle Wednesday when leaders from 12 different countries will reconvene to try to finalize the deal, which has been five years in the making, according to The Financial Times. The
GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says he will be in the presidential race longer than “clown” Donald Trump. In response, the GOP frontrunner has fired back on Twitter, predicting Rand will drop out of the race soon.
It’s almost like a love/hate story — a New York Times Magazine cover article describes how GOP frontrunner Donald Trump captured the attention of an anti-D.C., skeptical journalist.
The political action committee founded by Ronald Reagan called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to resign as House Speaker John Boehner did last Friday, so a constitutional conservative can take McConnell’s place leading the Senate.
GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson told a group of reporters on Friday that they should interview Kanye Wes. because West is “a very smart businessman.”
CNBC will host the debate, on October 28 in Colorado, but the network – along with the RNC – won’t reveal polling and cut-off criteria for the GOP candidates, something GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said is not fair. “I think it’s because they don’t know what the criteria should be, which is kind of unfair,” Carson told Breitbart’s Matthew Boyle during Breitbart News Sunday.
GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is standing by his opinion that House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation “will be a good thing.”
Univision and Telemundo Cover Donald Trump More Than NBC, ABC, CBS Combined
Planned Parenthood paid some of its supporters who threw condoms at GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina and at her supporters during an Iowa Hawkeye tailgate on Saturday.
