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In a free-wheeling discussion that touched on dozens of proposals for how to address the tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children streaming across the southern U.S. borders, one thread connected the calls to add to or change a border

Former Dollar General CEO David Perdue narrowly beat Rep. Jack Kingston in the Georgia GOP primary runoff tonight, and in the days leading up to election day, he made a big push to tie the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s support

A border security proposal from Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) that has already prompted fierce criticism on the right is included in the forthcoming proposal from a working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner, according to Rep. John Carter

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is leading a delegation of lawmakers to Central America described as a “rival” effort to a recent fact-finding trip by a working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner. The

A small group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner to craft a response to the tens of thousands of illegal alien children streaming across the southern U.S. border has delayed a report of its recommendations while officials consider a

WASHINGTON, D.C.–A working group of lawmakers appointed by Speaker John Boehner is poised to recommend deploying the National Guard, amending a 2008 law requiring a lengthy deportation process, bringing in temporary judges to reduce a legal backlog and new border

Under the Obama administration, embassy construction costs have exploded even while security – a major issue in the Benghazi scandal – has grown worse. Now we know why. A video released by the State Department in 2012 shows exhibits the

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) wants to bring “reform” back to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “I think the committee has somewhat atrophied on its core mission of government reform,” he said in an interview in his office in

Republican Speaker John Boehner offered his most forceful words yet regarding President Barack Obama’s aggressive use of executive orders to enact liberal policies, outlining the reasoning behind a planned lawsuit and saying Congress must act to avoid Obama from acting

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is calling for President Obama to intervene to free Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman whom an Appeal Court freed yesterday, who was just re-arrested at the airport trying to leave Khartoum. “There is an

In his nominating speech for Rep. Raul Labrador, who by all accounts was beaten badly in the race for majority leader by Kevin McCarthy, former Republican Study Committee (RSC) chairman Jim Jordan gave his colleagues a warning. “Look, we all

The first rule of leadership races, it’s often said among the few people who have experience waging power struggles at the top of the congressional food chain in the most powerful country on earth, is that he who who gets

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) is leading the race for House Whip, the third-ranking position in House leadership, and he’s running on his conservative bonafides. The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the Republicans’ 170-member strong conservative caucus, Scalise is pitching

That was fast. In a commanding display of sheer political power, GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy locked up support over 48 hours to replace the vacancy at Majority Leader left by Eric Cantor’s stunning primary defeat. House Rules Committee Chairman Pete

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) will not run for Majority Leader, he said in a statement.  “Although I am humbled by the calls, emails, and conversations from my colleagues  encouraging me to return to leadership for the

South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R) is adamant that he’s opposed to reauthorizing the Export-Import bank, a government-financing agency that has become a hot button issue among conservatives seeking to allow its charter to expire. So why did he help

House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) is working to outflank GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy on immigration in the early stages of a clash for Eric Cantor’s soon-to-be vacant Majority Leader slot, telling a group of reporters that securing the

Following the stunning upset of Majority Leader Eric Cantor last night, the Capitol is the political equivalent of a Black Friday stampede as top Republicans burn up the phone lines looking for support. It’s a highly fluid situation, but some

Aristotle said “nature abhors a vacuum.” Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning primary defeat last night has left a rather large one in the House GOP power structure, and the resulting struggle is likely to get bloody. “It’s very fluid. There

As the clock approached midnight on Tuesday night, Randolph-Macon economics professor David Brat was still in a bit of shock that this was really happening to him. “I’m still recovering…we’re watching it on TV right now I’m like, ‘that’s me!’

There’s only a few weeks left until the summer recess swallows Congress’ legislative agenda for 2014, but a group of key Republicans haven’t given up immigration quite yet. Helping guide a secretive effort to informally gauge support for legislative action

Democrat primary candidate Ro Khanna, taking on Nancy Pelosi-endorsed incumbent Rep. Mike Honda with the help of powerful Silicon Valley executives like Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, has a penchant for hyperbole. Shortly after declaring the 17th congressional district the “world’s

Speaker John Boehner’s friends are trying to design new, more effective punishments for the conservative members that might vote against him on the House floor come January, but the message from the right is, “don’t even try it.” “Look, intimidation

Reclaim America, Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) leadership PAC, will be going on air with a new television ad for Iowa GOP Senate candidate Joni Ernst, Terry Sullivan, the PAC’s director, told Breitbart News. Rubio, who shares a consultant, Todd Harris,

Matt Bevin was the candidate, but Matt Hoskins, the Jim DeMint protege and the head of the Senate Conservatives Fund, was his most important supporter – and one McConnell allies took pains to highlight and isolate throughout the race. Hoskins’

LINCOLN, Nebraska–We’re sitting in an RV that Ben Sasse and his family and aides have lived in and campaigned out of for eight months, and I’m getting the sense that I’m riding with a militia member. There’s a stuffed pheasant

LINCOLN, Nebraska–Contrary to some reports, the tension between Nebraska GOP Senate nominee Ben Sasse and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell does not seem to be over. McConnell and Sasse feuded in the fall, with McConnell upset about Sasse’s involvement with the

LINCOLN, Nebraska–Midland University President Ben Sasse won convincingly against former State Treasurer Shane Osborn and businessman Sid Dinsdale in the Republican Senate primary here, likely sending a vaunted young conservative voice to the Senate in 2015. Sasse, who received the

With less than 48 hours before polls open for the Republican Senate primary in Nebraska, immigration has emerged as an issue of newfound importance in the race after former State Treasurer Shane Osborn signed a pledge from an anti-amnesty group

A bill that reauthorized the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which was criticized on the right as unnecessary interference by the federal government in the free market, passed the House in violation of the so-called “Hastert Rule” Thursday. The bill passed

Speaker John Boehner is negotiating with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi over details of the select committee on Benghazi, with Pelosi pressing for Democrats to have a role in deciding what subpoenas the panel issues as well as full access to

Joni Ernst, the Republican Senate candidate who received national acclaim for a campaign ad touting her background “castrating hogs on an Iowa farm,” rides her Harley Davidson to the gun range for some target practice in her latest spot. Ernst

Sen. Ted Cruz is demanding the resignation of Secretary of State John Kerry over remarks he made that Israel risks becoming an “apartheid state.” “‘Apartheid’ is inextricably associated with one of the worst examples of state-sponsored discrimination in history: the