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A groundbreaking new film, Fast Terry, exposes how Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe hood-winked voters in both Mississippi and Virginia. The film, by Jason Meath, who directed the King of Bain documentary on Mitt Romney’s business career, exposes McAuliffe’s crony

Democrats seem to be making peace with the probable “train wreck” of ObamaCare’s implementation. The DCCC, which assists Democrats running for the House, is offering free “I ‘Heart’ ObamaCare bumper stickers. The organization even took to twitter to advertise and

On Wednesday, economic bellwether Caterpillar reported disappointing earnings for the second quarter and said growth would be much lower than expected for the second half of the year. Later in the day, about 50 miles from Caterpillar’s corporate headquarters in

The House is considering the Defense Appropriations bill and conservatives in the House are insisting on votes dealing with National Security Agency (NSA) spying, aid to the military government in Egypt, and aid to Syrian opposition groups. According to Politico, Rep.

Organizing for Action, the advocacy off-shoot of Obama’s reelection campaign, has announced plans to copy the Tea Party and flood Congressional townhalls over the August recess. OFA’s goal is to push House Republicans to support Obama’s initiatives. The Left has

Gallup reports that President Obama’s approval rating slipped again in the 2nd Quarter, falling to 47.9%. The dip was the second quarterly drop in a row. At the end of last year, on the heels of his reelection, Obama’s approval

Tea Party and conservative activists held a counter-rally outside a Sen. Lamar Alexander campaign event in Smyrna, TN on Saturday. According to organizers, over 300 people braved the heat and sun, promoting a primary challenge to Alexander next year. Alexander’s

The first Trayvon Martin rally protesting the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman began Saturday morning in Newport News, VA. Around 100 rallies are scheduled throughout the day, across the country, with the majority beginning at noon. Around 25

On Friday, the Energy Department reported that preliminary results of a landmark study of hydraulic fracturing, or tracking, found that the chemicals used in the process didn’t pollute the higher-up ground water. The study was conducted in Western Pennsylvania, which

Last Saturday, a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of charges related to the death of Trayvon Martin. After a media fire-storm building up to the verdict, the organic public reaction was fairly muted. There were very few outpourings

On Monday, thousands of tea party and grass roots activists marched on Capitol Hill to protest against the Senate amnesty bill. The event was co-sponsored by the Black Leadership Alliance and featured a number of minority speakers. That, of course,

Sen. Marco Rubio raised a substantial $3 million in the second quarter, a 30% spike from the beginning of the year. The impressive haul came while Rubio was most vocal in promoting the Senate’s Gang of 8 immigration deal. Big

IRS attorney Carter Hull has told congressional investigators that the Agency’s chief counsel’s office had asked to review the applications of tea party and conservative organization targeted for heightened scrutiny. William Walkins, chief counsel of the IRS, is a political

In an interview with Telemundo on Tuesday, President Obama said that an immigration reform bill that didn’t provide citizenship to currently illegal immigrants “does not make sense.” The hard-line position makes it more difficult for the White House, Senate Democrats

Sen. John McCain spent the weekend negotiating with Majority Leader Harry Reid on a deal to avert Reid’s threatened use of the “nuclear option” to change Senate rules to eliminate filibusters on Presidential nominations. Through his efforts, McCain was able

Senate sources say a deal has been struck to avert Harry Reid’s threatened “nuclear option” on nominations. By deal, we mean that Senate Republicans ceded the point and will now allow votes to confirm 7 pending nominations from the White

In 2005, Republicans, who controlled the Senate and were frustrated with the lack of progress on President Bush’s nominations, considered amending Senate rules to prohibit filibusters on Presidential nominations. As the video below details, Senate Democrats viewed the move as

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continued preparations to alter Senate rules and strip Senators of their ability to filibuster Presidential nominations. In an unusual step, all Senators are scheduled to convene this evening in the Old Senate Chamber

The band Pink Floyd made famous the lyric, “We Don’t Need No Education” but as it turns out, perhaps they do.  As do some conservatives who are being sucked into Hollywood and the recording industry’s long con on royalty payment

On Saturday, President Obama used his weekly radio address to tout the economic benefits of passing the Senate immigration reform bill. On Wednesday, the White House issued a report saying the the immigration reform bill would both trim the deficit

Former MT Gov. Brian Schweitzer dealt a serious blow to Democrats’ 2014 hopes by announcing on Saturday that he wouldn’t run in the race to replace retiring Dem Sen. Max Baucus. Schweitzer, a popular two-term governor, was seen by national

Until this week, President Obama had largely stayed out of the immigration debate. While the White House was active behind the scenes, Obama himself largely avoided address the issue in public. On Saturday, however, Obama devoted his weekly radio address

On Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano shocked Washington with news that she was immediately resigning her cabinet position. Her departure leaves vacant an office at the heart of the current immigration reform debate. If Congress proceeds with immigration reform

On Thursday, Public Policy Polling released its latest 2016 tracking poll of Iowa Republican voters. The results show a dramatic shift in Republican voter sentiment. Sen. Marco Rubio, who had led in previous surveys, has dropped to 5th place. Sen.

House Judiciary Chair Bod Goodlatte and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, both from Virginia, are drafting legislation to enact something similar to the DREAM Act, which would allow illegal immigrants who entered the country as children to become citizens. It is

On Thursday afternoon, House GOP Leadership engineered final passage of a stripped-down Farm Bill. Getting there wasn’t pretty. First, the Leadership removed all provisions related to the food stamp program, which comprises the overwhelming majority of spending in the bill.

One of the foundational lies told by President Obama during the debate over his health care law was that “if you like the plan you have, you can keep it.” Of course, that’s only true if the plan is still

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid began steps to exercise the so-called “nuclear option,” a permanent change to Senate rules to prohibit filibusters on Presidential nominations. Senators would no longer have the right to extended debate on Executive and

Late Wednesday, the House Rules Committee voted to waive the rule requiring pieces of legislation to be available to members for three days prior to a final vote. After the ObamaCare debacle, the GOP campaigned on enforcing such a rule

A new poll released by Quinnipiac University finds President Obama’s approval rating slipping to 44%. His approval rating is under water, with 48% of voters disapproving of his job performance. At the beginning of May, Obama’s approval ratings were reversed,

Conservatives in the House are pushing a resolution that would require the four southern-border states to certify that the border is secure before any immigration legislation could be brought to the floor for a vote. The immigration bill passed by

The Labor Department reported Thursday that weekly jobless claims rose to 360k, up from 344k claims the week before. Economists had been expecting this week’s number to dip to around 330k. The 4-week moving average, a less volatile measure also

Sources on Capitol Hill have told Breitbart News that, on Thursday, the House likely will make another attempt to pass the Farm Bill. Last month, GOP Leadership suffered a rare defeat when the Farm Bill failed on the House floor

On Monday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry told supporters that he has decided not to seek reelection as Governor next year. Perry is currently the longest-serving Governor in the nation. He has also been Governor longer than anyone else in Texas

Now that the Senate has passed its amnesty legislation, attention turns next to the House, which returns Monday for three weeks of work before the month-long August recess. Supporters of the Senate bill had hoped action on the issue in

Just two years ago, former Rep. Anthony Weiner was forced to resign from Congress after lying to the press and public about tweeting illicit photos of himself. Today, however, he is waging an improbably competitive race for mayor of New