Gabrielle Giffords is using the last of the money from her congressional campaign account to launch a new gun control PAC that will make its first contributions to Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (D-PA). According to Politico, “the
Breitbart News: What do conservatives have to do to resonate with young people? GG: They have to explain, succinctly, why their stuff works. And you have to do it with humor, minus jargon, minus anger. Freedom is fun. It’s not
While speaking at an August 26 town hall meeting in Danville, Pennsylvania, Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) responded to a constituent’s criticism of the failed Manchin-Toomey background check expansion by defending the push for more gun control. Responding to a constituent
Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS), the PAC of Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly focused on gun control, is being forced to refund money to contributors after being caught accepting illegal donations. One of the illegal donations was tied to
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) and her husband Mark Kelly will embark on a multi-state tour on July 1st to push for expanded background checks on gun purchasers. Kelly’s gun-control group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, announced the “Rights and Responsibilities”
A federal judge ordered Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to suspend the so-called “Under-12” rule and allow 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan onto an adult transplant list in a Wednesday ruling. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Baylson made the ruling
Organizing for Action (OFA) executive director Jon Carson said his group will now pour resources into opposing Senators who opposed gun control–especially Democrat Senators. This means Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Mark Begich (D-AK), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), and Mark Pryor (D-AR)
President Barack Obama lashed out defiantly and viciously at political opponents who defeated his efforts to expand federal gun regulations today. Standing with families of victims of the Newtown school shooting at the White House, the president claimed that opponents
With Senate support for the Manchin-Toomey “compromise” continuing to slide, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) appear willing to revert to gimmicks to try to squeak the bill through. The numbers on the bill are tight but tending
As the Manchin-Toomey background check ‘compromise’ moves toward a scheduled April 18 vote, 39 Senators have already said they will be voting against it. This 39 opposed to the compromise includes eight of the 16 GOP Senators who voted to
Scrambling for support, Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) are considering changing their plan to expand background checks for firearms purchasing. One addition would “exempt residents who live hundreds of miles from a gun dealer” and appeal to Senators
The background check “compromise” put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) is full of gun control red tape that greatly expands the government’s reach and oversight into the purchase and handling of firearms. Although it’s been
Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey informed the Senate floor of the explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday soon after it happened.
Thousands of Tea Party activists will gather Monday at rallies across the nation to mark Tax Day, April 15–and to re-ignite a movement that had been written off as dormant by the media and the political classes. After propelling the
The background check ‘compromise’ put forth by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) sets new rules for how individuals must transport firearms if taking them from one place to another. These new rules are on top of expanding
Appearing on CBS News’ Face the Nation on April 14, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Newtown families have told him they know the bill he and Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) have crafted would not have prevented the heinous crime at
The Background Check ‘Compromise‘ put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) creates $100 million in grants for “each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017” for the federal government to disperse to states if those states implement
The Tea Party Patriots organization is planning protests on Tuesday at the home state offices of several Senators that the group argues are in need of an “intervention” for being sucked up into inside-the-Beltway politics, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and
CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS HOST: Senator Durbin, you and Senator Cornyn, as the whips in the Senate, are the vote counters, the guys who know whether or not there are enough votes. Are there enough votes when this comes up
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) told host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that supporters of new gun control legislation do not yet have the votes to pass it, despite defeating a Republican-led filibuster attempt last week. Durbin is the Senate Majority
Anyone angry that President Barack Obama hasn’t pushed through sweeping gun control legislation yet should know it’s not his fault. Saturday Night Live told us so last night. The April 13 show’s opening monologue appeared to paint Obama (Jay Pharoah)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns has launched a new ad campaign praising Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) while targeting Republicans in states like Georgia, Tennessee, and Indiana. The new ads draw attention
When it comes to exploiting the tragedy of the Sandy Hook massacre to push a completely unrelated gun control agenda, President Obama has no peer. The White House announced today that it would hand over the President’s weekly internet and
Though the proposed Toomey-Manchin gun control legislation states that it hopes to “protect Second Amendment rights” while it “prevents individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm” from doing so, the bill could actually deter mentally ill people from
The American Civil Liberties Union has decided to hold off an endorsement of the Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) bill designed to target gun sales at gun shows or via communication on the internet. The ACLU’s legislative
Senator Pat Toomey’s (R-PA) background check ‘compromise’ expands background checks to cover not only gun shows and internet sales but also sales in print publications. Section 122 of “The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act” states: Beginning on the
Chris Stigall interviewed Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) about the gun bill he announced Wednesday in The Heritage Foundation studio in D.C.
As Senators line up to help the background check “compromise” clear its first procedural hurdle, it’s important to remember this measure will have absolutely no affect on decreasing public shootings, reducing violent crime, or improving the safety of children who
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-Second Amendment group Mayors Against Illegal Guns announced they will quit running attack ads against Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) now that he’s seen the light on background checks. Toomey joined with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) in fashioning
After Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) held a presser putting forth their background check “compromise” this morning, it was gun shows and internet gun sales are in their crosshairs. The “compromise” consists of closing the so-called “gun
Senate Democrats are “confident” they have the votes to bring gun control legislation to the Senate floor. At least 14 Republicans have threatened to filibuster the legislation, but eight Republicans “have said they will not attempt to block an effort
Amid the deadlock over universal background checks, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) are developing a compromise that would strengthen the current background check system without expanding it to private sales. No one knows for sure how the compromise
On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke with Breitbart News exclusively regarding the upcoming sequestration, slated to hit this Friday. He spoke about the controversial new proposal from Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to give
Tuesday night, Karl Rove went on Fox News’ Hannity to deliver a mea culpa for a New York Times article which reported that the “biggest donors in the Republican Party” were working with him and Steven J. Law, president of
This weekend National Review Institute hosted a Summit in Washington DC titled “The Future of Conservatism.” The fact that National Review felt the need to call on Joe Scarborough to sum up the “Trouble with Conservatism” is Exhibit A for
Racine, Wisc., In an exclusive interview on Saturday with Breitbart News, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) said, the “energy and momentum” is very exciting around the country on the campaign trail. Toomey was on the ground at a Tea Party
The Racine, Wisconsin Tea Party held a get-out-the-vote rally Saturday to energize conservatives for the final stretch of the upcoming election. Organizers for the rally arrived at the event venue to find hundreds of roofing nails spread across the parking
In an exclusive interview on Saturday with Breitbart News, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) said, the “energy and momentum” is very exciting around the country on the campaign trail. Toomey was on the ground at a Tea Party rally in
(AP) Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter diesBy PETER JACKSONAssociated PressHARRISBURG, Pa.Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the Republican-turned-Democrat who played a key role in many Supreme Court nominations, has died. He was 82. His son Shanin Specter says
Proving they’ve learned nothing from lessons of the past, some House Republicans are pushing to bring back the wide-scale use of earmarks to Congress. These pigs in elephants’ clothing want to end a three-year moratorium on earmarks and start trading
