The United States is the largest source of remittances — or funds sent overseas by foreign-born residents — in the world, according to the Government Accountability Office.
A whopping 51 House Republicans are publicly pressuring IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Clinton Foundation tax status, signing onto a letter organized by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) that pushes for such an investigation.
Congressional Republicans are panning President Obama’s budget proposal, noting it offers big tax increases, but would never balance.
In a pivotal closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, John Boehner will pitch colleagues on a bill introduced by a man who voted against him for speaker two years ago. Language recently introduced by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), a conservative firebrand who
Conservative lawmakers are calling on House leadership to vigorously act against President Obama’s executive amnesty. Republican congressional leaders have yet to articulate what actions they plan to take to combat Obama’s recent unilateral actions to change immigration enforcement and policy
The just-elected chairman of the Republican Study Committee is pledging to never publicly criticize GOP leadership, a marked turn for the position that has been used in past years to hold Speaker John Boehner’s feet to the fire on occasion.
On Tuesday, GOP Reps. Greg Walden and Tom Price introduced legislation to reverse the Obama Administration’s decision to cut payments for home health-care services by 14%. The planned cuts, the maximum allowed under ObamaCare, jeopardize health care services for more
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
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
Congressman Bill Pascrell (D – NJ) appears to be siding with former President Bill Clinton and Republicans on Capitol Hill who are concerned about the administration’s plans to cede U.S. oversight of the internet to an international body. “I haven’t
On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified on the Health and Human Services Department FY 2015 budget request. During her testimony, Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) pressed her over the lack of enrollment numbers available to the public
CAMBRIDGE, Maryland–House leadership began the closed-door immigration meeting Thursday by passing out their immigration “principles” just as the first news stories about what was in them were starting to pop. But if the public rollout of the document seemed like
One of President Obama’s most frequently repeated talking points, during the ObamaCare crash-and-burn, is that his opponents don’t have any ideas of their own. That is patently false, to a degree the media would simply never accept if he were
On August 22, 2009 Reuters published a story titled “Obama again tackles ‘myths’ on healthcare reform.” Notice the hint of exasperation in the headline. Obama is having to debunk “myths” put out by his opponents again. As promised the first
The House on Friday passed two more narrow appropriations bills to fund parts of the government during the government shutdown. The Senate, which Democrats lead, has rejected five previous bills that were similar. According to The Hill, the House “passed
(AP) House OKs 40th effort to repeal health lawBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONFor the 40th time, Republicans pushed legislation through the House on Friday targeting President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, this one a bill preventing the Internal Revenue Service from
As the IRS scandal continues to take shape and the massive overreach of one of the most powerful agencies in Big Government becomes even more apparent, it becomes frightening to think this same agency will soon be heavily involved in
In the midst of the widening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conservative targeting scandal, the Obama Administration and Democrats are scrambling to downplay the IRS’s role in implementing Obamacare. That will be difficult to do, says the Washington Post. “The IRS
Conservatives in the House of Representatives wield the majority of the power in the lower chamber since the beginning of this Congress, a Friday article in The Atlantic suggests. “On a frigid Wednesday afternoon in January, Speaker John Boehner sat
Even as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) political targeting scandal widens, an army of 2,137 IRS agents are gearing up to implement and police numerous aspects of Obamacare. Their enforcement of the law is under the leadership of Sarah Hall
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. ABC’s “This Week” roundtable on the IRS scandal fallout with Sen. Rob Portman, Sen. Bob Menendez, Rep. Tom Price, and Rep. Charles Rangel…
Outgoing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, who was ostensibly fired by Barack Obama after the IRS scandal came to light, claimed during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing that the actions of the IRS in targeting conservative groups applying for
Former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steven Miller, who only took over in November and resigned this week at President Barack Obama’s behest, will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee Friday on his role in targeting Tea
Barack Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is panicked enough about the collapse of ObamaCare that they have hired a public relations firms at a cost of $8 million to sell the program to the public. ObamaCare’s main
On Monday, Breitbart News asked GA Rep. Tom Price whether he thought the House would agree to a budget deal with President Obama that further increased taxes. Rep. Price responded bluntly, “the President got his revenue,” referring to the $600
Jonathan Karl of ABC News has reported that GOP sources told him House Republicans gave Barack Obama a standing ovation at the beginning and end of his get-together with them on Wednesday. One of Karl’s sources said the GOP was
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), who is considering running for Senate in Georgia, drew the ire of conservatives this weekend when he indicated on Friday he may not have a problem with Karl Rove’s super PAC pouring money into next year’s Georgia
On Wednesday, the House passed legislation that demands President Barack Obama produce a balanced budget or submit a supplemental budget plan by April 1, 2013 that outlines how and in what fiscal year he aims to achieve a balanced budget.
Rep. Tom Price is a respected leader of conservatives in the House. A former chair of the Republican Study Committee, the in-house caucus of conservative legislators, he has long been at the forefront of crafting conservative solutions to our nation’s
AUDIO: Rep. Tom Price interview on WMAL with Brian Wilson and Breitbart News’ Larry O’Connor discussed Speaker John Boehner’s leadership challenges in the House. – ‘I think we need red state leadership’ Last time we checked, Boehner’s Ohio, Majority Leader
Washington D.C. lawmakers in both chambers left the capitol on early Sunday night after negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff fell apart in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – NV) said there is “still time left to
Now that some House conservatives have a concrete plan in place for a coup d’etat against House Speaker John Boehner, buzz is building in Washington about whether these Representatives will follow through–and who would take Boehner’s place. Breitbart News first reported late
(AP) `Fiscal cliff’ leaves Boehner a wounded speakerBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONJohn Boehner is a bloodied House speaker following the startling setback that his own fractious Republican troops dealt him in their “fiscal cliff” struggle against President Barack Obama. There’s plenty
Coincidences don’t exist in Washington and actions don’t unfold randomly. There may not be an obvious connection between news events in a day or week, but, behind the scenes, a steady hand is at least trying to guide the political
UPDATE II: Hensarling spokeswoman Sarah Rozier told Breitbart News he isn’t planning a Speaker run either. “The only leadership position Congressman Hensarling plans to hold in the 113th Congress is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee,” Rozier said in
A new Georgia poll found that former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, whose embrace of the Tea Party briefly propelled him to the top of the 2012 GOP presidential primary field during primary, leads incumbent Republican Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss
President Barack Obama has proposed raising taxes on the rich to put America’s fiscal house in order, but critics say federal spending is so massive that the wealthy don’t have enough money to cover the nation’s unprecedented debt. In an
The House voted 250-164 to block the Obama administration’s rule change to the Welfare Reform Act on Thursday. Nineteen Democrats voted for the resolution as well. After the Obama administration made changes to the Welfare Reform Act, Sen. Orrin
Democrats in Congress have openly threatened to take the country off the fiscal cliff by raising taxes across the board, allowing all of the Bush tax cuts to expire unless Republicans consent to tax increases. But House Republicans are calling Democrats’
Asmany of you are probably well aware of by now, “investigative correspondent” BrianRoss appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” hours after the Colorado shootingtragedy and tied the gunman to a man with the same name who appeared on theColorado Tea
