Congress
Background Check Bill for Private Gun Sales Is Stalled
The pushback against a national registry of law-abiding gun owners appears to be more than sufficient to kill any such legislation from being...
Senate Republicans Consider Handing Purse Strings to President
Some Senate Republicans, backed by their leadership, are proposing a plan to avoid mandated sequestration cuts by letting President Obama decide what to...
Read moreWill Sen. Rand Paul Filibuster Brennan Confirmation?
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) threatened to filibuster the confirmation vote of John Brennan unless Brennan provides clear answers to the senator's questions regarding...
Read moreRand Paul Returns $600,000 From Office Budget to U.S. Treasury
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky announced the return of $600,000 from his office budget to the federal treasury. ...
Read moreChuck Hagel a Committed Internationalist
Confirming Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense may harm U.S. defense considering his record, words of praise from the Communist Party, and ties...
Read moreJohn Brennan Confirmation Hearing More Gracious Than Grueling
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s Thursday confirmation hearing of John Brennan, President Obama's nominee for head of the Central Intelligence Agency, was more gracious...
Read moreRand Paul Introduces Audit the Fed Bill
On Tuesday, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) offered the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013, also known as "Audit the Fed.” The bill would...
Read moreHagel Grilled By McCain, Graham at Confirmation Hearing
President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, a former senator from Nebraska, was questioned intensely Thursday during hearings of the Senate...
Read morePaul Ryan: Republicans Wanted 260 Percent Increase in Food Stamps
Former Republican vice presidential nominee and Congressman Paul Ryan told NBC's Meet the Press January 27 that the Republican ideas for spending cuts...
Read moreCritics Angry at GOP for Passage of No Budget, No Pay
Despite tough talk from self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives in the United States House of Representatives on out-of-control government spending, House Republicans passed a bill...
Read moreHouse Passes “No Budget, No Pay Act”
Calling it a debt limit “suspension,” the House voted today to pass the "No Budget, No Pay Act," a measure that will allow...
Read moreCongress Has the Power to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Congress could overturn Roe v. Wade by using the power delegated to it in Article III, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution to...
Read moreHouse to Senate: No Budget, No Pay
House Republicans have decided to pass on a stand-off against the White House and Democratic Senate on the looming national debt limit fight,...
Read moreMemo to House GOP: No Debt Ceiling Increase Without Spending Cuts
The Conservative Action Project issued a memo to GOP leaders to stand firm on the debt ceiling issue and demand that the White...
Read moreRand Paul’s Bill to Nullify “King” Obama’s Gun Control Executive Orders
Sen. Rand Paul is readying legislation to "nullify" President Obama's executive orders to implement national gun control "laws" in violation of the Constitution....
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