Cliffhanger: Cantor Opposes Senate 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal, Boehner Still Uncertain
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has publicly voiced his opposition to the Senate "fiscal cliff" deal that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Joe Biden cut late on New Year’s...
View ArticleIn 2013, Years Of Obama Reparations Planning Pay Off In Pigford
Obama's 'free stuff' electoral victory in 2012 masked what is perhaps his biggest and shadiest giveaway of all; the multi-billion dollar reparations and vote-buying schemes masked as USDA "farmers'...
View ArticleEric Cantor Makes First Move to Unseat Boehner in 'Fiscal Cliff' Kabuki Theater
On Tuesday afternoon Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) publicly announced his opposition to the "fiscal cliff" deal that the Senate passed on Monday by a 89 to 8 vote. It's unclear if...
View Article'Fiscal Cliff' Face-off: Boehner, Cantor Showdown Over Vote Tonight
When the House votes on Tuesday evening (or potentially right after midnight early Wednesday morning), House Republicans will likely be divided into two camps: Team Boehner and Team Cantor.Those who...
View ArticleSenate Fiscal Cliff Bill Could Pass House, Cautions GOP Congressman
House members will vote Tuesday night on the Senate’s fiscal cliff bill. Republicans met in two conference meetings to discuss the bill. At the end of the first meeting, House Majority Leader Eric...
View ArticleHouse GOP May Reject Fiscal Cliff Deal
House Republicans may refuse to go along with the budget deal worked out last night by the Senate. Eric Cantor, the majority leader, said he won’t go along with the Senate after he met with other House...
View ArticleIllinois State Senate Trying to Ram New Gun Ban Through Lame Duck Session
Illinois is the only state in the Union that does not allow some sort of concealed carry statute for its law-abiding citizens. Illinois is also home to the city with the highest murder rate in the...
View Article'Turn 'Em All In': Feinstein Said She Wanted All Guns Banned
One of the lines that many progressives and TV talking heads are reiterating is that no one really wants to take away Americans' guns. Senator Dianne Feinstein apparently missed that directive. She...
View ArticleCBO Revises Fiscal Cliff Deal Rating—10:1 Tax Increases-Spending Cuts Ratio
The Congressional Budget Office revised its original estimates of spending cuts and tax increases down to a ratio of $10 in tax increases for every $1 in spending cuts on Tuesday.The original estimate...
View ArticleAll Taxes, No Cuts: House Accepts Senate 'Deal'
Tonight, the House voted to accept the Senate amendments to House Resolution 8, setting in motion the enactment of the McConnell-Biden brokered deal to avert the "fiscal cliff." The House will next...
View ArticleSources: Enough Republicans Willing to Unseat Speaker Boehner
American Majority Action spokesman Ron Meyer told Breitbart News late Tuesday that enough House Republicans have banded together in an effort to unseat House Speaker John Boehner from his...
View ArticleHouse GOP Leadership Split Votes Over 'Fiscal Cliff'
The House voted to pass the Senate’s fiscal cliff bill on Tuesday night. Eighty-five Republicans joined 172 Democrats to pass the bill. And the House Republican leadership split down the middle. House...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Negotiations Leave Hedge Fund Tax Loophole Unscathed
Common ground is hard to come by in Washington these days, but everyone, it seems, hates tax “loopholes.” Democrats claim they rob the government of revenue and benefit the rich. Republicans say tax...
View ArticleCantor, McCarthy Turn Young Guns on Boehner, Ryan
Tonight's vote on the Senate-brokered deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" may set the stage for a Leadership challenge when the new Congress convenes at noon on Thursday. Almost two-thirds of the House...
View ArticleChicago: One and a Half People Killed Every Day in 2012 Despite Gun Laws
Chicago has long been the proving ground for gun-grabbers' anti-2nd Amendment zeal. And with the most draconian gun control laws in the land, you'd think it would be an idyllic oasis of safety: a place...
View ArticleBoehner Kills Sandy Relief Bill After Cantor All but Promised It Would Pass
House Speaker John Boehner killed a $60 billion package to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy, a GOP leadership aide--likely from Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office--told Politico late...
View ArticleBoehner to Reid: 'Go F--- Yourself'
Last Friday, House Speaker John Boehner told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to simply "Go f--k yourself" as tensions boiled over between the two Congressional leaders days before the country was...
View ArticleIt's Not the Fall that Kills You
It is 2013, and we went over the Fiscal Cliff long before midnight last night. The fact is that our economy does not rise and fall over the course of months or even a year. We went over the Fiscal...
View ArticleRep. Tom Price: We Need 'Red State Leadership' in House
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...
View ArticleThought of the Day: Republicans Rolled
It wasn’t just Republicans that got rolled on New Year’s Eve; it was common sense and fiscal responsibility, all in pursuit of an ideology that specifically avoids a hard look at spending. President...
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