If there was one thing about the Tea Party movement that was troublesome from early on, it was the way that leaders were spoken of. Glenn Beck, for example, often made of a point of saying the tea parties had “no leader” and many libertarians were aghast at the idea that a free people would [...]
John Boehner and Paul Ryan supported and Steve King, Tom Latham and Chuck Grassley opposed a fiscal cliff deal that raised taxes without cutting spending.
Schedule starting 6:00p (CST) House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and wife, Callista Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush Sean Duffy Frantz Placide Craig Romney (video) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. Grant Bennett Ted & Pat Oparowsky The Finlayson Family Bob White, Romney-Ryan campaign chairman Bain [...]
**See updates below** It would seem the Romney camp had bit off more than they could chew. There has been a settlement with the Romney campaign who initially proposed a rule that would allow candidates to disavow delegates selected by state convention. The original rule passed out of the Convention on the Rules committee Friday [...]
The Supreme Court of the United States decided 5-4 to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The lynchpin of their decision surrounding the individual mandate which was the most likely aspect to be overturned is that while Congress doesn’t have the authority to make people purchase health insurance under the commerce clause, but [...]
Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) released the following statement after voting in favor of a resolution introduced by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to require President Obama to provide Congress with a detailed description of the national security interests that justify American military involvement in Libya and to provide information about the objectives, scope, [...]
Both Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Congressman Steve King (R-IA) joined 26 other House Republicans in voting against the short-term spending bill that averted the government shutdown and paves the way for the long-term deal. In a statement today she said: The deal of $38 billion in cuts announced early this morning between GOP Leadership [...]
By Congressman Steve King (R-IA) and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) Dear Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, and Chairman Rogers, We very much appreciate your leadership in bringing H.R. 2 to the floor, which resulted in a unanimous Republican vote to repeal ObamaCare. This was an essential step in achieving our universal Republican goal to bring about [...]
Washington, DC – In response to the House Republican Leadership promising action to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) issued the following statement: “I am encouraged that House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have acknowledged that the House of Representatives has an obligation to defend the Defense [...]
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