Republicans on Capitol Hill are not giving up on getting testimony out of Lois Lerner, the disgraced IRS official at the center of last year’s scandal over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups for special review. In a letter to Lerner’s attorney on Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa said heRead More

By Kimberly Paxton We are so lucky to live in a country where we have representation.  Think about it – we all get to choose someone to go to Washington DC and lo out for our best interests.  We all have a voice, and we can all rest assured thatRead More

by MATTHEW BOYLE  via breitbart The omnibus spending bill before Congress continues to fund U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) advertising programs for food stamps in foreign countries like Mexico, Breitbart News has learned. The bill was hashed out between House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) and Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman Sen.Read More

by TONY LEE  For the first time in history, a majority of lawmakers in Congress are millionaires at a time when Americans feel that Congress and those in the “Boomtown” that is Washington, D.C. are becoming removed from their everyday lives. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is the wealthiest lawmaker in Congress withRead More

Nearly a third of lawmakers in Congress want to end the military pension cuts in the budget deal brered by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), which President Barack Obama signed. According to The Hill, “ than 150 House members and 35 senators have signed onto efforts toRead More

While members of Congress ended 2013 congratulating themselves for passing a budget, the media missed the fact that the agreement doesn’t actually avoid a government shutdown. The deal reached by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) provides simply a blue for government spending. Congress must still passRead More