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Physician and Congressman Calls for a Stop to “Appalling” Obstruction of Tom...

Honest, decent, caring, experienced: Those are the words U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) used to describe Dr. Tom Price (R-Ga.), President Trump’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services. But...

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Meet the Florida Lawmaker that Will Have a Big Say Shaping the Trump Agenda

Few committees in the House of Representatives are as influential as the Committee on Ways and Means. As the oldest committee of the United States Congress, it has drafted some of the most important...

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Exclusive Interview with the First Female House Budget Chairman

House Republicans have charted an ambitious legislative agenda under House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that includes reforming the tax code, securing the border and repealing and replacing Obamacare,...

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Opportunity Lives Exclusive: Speaker Ryan Says Price Bill Will Be Obamacare...

In an exclusive interview with Opportunity Lives’ “OppCast” podcast on the Ricochet Network, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) outlined a GOP replacement to Obamacare, explaining that the Republican...

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GOP Obamacare Replacement: Fact vs. Fiction

Since House Republicans released their Obamacare repeal-and-replace plan, there has been much criticism—informed and uninformed—about what the legislation would and won’t do. Part of the problem with...

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How The House Small Business Committee is Protecting Small Businesses

When politicians pass laws and regulators make rules aimed at punishing corporations, the big companies usually aren’t the ones that really feel the pain. The real victims are small businesses — often...

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A Conservative’s Guide to Making the Most of the Majority

Every day, Republicans must fight a three-front war: with Democrats, with the media and within their own ranks. Meanwhile, the Democrats have just one adversary: the GOP. While media bias against...

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Bipartisan Bill Encourages Local Infrastructure Investment

In his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump made it clear that infrastructure would be a top priority for his first term. Less clear is what an infrastructure overhaul would actually...

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Speaker Ryan Breaks Record for Money Raised for House GOP

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) this month transferred $7 million to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the organization responsible for electing Republicans to the U.S....

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Republican Congresswomen Mark 100 Years of Women In Politics

For the last several decades, feminists have claimed there isn’t enough parity in business, politics, and other leadership positions. This has been especially true of conservative politicians. But upon...

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Veterans Protected Our Freedom Of Speech, So Why Can’t We Protect Theirs?

Soldiers are duty-bound to protect the people who hate them most. That’s the reality of life in the U.S. armed forces: facing protest and criticism upon deployment, protest while overseas and protest...

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John Hart Explains Why the OCE Fight Was the Right Fight at the Wrong Time

On Thursday, Editor-in-Chief John Hart joined WIZM to talk about this week’s battle over the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). The post John Hart Explains Why the OCE Fight Was the Right Fight at...

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Kara McKee Explains Why She’s Optimistic About Health Care Reform Under Price...

OL Senior Policy Editor Kara McKee joined WNDB to talk about why HHS pick Rep. Tom Price and Speaker Ryan will be the right leaders for the health care battle. She also talked about new reports about...

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Sen. Mike Lee: “I Want to Return Power Back to the People”

For the first time in nearly a decade, Republicans will control the White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Now the GOP is under intense pressure to deliver and follow through on many...

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Tim Scott Endorses Jeff Sessions for Attorney General

U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction, officially endorsed his senate colleague Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for the position of U.S. Attorney...

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Bob Woodson: Lewis and Booker are Betraying the Civil Rights Movement

U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has done his best to rest any notion that he’s a racist and bigot in his Senate confirmation hearings for Attorney General. “Let me address another issue straight...

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Ellen Carmichael Debunks Democrats’ Character Assassination of Tom Price

Senior writer Ellen Carmichael joined KTSA to break down what’s really behind the attacks on HHS nominee Tom Price. The post Ellen Carmichael Debunks Democrats’ Character Assassination of Tom Price...

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Prominent Democrats Condemn Obama Administration for Betrayal of Israel

Two prominent Democratic Party leaders have strongly criticized the Obama administration for its refusal to veto a United Nations Security Council measure condemning the United States’ most important...

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