President Barack Obama will go to Texas on Tuesday to meet with legislators, business executives, Hispanic celebrities, and evangelical leaders to talk about how his administration is working to secure the border. He said that it’s time for Congress to act with regards to the 10.8 million illegal aliens in the country. Activists are putting the blame on Obama’s administration for not prioritizing... 

Both Democrats and Republicans oppose President Barack Obama’s new deficit reduction plan, which would create an independent board that would make cuts in the Medicare spending. The president wants to expand the power of the panel. It was created by the health care reform law. The Republicans and some Democrats don’t want to increase the power of the board and wants it eliminated. They fear that... 

A health care plan put out by Rep. Paul Ryan will work to prevent President Obama’s proposal to take money from Medicare. During the president’s recent speech he said he was working to protect senior citizens and said that Rep. Ryan’s plan would hurt them. However, analysis of the data shows the very opposite is true, and they would do better under Ryan’s proposal than the Obama health law. The... 

The House Republican leadership thought they had the needed support to reenact the Patriot Act, which is the anti-terrorism law that was enforced after September 11th attack on the United States. The Republicans brought the act to the floor under a special procedure. It needs two-thirds of the vote to be passed. This special procedure is usually reserved for non-controversial bills that are perceived... 

Twenty-one Republican governors ask the federal government to run the exchanges where the residents can buy medical insurance in 2014 under the new health-care law. The request letter was sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The Republicans say they don’t mind running the exchanges as long as they can set the benefit rules that decide which insurers are allowed to sell policies,... 

A federal court in Florida decided that President Obama’s health care law is unconstitutional. This revitalizes the Republican Senators efforts to repeal the law. They’re asking for a vote on the total repeal by the end of the week. The Senate Democrats refuse to bring the health care repeal to the floor even if it was passed by the House. Now the Republicans are looking for any opportunity to... 

President Barak Obama’s health care reform of 2010 has fallen foul of the Republicans. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act form the ‘health care reform’. These were signed into US laws by the President on March 30, 2010. The Senate passed the law on December 24, 2009 with all the Democrats and Independents in favor while... 

Majority Leader Eric Cantor has a zero-tolerance policy on ethics violations. In the past, Republicans criticized then speaker Nancy Pelosi when handling ethics cases that involved other Democrats. Now that the Republicans are in power, they promised that no one is above the law. Now the zero-tolerance policy will be put on a test when Representative David Rivera of Florida is being investigated by... 

As the Republicans take majority of the seats in the U. S. Congress, they promise to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, decrease the federal government’s cost, and prevent gay marriages. Cooperating with President Obama and the Democrats in Congress is not part of their plan. The Republicans extended the Bush tax cuts that resulted to the increase of the federal deficit by at... 

The House voted for the repeal of the health care law with the final count of 245-189. Members followed party lines, with the Republicans outnumbering the Democrats. Republican Representatives are happy with the result even though the Senate Democrats stated that they will uphold the health care act. Republican Representative Walter B. Jones, co-sponsor of the repeal bill, was quoted as saying that...