LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck According to The Hill: White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon told a group of House conservatives they had no choice but to back the GOP’s ObamaCare repeal bill days before the bill was pulled, according to a new report. Bannon confronted members of the House Freedom…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The British House of Commons approved a bill Monday, which would allow the prime minister to trigger the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. The House of Commons, the U.K.’s lower house of parliament, also rejected amendments passed by the House of Lords (the upper house)…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have restricted state funding for Planned Parenthood. The bill, which passed the state Senate last week, would have restricted the Virginia Department of Health from providing funds to clinics that perform abortions which aren’t covered by…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Bill Intends to Get Rid of Two Federal Agencies By Sean McCaffrey Ammon Bundy and friends, rejoice! HR 622 intends to disband the law enforcement arms of the US Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Don’t get too excited though. With the money the feds save…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Lawmakers are mulling a marijuana legalization bill in Washington state that would assist families who are forced to treat their child’s severe conditions with illegal pot. The state is considering making it legal to grow marijuana on private property and to share the substance with other people….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kitty Testa Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, have introduced a bill to withhold US financial support of the United Nations in response to the US’ failure to veto the UN Security Counsel’s Resolution 2334. The resolution declared that Israeli settlements in territories occupied since 1967 as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner introduced a bill to congress Thursday that aims to dissolve the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and fuse its responsibility into other federal agencies. The ATF Elimination Act would transfer law enforcement powers over firearms, explosives and arson to…
By Kody Fairfield A new proposal to amend the Revised Code of Washington could soon allow concealed carry permit holders to be armed inside privately-owned stadiums which reside on public land, according to a report from CBS Sports. Currently in Washington, it is not illegal to carry a concealed firearm with proper permits onto privately-controlled, publicly-owned…
by Russ Read Obama administration officials lobbied against a bill that would have sanctioned Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad for war crimes in order to salvage Secretary of State John Kerry’s failed ceasefire with Russia, according to reports. The Caesar Syria Protection Act, named after the Syrian defector who documented 55,000 pictures exhibiting Assad’s torture and…
By Juliegrace Brufke The Senate failed to pass an immigration bill designed to cut funding to sanctuary cities in a 53-44 procedural vote Wednesday, coming short of the 60 needed to pass the measure. The Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act — spearheaded by Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey — would prevent a number of federal grants…