Immigration:

Immigration: "The best possible problem" for America to have?

Javier Manjarres
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March 14, 2019
Is immigration “the best possible problem” that America faces?
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"Beto" O'Rourke announces 2020 presidential campaign

Javier Manjarres
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March 14, 2019
Believe it or not, those F-bombs worked, it showed Americans that he was just an ordinary guy who spoke like an average American. Everyone curses.
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Lee says he'll vote against Trump's national emergency edict

Lee says he'll vote against Trump's national emergency edict

Javier Manjarres
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March 13, 2019
Lee, who became the 5th senate Republican to defy the order, told The Hill newspaper that he tried to “cut a deal”
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Democratic congressional veterans push back against Trump's wall

Democratic congressional veterans push back against Trump's wall

Javier Manjarres
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March 13, 2019
The basis for the letter to McConnell is an Associated Press (AP) story that states The Pentagon is mulling over the option of using $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pension accounts” to pay for the border call.
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Nunes and Ocasio-Cortez spar over plastic straws, Socialism

Nunes and Ocasio-Cortez spar over plastic straws, Socialism

Javier Manjarres
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March 11, 2019
Nunes’ first anti-straw remark, which has made in jest, caught the eye of freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
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Border wall called

Border wall called "monument to hate" by AZ Congressman

Javier Manjarres
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March 11, 2019
Gallego calls Trump’s potential use of military salaries to pay for “his monument to hate” border wall a “destructive power-grab”
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Omar, Ocasio-Cortez say Trump's lying about Venezuela

Omar, Ocasio-Cortez say Trump's lying about Venezuela

Javier Manjarres
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March 11, 2019
"Trump and Elliott Abrams cannot be trusted to tell the truth about what's happening in Venezuela. We must continue to question the narratives they provide and promote dialogue instead of intervention,” said Omar.
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Castro wants ICE to be

Castro wants ICE to be "more humane"

Javier Manjarres
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March 11, 2019
Castro recently reiterated to the Texas Tribune that he was in favor of abolishing ICE, saying that he was in “favor” of “breaking it apart, reconstituting it.”
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Raised

Raised "Black Fist" linked to congressional caucus

Javier Manjarres
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March 8, 2019
The HBCU Collective, which is aligned with the HBCU Caucus and comprised of Alumni and students, is pushing the very same message, only with a slight, yet very glaring difference.
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Sinema introduces senate bill scrapping Obamacare  tax

Sinema introduces senate bill scrapping Obamacare tax

Javier Manjarres
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March 8, 2019
While most Democratic senators support a single-payer, or “Medicare for All” healthcare measure, there is one hold out that refuses to tow her party’s line when it comes to healthcare reform, especially “Medicare for All.”
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Venezuela says Rubio, iguanas sabotaged state power grid

Venezuela says Rubio, iguanas sabotaged state power grid

Javier Manjarres
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March 8, 2019
The Maduro regime-controlled National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) said that the latest power outage that affected 11 states, including the capitol of Caracas, was an energy attack or sabotage against the state.
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Ocasio-Cortez's

Ocasio-Cortez's "I'm 100% people funded me" comment questioned

Javier Manjarres
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March 6, 2019
According to Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign finance reporting, “total individual contributions” netted $2,041,236.26, which includes $2700 from billionaire Tom Steyer.
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Rubio calls out national media over Venezuela

Rubio calls out national media over Venezuela

Javier Manjarres
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March 6, 2019
Rubio first questioned a The Post column that stated the “54 countries that recognize Guaido as president are less than 1/3 of world’s countries.”
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Wasserman Schultz accuses Republican colleague of anti-Semitism

Wasserman Schultz accuses Republican colleague of anti-Semitism

Javier Manjarres
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March 5, 2019
Is Jordan's spelling of Steyer's name more about the billionaire's donating prowess, or about his Jewish background?
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Florida's DeSantis backs Trump’s move to allow lawsuits against Cuba

Florida's DeSantis backs Trump’s move to allow lawsuits against Cuba

Javier Manjarres
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March 5, 2019
Cuba has been supporting Marxist dictatorships for decades, the case of the Maduro regime in Venezuela is but one example," said DeSantis.
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Ocasio-Cortez defends Omar's Israel remarks, questions Democratic detractors

Ocasio-Cortez defends Omar's Israel remarks, questions Democratic detractors

Javier Manjarres
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March 5, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez questioned Vargas condemnation of Omar’s remarks, suggesting that she “apologize for her offense comments.”
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House Democrats begin investigating Trump Admin

House Democrats begin investigating Trump Admin

Javier Manjarres
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March 4, 2019
Nadler told ABC News,"tomorrow we will be issuing document requests to over 60 different people and individuals from the White House
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Omar makes controversial Israel allegiance remark

Omar makes controversial Israel allegiance remark

Javier Manjarres
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March 3, 2019
Rep. Omar tweeted that she “should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee.
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Moderate Senate Democrats hedge on

Moderate Senate Democrats hedge on "Medicare for All"

Javier Manjarres
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March 2, 2019
Those centrist, or moderate Senate Democrats like Sens. Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) will most likely side with Republicans to defeat any proposed “Medicare for all” legislation they are presented with.
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New 2020 polls show Trump beating entire Democrat field

New 2020 polls show Trump beating entire Democrat field

Javier Manjarres
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March 1, 2019
Just a week back, these  same polls showed that Trump was down to these same candidates, including Vice President Joe Biden, who is said to be "close" to announcing his run.
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House Republicans sided with Democrats on gun control

House Republicans sided with Democrats on gun control

Javier Manjarres
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March 1, 2019
The final 240 to 190 vote count is being sold as a “bipartisan” effort, but in looking at the final vote, it was split along party lines.
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Single-payer

Single-payer "Medicare-for-All" healthcare bill introduce

Javier Manjarres
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February 28, 2019
All of Sanders’ colleagues in the U.S. Senate, who have declared their intentions to run for president against Trump, have all signed up for the elder statesman healthcare proposal.
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Lee wants ban on bump stocks,

Lee wants ban on bump stocks, "cop killer" ammunition

Javier Manjarres
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February 28, 2019
Veteran Congresswoman Sheila Jackson- Lee (D-TX) says she “wants to see that bill get to the senate and get to the president’s desk.”
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Like Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez dodges the press

Like Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez dodges the press

Javier Manjarres
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February 27, 2019
Well, maybe hot water is a little bit of a stretch, but those gaffes seem to have pressed her to tone it down. Those gaffes!
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Trump pokes fun at Democrat Senator over Vietnam lie

Trump pokes fun at Democrat Senator over Vietnam lie

Javier Manjarres
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February 27, 2019
“I served during the Vietnam era,” Blumenthal reportedly said at a Vietnam War memorial in 2008. “I remember the taunts, the insults, sometimes even the physical abuse.”
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Florida Gov DeSantis says he’ll sign anti-sanctuary cities bill

Florida Gov DeSantis says he’ll sign anti-sanctuary cities bill

Javier Manjarres
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February 26, 2019
DeSantis also asked the Florida Legislature to pen a bill for him to sign that “addresses sanctuary cities and counties in Florida,”
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Senate Democrats vote against babies who survive abortion

Senate Democrats vote against babies who survive abortion

Javier Manjarres
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February 26, 2019
By calling for a vote on the bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell forced Democrats to go on the record on this issue.
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Gallego questions Trump's

Gallego questions Trump's "photo-op" diplomacy

Javier Manjarres
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February 25, 2019
Arizona Congress Ruben Gallego (D) an Iraq War veteran, believes as much, and hopes that Trump will not compromise national security just to get Kim Jung Un to agree to something.
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Hice wants Democrats to own

Hice wants Democrats to own "Green New Deal," pushes vote

Javier Manjarres
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February 25, 2019
But while Democrats are praising Ocasio-Cortez's "bold" deal, Republicans have scoffed at it calling it nothing less than "socialism" and "radical."
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Maduro sets table for his own last meal

Maduro sets table for his own last meal

Javier Manjarres
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February 25, 2019
It' clear the Rubio would not have a problem seeing Maduro meet this same fate. 
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Venezuela's Maduro regime burns humanitarian aid

Venezuela's Maduro regime burns humanitarian aid

Javier Manjarres
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February 23, 2019
Colombia and President Ivan Duque are now on a clock of sorts. Maduro has just severed diplomatic ties with Colombia and expelled its dignitaries.
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House will vote on Rep. Castro's anti-emergency declaration bill

House will vote on Rep. Castro's anti-emergency declaration bill

Javier Manjarres
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February 22, 2019
Castro’s bill could very well pass in the Senate, setting the stage for Trump to pen his very first veto of his administration.
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Julian Castro makes big pledge, sounding like election night Trump

Julian Castro makes big pledge, sounding like election night Trump

Javier Manjarres
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February 22, 2019
“If I’m president, I am going to be a president for all Americans, and that is how we are going to campaign.”
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SHOCKING VIDEO-- Student activist assaulted on UC Berkeley campus

SHOCKING VIDEO-- Student activist assaulted on UC Berkeley campus

Javier Manjarres
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February 21, 2019
The students in question attend UC Berkelely, a school considered to be the bastion of Liberal ideology.
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Is Texas ready for an Allen West run for congress

Is Texas ready for an Allen West run for congress

Javier Manjarres
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February 21, 2019
West has always said that God would show a path, if that path to D.C. were to present itself.
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FL Gov pledges cheaper Rx drugs, will others follow?

FL Gov pledges cheaper Rx drugs, will others follow?

Javier Manjarres
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February 20, 2019
Cheaper drugs from Canada, eh?
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