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"The Trump Administration will respond to our bipartisan letter."

According to Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign finance reporting, “total individual contributions” netted $2,041,236.26, which includes $2700 from billionaire Tom Steyer.

Nadler told ABC News,"tomorrow we will be issuing document requests to over 60 different people and individuals from the White House

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.

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.”

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!

But while Democrats are praising Ocasio-Cortez's "bold" deal, Republicans have scoffed at it calling it nothing less than "socialism" and "radical."

West has always said that God would show a path, if that path to D.C. were to present itself.

But his acknowledgment that were words were hurtful, is Rep. Omar as naïve as he is playing herself off to be?

The Senate voted 83-16, and the House voted 300-128.

Democrats lost that battle, but will Trump get his entire wall funded?

Florida Congressman Neal Dunn (R) told the Floridian that he was going to introduce legislation to change the budgetary process to “every two years,”

“The legislation will create an automatic continuing resolution (CR) for any regular appropriations bill or existing CR, keeping the federal government open when budget negotiations falter before key spending deadlines.”

Democrats like Arizona’s Rep. Raul Grijalva are rejoicing over the apparent defeat of a border wall measure.

Climate change is at the top of Ocasio-Cortez’s agenda, having already proposed her controversial Green New Deal plan that has been met with tough opposition.

Whether its oil or national gas, any impartial person will tell you that it would be destructive to the United States…You can kiss manufacturing goodbye.”

Democrats do not want the wall, while Republicans like Rep. Ted Yoho (FL) support the president’s campaign promise to build a wall along the U.S. southern border.

One of financial requirements that members of congress and the President of the United States must fulfill, is  having the disclosure how many assets they have, and how much each of those assets is worth.

During a 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper, Puerto Rican Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) proudly labeled herself a “radical” for her objective to push a very progressive “radical agenda” that includes legislative measures like the “Green New Deal.”

After a lot of internal party turmoil and questioning of leadership, the House Democratic Caucus has voted in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Pelosi’s second stint as Speaker could turn out to be more than she bargained for, as many of the newly-elected progressive members of congress expressed their opposition […]

The 116th Congress will usher in a couple of new milestones, one of those is swearing in the first Equadorian-American and first South American-born migrant to its ranks. Congresswoman-elect Debbie Mucarsel-Powell narrowly defeated centrist-Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo in one of the closest watched races of the 2018 mid-term election cycle. Mucarsel-Powell ran as a progressive […]

Democratic-Socialist Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been pushing an anti-special interest, anti-lobbyist money effort since first deciding to run of the U.S. Congress.

In a time of unrest in foreign countries, Senator Marco Rubio is joining an effort for Venezuelans fleeing the Maduro regime to have temporary protected status in the United States.

After failing dozens of times to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in federal judge in Texas has ruled that the controversial healthcare law unconstitutional. Democrats, as you can imagine, have been crying political foul, saying that Republicans were behind the Republican-appointed judge’s decision. States like California […]

With President Trump has saying that he was” proud to shut down the government for border security” and would take that “mantle,” congressional Democrats see his statement as a golden opportunity to embarrass him, and are digging in for fight over border security. If we don't get what we want ... I will shut down […]

President Trump called former FBI Director James Comey a liar after he answered over 200 questions with “I don’t recall,” or “I don’t know.” Comey’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last Friday is reminiscent to many testimonies given by individuals who look to keep from answering question due to the fear of self-incriminating themselves. […]

With his twin brother Julian on the verge of announcing a presidential campaign run  in 2020, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) is also climbing the political rungs of success. Castro has announced that he will replace Rep. Lujan-Grisham as head the Hispanic Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

During a sit-down conversation with Rep. Curbelo in his Washington, D.C. office, the junior congressman from south Florida is still in disbelief

But let’s not jump down Grisham’s throat so quickly, as the New Mexico native did offer Curbelo a compromise.

Trump has all along said that these kids were here at no fault of their own, and the he would work to help them get past their illegal immigration status.

Congress' most ardent supporter of comprehensive immigration reform seems to have declared open war on Texas. Yesterday, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Gutierrez made a statement regarding the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals' split decision on US v. Texas, in which 26 states are suing the federal government and trying to delay […]

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) called out President Obama about his amnesty bill on Fox News. He agreed with the host, Megyn Kelly, when she said the President is talking out of both sides of his mouth when he tells others he did not say it was unconstitutional for him to pass amnesty reform by way […]

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) told President Obama in a letter he is not approaching immigration reform properly. Whereas President Obama wants sweeping executive action to grant legal status to the millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States, Senator Rubio wants the President to work with Congress to achieve reform. In his letter […]

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) continues pummeling phony-baloney, moderate-sounding Democrat members of Congress and candidates, with attack ads exposing them for who these Charlie Crist Democrats really are. The latest NRCC attack ad targets Democrat congressional candidate Gwen Graham, who just happens to have been endorsed by Charlie Crist. Graham has been trying to […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES   According to Democratic Congressman Joe Garcia (D), who appeared on Univision's 'Al Punto'  television show with Jorge Ramos, the Democratic caucus in the House will be introducing their own immigration reform bill for consideration. The Republicans in the House of Representatives have already said that they will not consider the Senate […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES The hopes for a bipartisan immigration reform bill could very well be dashed, as key Republican House Republicans have threatened to abandon the ongoing immigration reform negotiations. Congressmen Carter (R-TX) and Labrador (R-ID),who is considered to be a key figure of the negotiations, said that if  an agreement is not reached by […]