GOP Lawmakers Pushing to Prohibit State-Level Excise Taxes on Guns, Ammo
Reps. Darrell Issa (R) and Richard Hudson (R), with Sen. Jim Risch (R), are pushing a bill to bar states from enacting excise taxes on guns.

Reps. Darrell Issa (R) and Richard Hudson (R), with Sen. Jim Risch (R), are pushing a bill to bar states from enacting excise taxes on guns.
Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) were among the Republican lawmakers who introduced legislation Thursday to cut ATF red tape on background checks.
Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday he plans to expedite U.N. ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik’s confirmation to the Senate floor.
Republican lawmakers are demanding an investigation into Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for allegedly illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for at least 21 abortions in Mozambique through PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).
Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) and Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) are introducing legislation Thursday to block the formation of any federal gun registry.
Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little cheered Boise State University women’s volleyball after the team’s decision to forfeit their Saturday game against San José State, who “quietly” added a trans player to their team in April.
President Joe Biden promised to designate Kenya as a “Major Non-NATO ally” during a state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday.
Haitian gang lord Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier threatened the families of anyone who joins the Biden-backed “transitional council.”
U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, requesting an update on what legal actions the U.S. Department of Justice and State Department have taken toward the arrest and extradition of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro since 2021.
Republican officials slammed the Biden administration following Thursday’s quiet revelation of its intention to expand the border wall with Mexico — continuing the construction of the barrier that was a hallmark policy of former President Donald Trump and was subject to relentless criticism from President Biden and the Democrats.
Republican senators are demanding “answers” after the Biden administration struck a deal with the Iranian regime to transfer five Iranian Americans from prison to house arrest in exchange for billions in unfrozen assets.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis and other Senate Republicans pushed back on the Biden administration’s potential move to ban gas stoves in a letter exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.
Twenty-six Republican senators, in a rare move supporting a member of the opposite party, released a statement supporting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for stopping in Taiwan during her diplomatic trip to Asia.
GOP officials in the House and Senate ripped into the Biden administration after it attempted to redefine what constitutes a recession while concerns mount about a significant decline in economic activity this year.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday urging the expulsion of 300 Russian diplomats if Russia does not issue more visas for American diplomatic personnel in Russia.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. James Risch (R-ID) stated that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan was a “coup” against the democratically-elected government in Afghanistan “that a lot of men and women in the United
Republican senators leading the charge against Tracy Stone-Manning, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), introduced a bill on Wednesday to combat tree spiking after new information surfaced about Stone-Manning’s involvement in a tree spiking plot 30 years ago.
Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) issued a scathing argument against President Joe Biden’s controversial Bureau of Land Management (BLM) nominee, Tracy Stone-Manning, during a committee meeting Thursday, illustrating the dangers of tree spiking amid revelations of Stone-Manning’s involvement in a past tree spiking crime.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) is continuing to speak out against President Joe Biden’s controversial nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over her involvement in a past ecoterrorism plot.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced legislation Tuesday to restore young Americans’ right to purchase handguns, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
A group of GOP senators came out against the Biden administration’s move to resume funding for a U.N. Palestinian refugee agency.
On Thursday Senate Republicans introduced a measure that would ban organizations from the use of taxpayer funds to promote or refer girls and women for abortions abroad.
The Democrat House impeachment managers on Friday concluded a third day of opening arguments, with evidence suggesting that, so far, impeachment has been boring Republicans, Democrats, and journalists alike.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), forced to stay off of the campaign trail due to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, is reportedly struggling with boredom and has been spotted yawning, “shuffling in his chair,” and reading the back of a tin containing what appeared to be lozenges throughout the hours-long process.
President Donald Trump praised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, during his visit to the White House. “I’m a big fan of the president, to tell you that,” Trump said.
Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) is pushing a new bill that would transport many Muslims from Syria and Kurdistan into America’s schools and workplaces.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) stated that while President Trump doesn’t want war with Iran, “sometimes you get pulled into something and have to do something that you
Not one GOP senator on the Senate Intelligence Committee was willing to publicly align with the panel’s chairman, Richard Bur, after Burr made the determination, against indications from Mitch McConnell to issue a subpoena to Donald Trump, Jr., to testify again on the Russia probe.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is facing Democratic criticism for his planned visa-giveaway to Irish college-graduates, and the Irish government is reportedly trying to overcome the opposition by promising to deliver reciprocal benefits for American graduates.