At Friday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders urged the U.S. Senate to do their jobs and confirm nominees after news that Sen. John Cornyn is obstructing a confirmation.
A ban on a previously obscure firearm accessory they knew little about and which had never been used by a criminal before the events in Vegas
After constituents raised concerns that Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) was not voicing a position on gun control via a bump stock ban, Breitbart News reached out to his office but received no comment.
In the wake of the heinous October 1 Las Vegas attack, legislation to ban bump stocks has been introduced and a request that the ATF re-evaluate bump stocks has been made.
Following the NRA’s statement favoring ATF regulatory action on bump stocks versus Congressional action on gun control, Ohioans for Concealed Carry warned that the NRA’s move lays down “cover” for pro-gun control Republicans whose behavior is usually checked by a strong NRA stand.
Dianne Feinstein Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act is the slippery slope; it contains all the future bans in it already.
In the wake of the heinous attack on Las Vegas concert goers, nine Republican Senators are asking the ATF to review and consider where more regulation is needed on bump stock firearm accessories.
Numerous Republican politicians were quick to raise their hands and voice openness to gun control via a bump stock ban.
With various discussions about banning bump stocks underway, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)–the head of Freedom Caucus–says he is open to gun control banning the novelty devices.
Two days after the Vegas attack, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said a hearing on banning bump-stock devices is “worthwhile.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced on Sunday that he too opposes the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill after Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he will not vote for the bill.
Senator John Cornyn said he is supporting his colleague Ted Cruz in his 2018 re-election campaign. The senior senator from Texas also announced he will seek re-election to his fourth term in 2020. “I think it’s really important, particularly in light of the challenges brought by this huge natural disaster, that we stand together as a Texas delegation and there’s no space between Sen. Cruz and me when it comes to doing work for our state,” Cornyn told Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith.
Pres. Trump should use his bully pulpit to force Speaker Ryan and Senate Majority Leader McConnell to pass national reciprocity.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) speculated on the possibility of Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigning or being fired and who might replace him. Durbin raised the possibility of Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) as a replacement and
In a “Weekend of Honor,” the City of Dallas will reflect on the first anniversary of the tragic police ambush that left five officers dead last summer.
The national reciprocity legislation that Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) put forward in January has now garnered 200 supporters in the House.
A new proposal by a Republican lawmaker would sell United States citizenship to foreign nationals to fund the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget asks Congress to construct 60 miles of new border walls along the U.S./Mexico border – all of which would be located in Texas.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) said again on Tuesday that he is not interested in succeeding James Comey as director of the FBI. His statement reaffirms what he told Breitbart Texas last week when news outlets reported his name being on President Donald Trump’s short list.
An unpublished border-security bill drafted by Texas Sen. John Cornyn does not curb employers’ ability to hire low-wage illegals, and endorses less than 10 miles of extra border wall, but immigration experts say it may provide political cover for a
Indian nationals are being sold the prospect of a fast-track to U.S. citizenship through the scandal-plagued EB-5 visa just as the Trump Administration initiated an investigation into the H-1B foreign guest worker program.
President Trump hinted that it is “possible” that the FBI’s top post will be filled by Friday, according to a White House press pool report released Saturday.
Texas Senator John Cornyn’s office is denying a CNN report that he is drafting an immigration bill, and instead drafting a bill on “border security and interior enforcement.”
Reports from Washington indicate that Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is on the short list to take over the position of FBI director following the firing of James Comey.
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is looking to expand the number of wealthy foreign nationals who can pay their way to permanent legal residency in the U.S. under the EB-5 visa.
Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, testifying in the Senate on Monday, tried to defend her decision to defy President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending travel from several terror-prone countries in January.
WASHINGTON D.C. — The United States military “is not ready” to combat the “diverse threats” of today and the future, including those posed by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL); state sponsor of terrorism Iran; and the Tehran and the Moscow-backed Syrian regime, declared the Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn.
Texas leaders and farm owners secured a victory in the battle against the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) attempted land grab along the banks of the Red River. The federal agency announced it is suspending the surveys ordered during the Obama Administration to justify the attempted takeover of 90,000 acres of land.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, in a party-line 11-9 vote Monday, has passed Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace conservative stalwart Justice Antonin Scalia, setting up a full Senate confirmation vote for April 7.
President Donald Trump devoted Friday’s weekly White House address to praising Judge Neil Gorsuch, his nominee to fill the seat of beloved conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, and pushing for his speedy confirmation by the Senate.
With National Reciprocity gaining momentum in the U.S. House and Senate, Bloomberg warns that expanding recognition of concealed carry licenses is really about militarizing America.
Senate Democrats gave up their plan to slow-walk President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees Thursday when they yielded the floor and allowed Republicans to bring the confirmation of former Texas governor Rick Perry to the floor, where it passed 62-32.
President Donald Trump met Wednesday with Republican leadership to begin work on moving forward the agenda set forth in his Tuesday evening address to a joint session of Congress.
On Monday, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a companion bill to the National Reciprocity legislation that was introduced in the House by Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) on January 3.
President Donald Trump promised to appoint judges to all levels of the federal bench who will faithfully follow the law according to its original meaning, including at the Supreme Court.
Edward “Ned” Price, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst who said he resigned last week because of President Donald Trump’s “disturbing” actions and that his “decision had nothing to do with politics,” donated thousands of dollars to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign.
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio told reporters in a hallway just off the Senate floor that his friend, attorney Alexander Acosta, is an excellent choice to lead President Donald Trump’s Labor Department, shortly after the Thursday announcement. “He is a
During Sunday’s “The Cats Roundtable” on New York AM 970 radio, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) weighed in on President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico, saying it would rate “very low” among Texans. “I think people would say if you
Republican federal lawmakers have asked the Obama Administration and the Bureau of Prisons to “place an immediate hold” on granting a contract for additional housing for criminal alien inmates until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Senate Democrats, in a preview of the tactics Democrats plan to deploy against incoming president Donald J. Trump, came within two votes of shutting down the federal government in the name of the union coal miners, whose health and pension benefits lose federal support at the end of the year late Friday night.
