Microsoft is laying off an additional 7,800 U.S. workers, on top of the 18,000 it’s already terminated. Meanwhile, the software giant is lobbying in Washington for an increase in H1B visas — allowing the company to replace these workers with foreigners who are willing to work for far less.
From the Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — A revealing conversation on the Senate floor Thursday showed precisely how secretive President Barack Obama’s pending trade deals are, and the absurdity of arguments to the contrary. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Elizabeth Warren
Obama’s nominee to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General has been met with one of the most contentious confirmation proceedings America has seen for the position, and now Senate Conservatives Fund President Ken Cuccinelli is calling out the GOP Senators and political gamesmanship enabling the controversial impending confirmation of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch. The Senate vote has been set for Thursday.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has clearly awakened the Washington establishment beast.
A trade deal that some are attempting to fast-track through Congress might contain controversial immigration procedures.
An unscheduled and unannounced hearing of the Senate Finance Committee was apparently called to discuss a Pacific trade deal. The hearing was not announced on the committee’s website earlier this week, and was not on the committee calendar according to the press office until yesterday.
Given the Internal Revenue Service’s recent bellyaches about supposedly being underfunded — causing the agency to ignore some 60 percent of taxpayer phone calls during tax season — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is highlighting some ways the IRS could save cash.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) attacked Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Friday in an appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s radio program.
Republican lawmakers are warning the Obama administration against taking executive actions to raise taxes after White House Press Sec. Josh Earnest indicated “the President is very interested in this avenue generally.”
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) won’t be able to just skate by if he merely votes against U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General, Arizona state Sen. Kelli Ward told Breitbart News.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) blasted President Obama’s request for Congress to authorize military force against the Islamic State (ISIS), calling the measure “utterly stupid.”
Tuesday at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said the plan President Barack Obama’s is laying out in his State of the Union address tonight is class warfare. Hatch said, “This plan that
Not one prone to hyperbole, the most senior republican in the Senate, Utah’s Orrin Hatch said of Harry Reid’s leadership, it’s “the most pathetic, pitiful way I’ve seen the Senate run in all my 38 years — and I’ve seen some
There is a “moral bankruptcy” that’s settled into leadership of America in the White House and throughout Washington, D.C., Dr. Alveda King–the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr.–said in an interview Friday morning. “All of our leaders–or many of our
An undercover sting operation by the Government Accountability Office found that fake people can easily get access to insurance supported by real tax subsidies. The GAO created 18 fake identities backed up by fake documents. The plan was for them
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) denounced Senate Democrats for introducing a bill Wednesday to overturn the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision. The legislation would alter the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, cited by the Supreme Court in its ruling in favor of
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) predicted that “sooner or later gay marriage is probably going to be approved by the Supreme Court” on “The Doug Wright Show” on Wednesday. Hatch was clear that he didn’t think legalizing same-sex marriage was “the
Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would require states who ditch their busted Obamacare exchanges and join the federal HealthCare.gov to pay back the money they wasted. The bill, known as the
It appears the Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) could use a better filing system. A new Government Accountability Office investigation released Thursday found the agency had no documentation at all for millions of dollars worth of
WASHINGTON–One of the leading Republicans pushing for amnesty in the Senate said leaked documents revealing the Obama administration has released thousand of immigrants with serious rap sheets from detention has set back efforts to pass a major immigration bill. “This
On Tuesday, the new head of the IRS apologized to conservative groups that were targeted by the agency. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen’s remarks came while testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee. Koskinen, who was not in charge of the
The Internal Revenue Service is tasked with calculating tax credits under the Obamacare program but as of yet, does not have a strategy to mitigate tax return fraud on healthcare subsidies. The Inspector General for the Treasury Department reported that
In Washington D.C., a sparse five residents have been able to enroll in a health insurance plan provided by the Affordable Care Act–making the cost to taxpayers per enrollee a whopping $26.7 million. According to data released by Senators Orrin Hatch
On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius conceded that the enrollment numbers for Obamacare’s first month will be “quite low” when they are released next week. In response to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) at a Senate Finance Committee
On Tuesday, 79-year old Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), now serving his seventh term in the Senate, signaled that he and other members of the Republican establishment are likely to encourage a primary challenge to first term Senator Mike Lee (R-UT).
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved Cornelia “Nina” Pillard, President Obama’s most recent nominee for the D.C. Circuit Court. A law professor at Georgetown University and radical feminist, Pillard is known for her flagrant pro-abortion ideology and disdain for
After pressure from Washington lobbyists who seek to game the tax code on behalf of their clients, senators have been reportedly promised 50 years of secrecy on the deductions and credits they they will recommend be preserved when the Senate
In 2010, President Barack Obama and the Democrats sold Obamacare to hesitant lawmakers and an outraged public as a deficit-reducing bill. Now that the president has decided to delay implementation of the employer mandate–against the explicit provisions of the law,
House Republicans plan to cut the Internal Revenue Service budget after the agency targeted conservative groups in a clear abuse of authority. “The House Appropriations Committee released a measure on Tuesday that would roll back the IRS budget by $3
Breitbart News has compiled a list of the Republican Senators who voted for amnesty over border security and interior immigration law enforcement for readers’ information. Below, you will find a list of their names and phone numbers for an office
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), one of fifteen Republicans who voted to end debate on the Senate’s immigration bill on Monday, told Breitbart News before the vote that the bill cannot guarantee the bill’s $40 billion border security mandates would be funded
Immigration bill supporters Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) told Breitbart News on Monday that future Congresses may not appropriate funds for the $40 billion worth of security mandates in the legislation. The bill, which now incorporates Corker’s
The IRS’s spending scandals, in which officials spent millions of taxpayer dollars on lavish conferences from 2010-2012 and forgot to properly record the expenses, may jeopardize funding for the implementation of Obamacare. President Barack Obama has sought a 14% increase
On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) blocked a vote on the border security amendment to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill offered by Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley was pushing for an up-or-down vote
According to Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the so-called Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill does not have enough votes at this point to pass the Senate. Even though the bill has exited the Senate Judiciary Committee with a 13-5 vote,
President Barack Obama endorsed the Senate’s immigration bill as it heads to the floor out of the Judiciary Committee, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The AP reported that Obama “says a far-reaching immigration overhaul approved by a Senate panel is
On Monday, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent a letter to the IRS requesting detailed information about the origins of the IRS scandal. Baucus’s committee will convene a hearing on Tuesday to
Questions remain as to whether Steven T. Miller resigned from his position as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service or if the Obama administration forced him out as a result of the controversy surrounding the agency’s targeting of tea party
The most liberal and conservative elements of the United States Senate are coming together to oppose the nomination of Jack Lew as President Barack Obama’s next Treasury secretary. One might think that Jack Lew, a man who was mentored by
