Raul Labrador

The Supreme Court is temporarily allowing Idaho’s child protection law to begin operating, despite a judge’s decision to impose a state-wide injunction because of a pending lawsuit filed by transgender advocates.

Lt. Governor Brad Little won the Republican primary for the Gubatorial race in Idaho on Tuesday, beating Freedom Caucus member Rep. Raul Labrador and business owner Tommy Ahlquist.

House Speaker Paul Ryan appointed three Texas congressmen to serve on the task force that will determine if or how Capitol Hill will proceed on the plan to replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive amnesty program. The 10-member DACA Task Force is charged with finding a legislative solution to the program being phased out under President Donald Trump’s orders.

House lawmakers passed legislation Thursday that would make suspected membership in the violent MS-13 street gang a sufficient cause for deportation.

Idaho Rep. Raúl Labrador – a member of the House Freedom Caucus – says Republicans who are planning to vote in favor of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as it is now are doing so “just because their leadership is asking them to do it.”

President-elect Donald Trump will meet with two former GOP Primary rivals, Carly Fiorina and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, on Monday in New York City at Trump Tower, according to his transition team.

Rallygoers were packed into the Infinity Event Center, with those on the floor were asked to squish together so more people could get in. Ultimately the fire marshal told a Trump-Pence campaign official that the limit had been reached with about 1,300 people packed in the building and another 1,000 outside hoping to get in.

Sen. Bob Corker’s claims that the 10,000 Syrian refugees the State Department plans to grant entry to the United States in Fiscal Year 2016 are being properly vetted is in direct conflict with FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee last week.

The House Freedom Caucus has officially surrendered to big government by refusing to stand up against a debt-ceiling increase wrapped in the two-year budget deal.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, tells Breitbart News in an exclusive email interview that he thinks members of the House Freedom Caucus should consider withdrawing their previous support for a Speakership bid from Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) unless Ryan can stop the giant budget and debt ceiling deal that’s before Congress.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said the demands that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is making before running for Speaker of the House are “unreasonable,” while Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) said one of his demands is a “non-starter.”

Sunday’s program of Meet The Press purported to feature an immigration “debate,” but the two politicians representing the opposite sides both want to expand immigration.

A new caucus aimed at pushing “an agenda of limited, constitutional government” is up-and-running, launched by nine conservative members of the House of Representatives. “The House Freedom Caucus gives a voice to countless Americans who feel that Washington does not represent them,” the group’s mission statement reads.

A leading conservative in the House of Representatives criticized GOP leadership in the Senate on Wednesday, saying that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell already lost the immigration battle to Obama before the first fight has even started.

House conservatives are calling on their counterparts in the Senate to finish the job of defunding President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and pushing back against the administration’s policies. While the legislation has passed the House, the White House is already threatening to veto the bill and few expect that the effort has the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster in the Senate.

House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to retaliate, or exact “revenge” as Politico put it, against at least two House Republicans who voted for a Republican alternative is haunting Republicans who supported him conference-wide and sparking a discussion in the party about the role Boehner should play as Speaker—and Republican members should play in challenging his authority.

The pro-amnesty activists who interrupted and chanted during Tuesday afternoon’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on President Obama’s unilateral immigration actions were self-defeating and disrespectful, according to at least one of the members on the panel. “They are absolutely defeating their

During his Monday commentary segment on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” network senior political analyst Brit Hume argued the blame for the so-called humanitarian crisis at the southern border isn’t President Barack Obama and his administration’s fault. Instead he argued

Sunday on “Meet the Press,” Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) offered the show a new slogan after watching the previous interview with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.  “As I was listening to Secretary Johnson, I kept thinking you just

The House majority whip will be the next House majority leader. The House GOP conference elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Thursday afternoon to be their leader, once current Majority Leader Eric Cantor — who was unexpectedly defeated in his primary

On Thursday, House Republicans will vote to elect a new majority leader and, in all likelihood, a new majority whip. Last week, National Taxpayers Union (NTU) posted the NTU Rating of Congress scores of the various candidates for these two

Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labrador made a pitch for relevancy to House GOP members Wednesday. “I want every member, regardless of what state you come from or whether you meet for lunch on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, to feel like you

Following the dramatic upset of Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his primary election, “the mood among the leadership of our conference was almost as if a medical accident had occurred,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said in an interview with Breitbart

House Majority Leader hopeful Rep. Raul Labrador’s (R-ID) stance on immigration received a negative reception on Tuesday’s broadcast of Laura Ingraham’s radio show. Ingraham asked Labrador if he would sign the FAIR Pledge, and he responded “No I will not,”

Painting himself as a conservative personification of the American Dream, Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labrador called on his colleagues Monday to support his bid for house majority leader.  Labrador is facing Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy this week in a race

According to nationally syndicated radio host and Chapman University law professor Hugh Hewitt, 118 Republicans in the House of Representatives have to show some backbone and elect Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho as the new House majority leader, replacing defeated Virginia congressman Eric

On Friday’s broadcast of Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) guaranteed he would win any pending contest for the House Majority Leader spot as an outgoing-Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) has to vacate the House Majority Leader position, which

Should Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) meet expectations and beat Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) in the race to replace House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the Californian will leave another leadership vacancy to be filled. The prospect of this opening already

Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID) has just announced his intention to run for House Majority Leader, but he already has made a few enemies in the house for his support for some kind of immigration reform. Just hours before Labrador’s announcement,

Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labrador announced a late-entry bid for Majority Leader but faces a steep climb after Whip Kevin McCarthy has already garnered significant support over the past three days. Eric Cantor’s Tuesday defeat sent a clear message that

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) has officially entered the race for House Majority Leader, and will face Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for the chance to succeed Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), who lost his congressional primary this week and will be stepping

That was fast. In a commanding display of sheer political power, GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy locked up support over 48 hours to replace the vacancy at Majority Leader left by Eric Cantor’s stunning primary defeat. House Rules Committee Chairman Pete

Even though President Barack Obama indicated he felt comprehensive immigration reform could get done this year, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) said he believed House Republicans would not allow that to happen, especially after Obama refused to engage in substantive negotiations

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), a former member of the House immigration “Gang of Eight” and a supporter of immigration reform, said on Wednesday that given how President Barack Obama has handled himself during the recent fiscal debate, House Republicans should

On Meet the Press, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) said it was not unreasonable for House Republicans to ask for a one-year delay of Obamacare when President Barack Obama has handed out one-year delays on a variety of provisions of the