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One out of about every twelve newborns in the United States is an anchor baby, or the U.S.-born child of illegal migrants, according to a Pew Research Center study.

Last week, Jackie Calmes, national correspondent for the New York Times and Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, released a study decrying conservative media’s influence on the direction of the Republican Party.

The Conservative Opportunity Society—founded in 1983 by Newt Gingrich and Vin Weber, among others—is a Republican members-only group that meets for breakfast every Wednesday morning when the U.S. House of Representatives is in session. Each week, Chairman Rep. Steve King (R-IA) brings in different prominent speakers to address the group—this week, GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson will make an appearance.

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) expressed sadness and frustration during a hearing on sanctuary cities Thursday, that criminal immigrants remain on U.S. streets.

In an email to Republican colleagues Tuesday, obtained by Breitbart News, King recalls a conversation he had with Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Monday in which the GOP leader inquired about his level of support for the sanctuary city bill the House is slated to vote on this week. “Leader McCarthy called me Monday and asked me a point blank question – If the Duncan Hunter bill is brought to the Floor would you oppose it? I said No. This bill moves the ball in the right direction,” he wrote.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Steve King (R-IA) discussed Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and his strength as a candidate in the early going of the 2016 primary contest. King attributed Trump’s success to his tough tack

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is right on his illegal immigrant comments, and he added that “three quarters” of young females coming across the border are raped, according to The Hill.

Representative Steve King (R-IA) stated that he appreciates Donald Trump’s “scrappiness” on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day.” King said, “I would say to Donald Trump, I appreciate the scrappiness of him when he is — when he’s attacked by

The House has approved legislation to prohibit the Obama administration from using funding to defend against the 26 states carrying out a legal challenge to the president’s executive amnesty.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has announced that the House Republican Conference Member group, the Conservative Opportunity Society (COS), has hired Chris Stevens as its executive director and formalized into an official organization.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker—the clear Republican presidential frontrunner according to almost all GOP primary polls, even though he hasn’t announced a 2016 campaign officially yet—dazzled Republicans across Capitol Hill in meetings all day Tuesday.

“It’s appalling that some members of the Republican conference, and frankly all members of the Democratic conference, place illegal immigrants on pedestals over American citizens, contrary to the needs and wishes of the American people,” Rep. Mo Brooks says.

The far-left activists of the Big Gay Hate Machine are on the loose in Congress.

Hoping to revive the sagging spirits of America’s dwindling pro-Israel Jewish community, pro-Israel icon William Kristol tries to reassure Weekly Standard readers this week that Jimmy Carter issued anti-Israel threats similar to those now made by President Obama, only to see American Jews and Israel emerge stronger.

Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) criticisms of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and the reported targeting of Tea Party conservatives by House Speaker Boehner (R-OH) with political ads is

Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) took Tea Party stalwart Rep. Steve King (R-IA) to task for his criticism of liberal Jews: “I don’t understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second and support Israel along the line of just following their president. They’re knee-jerk supporters of the president’s policy.” The context was the decision of several dozen Democrats, including some Jews, to boycott the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress.

Rep. Steve King recently traveled to Egypt at his own expense. According to King, shortly before he was scheduled to leave for Egypt with a congressional group, his office received a call indicating that the Speakers Office had ordered his trip approval be rescinded.

Rep. Steve King says the House must act to preempt a little-known procedural rule that could allow a Democratic House Member to force a vote on the Senate’s clean Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.

Rep, Steve King challenges Senators to take up a House-passed DHS funding bill. “If you don’t have enough grit to defend the Constitution maybe you ought to think about going home.”

After the GOP establishment leadership caved on defunding Obamacare and President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) realized how important it is to have a conservative president in the White House. That was what, in part, prompted him

Speaking before the Freedom Summit in Iowa this weekend, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had a message for the conservatives gathered there: He was plenty conservative enough to deserve an invitation to speak before a group of conservative activists.

DES MOINES, Iowa — In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News backstage here at the Iowa Freedom Summit, potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) detailed the pathway to victory for Republicans in 2016—and he explained a new phrase he started using in his speech minutes earlier.

Avowed pork-busting freshman U.S. Senator from Iowa Joni Ernst (R-IA) wants to keep alive the enthusiasm that won Republicans a majority in the United States Senate as we move into the 2016 Presidential election.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has introduced legislation to block re-entry into the United States by any citizen who has fought alongside Islamic Terrorists in foreign countries. He also introduced a bill to help American military members who are engaged in the West African Ebola fight.

Potential GOP 2016 presidential candidates in Iowa this weekend beware. DREAMers are planning to confront Republicans at Saturday’s inaugural Iowa Freedom Summit, which Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Citizens United will host. According to an NBC report, DREAMers are planning

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said that “we don’t have the backbone built inside this Congress yet” to fight the president’s executive action on immigration on Thursday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” In a discussion on President Obama’s executive action, King said “still,

Wednesday on NewsMax TV’s  “America’s Forum,”  Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is reconsidering his revenge removal of  Reps. Daniel Webster (R-FL) and Richard Nugent (R-FL) from the Rules Committee for opposing  him in his successful

  Representative Steve King (R-IA) said that he “would not be surprised” if Representative Daniel Webster (R-FL) runs against John Boehner (R-OH) for Speaker of the House on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “I’ve been talking to Daniel Webster

HOUSTON, Texas — Congressman Ted Poe (R-Houston) was on AM 1070 The Answer with radio host Sam Malone to discuss the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker’s race. He told Malone “I have not decided [on the Speaker’s race], if I had, I would tell you Sam.”

President Obama has repeatedly plunged our nation into a constitutional crisis. No past president has so cavalierly violated his own oath and through naked political calculation, willfully violated the Constitution. When a president does violence to our Constitution, those who also take an oath to our Constitution have an absolute duty to defend it. We need a Speaker of the House who carries in his bones the conviction of our oath.

Florida Governor Jeb Bush will reportedly skip an important forum in Iowa, which hosts the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating caucuses and where voters are much more conservative than Bush on illegal immigration. Citing a “scheduling conflict,” Bush reportedly declined an invitation

Anti-amnesty champion Steve King is not optimistic about Republican leadership’s plan to defund President Obama’s executive actions on immigration reform, even as Republicans prepare for a fight on the issue in February.

President Obama challenged illegal immigration hardliner, Congressman Steve King, the Republican from Iowa, in an interview with National Public Radio.

Immediately following the House of Representatives’ passage of the so-called CR/omnibus spending bill, Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Steve King (R-IA) reacted to the vote. Bachmann told host Sean Hannity a decision had been made months ago on amnesty, despite

Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, isn’t wasting any time. Minutes after the House passed a controversial omnibus spending bill, she tweeted: “Speaker Boehner & House GOP leadership have found a way to needlessly squander political capital, after

Conservatives who had wanted to see language to block President Obama’s executive actions inserted into the massive, must-pass government funding bill are expressing frustration and anger at House Republican leadership’s lack of an appetite to fight amnesty now. “The fix