Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) honed in on evasive answers by former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing into the IRS scandal Wednesday. Shulman refused to answer “yes” or “no” when Gowdy asked him
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) will hold a hearing on Wednesday examining the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill and the likelihood it will cause
It’s going to be a battle to get immigration reform passed by Congress. The Senate has crafted an 867-page bill that Senators say will most likely need 70 votes in support to put pressure on the House to accept it,
On Wednesday Representative Trey Gowdy read an email between top State Department officials sent on September 12th that said “the group that conducted the attacks, Ansar al-Sharia, is affiliated with Islamic terrorists.” On Thursday the State Department claimed that the
After the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blamed a YouTube video for the attack. However, No. 2 US Envoy to Libya Greg Hicks revealed his phone calls with Clinton
Trey Gowdy was interviewed by a reporter for the Washington Post earlier today about the potential for a Mark Sanford win in the special election for Tim Scott’s seat in SC district 1, and the congressman was less than enthusiastic
In response to Obama Angrily Denied His Team Would Ever ‘Play Politics or Mislead’ on Benghazi: This part of Obama’s “have you no shame speech” is particularly galling to me: Obama: The day after the attack, Governor, I stood in
Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy of South Carolina told Fox News this morning that more Benghazi hearings are “coming quickly” and they will be “explosive.”
On Monday, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) appeared jointly with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) at the City Club of Chicago as part of a bipartisan effort to promote immigration reform. The event sparked controversy when Ryan, pressed
In order to stay within budget the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement released 2,228 detainees from detention. At the time ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christiansen said the people were low-risk or “noncriminal” and serious offenders remained detained. Yet, it appears some
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is holding a full committee hearing today that started at 1:00 Eastern. It’s being livestreamed on CSPAN3. Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy, (R-SC) released the following statement ahead of the hearing:
Tracy Schmaler, Attorney General Eric Holder’s top press defender, will resign her position on March 8. This reporter recently caught Schmaler colluding with far leftwing advocacy organization Media Matters for America to attack the reputations of whistleblowers, members of Congress,
UPDATE: Haley has announced Tim Scott as DeMint Successor. (AP) SC Gov. Haley to announce Sen. DeMint’s successor By SEANNA ADCOXAssociated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C.South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is announcing a replacement for U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey
On September 11 four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were murdered in Benghazi, Libya. South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy has been one of the most outspoken members in Congress about the tragedy. He sat down with Breitbart News to discuss
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) “The fact that he’s resigned and had an affair has nothing to do with whether he will be subpoenaed to Congress. I hope we don’t have to subpoena a four star general and a former CIA
The Democrats keep trying to float the meme that the Tea Party is dead. Eighty-seven new GOP congressmen were elected in 2010; many of them Tea Party favorites. About 20 of those face tough races in 2012, either because of
Last week Matthew Boyle at The Daily Caller published numerous emails between the Department of Justice and Media Matters for America. The emails showed MMfA and the DOJ working together to spin the facts about Operation Fast & Furious. There
Today would have been Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s 42nd birthday. He was born to Josephine and Kent Terry in Lincoln Park, MI and grew up in Flat Rock, MI along with his siblings Michelle, Kent Jr., and Kelly.
On Monday, South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy told Breitbart News to expect the Inspector General’s report on Operation Fast & Furious within weeks, not months. The report by Michael Horowitz will help determine what happened in the gunwalking scandal. Guns
g Speaker John Boehner: “Now I don’t take this matter lightly, and I frankly hoped it would never come to this. The House’s focus is on jobs and on the economy. But no Justice Department is above the law and
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stepped into the fringes of political thought with her recent assertion that the Republican investigation into the growing Fast and Furious scandal is somehow motivated by a desire to suppress voter turnout. If
Six freshman representatives from the House Judiciary Committee have called on the House GOP leadership to move forward with contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder in the ongoing investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. They are Ben Quayle from Arizona;
Did my ears deceive me? Did I really just hear Van Jones rip Attorney General Eric Holder over Operation Fast & Furious on The End Within? Matthew Boyle at The Daily Caller broke the news last night, but I had
South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy has sponsored an amendment to H.R. 5326, which cuts $1,000,000 from the Justice Department’s General Administration fund. It passed in the House by a voice vote because of the DOJ’s constant stonewalling about Operation Fast
On Tuesday, October 18th, President Obama told ABC News’ Jake Tapper that those who were responsible for Fast and Furious “will be held accountable.” Obama Added: “It’s very upsetting to me to think that somebody showed such bad judgment that
While President Obama, Senate Democrats and inside the beltway Republicans remain addicted to spending more money they do not have, a brave bloc of Congressional Members have stood up and said, “no”. These 22 brave members of Congress bucked their
The Obama administration recently proposed raising corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards affecting cars and light trucks sold in America to 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025. However, in a surprising development, the administration is now taking heat from Democratic
The always informative RealClearPolitics looks at other races to watch in today’s Super Tuesday primaries: Today’s elections feature top-tier Senate and gubernatorial races in California and Nevada, as well as a Senate runoff in Arkansas and competitive GOP primary in