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It’s well known that Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan doesn’t want to be in an actual leadership position; and it’s also well known -enhanced by the campaign, and victory, of Donald Trump- that Republicans did not want to win the majority position and face having to reveal their true UniParty agenda. The evidence of this UniParty positioning has been staring the electorate in the face, repeatedly and brutally, since candidate Donald Trump actually campaigned on key tenets of the Republican party and found himself being openly opposed by GOP leadership.

Ryan told House Republicans on Wednesday they need to “get to work,” fundraise and not be caught off guard heading into the midterm campaign season after Democrat Conor Lamb appeared to edge past his GOP opponent in a closely watched special congressional election.

In the most astonishingly bone-headed move since nominating Mitt Romney for President, the GOP establishment spent major cash to help elect Democrat Conor Lamb in last night’s highly contested PA-18 special election. Yes, you read that right. Failed Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan and his Congressional Leadership Fund pushed a Democrat to victory over a Republican with direct mail advertising touting support “for our Second Amendment Rights.” I’ll repeat that again. A so-called GOP PAC led by Paul Ryan spent thousands of dollars in a direct mail campaign to convince voters that Conor Lamb was a conservative who would protect...

House Speaker Paul Ryan, saying entitlement reform is essential to limiting budget deficits, criticized Sen. John McCain on Tuesday for voting last year against the repeal of Obamacare. “The house has passed these bills, but John McCain said no instead of yes,” Ryan said during an exclusive interview with FOX Business’ Maria Baritromo on “Mornings with Maria.”

Synopsis: Well the FISA memo is out and he desperate Dems are howling at the moon that this is a shameful attempt to undercut the Mueller investigation just when he’s on the verge of slamming the cuffs on President Trump. I mean, there are actually people in this country who believe this. And among the international audience who relies more on the MSM and less on us, probably the majority still thinks Mueller is about to indict the President. But Mueller, himself, knows the curtain has come down on his moment of glory. Why? Because he’s had to postpone sentencing...

WH doctor declares Trump in 'excellent' health, mentally fit for office 00:4000:48 WH doctor declares Trump in 'excellent' health, mentally fit for office TheHill.com Autoplay: On | Off The House on Thursday night approved a stopgap measure to keep the government open less than 36 hours before a possible shutdown, shifting the drama to a Senate where Democrats are threatening to block the GOP bill. The final vote was 230-197, with six Democrats voting for the measure and 11 Republicans voting against it. The Senate is expected to vote on a procedural motion later Thursday to take up the House...

(Update 3:38 p.m.): President Trump reportedly rejected the deal presented to him by Sens. Graham and Durbin. There appears to be no acceptable deal on DACA. Lisa Mascaro ✔ @LisaMascaro Trump rejects Graham/Dubin gang #DACA fix at Oval Office meet today 1:11 PM - Jan 11, 2018 1 1 Reply 11 11 Retweets 4 4 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Lisa Mascaro ✔ @LisaMascaro No surprise but @TomCottonAR rejected Senate gang's #DACA deal at WH meet: "It's not even a fig leaf. It's a pine needle." 1:15 PM - Jan 11, 2018 Replies 7 7 Retweets 5 5 likes...

The House on Thursday reauthorized a surveillance program used by the country’s intelligence agencies to spy on foreigners but voted against limiting it. An amendment that would have put privacy restrictions on how authorities can use information gathered during the monitoring failed by a 233-183 vote. Moments later, the House reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by a 256-164 margin.Earlier Thursday, President Trump trashed the program and then backtracked.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has reached a deal on protecting young immigrant "Dreamers" from deportation as part of a broader immigration plan, a spokesman for Republican Senator Jeff Flake said on Thursday. The spokesman, Jason Samuels, would not provide details of the plan, but said "the next step is taking it to the White House" for President Donald Trump to weigh. Some other lawmakers who have been engaged in the negotiations were also optimistic; others said no deal had yet been reached.

President Donald Trump has effectively endorsed the House GOP’s immigration reform bill, just one day after he invited Democrats and Republicans from both the House and Senate to negotiate a deal.. ...“The vast majority of Republicans in the House can vote for this — it is common sense stuff, and is what President Trump campaigned on and won on,” Rosemary Jenks, policy director at the Federation for American Immigration Reform told Breitbart before the Trump announcement. She added: There are things in this bill that I don’t like, but the balance overall is pro-American. Trump needs to get on board...

As Planned Parenthood smugly announced, via their 2016-17 annual report, they performed 321,384 abortions last year and received $543.7 million in taxpayer subsidies, primarily funneled through Medicaid.It raises the question: When will the GOP get some grit and finally defund Planned Parenthood? There is a myriad of reasons why Planned Parenthood should be defunded, and only one reason why they haven’t been. Following the Center for Medical Progress’ explosive undercover videos, Planned Parenthood has been under investigation by numerous committees, including the House Oversight Committee—which found Planned Parenthood needed no federal funds to operate and could function just as well...

Rosie O'Donnell to Paul Ryan: You'll go 'straight to hell' after what you did to the US By Julia Manchester - 12/25/17 01:25 PM EST Comedian Rosie O'Donnell tore into House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in a tweet on Monday, telling him he would go "straight to hell" and dubbing him a "fake alter boy." "Paul Ryan - don't talk about Jesus after what u just did to our nation - u will go straight to hell u screwed up fake altar boy," O'Donnell said in the Christmas Day tweet, adding the hashtag "Judas Much." paul ryan - don't talk...

Sometimes there can be an unexpected yet undeniable 'disturbance in the force' of our politics – where one event or image seems to quietly and quickly shift the entire axis of momentum. We saw it in 2012, when the love-fest between Chris Christie and Barack Obama on the tarmac after Super-Storm Sandy, including the the iconic hug, seemed to realign the stars in what seemed like a sure Mitt Romney victory. I could feel it happening at the time, and I suspect that many of you could, too. We were right. I felt the same thing a couple days ago,...

Republicans this week managed to pass critical short-term spending bills without requiring any help from Democrats, an achievement that GOP lawmakers said will give them new leverage as they head into major spending negotiations next year. “The Democrats now know we can put up the votes if we need to,” Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, told the Washington Examiner. “So they can either play in the wilderness or sit down at the table like adults.” Past spending battles have often required compromise with House Democrats because the GOP could not round up enough support from conservative lawmakers seeking spending reductions or...

he House passed a short-term spending measure Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday, and quickly voted on a separate $81 billion disaster relief bill to aid victims of recent hurricanes and wildfires. The Senate is expected to vote Thursday evening on the stopgap, which passed the House 231-188 and will push back delicate decisions on spending, immigration, health care and national security until Jan. 17.

At a meeting with congressional leaders last month, Donald Trump kissed a postcard-sized tax form, expressing his commitment to simplification of the hideously complex Internal Revenue Code. "Over 90 percent of Americans are going to fill out taxes on that postcard," Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin promised on Sunday. That's not really true, because the bill that emerged from Congress this week does little to simplify the tax code and in some ways makes it even more complicated. The tax return on a postcard, originally a symbol of radical reform, has become a gimmick aimed at distracting the public from a...

The House will vote on major tax reform legislation on Tuesday, Republican aides told the Washington Examiner. The House Rules Committee, which sets the terms of the debate, including whether to allow amendments, will meet Monday on the legislation. The vote timing suggests GOP leaders are confident they have the numbers to pass the legislation, which then heads to the Senate for consideration "likely Tuesday," according to Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas.

House Speaker Paul Ryan plans to retire after the 2018 midterm elections, Politico reported on Thursday. From Politico: Ryan was tiring of D.C. even before reluctantly accepting the speakership. He told his predecessor, John Boehner, that it would be his last job in politics—and that it wasn't a long-term proposition. In the months following Trump's victory, he began contemplating the scenarios of his departure. More recently, over closely held conversations with his kitchen cabinet, Ryan's preference has become clear: He would like to serve through Election Day 2018 and retire ahead of the next Congress. This would give Ryan a...

Fox News and nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity joined Breitbart News Tonight Special Edition host Stephen K. Bannon on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel on Monday evening. Asked to discuss the establishment’s “nullification process” to undermine the Trump presidency, Hannity said, “I think the only way to stop it is all of us and all of the people that mobilized in 2016 to get back, organized, fighting every day.”

The House of Representatives will vote on national gun-carry reciprocity and gun background check fix bills this week. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 and the Fix NICS Act will be combined and likely voted on Wednesday, a GOP aide told the Washington Free Beacon Monday. "It is my understanding they may be combined," the aide said. "Rules is meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. They have both. Floor vote should be Wednesday." The House Committee on Rules website shows the texts of the two bills combined as well as an amendment filed by Rep. Dina Titus (D., Nev.)...