As Congress and the Obama White House work to enact a funding bill to avoid yet another possible government shutdown, a rift has developed within the conservative community. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would like to repeal the limits on how much political parties may spend in coordination with their candidates. The congressional Freedom Caucus […]
Donald Trump is right. We are at war and our homeland security and immigration policies are a complete mess. The Syrian refugee issue and the Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino have kick-started a much needed debate and have brought some alarming information to the American people. It starts with basic government incompetence […]
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Dominate Latest Membership Poll Washington, DC — Over the past five days, Citizens United surveyed a cross-section of our grassroots conservative membership nationwide to see where they stand on the 2016 presidential election. From December 4th to December 9th, nearly 2,700 participants took the online poll indicating who their first […]
Quentin Tarantino must be concerned about the prospects of his upcoming movie, The Hateful Eight. Why else would he go on television last week to backtrack and claim he’s “not anti-police” and “not a cop-hater”? Tarantino’s disgraceful public comments about police officers have created a backlash and rightfully so. But just because Tarantino is feeling […]
“Thanksgiving and Christmas are rapidly approaching and Citizens United is continuing to do something near and dear to our hearts: supporting members of our Armed Forces and military families however we can,” said David N. Bossie, President of Citizens United. For eight years now, we have sent holidays meals to troops and military families in […]
Forty-four House Republicans called for a special prosecutor to investigate the scandal surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server in a letter hand-delivered to Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday. “Members of the military and intelligence communities have been — and continue to be — prosecuted for infractions potentially less egregious,” Representative Ron […]
Dozens of lawmakers signed onto a request Tuesday for Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint a special counsel to oversee the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private emails. Led by Rep. Ron DeSantis, who handed Lynch the letter during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, 44 Republicans questioned whether the probe of Clinton’s emails was “politically impartial.” […]
“We are pleased that 44 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have joined Citizens United and Senator John Cornyn in calling for Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint an impartial special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton’s email arrangement. Democrat political appointees at the Justice Department cannot be expected to thoroughly investigate a person who […]
“The media bias laboratory called The New York Times is at it again, this time “investigating” Senator Ted Cruz’s father about what his “contemporaries” in Cuba somehow recollected from more than a half century ago. Recently, it was the ridiculous story about Senator Marco Rubio’s driving record, then it was onto nitpicking points in Dr. […]
In 1973, when Senate Watergate Committee counsel Fred Thompson famously asked, “Mr. Butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the president?” the committee was under extreme pressure from the Nixon White House. Even in the face of a constitutional crisis, the committee plowed ahead and fulfilled […]
Following increasing criticism over his use of a shadowy nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York, to promote his progressive agenda, Mayor Bill de Blasio wished today for Citizens United to be struck down–but implied he was fine with continuing to reap the rewards of the Supreme Court decision. “I think it’s really important to […]
A conservative watchdog group is demanding copies of official documents about the activities of key operatives linked to Hillary Clinton, some of whom have previously escaped attention in the continuing investigations of the former Secretary of State’s relations with her family’s foundation and her use of a private email and server for official business. Citizens […]