Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) says that “a gaping hole in our national security apparatus” means that Syrian refugees “have not been vetted” before they are resettled in the United States.
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One conservative House member is flooding appropriators’ mailboxes with requests for tough immigration policy riders in the next batch of spending bills.
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In the aftermath of Tuesday’s terror attacks in Brussels that left at least 30 dead, conservatives in Congress say that addressing border security is the key to ensuring terrorists don’t end up in the United States.
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The Obama administration has joined House Republicans, including local Congressman Dave Brat, in agreeing that Islamic State extremists are committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria. Culpeper-based Persecution Project Foundation say while the designation is a step in the right direction they are already actively involved in helping the persecuted.
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House Republican leaders are considering a package of rules changes that could help bring dissident conservatives on board a fiscal 2017 budget resolution before it goes to the floor, GOP lawmakers and aides told CQ on Wednesday.
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The turbulent and divisive 2016 Republican campaign for president -- led by frontrunner Donald Trump -- is throwing House Speaker Paul Ryan's pledge to pass a budget and approve all the annual spending bills into jeopardy, and could lead Congress into another fall showdown on funding the government.
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House conservatives have vowed to block a fiscal 2017 budget put forth by Republican leadership Tuesday, saying it doesn't cut spending enough and creating uncertainty over the GOP’s ability to pass a fiscal blueprint this year.
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U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday insisted they will proceed with a fiscal 2017 budget plan despite a flat-out rejection from their party's fiscal hawks that poses an important test of Speaker Paul Ryan's leadership.
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House Budget Plan May Be Facing Hostility on the Homefront By Paul M. Krawzak, CQ Roll Call Constituents from conservative districts fed up with Washington's spending habits could emerge as the new obstacle in the way of a fiscal 2017 budget resolution, as House Republicans prepare to return to Washington after a week-long recess. If Virginia Republican Dave Brat, the economics professor who upset former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a 2014 primary, is any indication, lawmakers may have g...
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