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• Scott Walker Winning Support Across Entire GOP Spectrum
  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has distinguished himself among a large field of potential 2016 presidential contenders for having achieved widespread support across a broad range of Republican voters, National Journal reported.
• Netanyahu to Meet McConnell, Reid on Day of Speech to Congress
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet next week with the top Republican and Democrat in the U.S. Senate after rejecting a request for a meeting from two of the chamber's key Democrats.Netanyahu is scheduled to address a joint meeting of Congress on March 3 and...
• Steve King, Mo Brooks: Let DHS Shut Down to Protect the Constitution
  Republican leaders eager to avert a partial government shutdown are getting heat from conservative colleagues who ask what the fuss is all about.Numerous House Republicans say it's preferable to let the Homeland Security Department go unfunded for a few days, at least, if...
• Jeb Bush: I'm a Conservative With Record of Fiscal Prudence
  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is telling an influential anti-tax group he is a conservative with a proven record for voters to examine, should he continue on his all-but-declared Republican candidacy for president.
• Report: Hillary Considers Latina Pioneer for Key Campaign Post
  Amanda Renteria, the first Latina chief of staff for a U.S. senator, is reportedly a top contender for the national political director post in a likely Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
• Reid, Pelosi Warn Republicans Not to 'Play Games' on Shutdown
  With funding for the DHS set to expire, House Speaker John Boehner is trying to show that he and the GOP "are still willing to mount a fight" against President Barack Obama's immigration policies but are "unwilling to shut down DHS," to do so, Politico reported.
• Rep. Dennis Ross Taunted by Muslim Women at Temple Mount
  Groups of Muslim women hounded Florida Republican Congressman Dennis Ross during his visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem , chanting "Allah Akbar" and "Leave!" , as the lawmaker talked over the noise to a camera videotaping the confrontation at the holy site.
• Pataki Rips Hillary and Obama; Moves Closer to 2016 Run
  Former New York Gov. George Pataki moved closer to a 2016 presidential run on Thursday as he announced the formation of a PAC and tore into his potential Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
• Charles Koch Penning Book on How to Build a Great Company
  Billionaire conservative tycoon Charles Koch is writing a new book giving his advice on the business and management style that helped him to create the multinational corporation Koch Industries with his brother David Koch.
• Boehner: Netanyahu Speech Not Destructive to Israel Relationship
  U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday he strongly disagreed with the assertion that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress would be destructive to U.S.-Israeli relations. I couldn't disagree more, Boehner said at a new conference...
• Senate Panel OK's Obama AG Nominee Lynch
  The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved Loretta Lynch's nomination to be attorney general, sending it to the full Senate.The vote was 12 to 8, with three Republicans joining all committee Democrats in voting in favor of Lynch.She is also expected to win approval by the...
• Boehner Scolds House Members on Dress Code, Decorum
  Speaker John Boehner Wednesday dressed down his House colleagues for their behavior on the House floor-including reminding them to dress in appropriate business attire, refrain from taking photos and videos during proceedings, and even showing up to vote on time.Boehner, in...
• The Hill: GOP Believes Obama Is Hiding an Obamacare Plan B
  The Obama administration has said that it doesn't have a contingency plan if the high court rules that Obamacare subsidies cannot be distributed through the federal healthcare exchange, but Republicans believe the government must be developing a fallback plan.
• Tim Huelskamp: DHS Funding Fight Is Last Chance to Stop Obama Agenda
  Caving in on the immigration and Department of Homeland Security funding issue would finish Republicans' efforts against President Barack Obama's agenda until he leaves office, Rep. Tim Huelskamp, the new chairman of the Tea Party Caucus, says.
• Jeb Bush Skips CPAC Speech in Favor of Q&A With Sean Hannity
  Jeb Bush, knowing that his "moderate conservatism is an awkward fit" at this week's CPAC event, opts for a question-and-session with Fox News' Sean Hannity instead of joining other GOP presidential hopefuls in making a speech, Politico reports.
• McConnell, Boehner at Odds on DHS Funding Plan
  Sen. Mitch McConnell may have found a strategy to break the logjam with Democrats over the Department of Homeland Security funding, but he neglected to run the idea by House Speaker John Boehner, setting up the possibility of a new stalemate.
• Karl Rove: Clear GOP Front-runner Unlikely Before March 2016
  Chances are that no clear front-runner will emerge for the GOP presidential nomination until March of next year - at the earliest - thanks to new primary rules instituted by the Republican National Committee, Karl Rove writes in The Wall Street Journal.
• DHS Funding Not Big Issue With Public, GOP Lawmakers Say
  Americans do not seem too worried about the possibility that the Department of Homeland Security will run out of money and shutdown on Saturday, and hardly pressed their legislators about it during the recent congressional recess.
• Terri Schiavo Brother Defends Jeb Bush On Right-to-Die Case
  Jeb Bush is again coming under attack for his support of the parents of Terri Schiavo in a bitter end-of-life dispute a decade ago, but his help was legally – not politically – motivated, Schiavo's brother argues in a defense of the former Florida governor.
• Former Utah Senator Bob Bennett Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer
  Former U.S. Senator Bob Bennett, the Utah Republican who was one of the first, high-profile political casualties of a 2010 Tea Party insurgency, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and will begin treatment later this week, Utah media reported on Wednesday.Bennett, 81,...
• Rand Paul: CPAC May Not Be as Friendly to 'Moderate' Jeb Bush
  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush are both set to speech at this week's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting, but Paul says he thinks his message will be better received than Bush's.
• With 2016 on the Horizon, Conservatives Rallying at CPAC
  Thousands of American conservatives will gather just outside Washington beginning Thursday with a thinly veiled mission: Vet the Republican politicians who might soon announce bids for the White House.
• Louie Gohmert: Boehner Will 'Hopefully' Do Right Thing on DHS
  Rep. Louie Gohmert is keeping his fingers crossed that House Speaker John Boehner will put the kibosh on a Homeland Security funding vote, as long as it includes money for protecting millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.
• Ex-Rep. Todd Akin May Challenge Sen. Blunt in 2016 GOP Primary
  Former congressman Todd Akin is considering a primary challenge to Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt next year , and thinks his message will resonate with conservatives who have "been pushed out" of the party, The Hill reports.
• Ex-Campaign Chiefs: Obama's Veto of Keystone Will Help GOP in '16
  President Obama's veto Tuesday of the Keystone XL pipeline to Canada will pay dividends for Republican candidates in 2016, according to three former national campaign chiefs for the GOP.

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