Eagle Forum President Kris Ullman issued a statement after Rep. Mike Johnson was re-elected to the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Reviewing some of the conservative wins from the last year.

Sen. Paul highlights the ridiculous and unethical initiatives that our federal government funded in 2024.

Conservatives want a lean CR while Democrats, sensing this is their last shot to get policy riders, are insisting on new programs and dollars. President Trump and Elon Musk have weighed in.

The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have returned to Washington, D.C. after a long recess, and held leadership elections on Wednesday.

Eagle Forum members are grateful to the millions of Americans who voted yesterday, putting faith above the Left’s campaign of fear and supporting conservative candidates across the country.

Next week, the House must deal with the controversial issue of how to keep funding the government through the election and whether to insist Congress protect citizen’s voting rights before November.

House Republicans are unifying around ensuring that non-American citizens are not voting in federal elections or swaying election results. 

Democrat-controlled media is claiming that “the GOP prefers to use the border crisis as a political talking point instead of solving the underlying problem.” In reality, Republicans are fighting back against leaked legislative provisions that would include the expansion of free benefits for illegals and billions of taxpayer dollars slated to aid illegal aliens across the border.

Congress has a long list of tasks that they have to check off. But with two recent resignations of Republican members, one expelled from Congress, and the House Majority Leader out receiving cancer treatment, the hope of passing conservative legislation seems nearly impossible.

After several rough months for Congress, there remain real disagreements over abortion funding, immigration, and foreign aid that Congress must resolve before the end of the year.

Conservative Representative Johnson (R-LA) reached the 217 mark necessary to become the new U.S. Speaker and was elected unanimously by the Republican Conference. The vote for Speaker was held at noon.