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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, released a new report on Monday outlining why he believes the Obama administration’s Department of Justice “has become more partisan than ever.” (more)

Hormone treatments for transgendered detainees, abortion services and extensive outlets for complaints — these are just a few of the reasons Texas Republican House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith is not pleased with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) recently released Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS). (more)

Social news site Reddit posted a message by former Sheriff Richard Mack of Graham County, Az. to the top of its homepage Saturday. Mack is challenging Texas Rep. Lamar Smith in his San Antonio district’s April 3 GOP primary. (more)

In a letter obtained by The Daily Caller, House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Lamar Smith warned Attorney General Eric Holder not to permit the transfer of funds from a recent $335 million Department of Justice settlement to organizations associated with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, more commonly known as ACORN, or other advocacy groups allied with President Obama. (more)

Opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the bill that threatens to block large swathes of foreign websites for alleged copyright infringement, have complained that Congress has yet to hear their voice. (more)

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith’s anti-piracy bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), caused significant waves on its maiden voyage into congressional waters. New criticisms of the legislative proposal, however, make the Justice Department walk the plank. (more)

Miss Ginger Lee, the Tennessee adult-film actress who once called disgraced former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner her “trifecta of win,” does not like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The porn star, with whom Weiner once exchanged racy photos, reblogged on her Tumblr account Wednesday a post written on the Tumblr staff blog opposing SOPA. (more)

Attorney General Eric Holder insisted Thursday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing that he does not plan to step down in the wake of the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. (more)

With just a month left in 2011, the dismal economy is forcing many Americans to tighten their financial belts as the holiday season approaches. (more)

Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that Obama administration officials responsible for Operation Fast and Furious might be accessories to murder. (more)

When Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, proposed the Legal Workforce Act earlier this month, the bill was co-sponsored by 11 House Republicans — a number that now has grown to 26 — and hailed by some as a solution to illegal workers. (more)

For all the sound and fury of the class of GOP freshmen that succeeded in pushing Speaker John Boehner to cut extra funds from the continuing resolution spending bill, a Friday vote to cut $22 billion more actually split the class, only garnering the support of about 65 percent of them. (more)

Top House Republicans delayed a vote on renewal of the Patriot Act Thursday and are providing a briefing to GOP freshmen who complained – and helped vote down the measure – over concerns about the rushed, 45-minute floor debate originally provided. (more)

It’s been called the “strategic” solution to controlling illegal immigration. Rather than try to seal America’s porous 2,000-mile border with Mexico, why not eliminate the “job magnet” that draws illegal aliens in the first place? (more)

As this year’s Election Day approaches, let’s take a look back at the last election and evaluate the media’s influence. (more)

If President Barack Obama needed any more incentive to go all out for Democrats this fall, here it is: Republicans are planning a wave of committee investigations targeting the White House and Democratic allies if they win back the majority. (more)

Today the Senate begins consideration of the lifetime appointment of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Critics have said that her judicial record is non-existent, and there are few clues to how she will rule on the country’s highest court. However, her past actions do signal her views on one of the most important issues likely to come before the Court in the near future: a state’s right to play a role in the enforcement of immigration laws. (more)

The House Judiciary Committee voted 15-12 this week to kill a resolution of inquiry that demanded further information about the jobs allegedly offered by the White House to Joe Sestak and Andrew Romanoff in exchange for dropping out of their respective Senate races. (more)

Two Republican congressmen sent a letter to the White House Tuesday demanding that President Obama’s top lawyer turn over all documents related to the administration’s attempt to get Joe Sestak out of the Senate race in Pennsylvania. (more)

Here’s more evidence that the GOP is trying to keep the Joe Sestak affair alive despite today’s White House memo denying wrongdoing: A group of Republicans have sent a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller asking for an FBI investigation of “allegations that White House officials bribed Representative Joe Sestak with promises of a senior Administration position in exchange for his withdrawal from the Pennsylvania Senate primary.” (more)