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Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade announced on Aug. 8 that six Republican senators who participated in a walkout during the 2023 legislative session may not run for reelection in 2024. GOP legislators pledged to fight the decision in court. The ruling is the first test of Oregon Ballot Measure 113. Approved by voters in 2021, the measure is an “initiated constitutional amendment,” that states legislators with 10 or more unexcused absences are barred from appearing on the ballot during the following term. The measure is intended to prevent tactics like a walkout, which both parties have used to deny...

Former President Donald Trump urged the Justice Department Tuesday to release all remaining documents related to the FBI’s investigation into allegations his 2016 campaign colluded with Russian officials, claiming they show “tremendous dishonesty and corruption.” “They have the declassification order. And they should declassify, absolutely, especially in the light of what has just happened and what has just been revealed,” the 45th president told Fox News, referring to special counsel John Durham’s recent court filing alleging Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign paid a tech company to mine data from servers at the White House and Trump Tower in a bid...

Midway through his nearly-two-hour-long news conference on Wednesday, President Joe Biden dropped a very interesting nugget. In talking about his struggles to bring bipartisanship back, Biden recounted that: "I've had five Republican senators talk to me, 'bump into me'— quote, unquote — or sit with me, who've told me that they agree with whatever I'm talking about for them to do. 'But, Joe, if I do it, I'm going to get defeated in a primary.'"

Republican senators on March 18 introduced a bill that would strip the Chinese regime of its trading privileges by revoking its permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status in a bid to hold it accountable for its economic aggressions and human rights abuses.The bill, introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), would tie China’s eligibility to receive preferential trading treatment—known as “normal trade relations” status (NTR)—with the government’s human rights record.Under President Bill Clinton, the United States granted China PNTR status in 2000, which paved the way for the regime’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Conventional thinking at the time was...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held a conference call on Thursday with GOP Senators. The purpose of the call was to press Josh Hawley on why he would stand up to the stolen 2020 presidential election.Hawley skipped the call.Over 140 Republican lawmakers in the US House will object to the Electoral College certification of the stolen 2020 election.Mitch McConnell is purposely trying to hand the US Senate over to Democrats.It’s the only explanation to his recent actions.What a disgraceCNN reported:Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday held a conference call with the Senate GOP conference in which he pressed Missouri...

Three Republican senators are warning that they will oppose the $2 trillion coronavirus response package unless a “massive drafting error” in the legislation, that they say will create an incentive for employers to lay off employees, is fixed. Fox News is told the concern is that the current version could pay workers more in unemployment benefits than they're currently making, by sticking a $600 per week payment on top of ordinary benefits that are calculated as a percentage of income. This could disrupt the labor market further, the lawmakers warn. "A massive drafting error in the current version of the...

The witness aspect of the impeachment trial for President Trump has been the controversy on Capitol Hill this week, especially after Former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s book preview insinuated he may have relevant information. Democrats, who have historically demonized Bolton, immediately pounced and demanded Bolton testify. Most Republicans have united against a hypothetical Bolton testimony, on account of national security, and dragging the taxpayer funded impeachment charade on longer than necessary. As multiple GOP senators pointed out, the timing of the leak of Bolton’s memo to the New York Times is suspicious, at best.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)...

Georgia Republican Senator Johnny Isakson announced Wednesday that he will resign from his seat at the end of 2019 due to Parkinson's disease and other medical problems. "I am leaving a job I love because my health challenges are taking their toll on me, my family and my staff,” Sen. Isakson said in a statement. "My Parkinson’s has been progressing, and I am continuing physical therapy to recover from a fall in July. In addition, this week I had surgery to remove a growth on my kidney." "After much prayer and consultation with my family and my doctors, I have...

RUSH: Here’s Roger in Astoria, Queens. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hey, Rush, it’s my honor.RUSH: Well, it’s great to have you here, Rog. Thank you for calling.CALLER: A couple of quick comments and I’d love to hear your thoughts on them. But one is, I like Barr. I think he’s gonna do a good job. But if I was Barr, when he got the report from “Muler,” M-u-l-e with an r, because he’s a mule for the Democrats —RUSH: Right.CALLER: — I’d love for him to have kicked it back and said, “This is...

The Democrats, led by Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer launched the most evil smear campaign against Kavanaugh in modern times–and they still lost. Republican lawmakers have been screamed at, assaulted and intimidated by unhinged leftists leading up to Kavanaugh’s confirmation–now the GOP lawmakers are receiving death threats on their personal cell phones...

GOP senators on Comey firing: Where they stand President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey is splitting Senate Republicans. Several prominent GOP lawmakers have raised concerns about the timing of the decision, which comes as the FBI is investigating the 2016 election and any contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia. Others, however, have offered support for Trump, arguing the president was well within his authority. ADVERTISEMENT Trump scored his most prominent defender on Wednesday when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) noted that Democrats had previously criticized Comey and supported Rod Rosenstein’s deputy attorney general nomination. “Our...

Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi is a loyal Republican, a decent guy, and generally a good senator. He also needs to retire from the Senate because he is not good enough, and I don’t care if that makes him sad. The New York Times probably thought it was helping him recently when it ran an article about how Dick Cheney’s daughter Liz is planning to challenge him in the 2014 Republican primary. The Times hailed him as “a studious, low-key legislator who worked well with Senator Edward M. Kennedy,” and Enzi probably thinks that’s a compliment. For that reason alone he...

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Vanity: Why did the GOP Senators vote for a two month extension in SS contribution cut? Why did the GOP Senators not hold out for the congress one year extension?

The following is a shocking, scary e-mail sent to Wisconsin GOP senators last night at around 9:30 pm, shortly after the Senate passed an anti-union bill. Not only does the e-mail threaten the senators with death, but it also vows “your familes [sic] will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks.”Local station WTMJ in Milwaukee obtained the e-mail, and has redacted the sender’s name pending an investigation by the police (emphasis added and spelling and grammar mistakes have not been corrected): From: XXXX Sent: Wed 3/9/2011 9:18 PM To: Sen.Kapanke; Sen.Darling; Sen.Cowles; Sen.Ellis; Sen.Fitzgerald; Sen.Galloway;...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Saturday accused Senate Republicans of holding up passage of a new state budget to tie up the Legislature and prevent approval of legislation that would reduce the number of Californians without health insurance. "There are people out there ... (who) want to hang on to the status quo," the Republican governor told a televised health-care forum held in eight cities. "There are politicians in Sacramento who are holding up the budget so they don't have to go into health care reform. "So let your legislators know how you really feel about health care reform, how much...

  From the Desk of Mark Stephens, Executive Director, NRSCDo you have your wallet handy? Well, you better . . . . . . Let me tell you why.The LCLI (Liberal Cost of Living Increase)Anytime liberal Democrats take the reins of government, the American people must pull out their wallets and pay a price. It's the automatic Liberal Cost of Living Increase - the LCLI. You see it happen at the local level, state level and at the federal level.Americans are feeling the squeeze of rising energy prices and escalating health care costs - but the LCLI will dwarf...

  Make your voice heard!The members of the United States Senate need to hear your opinion on Immigration reform policy.Click here now to take our National Survey on Immigration Policy.Making your voice heard is important because Immigration reform is a critical issue that needs to be addressed.You can make an impact by stepping forward today and registering your opinions on questions leaders in the Senate will be debating in the coming weeks.  Elizabeth DoleChair, NRSC Illegal immigration is putting a major strain on local, state and federal government. It impacts our national security, our economy, education system, and health...

With just two weeks remaining before confirmation hearings, no Republican senator has publicly suggested that she withdraw, but the most recent rumblings from Capitol Hill are at best neutral about the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers, says a report in the NY Times. Even as White House Counsel Miers continued her visits with lawmakers, she has not excelled at winning the minds and hearts of GOP leaders, concluded the Times. Of the 10 Republicans on the key 18-member Judiciary Committee, three have publicly raised concerns. "I am uneasy about where we are,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama....