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  • Capitol Police arrest man who disrupted Senate debate on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill': 'You people are awful' (Florida man)

    06/30/2025 2:30:41 AM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    Fox News ^ | 6/30/25 | Landon Mion
    A man was arrested by Capitol Police on Sunday after interrupting the Senate debate on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," shouting from the Senate Galleries that the lawmakers are "horrible." Allen D. Rogers, of Florida, was arrested for unlawful conduct after he refused to obey officers' orders to stop the disruption, according to police. "At approximately 7:00 p.m., our officers arrested a man who started being disruptive in the Senate Galleries," police said in a statement. The interruption happened between speeches by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on the Republican-backed spending bill. Rogers...
  • Lara Trump ‘Seriously Considering’ Senate Run to Replace Retiring GOP Sen

    06/29/2025 3:11:55 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 63 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | Jun. 29 2025 | Josh Fiallo
    There might soon be another elected Trump in Washington. President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, is “seriously considering” a Senate run in her native North Carolina, a source told NOTUS. Another source close to the Trump family told NBC News that there is a “high” chance she will run. Word of the younger Trump’s ambitions came hours after Thom Tillis, one of the state’s two Republican senators, announced he would not
  • Trump threatens backing primary challenge against GOP Sen. Thom Tillis over his 'big, beautiful bill' vote

    06/28/2025 9:03:59 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 37 replies
    NBC News ^ | June 28, 2025 | Nnamdi Egwuonwu and Sahil Kapur
    President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked Sen. Thom Tillis for opposing the party's sweeping domestic policy bill, threatening to meet with potential primary challengers to the North Carolina Republican. Tillis, who faces re-election next year in a battleground state, was one of two Republicans, along with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, to vote against advancing the "big, beautiful bill" in the Senate Saturday evening. "Numerous people have come forward wanting to run in the Primary against 'Senator Thom' Tillis," Trump wrote Saturday night. "I will be meeting with them over the coming weeks, looking for someone who will properly represent...
  • BREAKING: Senate Finally Advances President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” After HOURS of Drama and a Visit From VP JD Vance – Two GOPers Vote NO

    06/28/2025 8:21:25 PM PDT · by bitt · 61 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ ^ | Jun. 28, 2025 10:11 pm | Cullen Linebarger
    The Senate has advanced President Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill to a full debate despite two GOP defections after hours of drama. The final tally was 51-49. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina were the two Republican nays. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin initially voted no but switched to yes. Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Capitol earlier to potentially cast a tie-breaking vote. WATCH Vice President Vance enters the Capitol as he prepares to break a potential tie on the first procedural hurdle on the GOP reconciliation bill pic.twitter.com/d2ATm6dP6m — Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) June 29, 2025...
  • Crews are putting up large anti-scale barricades around the White House and the Treasury tonight

    06/28/2025 6:22:05 PM PDT · by george76 · 131 replies
    X ^ | Jun 27, 2025 | Nick Sortor
    Crews are putting up large anti-scale barricades around the White House and the Treasury tonight.. Big news coming this weekend? ... Any guesses? ... Lisa Murkowski, who had a high chance of voting NO, just voted YES to advance the Big Beautiful Bill after she spoke with Vance 3 to go! ... JD Vance is on the Senate floor lobbying Republican holdouts to vote YES on the Big Beautiful Deal
  • Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution

    06/27/2025 6:13:37 PM PDT · by backpacker_c · 30 replies
    thehill ^ | June 27, 2025 | Al Weaver
    The Senate blocked an effort Friday to prevent President Trump from taking future military action against Iran without authorization from Congress, less than a week after he directed strikes aimed at the country’s nuclear capabilities. Senators voted 47-53 largely along party lines against the war powers resolution. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the lone GOP lawmaker to vote with Democrats. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), an ardent backer of Israel, voted with Republicans.
  • John Cornyn trounced by Paxton in another poll

    06/27/2025 6:41:13 AM PDT · by RandFan · 11 replies
    politico ^ | June 26 | politico
    It’s getting late early for John Cornyn. Yet another poll shows the four-term incumbent lagging well behind his hard-right challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in next year’s primary. The poll, conducted on behalf of a Paxton-allied super PAC, shows the Texas attorney general with a commanding 19-point lead over the incumbent — 57 to 38 percent — in a head-to-head matchup of Texas Republican primary voters. It’s the latest data point for national Republicans who see Cornyn flailing with primary voters but worry about the general election prospects for Paxton, who has faced both indictment and impeachment. The race...
  • Hey, GOP: Senate Parliamentarian Isn’t Binding

    06/27/2025 6:45:12 AM PDT · by george76 · 30 replies
    PJ Media ^ | June 26, 2025 | Catherine Salgado
    Important newsflash for the Senate GOP: the recommendations of the woke Senate parliamentarian, who is trying to ensure that absolutely no financial reform is enacted, are not binding. ... John Thune .. not going to challenge the outrageous decisions of the Senate Parliamentarian, and no doubt he’d like you to believe there’s no option otherwise. That is simply untrue. There are multiple ways of overruling the unelected Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s decisions. As voters, it’s very important we understand the legal realities of our system and not give our elected representatives a pass just because they claimed helplessness. ... “The...
  • DEVASTATING BLOW: Unelected Harry Reid-appointed Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough just STRUCK DOWN the DEFUNDING OF MEDICAID FOR ILLEGALS in the Big Beautiful Bill...AND defunding "gender-affirming care" under Medicaid and CHIP!

    06/26/2025 6:34:29 AM PDT · by george76 · 73 replies
    X ^ | Jun 26, 2025 | Eric Daugherty
    DEVASTATING BLOW: Unelected Harry Reid-appointed Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough just STRUCK DOWN the DEFUNDING OF MEDICAID FOR ILLEGALS in the Big Beautiful Bill...AND defunding "gender-affirming care" under Medicaid and CHIP! No, I am not joking! A 2012 Democrat lackey is gutting the bill right before our very eyes! She says the provisions that limit federal dollars for states that give illegal aliens Medicaid benefits require 60 votes, not 50+1. She also struck out limits on Medicaid, Medicare and ACA premium tax credits for non-citizen immigrants, per Punchbowl. IGNORE THIS, OR FIRE HER, Mr. Thune ... The Senate Parliamentarian must be...
  • First on WMUR: Scott Brown jumping into 2026 race for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire

    06/25/2025 4:26:38 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 23 replies
    WMUR ^ | June 25, 2025
    Concord N.H. — Scott Brown is in. The Rye Republican is launching another campaign to return to the U.S. Senate, WMUR Political Director Adam Sexton was first to report on Wednesday. "The reason I am running is a kind of fed up with the federal delegation. We've been blessed here in New Hampshire. We've had Gov. Sununu, Gov. Ayotte, the Legislature, the Executive Council all working very hard for years to protect the New Hampshire advantage -- while we see in the federal delegation the over-taxation, overregulations," Brown said. "On the policy stuff, the open borders, the sanctuary cities, zealously...
  • 🚨 #BREAKING: Chuck Schumer has been hospitalized in DC, per multiple reports (on X)

    06/25/2025 12:53:36 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 78 replies
    X ^ | 6-25-25 | Nixk Sorter
    Grok @grok · 25m The news of Chuck Schumer's hospitalization on June 25, 2025, is confirmed by credible sources like Newsweek and X posts from reporters. He was treated for dehydration after feeling lightheaded at the Senate gym and has returned to work. Public reactions vary
  • Senate parliamentarian rejects GOP attempt to authorize states to conduct immigration enforcement

    06/23/2025 8:37:11 AM PDT · by DFG · 24 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/23/2025 | Alexander Bolton
    The Senate parliamentarian has rejected several more provisions in the Republican megabill to enact President Trump’s agenda, including language authorizing states to conduct border security and immigration enforcement, which traditionally have been duties of the federal government. Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough also ruled against language in the bill that would increase the Federal Employees Retirement Systems contribution rate for new civil servants if they do not agree to give up civil service protections to become at-will employees. Additionally, the parliamentarian advised against a section of the bill that would allow the executive branch to reorganize federal government agencies — or eliminate...
  • Chuck Schumer Breaks Silence, Opposes Trump Attack on Iran

    06/22/2025 5:15:03 AM PDT · by Adder · 65 replies
    BREITBART ^ | 06/21/2025 | Joel B. Pollak
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who once claimed to be Israel’s “guardian” in Congress, put out a statement late Saturday night opposing President Donald Trump’s airstrike on Iran’s nuclear sites.
  • Top Dems on intelligence committees were not briefed before strikes – but Republicans were

    06/21/2025 6:57:48 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 127 replies
    CNN ^ | June 21, 2025 | Manu Raju
    Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, was not briefed before the US strikes on Iran — even though his GOP counterpart on the panel, Chairman Rick Crawford, was in contact with the White House, per a person familiar. Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, also was not briefed before the attack, per a source familiar, but the GOP chairman, Tom Cotton, was briefed. Both Democrats are in the “Gang of Eight,” which typically would be briefed before a significant US military engagement. The Gang of Eight includes the House and Senate...
  • WATCH: Pete Hegseth Effortlessly Smacks Down Dem Senator Mazie Hirono After She Asks a Disgusting Question About Trump and the Leftist Riots Across the Country

    06/18/2025 1:47:06 PM PDT · by DFG · 61 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 06/18/2025 | Cullen Linebarger
    The person many regard as the dumbest senator in America ended up red-faced after trying to humiliate the nation’s secretary of defense with an inane question at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. As NBC News reported, Pete Hegseth testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the Pentagon’s budget request. During the hearing, he was hit with multiple questions regarding the Iran-Israel conflict and military deployments in Los Angeles. The latter became particularly fiery once dim-witted Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) got her chance to interrogate the defense secretary. Hirono decided to try to humiliate Hegseth with a sick question designed...
  • Democrats Abandon Hearing on Biden Cognitive Decline Coverup

    06/18/2025 12:35:14 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 40 replies
    Breitbart ^ | June 18, 2025
    Democrats left a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday after delivering their opening statements, refusing to participate in an inquiry into whether their party helped conceal President Biden’s cognitive decline. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Peter Welch (D-VT) attended the opening statements of Wednesday morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Biden’s cognitive fitness. Durbin walked out shortly after delivering remarks, during which he played a video montage attempting to portray former President Donald Trump as mentally unfit. He had already dismissed the hearing, stating, “It a waste of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s time.” Senator Welch echoed those concerns, saying:...
  • WATCH LIVE: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on alleged Biden cover-up

    06/18/2025 7:06:43 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 7 replies
    The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s physical and mental decline. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m.
  • Trump would have ‘carte blanche’ to reorganize agencies, lay off feds under Senate reconciliation bill

    06/17/2025 3:19:20 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 14 replies
    Government Executive ^ | 17/6/25 | Erich Wagner
    Aprovision added to the Senate iteration of Republicans’ proposed budget reconciliation package would give the White House $100 million to reorganize federal agencies as President Trump sees fit, without congressional input in what critics decried as an “abrogation” of Congress’ power and responsibility. The measure appeared in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s portion of the legislation aimed at reducing federal spending in order to partially pay for tax cuts for the ultrawealthy and increased immigration enforcement, alongside proposals to make future feds pay more towards their retirement benefits, particularly if they wish to retain protections against being...
  • Cory Booker, AKA Spartacus, Has a Full-Blown Meltdown on the Senate Floor Over Alex Padilla

    06/13/2025 2:36:10 PM PDT · by DFG · 66 replies
    Rumble ^ | 06/13/2025 | The Liberty Daily
    Cory Booker, AKA Spartacus, Has a Full-Blown Meltdown on the Senate Floor Over Alex Padilla
  • How Padilla’s stunt against Kristi Noem reinforces Democrat violence

    06/13/2025 9:46:34 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 28 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 13 Jun, 2025 | Trevor Thomas
    You could be forgiven for believing that the California senator got himself handcuffed on purpose. After “sitting U.S. senator” Alex Padilla barged into Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference and got himself forcibly (and rightly) tossed out of the room and handcuffed, leftists across America (again!) want us to be aghast at the Trump administration. It almost seems as though the whole episode was planned! Knowing Democrats as we do, almost certainly it was a planned stunt, done solely for political theatrics. Democrats across the U.S. are desperate to sway the electorate in their favor, so I’m not surprised...