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  • Senate Republicans struggle for votes as Trump’s big bill teeters during rare Saturday session

    06/28/2025 8:15:00 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 7 replies
    AP ^ | June 28, 2025 | LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
    The Senate is taking a prolonged procedural vote dragging past a third hour during a rare Saturday evening session as Republicans struggled to advance President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline. The proceedings came to a standstill and Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Capitol to break a potential tie. Tense scenes were playing out in the chamber as senators huddled in negotiations, and then broke off for private meetings. Several Republican senators were registering their opposition to proceeding. Republicans are using their majorities in Congress to push...
  • First-term Michigan senator assails Trump's policies in Democratic response (Party Damage Control)

    03/05/2025 5:30:13 AM PST · by Diana in Wisconsin · 38 replies
    Channel 3000 News/AP ^ | March 5, 2025 | AP Bitter LOSERS
    The Democratic response to President Donald Trump’sjoint congressional address Tuesday was delivered by a first-term Michigan senator who built an extensive national security background before entering politics less than a decade ago. Elissa Slotkin gave the Democratic rebuttal to Trump just two months into her tenure in the U.S. Senate, having narrowly defeated Republican Mike Rogers to win an open seat in a presidential battleground state — despite Trump carrying the state. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., praised Slotkin as “nothing short of a rising star in our party” when announcing her selection Thursday. Slotkin's spoke from Wyandotte, Michigan,...
  • Buttigieg weighs a decision with huge implications for Democrats: Run for Senate or president?

    02/22/2025 1:46:44 PM PST · by PBRCat · 136 replies
    Associated Press ^ | February 20, 2025 | STEVE PEOPLES and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Some believe the Democratic Party’s next savior is living here, huddled with family, in the relative obscurity of a small city on the shores of Lake Michigan. Pete Buttigieg has yet to decide if that’s a responsibility he wants. For now, Buttigieg, the 43-year-old former U.S. transportation secretary, is discussing his future with party officials, labor leaders and top strategists. He must decide soon whether he wants to return to the national spotlight as a candidate in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race or step aside to instead seek a much bigger role as his party’s next...
  • The RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it threatens to undermine trust (concern troll alert)

    06/14/2024 7:03:12 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 30 replies
    AP via MSN ^ | June 14, 2024 | JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON
    The Republican National Committee on Friday launched a swing state initiative to mobilize thousands of polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as “election integrity” watchdogs in November — an effort that immediately drew concerns that it could lead to harassment of election workers and undermine trust in the vote. The RNC says its plan will help voters have faith in the electoral process and ensure their votes matter. Yet, as former President Donald Trump and his allies continue to spread false claims that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, the effort also sets the stage...
  • Defeated election conspiracists seek to lead Michigan GOP

    12/03/2022 11:07:27 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 32 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | December 3, 2022 | By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republicans who lost their races for Michigan’s top three statewide offices after promoting falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election are not planning to go quietly. Two of the candidates who denied President Joe Biden’s victory in the state have announced plans to run for the position that leads the state GOP, while the third has said she is considering a challenge for the top post. That is raising concerns within the party after it suffered a drubbing in Michigan, a perennial political battleground that is poised to play a pivotal role in the 2024 presidential...