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  • Senate Republicans want to break up House’s Trump bill

    05/19/2025 4:50:45 AM PDT · by RandFan · 55 replies
    The Hill ^ | 05/19/25 6:00 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    Senate Republicans say the House-drafted bill to enact President Trump’s legislative agenda has “problems” and are taking a second look at breaking it up into smaller pieces in hopes of getting the president’s less controversial priorities enacted into law before the fall. Even if Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) manages to squeak Trump’s agenda through the House, it faces major obstacles in the Senate, where moderate Republicans say they oppose proposed cuts to Medicaid and fiscal conservatives say it doesn’t go nearly far enough in cutting the deficit. “There are still a lot of problems,” said one Republican senator who requested...
  • GOP race to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff heats up in Georgia

    05/18/2025 11:18:51 AM PDT · by RandFan · 12 replies
    Roll Call ^ | May 12 | By Victor Feldman
    The race to take on vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia expanded Monday after state Insurance Commissioner John King joined Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter in the Republican primary. In a social media post, King, a retired Army National Guard major general and former police chief, highlighted his journey from Mexican native to becoming Georgia’s first Hispanic statewide elected official and sought to tie himself closely to President Donald Trump. “I’m a lawman, soldier, and the first Hispanic elected statewide in Georgia history. Solving problems is what I do,” he wrote Monday on social media. “President Trump needs reinforcements...
  • Top Democrat in Kentucky, Pamela Stevenson, running for McConnell's seat

    05/18/2025 11:02:11 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 13 replies
    The first Democrat is now officially running for Sen. Mitch McConnell's seat. Pamela Stevenson, the top-ranking Democrat in the Republican-led Kentucky House, has launched her bid for the seat. Stevenson, a retired Air Force colonel, has served in the state House since 2021. Republican and former attorney general, Daniel Cameron, is also running for McConnell's seat. There are several other Republicans considering running, including Congressman Andy Barr. McConnell announced in February he would not seek re-election. His term ends in January 2027.
  • RFK Jr. hearing halted as screaming protesters including Ben & Jerry’s co-founder carried out

    05/14/2025 4:09:12 PM PDT · by Beowulf9 · 45 replies
    https://www.msn.com ^ | May 14 2025 | Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner
    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s Senate hearing on Wednesday was immediately thrown into chaos when several protesters, including a co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, began screaming, causing them to be removed. “You’re killing poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by cutting Medicaid for kids here,” Ben Cohen appeared to shout during the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing before being escorted out by U.S. Capitol Police officers.
  • Capitol Police APPREHEND Unhinged Leftist Protesters Who Threatened RFK Jr. During Senate Hearing

    05/14/2025 1:19:45 PM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 22 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 05/14/2025 | jim holt
    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee was interrupted today by protesters voicing opposition to his department’s recent policy changes. As Kennedy began his opening remarks this afternoon, unhinged leftist protesters shouted slogans critical of his leadership, prompting Capitol Police to intervene and remove the demonstrators from the hearing room.
  • Texas RINO John Cornyn Gets Awful News as MAGA Candidate Opens Up Major Polling Lead against Him

    05/14/2025 12:33:48 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    American Tribune ^ | May 14, 2025 | Staff
    Texas Senator John Cornyn is facing stiff competition from Challenger Ken Paxton, who currently serves as the Attorney General of Texas. Many have criticized Cornyn for being a RINO, or a Republican in name only, and it seems that the public agrees, as Paxton has started to pull ahead in the polls. For context, even in deep red states like Texas, Republican lawmakers will compromise on their conservative principles to get ahead. Often derogatorily referred to as RINOs, these legislators see more in common with the DC sDCmp than their constituents at home. In any case, Punchbowl News reports that...
  • Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson reportedly pushing back on Trumps EO on prescription drug prices.

    05/13/2025 6:57:33 AM PDT · by george76 · 86 replies
    X ^ | May 12, 2025 | Trent Leisy
    Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson reportedly pushing back on Trumps EO on prescription drug prices. Since 1997, Thune has received over $1.2 million and since 2018, Johnson has received over $300,000 from the pharmaceutical companies. Hmm 🤔. ... 1. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI): $600,000 2. John Barrasso (R-WY): $500,000 3. Michael Bennet (D-CO): $1,500,000 4. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): $600,000 5. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE): $320,793 6. John Boozman (R-AR): $200,000 7. Mike Braun (R-IN): $150,000 8. Katie Britt (R-AL): $50,000 9. Ted Budd (R-NC): $100,000 10. Laphonza Butler (D-CA): $50,000 11. Maria Cantwell (D-WA): $200,000 12. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV):...
  • Paxton Leads Cornyn By Double Digits In Texas Senate Race, Poll Shows

    05/12/2025 8:12:04 AM PDT · by CFW · 38 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 5/12/25 | Ireland Owens
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading Republican Sen. John Cornyn by double digits in the 2026 Texas Senate race, according to a recent Republican primary poll. Paxton is ahead of Cornyn by 16 percentage points — 56% to 40% — in a two-way poll commissioned by the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), Punchbowl News first reported on Monday. Meanwhile, in a hypothetical three-way matchup with Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt, who is reportedly considering entering the primary contest, Paxton notched 44% of the vote to Cornyn’s 34% and Hunt’s 19%. SLF, a super PAC that supports Republicans, is backing Cornyn’s...
  • TOTALLY WORTHLESS: GOP Controlled House and Senate Sent Fewer Bills to GOP President Than Any Congress in 70 Years

    05/11/2025 8:14:10 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 45 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | May 11, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    President Trump won the 2024 election in a landslide, winning the US Presidency with 312 electoral votes, all of the battleground states, the popular vote, the US House of Representatives, The US Senate and 2750 counties across the country. Americans overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump and his agenda. Unfortunately, this means nothing to the US GOP-controlled House and US GOP-controlled Senate. According to Amuse and Leading Report on X the current GOP-controlled Congress sent fewer bills to President Trump to sign into law than any Congress in 70 years! That is quite a record! @amuse @amuse DO NOTHING CONGRESS:...
  • A RUN AGAINST SUSAN COLLINS

    05/11/2025 3:11:41 PM PDT · by oldfashionedvalues · 29 replies
    Hello All, My brother is a good man, a truck driver, running against Susan Collins in Maine to further conservative values and make our Country strong. Please give him a look. carmen4senate.com. Thanks, OFV
  • Van Hollen: Trump Attempting to Silence Congress, Suspend the Constitution

    05/11/2025 11:32:17 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 41 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/11/2025 | Pam Key
    Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Ali Velshi” that the Trump administration was attempting to silence Congress and suspend the Constitution. When asked about the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the Delaney Hall Detention Center last week, Van Hollen said, “The assault that we’re witnessing right now is the Trump administration’s assault on the Constitution and due process rights, and in this case separation of powers and the ability of Congress to get the facts. We even had Stephen Miller, the other day, the president, one of his top advisers, talk about suspending the Constitution,...
  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won’t run for Senate while blasting Dems and fellow Republicans

    05/10/2025 7:17:07 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 22 replies
    NY Post via fox ^ | 05.10.2025 | Paul Steinhauser
    Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a top House ally of President Donald Trump and a MAGA firebrand with a national following, is passing on a 2026 Senate run. The three-term conservative lawmaker who represents a solidly red district in northwest Georgia, in a lengthy statement announcing her decision that was posted to social media on Friday night, took aim at Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff, a top GOP target whom Republicans view as extremely vulnerable in next year’s midterm elections. But Greene saved much of her venom for fellow Republicans, many of whom feared a polarizing campaign if...
  • John Cornyn trailing Senate primary challenger Ken Paxton, says new internal polls

    05/07/2025 4:24:23 AM PDT · by RandFan · 26 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | May 1 | Houston Chronicle
    A Republican poll obtained exclusively by the Houston Chronicle show Cornyn is down against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton among likely GOP primary voters by 17 percentage points. A Democratic poll shows him down more than 20 percentage points. State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, said it’s time for someone to have a serious talk with Cornyn about whether he really wants to go through with another campaign that could quickly turn negative and costly. “If I was an incumbent senator with these types of polling numbers, I probably wouldn’t run because you can’t win,” Bettencourt said. Cornyn has said he's...
  • Chuck Schumer announces that the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register to vote nationwide, is DONE. Won't go to Trump's desk. DOA.

    05/02/2025 6:17:43 AM PDT · by george76 · 97 replies
    X ^ | Apr 30, 2025 | Eric Daugherty
    Chuck Schumer announces that the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register to vote nationwide, is DONE. Won't go to Trump's desk. DOA. It needs 60 votes. Schumer turned around, looked at Republicans, and gloated as he said this.
  • Hilarious! Reporter Ends Schumer’s Entire Career After He Attacks Trump on Bogus 100-Day Poll Numbers (VIDEO)

    05/02/2025 7:05:12 AM PDT · by Beave Meister · 26 replies
    The Gateway Pundit.com ^ | 5/1/2025 | Cristina Laila
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday attempted to trash President Trump over bogus poll numbers. The fake news media attacked President Trump this week with reports claiming he has the lowest 100 day approval rating in 80 years. “Twice as many people said President Trump deserves a grade of F rather than an A for how he’s handled his first 100 days in office, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll,” NPR reported. “Forty-five percent said Trump deserves the failing mark, compared to 23% who would pass him with flying colors. It’s understandable that partisans would have strongly polarized...
  • New internal polls show John Cornyn trailing Senate primary challenger Ken Paxton

    05/01/2025 2:37:50 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 49 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 4/30/25 | Jeremy Wallace
    New internal polls by both major parties show U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is in big trouble as he faces the toughest GOP primary opponent of his political career in 2026. A Republican poll obtained exclusively by the Houston Chronicle show Cornyn is down against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton among likely GOP primary voters by 17 percentage points. A Democratic poll shows him down more than 20 percentage points. The numbers have some Republicans worried that Cornyn is in a race he can't win, and instead could force a primary fight that costs millions of dollars and ends up bruising...
  • Exclusive — Senate Majority Leader John Thune Targeting July 4 as Deadline to Send Reconciliation Plan Extending Trump Tax Cuts to President’s Desk

    04/30/2025 6:21:32 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 36 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/30/2025 | Matthew Boyle
    WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Breitbart News exclusively he is targeting a July 4 deadline to get the big budget reconciliation plan that would extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts– adding no tax on tips, Social Security income, or overtime wages–to the president’s desk for his signature. This is welcome news for the president and his team, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also has recently said he hopes for a July 4 date for the package to be wrapped up. The package is also expected to fund more of the president’s immigration priorities, as well as...
  • White House threatens to veto Senate measure nixing Trump’s global tariffs

    04/28/2025 6:17:09 PM PDT · by mbrfl · 30 replies
    Politico ^ | April 28, 2025 | Jordan Carney
    The White House is warning that President Donald Trump will veto a bipartisan Senate resolution that would terminate his sweeping global “Liberation Day” tariffs. The statement of administration policy from the Office of Management and Budget, sent to congressional offices Monday, comes ahead of an expected vote this week forced by several Democrats led by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. “This resolution would undermine the administration’s efforts to address the unusual and extraordinary threats to national security and economic stability, posed by the conditions reflected in the large and persistent annual U.S. goods...
  • Nadler Goes After Rabbi for Exposing Dem Antisemitism

    04/28/2025 12:46:49 PM PDT · by george76 · 25 replies
    Frontpage mag ^ | April 28, 2025 | Daniel Greenfield
    Why is the congressman afraid of the new antisemitism envoy?.. When President Trump put forward his new envoy to combat antisemitism, Rep. Jerrold Nadler urged Senate Democrats “not to provide the Trump Administration with a single vote to confirm Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun.” Rep. Nadler had opposed the Antisemitism Awareness Act, opposed Trump’s crackdown on campus antisemitism, opposed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, and opposed defunding colleges that tolerate antisemitism. CAIR, an Islamist group whose leader celebrated the Oct 7 Hamas attacks, praised Rep. Nadler’s opposition to the Antisemitism Awareness Act meant to protect Jewish students from campus...
  • Sen Chris Van Hollen: [8/2/2017] "Shame on President Trump for tearing apart hardworking immigrant families. We should be focused on MS-13, not scholarship winners."

    04/22/2025 1:55:58 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 43 replies
    X.com ^ | April 22, 2025 | Sen Chris Van Hollen via @EricLDaugh Eric Daughertyy
    [H/T HoneysuckleTN]https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1914674910049296868 8:37 AM · Apr 22, 2025 · 355K Views