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  • Senate Republicans Sabotage $400 Million of Trump’s Anti-Woke Cuts

    07/21/2025 10:31:08 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 20 replies
    The Washington Stand ^ | July 17, 2025 | Suzanne Bowdy
    For a party with such distrust in the mainstream media, Republicans certainly put a lot of stock in the headlines about PEPFAR. While thousands of people would most certainly not die from the targeted cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Senate Republicans are determined to keep throwing taxpayer dollars at the Democrats’ woke programs in the name of “foreign aid.” In a blow to Donald Trump’s goal to end government bloat and abuse, moderate senators — led by Susan Collins (R-Maine) — threw a tantrum over the White House’s plan to shave a fraction ($400 million) of...
  • 'Long overdue': Senate Republicans ram through Trump's clawback package with cuts to foreign aid, NPR

    07/17/2025 2:36:38 AM PDT · by Libloather · 25 replies
    Fox News ^ | 7/17/25 | Alex Miller
    Senate Republicans blasted through Democratic and internal opposition to pass President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar clawback package early Thursday morning. The final vote tally was 51-48, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining every Democrat in voting against it. The package will now be sent to the House, which has until Friday to pass it. The $9 billion rescissions bill tees up cuts to "woke" spending on foreign aid programs and NPR and PBS that Congress previously approved. Republicans have pitched the bill as building on their quest to root out waste, fraud and abuse...
  • JD Vance Breaks Tie in Key Rescissions Package Vote in Senate After These Three Republicans Betrayed Us

    07/15/2025 9:59:56 PM PDT · by lightman · 63 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 5 July A.D. 2025 | Matt Vespa
    There will always be three who give us heartburn. Shockingly, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who has become the new John McCain of the Senate regarding being a thorn in the side, opted not to break ranks on the recissions package, which codifies some $9 billion in cuts. The gutting of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio is included in this package, which barely advanced on a key vote to move the bill forward. Vice President JD Vance had to go up to the hill to break the 50-50 tie. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan Collins (R-ME), and...
  • The Usual Suspects (and Some New) in the Senate Are Threatening to Kill Trump's Recissions Package

    07/11/2025 8:01:21 AM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    Townhall ^ | July 10, 2025 | Matt Vespa |
    Nothing will ever be easy with congressional Republicans. The reconciliation package aged all of us 35 years, as Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had to whip votes, hold the line, and make some phone calls. President Trump was also working the phones heavily when final passage was at stake in the House. Republican leadership held the line, but with Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) retiring after the reconciliation vote, delivering what’s left of the Trump agenda before the 2026 midterms is about to get even tougher. The House did its job and passed the rescission package, but...
  • Senate rankings: The 5 seats most likely to flip

    06/03/2025 7:27:37 PM PDT · by T Ruth · 41 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/01/25 | Al Weaver
    *** Here’s an early look at the five Senate seats most likely to flip next year.Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.) is considered the most vulnerable Democrat on the Senate map …. But ... Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) decided against a Senate bid, depriving the GOP of its top choice across the entire 2026 map. *** ... Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) is in, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is out, and operatives believe Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) may follow Carter into the primary. ***NorthCarolina If Democrats are going to make any headway toward winning back the majority, toppling Sen. Thom...
  • BREAKING: Senate Vote to Eliminate Trump’s Tariffs FAILS Despite Three GOPers Siding With Democrats – Two Senators Who Would Have Voted to Terminate Did Not Show Up to Vote

    04/30/2025 5:11:54 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 149 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 30, 2025 | Cullen Linebargar
    The Democrat and RINO effort to blow up Trump’s global tariffs suffered an embarrassing failure in the Senate this evening after two senators failed to vote. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Senator Rand Paul (RINO-KY) had sponsored a resolution that would have terminated ALL of Trump’s tariffs, including those on America’s top adversary, China. The vote deadlocked 49-49, meaning it failed by one vote. But there were three Republicans who voted to stab Trump in the back and end the global tariffs: Rand Paul of Kentucky Susan Collins of Maine Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Senator...
  • 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...
  • Senate approves resolution against Trump's Canada tariffs hours after 'Liberation Day' event - 4 Republicans side with Democratic resolution against Trump's Canada tariffs

    04/03/2025 6:29:51 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 55 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | April 3, 2025 | Danielle Wallace
    Four Republicans – Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky; Susan Collins, of Maine; and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, sided with Democrats in voting for a resolution that would repeal the emergency declaration that permitted Trump to levy taxes on Canada by citing deadly fentanyl flowing across the border. The measure, introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., passed the upper chamber of Congress by a 51-48 vote.
  • Four GOP senators vote with Democrats to undo Trump tariffs on Canada

    04/02/2025 4:56:47 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 131 replies
    The Hill ^ | 4/2/25 | Alexander Bolton
    A group of Republican senators voted along with Democrats on Wednesday for a resolution to undo President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports, dealing an embarrassing blow to Trump. The resolution expresses the sense of the Senate and doesn’t have the force of law, but its 51-48 passage is unwelcome news for the president on the very day he announced a host of new tariffs.
  • GOP senators line up with Democrats to oppose Trump’s Canada tariffs

    03/31/2025 8:18:24 PM PDT · by RandFan · 67 replies
    Politico ^ | March 31 | By Lisa Kashinsky, Jordain Carney and Meredith Lee Hill
    Republicans could be poised to deal a symbolic blow to President Donald Trump’s trade policy, with several GOP senators indicating they planned to join Democrats in a Tuesday vote to block blanket tariffs on Canada. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Monday that she plans to back the resolution led by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) that would terminate the national emergency Trump declared last month, citing fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration. Trump has used that declaration to justify 25 percent across-the-board tariffs on America’s northern neighbor and leading trade partner — duties that Trump has threatened to start levying later this...
  • Dr. David Weldon's Official Letter of Withdrawal of Nomination to Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    03/13/2025 7:42:10 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 16 replies
    The New York Times ^ | March 13, 2025 | David Weldon M.D.
    Twelve hours before my scheduled confirmation hearing in The Senate, I received a phone call from an assistant at the White House informing me that my nomination to be Director of CDC was being withdrawn because there were not enough votes to get me confirmed. I then spoke to HHS Secretary Bobbie Kennedy who was very upset. He was told the same thing and that he had been looking forward to working with me at CDC. He said I was the perfect person for the job. Bobbie told me that earlier that morning he had breakfast with Republican Senator Susan...
  • Elon Musk Drops Bombshell on $12 Billion Swindle: “Only the Government Can Get Away With This”

    03/05/2025 7:42:26 AM PST · by Sam77 · 36 replies
    The Daily Fetched ^ | 4 March 2025 | Jason Walsh
    Elon Musk dropped a shocking revelation about how the government handed the Navy $12 billion to build new submarines, only to find that not a single submarine was built with the money. Musk, who revealed that he first heard the revelation from Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), said Navy officials shrugged when asked where the money for the submarines went. “There’s a case where I think Senator Collins was telling me about how she gave the Navy $12 billion for more submarines, got no extra submarines, and then held a hearing to say where the $12 billion went,” Musk told Joe...
  • Elon Musk just revealed that the government handed the Navy $12 billion to build new submarines—and not a single submarine was built.

    02/28/2025 8:30:52 PM PST · by george76 · 110 replies
    X ^ | Feb 28, 2025 | Vigilant Fox
    Elon Musk just revealed that the government handed the Navy $12 billion to build new submarines—and not a single submarine was built. When investigators asked where the money went, Navy officials shrugged and said they had no idea. “There’s a case where I think Senator Collins was telling me about how she gave the Navy $12 billion for more submarines, got no extra submarines, and then held a hearing to say where the $12 billion go. “And they were like, we don’t know. That was it. I mean, basically, stuff is so crazy. Only the federal government could get away...
  • Senate Republicans criticize Musk over email to government employees

    02/24/2025 5:58:04 PM PST · by cotton1706 · 55 replies
    The Hill ^ | 2/24/25 | Al Weaver
    Senate Republicans on Monday criticized Elon Musk’s directive for federal government employees to lose their jobs if they did not send in a bullet-pointed summary of what they did last week at work, describing it as a rash decision that was not handled well. The email asking what they accomplished over the past week had set a deadline of Monday at midnight for responses. However, that was walked back by the Office of Personnel Management when it told departments and agencies that they could ignore that email. Nevertheless, some Senate GOP members took issue with Musk’s request as he continues...
  • Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and Maine Senator Susan Collins were the only Republicans to vote NO for the confirmation of Kash Patel.

    02/20/2025 5:18:03 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 36 replies
    X.com ^ | 1:35 PM · Feb 20, 2025 · | DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸✓@1Nicdar
    Primarying these two POS RINOS needs to be a top priority going forward. They both voted NO for Pete Hegseth as well.
  • Collins to vote against Patel nomination

    02/20/2025 8:36:00 AM PST · by rdl6989 · 102 replies
    The Hill ^ | February 20, 2025 | Rebecca Beitsch
    Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she would vote against the nomination of Kash Patel to serve as the FBI director, citing a string of political comments that call into question his ability to apolitically lead the bureau. Collins noted recent actions at the Justice Department and FBI, from prosecutors resigning after facing pressure on how to handle certain cases to FBI agents facing firing over their work on Jan. 6 cases.
  • Senate GOP dismayed by Trump, Zelensky war of words

    02/19/2025 4:52:57 PM PST · by RandFan · 33 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/19/25 6:39 PM ET | by Al Weaver
    Public comments from President Trump blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion of his country are unnerving Senate Republicans, who have largely sought to avoid conflicts with the White House. Trump’s escalating war of words with the Ukrainian leader comes as hawks in both parties plead with the president not to give Moscow a free pass in talks to end the bitter three-year conflict. “I’m concerned with anything that would ultimately allow there to be a moral equivalency between Zelensky and Putin,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who visited Ukraine alongside a pair of Senate Democrats over the weekend...
  • GOP’s Susan Collins to back Tulsi Gabbard confirmation

    02/03/2025 3:50:52 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 41 replies
    The Hill ^ | February 3, 2025 | Al Weaver
    Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Monday that she will support Tulsi Gabbard to become director of national intelligence (DNI), giving her a key boost in her confirmation push.Collins was considered a crucial swing vote on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is set to meet Tuesday afternoon to potentially advance Gabbard toward a floor vote. Last month, Collins had expressed reservations about Gabbard.But in a statement on Monday, she pointed to Gabbard’s support for reducing the size and scale of the DNI position and said the former Democratic congresswoman had assuaged her concerns about her stance on Edward Snowden.
  • Gabbard boosted in bid to become chief US spy ahead of committee vote

    02/03/2025 2:56:12 PM PST · by merzbow · 54 replies
    Reuters ^ | 02/03/2025 | Patricia Zengerle
    WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to become director of national intelligence received a major boost on Monday when Senator Susan Collins said she would back President Donald Trump's nominee. "I look forward to working with Ms. Gabbard to strengthen our national security," Collins, a moderate who is one of the few Republicans who has voted against Trump initiatives, said in a statement supporting Gabbard.
  • Billionaire Nicole Shanahan will fund primary challengers for 13 senators who don’t support RFK Jr…

    01/29/2025 7:44:15 AM PST · by Tench_Coxe · 52 replies
    As President Trump works nonstop to keep his promises and clean up the chaotic mess Biden left behind, another major battle is unfolding: confirmation hearings. (snip) This time, things are different—thanks to billionaire Nicole Shanahan. Like the rest of America, she’s had enough of the political games, and she’s putting her money where her mouth is. She’s now vowing to make it her personal mission to take down any Senator who refuses to support RFK Jr. If these turncoats won’t back him, she’ll make sure they lose their seats. And she’s not just making threats—Nicole has a plan and is...