Democrats currently control the bare minimum 50 Senate seats needed to pass legislation with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie breaking vote. Just one seat flipped in favor of Republicans would allow the GOP to take back control. The president’s party typically isn’t as susceptible in the Senate as it is in the House, but how
The Biden administration is lobbying against including sanctions for Chinese treatment of Uyghurs in order to protect a possible climate deal. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Republican senator Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Democratic senator Jeff Merkley (Ore.) introduced a bill in January prohibiting the importation of goods made with forced labor from the Xinjiang
Democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema reportedly gave Joe Biden an ultimatum on infrastructure. According to Townhall: According to Politico’s Playbook, she delivered a “tough message” to the president during a private meeting last week: “If the House delays its scheduled Sept. 27 vote on the bipartisan infrastructure plan — or if the vote fails — she
Disgraced Democrat Al Franken could be eyeing a comeback. At least according to reports. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Disgraced former Democratic senator Al Franken says he is keeping his political “options open.” Franken, who has returned to stand-up comedy since he resigned from the U.S. Senate in 2018 after multiple women accused him
California is going anti-bacon and Iowa’s Senators want a word. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Iowa senators Joni Ernst (R.) and Chuck Grassley (R.) are pushing back against a California law that will cut off the Golden State’s supply of pork and harm Iowa farmers. The California law, Proposition 12, will ban the sale
Democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) is signaling hesitancy on infrastructure, and that hesitancy likely isn’t sitting well with Chuck Schumer. According to Town Hall: Oh, you know Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was probably not too pleased about Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D-AZ) latest intentions about the infrastructure deal and the even more controversial reconciliation bill. The
Even Nancy Pelosi picking which Republicans would sit on the January 6th commission was too much for Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine). According to Town Hall: On Sunday’s edition of CNN’s “State of the Union,” many topics were discussed between host Jake Tapper and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). What’s particularly grabbing headlines, though, is the senator’s comments about
GOP Senator James Lankford has come out in defense of former President Trump’s border wall. According to The Daily Wire: A Republican senator is slamming President Biden for terminating the declaration of a national emergency at the southern border while paying Department of Defense contractors millions of dollars not to build the wall, saying Biden “is paying
Senators from both parties are threatening the Biden administration if they do not enforce sanctions on American adversaries. According to The Washington Free Beacon: The nominees were grilled on Tuesday afternoon by lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, which is responsible for signing off on Treasury Department nominees. Brian Nelson
Hispanic voters are looking to the GOP to make their futures brighter and that could mean big wins in the future for the GOP. According to Town Hall: While prevailing wisdom has pointed towards demographic changes in the United States favoring Democrats, according to GOP pollster Curt Anderson, that’s not what polling is showing. In
