The Senate will vote on a measure that would block President Trump from using military force against Iran without congressional authorization. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, announced Tuesday he’ll allow a vote on the measure as an amendment to the 2020 Defense Department spending authorization legislation. The measure is authored by Sen. […]
Senate Rebukes Trump with Vote to Block Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE…
The Senate voted to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, rebuking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the aftermath of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump, whose administration signaled it would bypass congressional opposition to the sale of arms, is expected to veto the Senate’s resolutions. […]
Not Going to Happen: GOP Senators Vow to ‘CRUSH’ Any Impeachment Effort Against Trump…
Republicans in the United States Senate pledged Tuesday to “crush” any Democratic-led effort to impeach President Trump in the coming months; throwing more cold-water on progressives’ call to remove the Commander-in-Chief from office. “Senate Republicans are vowing to crush the impeachment effort if the Democrat-controlled House passes articles of impeachment of President Trump,” reports Fox […]
Senate Votes to Approve Anti-Robocalling Bill…
On Thursday, the Senate voted to approve a bill creating new carve-outs for the Federal Communications Commission to better combat the growing scourge of robocalls by an overwhelming 97-1 vote. A bipartisan proposal, the TRACED Act, was introduced by Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ed Markey (D-MA). If passed, it would raise the fines the […]
Congress Finally Reaches Disaster Aid Deal in $19.1B Accord…
Republicans, Democrats, and President Trump have reached an accord on disaster relief after eight months of partisan infighting. The Senate Thursday afternoon will vote on a $19.1 billion package that is “similar” to legislation the Democrat-led House passed last week. The measure will provide money for states and Puerto Rico for hurricanes dating back to […]
Bill Would Stop Government From Paying Dead People…Not Kidding…
A bill introduced in the Senate last week would stop the federal government from paying dead people. The bipartisan Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, introduced by Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Tom Carper, D-Del., comes in response to several inspector general audits detailing how the Social Security Administration paid more than $40 million […]
McConnell and Senate Republicans Vote to Kill Green New Deal…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues torpedoed the activist-backed Green New Deal Tuesday as Democrats called the vote a dog-and-pony show. Republicans defeated the proposal 57 to 0 as Democratic lawmakers derided the vote as a political gesture meant to rile up conservatives ahead of an election year. McConnell called the GND […]
Charity Backed By Silicon Valley Tech Titans Gave $500K To Fusion GPS-Linked Group…
A Silicon Valley charity gave $500,000 to a nonprofit group founded by a former Senate staffer who is working with Fusion GPS and Trump dossier author Christopher Steele. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), which has received significant funding from tech industry billionaires, gave the donation in 2018 to Advance Democracy Inc., a Virginia-based 501(c)(3) […]
Some Democrats Actually Celebrated Failure of This Bill…
Only Three, I Repeat, THREE Democrats Voted AGAINST Infanticide, THREE…
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