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In a late-night announcement Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Budget Committee had reached an agreement to allot $3.5 trillion for a spending package that would complete President Biden’s infrastructure plan. “The Budget Committee has come to an agreement,” Schumer told reporters following a closed-door meeting with Democratic lawmakers. “You add that to…
A new book claims to shed light on former President Trump’s mindset in February of 2020, when his approval rating was surging, and contains several quotes encapsulating the fierce contempt he held toward various Democratic presidential candidates. Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender’s book, released this Tuesday and titled, “Frankly, We Did Win This Election:…
Texas Republican lawmakers on Tuesday authorized tracking down and arresting if necessary over 50 House Democrats who fled Monday’s special session for Washington, D.C., seeking to block passage of a sweeping election reforms bill. “Members, the sergeant-at-arms and the officers appointed by him are directed to send for all absentees whose attendance is not excused…
Julie Su, President Joe Biden’s nominee as Deputy Secretary of Labor, was confirmed Tuesday by the Senate despite worries about her inability to stem an avalanche of California unemployment benefit fraud during the CCP Virus-prompted economic lockdown. Su, the Director of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency, was confirmed on a straight-party vote, with 48…
Sen. Lindsey Graham slammed New York state Democrats over their attempt to stop Chick-fil-A from operating in rest stops due to concerns over the company’s religious-based opposition to gay marriage. “If such a disastrous move ever came about – banning a commercial business due to them expressing their First Amendment rights – it would set…
President Biden nominated former West Virginia health official, Rahul Gupta, as the nation’s new head of U.S. drug policy, as overdoses and drug trafficking surge. If approved by the Senate, Gupta would serve as the next director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and would be responsible for tackling the staggering 30 percent…
In a rare moment of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats shared some common ground this weekend as an unlikely collaboration of lawmakers joined in calls from Iranian dissidents for a democratic Iran and for the regime to be removed. Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, Kevin McCarthy, Rick Scott and Thom Tillis, alongside Democrat Sens. Cory Booker, Bob…
In a scorching address Tuesday, President Biden called on Republican lawmakers to protect voting rights and stop supporting laws that tighten rules for voting. “I’m asking my Republican friends in Congress and states and cities and counties to stand up for God’s sake and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election and the…
A Texas Democrat lawmaker on Tuesday said she is not worried about Gov. Greg Abbott’s promise to arrest her and other Democrat lawmakers who left Texas to prevent a special legislative session. “I don’t worry—probably because I know the law, and the governor knows the law, as well. I’m a criminal defense attorney, and so…
