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Senators prudently left Washington for a two-week Easter recess last Friday without saddling Americans with $500 billion in new debt over the next twenty years…. Read More
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Earlier this month, the House Budget Committee proposed spending almost $3.8 trillion in fiscal year 2016—one-fifth of the country’s total economic output. Yet much of… Read More
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This morning, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced that he will retire in 2016 and not seek re-election. My life’s work has been to make… Read More
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Vote-a-rama has started. This is a marathon voting session in the U.S. Senate budget process of addressing amendments that were not dealt with during the… Read More
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Budget season is officially in full swing, and as the U.S. Senate prepares to debate the budget resolution, it can only mean one thing: it’s… Read More
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“Traitors.” That’s a strong term, obviously. It should never be used lightly. Yet there it was, flying around like confetti in Times Square on New Year’s Eve…. Read More
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Amid the usual partisan infighting in Washington, there is one policy that for decades has won the approval of liberals and conservatives alike: prohibiting federal… Read More
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Let’s be clear, this bill is about helping victims of human trafficking.
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Arthur Milikh, assistant director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at The Heritage Foundation, explained in a column earlier this week… Read More
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In a letter written by Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 other senators to Iran’s leadership—but also, of course, intended for President Obama—the signatories state that… Read More
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President Obama has not been this mad since last week when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress raising key concerns… Read More
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Are the Democrats in charge of Congress? On its face, this question certainly seems ridiculous since Republicans regained control of the Senate and increased their… Read More
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If funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapses on Friday, there should be no confusion as to who is “defunding” Homeland Security. The House… Read More
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Hypocrisy is a given in Washington. So much so that Senate Democrats must believe no one notices just how much of it they are guilty… Read More
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Allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse or engage in the legislative process. Those are the only two options Senate Democrats have… Read More
LawNews
One day after launching an investigation that could delay Loretta Lynch’s confirmation to be attorney general, a Republican senator is raising more questions about her… Read More
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From Daily Signal senior contributor Genevieve Wood’s column earlier this week: Are Senate Republicans caving? House Republicans successfully passed a bill that funds the Department… Read More
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Are Senate Republicans caving? House Republicans successfully passed a bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security, but ensures President Obama’s amnesty, engineered in an… Read More
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We have heard this story before: A funding deadline is approaching and Congress must act quickly to pass a bill to address the issue. In… Read More
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In the lead-up to the November elections, Senate Republicans made a promise: If elected, we would get Washington working again. In particular, we would get… Read More
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The headline in one Washington newspaper read: “Senate Dems block legislation reversing immigration actions.” That’s one way to see it. A more accurate headline would… Read More
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The Senate approved legislation on Thursday authorizing construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, despite threats from the White House to veto it. The legislation was… Read More
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Taken together, the events in recent years threaten to change the U.S. Senate as we know it. Some inside the Senate and outside will cheer… Read More
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Good evening. I’m Joni Ernst. As a mother, a soldier, and a newly elected senator from the great State of Iowa, I am proud to… Read More
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Joni Ernst, a freshman senator from Iowa who took office just two weeks ago, will have the task of responding to President Obama’s State of… Read More
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A group of conservative leaders has a message for Congress: Remember what voters told you in November. “The message from voters was an emphatic rejection… Read More
Obamacare is wreaking havoc on the economy; entitlement spending is swallowing the federal budget; America’s military readiness is in shambles; and a handful of senators… Read More
In an effort to reform the nation’s housing finance system, Senate Banking Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and ranking member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) will hold a… Read More
It should come as no surprise The New York Times would bury news of a conservative victory over President Obama on page 8. The lead… Read More
Three days after temperatures reached 70 degrees in Washington, D.C., weather forecasts are predicting snow for tomorrow. March’s unpredictable weather prompted conservative Rep. Louie Gohmert… Read More
