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Senate Swears In 6 New Members as 117th Congress Convenes

by USNN2020January 3, 2021January 12, 2021

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Growing Number of GOP Senators Back $2,000 Stimulus Checks After House Passes Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020February 26, 2025

President Donald Trump called on GOP leaders in the Senate not to override his veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after the House was able to. “Weak and tired Republican ‘leadership’ will allow the bad Defense Bill to pass. Say goodbye to VITAL Section 230 termination, your National Monuments, Forts (names!) and Treasures … 5G, and our great soldiers being removed and brought home from foreign lands who do NOTHING for us,” he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “A disgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to Big Tech. Negotiate a better Bill, or get better leaders, NOW! Senate should not approve NDAA until fixed!!!” The Senate is slated to take up the bill starting at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, although Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he would slow down the NDAA veto override to get a vote on the $2,000 stimulus payments to people. The House passed the $2,000 stimulus check bill on Monday night. The NDAA was passed in the Senate in an 84-13 vote, meaning that Sanders’ efforts to fillibuster will likely be overcome. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said he would join Sanders’ efforts to slow down the measure. “I will be joining @BernieSanders in blocking the defense bill until we get a vote on $2,000 in direct cash relief. That relief passed in the House today with 44 Republicans voting for it. Senate Republicans must do the same and get the American people the help they need,” Markey wrote on Twitter. About a week ago, Trump vetoed the NDAA because it failed to change or remove Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been flagged by him and other Republicans as an enabler of censorship by tech companies such as Facebook or Twitter. “Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions,” he said in a Dec. 23 statement after vetoing the measure. “It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia.” The NDAA, he said, goes against his foreign policy mandate. “Not only is this bad policy, but it is unconstitutional,” he added in a statement at the time. “Article II of the Constitution makes the President the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and vests in him the executive power. Therefore, the decision regarding how many troops to deploy and where, including in Afghanistan, Germany, and South Korea, rests with him.”

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Trump Calls on GOP Senators Not to Override Veto of Defense Spending Bill: ‘Get Better Leaders’

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

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House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of 2021 Defense Policy Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020June 20, 2024

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Number of Congress Members Planning to Challenge Election Results Expected to Grow

by USNN2020December 9, 2020January 12, 2021

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Trump Supports McConnell’s COVID-19 Relief Package: Mnuchin

by USNN2020December 3, 2020January 12, 2021

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Rep. Mo Brooks Plans to Challenge Electoral College Votes in Congress

by USNN2020December 2, 2020June 20, 2024

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GOP ‘Freedom Force’ Vows to Fight Socialism, Counter ‘The Squad’ in House

by USNN2020November 21, 2020February 26, 2025

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Rep. Jim Jordan: Congress Needs to Investigate 2020 Election

by USNN2020November 21, 2020February 26, 2025

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McConnell Reelected as Senate Majority Leader

by USNN2020November 10, 2020January 14, 2021

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Pelosi faces unexpected challenge as she launches bid to remain speaker

by USNN2020November 6, 2020May 16, 2024

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House of cards? Pelosi to have a hard time becoming speaker, GOP officials say

by USNN2020November 5, 2020May 16, 2024

NATIONAL NEWS

Republicans returning fire in 2020 battle for Senate

By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Democrats have been playing offense so far this year as they try to regain the majority in the Senate for the first ...

Lindsey Graham fires back at Gen. Mattis: You’re buying into an ‘unfair’ narrative

By Talia Kaplan | Fox News Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., pushed back Thursday on former Secretary of Defense Gen. Jim Mattis’ criticism of President Trump’s handling of the unrest in ...

Project Veritas Infiltrates Antifa, Reveals Organized Training in Violent Action

By Petr Svab At least some parts of the anarcho-communist movement Antifa are highly organized, including initiation procedures, security protocols, and “lectures” on violent action, according to ...

Violent, armed looters overrun Santa Monica Music Center: ‘They took everything from us, and no one stopped them’

By Hollie McKay | Fox News For almost five decades, Santa Monica Music Center was an oasis of arts and education that gave all walks of life the opportunity to ...

Current and former Sanders staffers turn on each other in campaign aftermath

By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Even by the standards of partisan vitriol being hurled in all directions amid civil unrest and the coronavirus pandemic, a remarkable dispute ...

George Floyd riots — how to stop the mob in 9 steps

By Newt Gingrich | Fox News Six nights of violent riots and looting in America’s major cities, following the horrific death of George Floyd last week, have gripped the nation. The ...

Trump says GOP ‘forced’ to seek other state to host convention, slamming North Carolina governor

By Gregg Re | Fox News President Trump announced late Tuesday that Republicans are “forced” to seek another state to host their convention, saying North Carolina’s governor was “still in Shelter-In-Place Mode” and ...

De Blasio calls on Cuomo to apologize to NYPD as petty feud continues despite riots

By Chris Irvine | Fox News Mayor Bill de Blasio called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to apologize to the NYPD, as the feud between the two Democrat politicians showed no sign ...

Defying His Enemies, President Trump Walks To Burned Church And Lifts Up The King James Bible, Driving The Enemies Of God Into Apoplectic Frenzy

By Nick Adams BeforeItsNews.com President Donald Trump caused an absolute firestorm yesterday, but not because he ordered the military to take back the streets of our ...

Sean Hannity calls out Dem leaders of cities ravaged by riots: ‘Spectacular failure on every level’

By Charles Creitz | Fox News Sean Hannity expressed grief at the death of George Floyd Monday night, saying that the Minneapolis man’s life and death are now being overshadowed ...

Ivy League-trained lawyer allegedly tried to pass out firebombs to protesters

By New York Post The two attorneys busted for throwing a Molotov cocktail through a police car window during protests in Brooklyn early Saturday were ...

Former Antifa member bashes radical group as fighting for nothing but ‘failed leftist socialist ideology’

By Charles Creitz | Fox News A former member of the radical Antifa organization told “The Ingraham Angle” Monday that the group’s claim to be “anti-fascist” is a “false ...