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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

Sen. Grassley Suspects Deep State May Bury ‘Spygate’ Report

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The Young, the Restless, and Bernie

By WILLIAM MURCHISON Empowering the kiddies to do in the elderly. ANew York Times opinion column acquaints humanity with the injustice of forbidding the vote to 16- ...

Mitt Romney Implodes After Outing of Secret Twitter Persona

By Jeffrey Lord “Pierre Delecto” snarks, name-calls while Mitt attacks Trump’s character. So. Mitt Romney is out of the closet. Comes the news from the left-leaning Slate (which gleaned its initial ...

Tammy Bruce: Bombshell book reveals Hillary Clinton cast ‘protective bubble’ over Harvey Weinstein

By Matt London | Fox News Fox Nation host Tammy Bruce broke down what she sees as the biggest takeaway from Ronan Farrow’s bombshell new book detailing sexual misconduct and alleged cover-ups reaching into ...

HUD Secretary Carson clashes with Dem rep over withheld Puerto Rico funds: ‘Nothing to hide’

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson clashed Tuesday with Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., as a hearing on the Trump administration’s housing plans turned to ...

‘This is just wrong’: Starr says Dems doing disservice to America by shrouding investigation in secrecy

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Hogan Gidley responds to backlash over Trump comparing impeachment to ‘lynching’

By Joshua Nelson | Fox News After President Trump received swift backlash Tuesday for tweeting that the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is a “lynching,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan ...

RNC debuts ‘Victims of Socialism’ campaign with firsthand accounts of its consequences

By Sam Dorman | Fox News The Republican National Committe announced on Tuesday a new campaign designed to highlight socialism’s consequences through the accounts of people who fled Venezuela. “When you hear firsthand from ...

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin regrets covering ‘no big deal’ Clinton email scandal

By Brian Flood | Fox News CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin apologized on Monday for covering former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server after ...

Rep. Steve Scalise on Clinton emails: ‘Ought to be investigated’ to find out how Russians tried to interfere in 2016 election

By Joshua Nelson | Fox News House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said on Monday night that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email ...

Rep. Jordan: Adam Schiff conducting impeachment probe in ‘basement of the Capitol’ where no one can see

By Joshua Nelson | Fox News The House Democrats’ impeachment push is “an unfair partisan process,” said Rep. Jim Jordan on “America’s Newsroom” Monday. “It’s all being done in the basement ...

AOC blasted by GOP challenger for rally with Bernie Sanders near site of nixed Amazon headquarters

By David Montanaro | Fox News A Republican challenger to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called out the freshman lawmaker Monday for appearing at a rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ...