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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. Blackburn calls out Dems’ failed impeachment strategy: ‘When you’re in a hole, stop digging’

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Ari Fleischer: Impeachment stalemate ‘the dumbest thing Democrats have ever done’

By Joshua Nelson | Fox News Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer scorched the notion that the House Democrats would gain leverage by withholding the Articles of impeachment against President ...

Chris Wallace: What may be driving Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment delay

By David Montanaro | Fox News “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace believes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be trying to frustrate President Trump by withholding the articles of impeachment from the Senate, as the ...

Former ICE Director Slams New York Over Illegal Immigrant Driver Licenses

By Charlotte Cuthbertson WASHINGTON—Tom Homan, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), struck out at New York politicians for enacting a new law that allows ...

Woman spurned in alleged Ilhan Omar affair cut off by court in bizarre divorce proceedings

By Marisa Schultz | Fox News A local judge granted a divorce Thursday to a D.C. doctor who accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of having an affair with her husband, ...

5 New Jersey officials, political candidates accused of taking massive bribes indicted

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News Five current and former New Jersey public officials are facing charges of accepting bribes following a major corruption investigation, the ...

Alan Dershowitz rebuts Laurence Tribe: ‘Unconstitutional’ for Pelosi to delay Senate trial on impeachment

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Republican and ex-Dem senator agree impeachment partisanship hurting the country: ‘We can’t go on like this

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Nancy Pelosi dubbed ‘swamp mistress’ on New York Post impeachment front page: ‘It’s your funeral’

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Trump taunts Dems at Michigan rally: ‘Doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached’

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Stephanie Grisham blasts impeachment push: ‘History is not going to look kindly on these Democrats’

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Trump Campaign Poll: Impeachment Hurting 30 Vulnerable Democrats’ Reelection Chances

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