Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to hold a vote on President Joe Biden’s massive Build Back Better deal this month as key holdout Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., continues to be courted by the White House and Democratic leaders for his vote, reports Axios. Manchin, who sank Biden’s signature social and climate spending legislation just before Christmas, … Continued
Former President Donald Trump is banking on a Washington Post interview with the chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to back a key claim in his case before the Supreme Court. In an interview published last week, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, told The Post that the committee’s findings into Mr. Trump’s inaction … Continued
Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, is a “man of steel” deserving plaudits for his courage, a lay Catholic political advocacy group said Thursday. Mississippi attorney general Lynn Fitch, the parents of Loudoun County, Virginia, and two Roman Catholic archbishops — Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Jose Gomez of Los Angeles — also … Continued
More than 30 GOP senators are preparing legislation to nullify President Biden’s national COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The lawmakers, led by Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Roger Marshall of Kansas, plan to introduce a resolution disapproving of the mandate under the Congressional Review Act. The oversight tool allows Congress to discard federal regulations finalized within … Continued
The US Senate yesterday approved, by voice vote, legislation that would amend the PROMESA Act to avoid conflicts of interest in Puerto Rico’s debt restructuring process and public debt and contractors of the Fiscal Oversight Board…(Excerpts from El Nuevo Dia)
Forget drugs or fraud. The most common type of case federal prosecutors bring is against illegal immigrants who try to reenter the country after having been ousted — and almost all of those charged are Hispanic. Now federal courts are grappling with whether that imbalance means the law itself is racist. One court in Nevada … Continued
At least nine Republican U.S. senators are continuing to pressure the Department of Homeland Security for answers over its vetting process of Afghan evacuees entering the U.S. Three Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee members sent a letter last week to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting information about … Continued
A suspect has been arrested following the carjacking of Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.) in South Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on Dec. 23. Officials arrested Josiah Brown, 19, of Wilmington, Delaware, on Thursday on charges of carjacking and carrying and using a firearm in connection with the armed carjacking. Brown appeared in federal magistrate … Continued
Partially paralyzed Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, who attended a Christian college for one semester before dropping out, urged conservative youth on Tuesday to drop out of college if they aren’t studying medicine, law or engineering because higher education is “a scam.” “People will call me a radical for believing that you should … Continued
The abortion giant Planned Parenthood endorsed nearly 200 U.S. House candidates late last week, hoping to keep Congress in the power of pro-abortion politicians who want to force taxpayers to fund abortions and “codify” Roe v. Wade into federal law. Townhall reports Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the political arm of the abortion chain, endorsed 198 candidates who all … Continued
The United States Senate approved this morning – out loud – the legislation that would amend the Promesa law to prevent conflicts of interest in the process of restructuring the public debt of Puerto Rico and of the contractors of the Oversight Board Fiscal (JSF). The measure was ratified just at the close of the 2021 sessions. Because … Continued
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, hailed his Democratic colleague Joe Manchin, W. Va., following his shocking declaration he could not support Build Back Better. “I think Joe’s decision was the right decision. I think it’s a really big deal,” Cruz told Fox News on Monday at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix. “The Build Back Broke Bill … Continued
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