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House is out, Senate is in, with just five days to go until funding runs out for much of the government — will the Senate be able to pass funding bills in time? Senate Democrats say not on their watch, not unless the DHS funding bill is amended to restrict ICE — a shutdown showdown is imminent … President Trump goes to Davos and declares victory over Greenland … all this and more.
House is back, Senate is in recess, with less than two weeks to go to fund half the government … President Trump warns the Iranian mullahs, but holds off on a military strike … President Trump wants to acquire Greenland, and Europe hasn’t figured out yet how to respond … prospects for a bipartisan deal on healthcare seem to be shrinking day by day … all this and more.
House and Senate are back for one more week before Christmas … NDAA looks set to be passed for the 65th year in a row … House GOP leadership plans to bring a GOP healthcare bill to the floor; will it pass? Will moderate GOPers get the amendment vote they want?… NY AG Letitia James survives another indictment attempt … all this and more.
House and Senate return to another ticking clock on funding — they’ll need to pass 9 appropriations bills by January 30, or some combination … a review of what’s coming in the Supreme Court … will the GOP work on health care? … the USPS has a new procedure on postmarks that may impact mail-in ballots … Trump says he doesn’t believe Putin … all this and more.
Today on Tea Party Patriots Action’s Washington Report: House and Senate wrap up work for the year and head off for a two-week holiday break … House GOP leadership succeeds in passing its healthcare bill, but four renegade Republicans sign Jeffries’ discharge petition and gum up the works — what does it all mean? … all this and more.
House and Senate are back for one more week before Christmas … NDAA looks set to be passed for the 65th year in a row … House GOP leadership plans to bring a GOP healthcare bill to the floor; will it pass? Will moderate GOPers get the amendment vote they want?… NY AG Letitia James survives another indictment attempt … all this and more.
House and Senate are back in session … GAO releases a bombshell report on Obamacare fraud, but does it matter to Democrats? … DOJ stumbles in its James and Comey re-indictment attempt … the Supreme Court has several cases of interest to conservatives … will Indiana join the mid-decade redistricting rush? … Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who ordered the “second tap” strike in Venezuela goes to Capitol Hill, and reactions are mixed … all this and more.
House and Senate leave town for the Thanksgiving break after passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act with just one dissenting vote in both houses … MTG announces her resignation from Congress … chaos reigns over new Russia-Ukraine “peace” proposal that reads as if Russian dictator Vladimir Putin dictated it … could the Comey prosecution be over before it begins? … all this and more.
House and Senate come back for the first time in eight weeks … Trump reverses course on Epstein files, calls on House Republicans to pass the resolution … House prepares to vote to overturn a smelly provision benefiting selected U.S. senators … rare Democrat-on-Democrat violence rears its ugly head, to be seen this week on the House floor … Utah GOP takes it on the chin and loses a seat in the redistricting wars, while Indiana Republicans back off — and get new pressure from the White House … all this and more.
After 40 days in the wilderness, eight Senate Democrats see the light and take steps to bring the longest government shutdown in history to an end … President Trump pardons 77 allies involved in various aspects of the Alternate Electors episode … President Trump keeps pushing for Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster, but they keep pushing back, just as hard … what is up with Tucker Carlson, Kevin Roberts, and Nick Fuentes? … all this and more.
It’s “Groundhog Day” all over again — the House is still out, and Senate Democrats are still voting to block the clean Continuign Resolution that passed the House, leaving us with the question: will this ever end? … The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a landmark case regarding President Trump’s authority to levy tariffs … President Trump directs Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster, but they’re not playing along … senior Republicans, including President Trump, are considering holding a midterm convention late next summer … all this and more.
It’s Day 27 of the government shutdown, and the largest government workers union in the country thinks the Democrats should work with the GOP to pass a clean Continuing Resolution — no word yet from Chuck Schumer … President Trump imposes toughest sanctions yet on Russia’a two biggest oil companies, while the EU, in a coordinated move, prepares a massive loan to Ukraine — using seized Russian assets as collateral … all this and more.
The House stays out while the Senate tries, tries, tries again to pass a bill to reopen the government, but Democrats will have none of it, so they’ll try, try, try again … Trump defeats a U.N. global carbon tax you probably didn’t even know was on the dock … the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case that may overturn a 39-year-old precedent on how to account for race in the drawing of congressional (and state legislative) district lines … NY AG Letitia James and former National Security Advisor John Bolton are both indicted … Trump asks the Supreme Court to okay his deployment of the National Guard … just where is Trump on Russia and Ukraine, anyway? … all this and more.
The federal government shuts down for only the 11th time in history, and you’ve got a front-row seat to all the action — the House stays out, while Senate Republicans and Democrats blame each other … Bari Weiss joins CBS News as editor-in-chief … President Trump orders the deployment of the National Guard, but a federal district judge HE APPOINTED says no, twice … all this and more.
Senate comes back into session to vote again on government funding bill, but House stays out — for the whole week? … will there be a deal, or not? President Trump meets today with congressional leaders to discuss … Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted last week … SCOTUS rules that President Trump can use a pocket rescission to save taxpayers $4 billion in funding that was previously approved by Congress … all this and more.
House and Senate try to pass a funding bill to keep the government open, and get only halfway there — House says yes, Senate says no — so we’re still on track for a government shutdown next week … Just what ARE those pesky “enhanced ObamaCare premium tax credits” the Democrats keep talking about, anyway? … Five weeks after the Alaska Summit, it’s fair to say Putin is no closer to ending his war on Ukraine, so what’s next? … All this and more
House and Senate are in for one more week before government funding expires — can they strike a deal to keep the government open? … Senate invokes nuclear option, prepares to move Trump nominees en bloc … all this and more.
Congress has 22 days left before government funding expires — what are the odds of a shutdown? … the Senate GOP plans to invoke the “nuclear option” to end Democrats’ obstruction on confirming Trump nominees … Congress has a sneaky way of getting back pay, and you’re not going to like it … all this and more.
A New York appeals court tosses the $515 million civil judgment against President Trump as a violation of the 8th Amendment’s protection against excessive fines … the FBI raids former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton’s home, looking for — what else? — classified documents … President Trump hosts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the White House, along with a whole bunch of European leaders, but Russia’s Putin isn’t budging on peace talks … all this and more.
House and Senate are still in recess, so your wallets are still safe for a little while longer … President Trump takes over DC Police and cracks down on crime in the nation’s capital … FBI Director Kash Patel releases documents revealing that a whistleblower told the FBI in 2017 that then-Congressman Adam Schiff was deliberately leaking classified intel to make Trump look bad, and the FBI hid it from key congressional committees … Trump meets with Putin in Alaska, and plans to meet with Zelenskyy today … all this and more.
House and Senate are still out … a deeper dive on the announcement by the EPA that it would seek to rescind the “Endangerment Finding” … a closer look at the hypocrisy of Democrat governors in CA, IL, and NY crying foul over gerrymandering … all this and more.
The Senate processes nominations at a breakneck pace, and still leaves town with more than 100 nominees in limbo, awaiting Senate floor action so they can go to work … Senate GOP is determined to move noms in September, even if means going nuclear … new document dump in Russia collusion hoax story reveals a Soros connection … President Trump shortens Russia’s 50 day timeline to just 10-12 days … all this and more.
The Epstein Files bring the House screeching to a halt, even as the media drives the narrative forward and a House committee votes to subpoena the DOJ for the files … Trump announces new blockbuster trade deals with Japan and the EU, but says his patience with Russian dictator Putin is wearing thin and he’s cutting the 50-day timeline substantially … the Senate has 144 Trump nominees waiting to be confirmed — will Majority Leader Thune cancel the August recess and make them stay to confirm nominees one vote at a time? … All this and more.
House and Senate are back in session, trying to clean up before getting out of town for the loooong August recess … the Senate passed the rescissions package and sent it back to the House amended, and the House passed the amended version and sent it to the president, and he signed it, and we saved $9 billion … the White House Counsel’s Office is investigating former President Biden’s use of the autopen, while DNI Gabbard says former President Obama’s administration “manipulated intelligence” in a “treasonous conspiracy” to create the Russia collusion hoax … the Jeffrey Epstein story won’t go away … all this and more.
House and Senate return, with Senate focused on rescissions package — will it pass, and will it pass in time? The House awaits … funding government for FY 2026 doesn’t look good — a government shutdown looms… FBI and DOJ say there is no Epstein “client list,” and he wasn’t murdered, and top officials aren’t happy with each other … Trump decides he’s had enough with Putin and agrees to send more weaponry to Ukraine — with the Europeans paying for them! … all this and more.
After BIG DOINGS last week passing the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act through the Senate and then back through the House again (!), the House takes an unexpected break as the Senate returns to work … will the Senate pass the rescissions package? … and lots is going on in the tariff arena, with President Trump’s 90-day “pause” expiring tomorrow … all this and more.
The Senate spent the weekend working on the reconciliation bill, and the House will come back from its recess for a special one-day session to try to pass the One Big, Beautiful Bill and get it to President Trump’s desk by July 4 — will they succeed? We’ll see … SCOTUS gives the President a big WIN on stopping liberal judges from imposing nationwide injunctions … all this and more.
House and Senate are both in session all week, trying to get work done before taking a week-long 4th of July recess … Senate stalls on H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act … reconciliation bill moves through the Byrd Bath, with lots of Byrd Droppings … President Trump orders B-2 stealth bombers to eliminate Iran’s nuclear threat by dropping multiple 30,000-lb bombs … all this and more.
House is out, Senate is in for a short week … Speaker Mike Johnson Rabbit-out-of-a-Hat Alert: The House passes the rescissions package and sends it to the Senate … President Trump calls out the National Guard in CA, even as CA’s senior US Senator interrupts a DHS press conference and gets handcuffed in the process … reconciliation is still moving through the Senate, setting up votes when they come back next week … all this and more.
Just what is the Byrd Rule, anyway? You’ll understand it after watching today’s broadcast … House and Senate are in — the House will consider a rescissions package to claw back already-approved spending, while the Senate will consider more Trump nominees … major moves on the illegal immigration front, including riots in Los Angeles as both the mayor and the governor refuse to allow police forces under their control to help assist federal law enforcement authorities do their jobs; President Trump responds by federalizing the California National Guard … all this and more.
House and Senate come back for a work session before the July 4th recess with a big agenda — passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill through the Senate, and passage of a rescissions package through both houses … and Senate Dems are trying to block Trump nominees from confirmation, and it’s time for Senate GOPers to step up … all this and more.
House and Senate are back for one more week before taking a short Memorial Day recess … it’s all about RECONCILIATION — which committee was at its markup for more than an entire 24-hour day before it finished up its work? Which committee held a meeting at 10 PM on a SUNDAY night? Find out the details and more...
Think about this — Qatar may be about to gift a $400 million Boeing airplane to the U.S. Government … the U.S. and China may have come to a trade deal that ends the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies … Ukraine may have turned the diplomatic tables on Russia … the U.S. Government may have figured out a way to lower drug prices, or maybe it hasn’t … and the latest on the budget reconciliation fight … all this and more.
House GOP leadership, still in search of consensus on its “Big, Beautiful Bill," holds up markups on reconciliation … Pentagon IG expands investigation into Signalgate … Trump ousts National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, replaces him temporarily (?) with Secretary of State Marco Rubio … Trump releases 2026 budget, with $163 billion in cuts to domestic discretionary spending and a whopping 13% INCREASE to national security spending … all this and more.
House and Senate return, and take up the task of actually drafting legislation on the reconciliation bill … Pentagon Chaos, Week Two unfolds, but President Trump thinks the Secretary of Defense is doing just fine, thank you … Just what, exactly, did President Trump say about raising taxes on high earners? … a Milwaukee judge helps an illegal alien evade arrest by ICE and gets arrested herself by the FBI … George Santos sentenced … all this and more.
House leadership releases reconciliation committee markup schedule … what’s going on at the Pentagon … will Putin get what he wants just by waiting out Trump? … White House prepares a spending cuts package for Congress’ return … all this and more.
The House follows the Senate in passing a budget resolution to unlock the magic of the reconciliation process and then gets out of town for two weeks … we’re in Week Two of Liberation Day, and the world is still reeling … DOGE has new numbers on how many MILLIONS of noncitizens were granted Social Security numbers during the Biden administration, and it’s not a pretty picture … all this and more.
Senate passes a budget resolution and sends it over to the House for action this week … President Trump reveals worldwide, across-the-board tariffs on “Liberation Day” — what are they? … Can President Trump really serve a third term? Some smart lawyers around him seem to think so … TikTok gets another 75-day lease on life … Proxy voting? Paired voting? What are they, and what happened in the House last week? … All this and more.
House and Senate are in, with the House slated to vote on the SAVE Act and the Senate maybe considering its budget resolution … Iran says no to direct negotiations with the US over Iran's nuclear program … President Trump signs a new executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote … Speaker Johnson will get two more members of Congress this week — will they both be Republicans? … the Signal chat thread read around the world … all this and more.
Congress is back for a three-week work period before heading out for the Easter Recess … a district court judge is unhappy with the Trump administration’s actions to remove criminal illegal aliens from Venezuela, and is unhappy with the administration’s response to his unhappiness, and now a three-judge panel will hear oral arguments today on just what’s going on … the Trump administration decided to shut down the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the Institute of Peace didn’t want to go peacefully … Trump signs EO dismantling Dept of Education to the greatest extent possible … all this and more.
House and Senate pass a government funding bill over Democrats’ objections, then go into recess … Trump asks Supreme Court for help on birthright citizenship rulings, and Supremes appear to consider his request … Senate confirms Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Secretary of Labor, and that means every one of Trump’s cabinet nominees has been confirmed … SAVE Act coming back to House floor in a few weeks … EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces he’s reconsidering the 2009 “Endangerment Finding” that declared greenhouse gases harmful pollutants that could be regulated by EPA — this is BIG STUFF … all this and more.
House and Sedate have to pass a government funding bill by Friday or else — what, exactly? … Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress while Dems still cannot organize a two-car parade … is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Musk calls it one. Is he right? … … all this and more.
President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tomorrow night at 9 PM … the House passes a budget resolution, moving a key action item on the Trump agenda — now it’s time to make a deal with the Senate to prevent the biggest tax increase in American history! … government funding runs out next week — will Congress avoid a government shutdown? … Joy Reid out at MSNBC, as WaPo owner declares that henceforth, the editorial line will favor “personal liberties and free markets,” to the outrage of longtime liberal staffers … all this and more.
Senate passes a budget resolution, now it’s the House’s turn … more cabinet confirmations, including Kash Patel as FBI Director … Musk orders government employees to email him back five things they did last week, Dominant Media/Democrat freakout ensues … government shutdown watch: 18 days and counting … all this and more.
House and Senate Budget Committees both pass budget resolutions to open the door to reconciliation — but they don’t match. Which one will win out? Is it time finally for President Trump to step in make the call? … More cabinet appointees confirmed, including Tulsi Gabbard and RFK, Jr. … DOGE starts making significant cuts in employee workforces … all this and more.
House and Senate are both in session, but still can’t come to agreement on reconciliation strategy to pass One Big, Beautiful Bill … USAID under the gun as Musk’s DOGE crew finds outrageous spending going on … Senate grinds its way through Trump cabinet nominees … Vought confirmed to OMB Director, takes over CFPB and shuts it down — temporarily, or permanently? … Trump tariffs are back, and Mexico and Canada immediately cave … Trump remakes US Middle East policy in one press conference … all this and more.
President Trump is back, and so are tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China … House Republicans mull a new reconciliation strategy, with hardliners demanding more savings … the Senate continues to plow through cabinet confirmations, but the Big Three are coming up for showdown votes … a new U.S. Attorney in DC turns the tables and launches a new J6 investigation — of THE PROSECUTORS … all this and more.
Trump is president again, and launches a shock and awe blitzkrieg against the Establishment; the Washington bureaucracy, the Dominant Media, and Dems are left gasping and grasping, asking for the license plate number of the truck that just hit them … Musk in, Ramaswamy out at DOGE … Rubio and Ratcliffe confirmed easily to new posts, while Hegseth’s confirmation requires a tie-breaking vote by new VP Vance … Joe Biden’s parting shots … all this and more.
What’s the latest on the reconciliation strategy? President Trump invites a whole bunch of House Republicans to spend time with him at Mar-a-Lago to discuss the various aspects of all that goes into it, and the discussions seem to have helped … the Senate takes up cabinet nominee confirmation hearings this week, with more than a dozen confirmation hearings scheduled … first up, Pete Hegseth in front of the Armed Services Committee tomorrow … Jack Smith files his final two-volume report with Merrick Garland, then quietly resigns his position … Biden’s Title IX regulation is overturned by a federal district judge … all this and more.
House and Senate return to a snowed-in DC to count Electoral College votes … House GOP members will visit President Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss legislative strategy for the reconciliation process … Trump settles the question of one bill or two, then unsettles it 12 hours later … Judge Merchan says he will sentence Trump Friday, but no jail time will be involved … all this and more.
House and Senate have until Friday to pass a bill funding the government. Maybe they’ll get around to it this week? … ABC News apologizes to President Trump for defaming him, and agrees to pay legal fees and make a $15 million donation to his presidential library! … DOJ IG report says there were 26 FBI informants in DC on Jan 6, 2021; none were arrested … Trump says GOP will get rid of Daylight Saving Time … still no decision on whether we’ll see one reconciliation bill or two next year … all this and more.
House and Senate are getting closer, but still haven’t publicly released details of the spending bill to keep the government open beyond Friday next week … DOGE leaders visit Republicans on Capitol Hill to get acquainted and open lines of communication … is Joe Biden really considering mass preemptive presidential pardons? What a TERRIBLE idea! … Pete Hegseth makes it through the week, and seems to have stabilized … all this and more.
House and Senate come back to work, but haven’t decided on government funding — STILL … OF COURSE Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter. Did anybody doubt he would, really? … with Gaetz withdrawn, negative attention is focusing now on Hegseth … all this and more.
House and Senate finish nothing, but take a Thanksgiving break anyway … they still haven’t decided how they’re going to fund the government … Trump moves boldly on the nominations front after the brief hiccup known as the Gaetz nomination … Musk, Ramaswamy, Vought, and MTG make DOGE a reality … will Biden surpass Trump in the number of judicial appointments confirmed? … All this and more.
ELECTION RESULTS AND ANALYSIS!!!! … Elections have consequences, learns Special Counsel Jack Smith and 1,400 members of a migrant caravan heading north to the US border … Judge in NY case against Trump considers ending case right here, right now … leadership elections taking place this week for both House and Senate GOPers … another judge strikes down another unconstitutional Biden action … all this and more.
Remember the IRS whistleblowers? Three House committee chairmen do, and they’re hoping the Office of Special Counsel does, too … the Supreme Court rules that Virginia can remove 1,600 noncitizens from its voter rolls, much to the chagrin of the Biden-Harris Department of Justice, which fought Virginia oin the matter … Pascoe's Guide to Watching Election Night: How to Track Election Results with Insight … all this and more.
Remember the IRS whistleblowers? Three House committee chairmen do, and they’re hoping the Office of Special Counsel does, too … the Supreme Court rules that Virginia can remove 1,600 noncitizens from its voter rolls, much to the chagrin of the Biden-Harris Department of Justice, which fought Virginia oin the matter … Pascoe's Guide to Watching Election Night: How to Track Election Results with Insight … all this and more.
Bill Clinton inadvertently tells the truth, causes angst for Kamala … FBI revises its crime data, reveals villent crime is rising rather than falling … Kamala drops by FOX News for interview. Who won? … all this and more.
CBO releases new FY 2024 deficit numbers, and it’s time to start asking — how did we get here? … senior House GOP leadership aides tell us what’s on tap for the lame duck Congress’ agenda … Utah’s Mike Lee enters the Senate GOP leadership fray … DOJ sues VA and AL for removing noncitizens from voter rolls … VP Harris finally sits down with the media. How’d that go? … the Byron York Theory of the Case seems reasonable … all this and more.
It’s been exactly one year since Americans were taken hostage by radical Muslim terrorists, and the media is still quiet … Jack Smith puts Trump on trial outside the courtroom, without due process … two major unions take action that will impact the presidential contest … Vance and Walz finally get to debate, and it’s a knockout … all this and more.
House and Senate finally pass the CR to keep the government funded, then get out of town … Ukraine’s Zelenskyy makes tactical error, plays politics in US … Kamala visits the border (1) as ICE dumps info on criminal illegal aliens roaming the streets … AZ Supremes issue critical ruling, but it’s important to understand what the court ruled … NE sticks with its split Electoral Vote system, which opens the door to a Harris EC victory … all this and more.
Speaker Johnson’s CR+SAVE Act bid failed last week, will he succeed this week in averting a (temporary, partial) government shutdown? … the post-Trump/Harris debate polls are in, and they show two things: 1) Harris won, and 2) nobody cares that she won the debate, the two are still tied in the national surveys (and you know what that means!) … more on the follow ups to not one, not two, but THREE assassination attempts against former President Trump … all this and more.
Another foiled assassination attempt against former President Trump! … Speaker Johnson pulls the CR + SAVE Act from the floor before the vote, tries to build support over the weekend — will he succeed this week? … PA Supreme Court issues a key ruling on election integrity ahead of November election … GA judge tosses out two more charges against Trump, hints at throwing out entire case … all this and more.
The House and Senate are finally back in town — for the next three weeks, with one big job at hand: funding the government before Sep. 30 … Will Speaker Johnson succeed in passing his CR + SAVE Act? … Trump sentencing delayed until after the election … Trump and Harris set to debate Tuesday evening … new NYT/Sienna College poll has HarrisWorld freaking out, while Mar-a-Lago is happy … too many people still don’t know enough about Kamala … all this and more.
House and Senate are still out of session, so your wallet is safe for another two weeks … in wake of failed assassination attempt, Secret Service employees go on “administrative leave” … three House committees issue 291-page report on Biden’s “impeachable conduct” … early voting is just around the corner … RFK Jr suspends campaign and endorses Trump … all this and more.
House and Senate may be on August recess, but House Freedom Caucus releases its official position on upcoming spending fight in Congress … U.S. Government releases records revealing that Hunter Biden tried to get help from US Ambassador to Italy for buddies at Burisma, who were paying him $1 million/year while his father was serving as Vice President … Kamala Harris may have tightened the race, but voters still don’t know a lot about her … Harris issues a new economic proposal that looks like she doesn’t know anything about how economies work — it’s so bad even the Washington Post editorial board slams her for it … CNN’s polling expert says if Trump performs on Election Day the way he did in 2016 or 2020, he’ll win … all this and more.
House and Senate are still out, but the House assassination task force gets to work … Did the Secret Service director really want to destroy evidence of a crime in the White House? Sure looks like it … Dem prez nominee Harris picks her own VP running mate, and rejects the CW’s obvious pick to choose instead the most liberal VP pick since FDR put Henry Wallace on the bottom of his 1940 ticket … new polls show Harris has made it a competitive race … a debate has been scheduled! … all this and more.
Senate finishes up and follows House to August recess, won’t return until September 9 … Speaker Johnson names 7 GOPers to House Task Force to investigate attempted assassination of former President Trump … Biden launches broadside against SCOTUS in an attack even worse than FDR’s original 1937 court-packing plan … alleged 9/11 mastermind KSM gets a plea deal, then loses it … new money totals and new polls in Trump v. Harris campaign — what do they mean? … All this and more.
The House wraps up July and goes home until September, but the Senate still has work to do before its August recess can begin … Secret Service Director Cheatle comes in for a committee grilling on how her agency to prevent an assassination attempt against a former president, then yields to the inevitable and resigns … Kamala Harris’ new presidential campaign comes out on fire, raises $200 million in its first week, and the polls tighten … JD Vance comes out of the gate on defense, pushing back against criticism about comments made in a previous campaign, to which the political world says, “Welcome to the NFL. Buckle your chin strap.” … All this and more.
House and Senate return, with just two weeks left before August recess … Congress opens investigations into the Secret Service's failure to prevent the assassination attempt against former President Trump … Joe Biden declares his withdrawal from the race for the presidency, and endorses his VP, Kamala Harris … what’s next? Find out this and more...
The House passes the SAVE Act, and it now goes to the Senate … Week Two of the Joe Biden Candidacy Watch — will he remain the Dem nominee for president after the debate debacle? … a shooter attempts to assassinate former President Trump, but he just shakes it off … Judge Cannon dismisses Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictments against President Trump for mishandling classified documents, on the grounds that Smith's appointment was unconstitutinoal … all this and more.
House and Senate are back in town — nominations in the Senate and several important bills in the House, including the SAVE Act to ensure noncitizens don’t vote in federal elections; the Legislative Branch appropriations bills for FY 2025; and, maybe, a vote to fine Attorney General Merrick Garland $10,000 per day if he doesn’t turn over the audio recording of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview of President Biden … speaking of Biden, his campaign crisis enters its second week — how’s he faring? Will he stay, or will he go? … All this and more.
SCOTUS drops a bombshell ruling this morning, declaring that former President Trump enjoys some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts — but then leaves it to a lower court to decide which of his acts were “official” … Biden drops a **** on Thursday night, in the most humiliating debate debacle in recorded history — will he remain the Dems’ nominee? (Cue The Clash’s “Combat Rock” ditty, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”) … all this and more.
The Senate is out until after 4th of July, but the House comes back this week for work on three big appropriations bills — Defense, Homeland Security, and State Dept-Foreign Operations … Joe Biden, celebrating the 12th anniversary of Barack Obama’s unconstitutional amnesty program (known as DACA) decides to declare his own unconstitutional amnesty program … Trump blows by Biden in the fundraising chase and erases Biden’s longstanding lead … all this and more.
It’s a light week on Capitol Hill, with the House out and the Senate in for two, maybe three days … 12 years ago last weekend, President Obama announced his unconstitutional DACA amnesty program; will Biden seek to top him this week? … Hunter Biden found guilty on three gun charges; what does it mean? … the House holds Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress; what happens next? … Trump visits with congressional GOPers … both campaigns get ready for the earliest-ever general election debate … all this and more
Will the House hold Merrick Garland in Contempt of Congress? … the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic put Dr. Fauci on the hot seat, anmd he got burned … Joe Biden tries to move numbers on the border crisis with a new Executive Order, but it’s not going to work, and we’ll tell you why … Hunter Biden (finally!) goes on trial, and things are not looking good for him … The Fulton County case against Trump gets delayed again, likely won’t go to trial until after the election (if ever) … Trump reverses course on something BIG re: campaign 2024 … all this and more.
House and Senate are back for a short week … the House will begin the 2025 Fiscal Year appropriations process with a vote on the Military Construction/Veterans Affairs approps bill … will Biden issue a new executive order cracking down on illegal immigration at the border? Will it do anything substantive, or will it be just for show? … the World Health Assembly met and failed to finalize its long-awaited “pandemic preparedness” treaty … former President Trump is found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, and America responds by donating $53 million to his campaign in the next 24 hours … VA is in play! … Hunter Biden’s first trial takes place this week … All this and more.
The House will vote this week to prevent noncitizens from voting in local elections in the District of Columbia, while the Senate will vote on whether to consider that rotten “border” bill from a couple of months ago, just to provide political cover to Red State Democrats up for reelection in OH, MT, PA, NV, and WI … anti-Trump lawfare will peak this week in NY, with the end of the first criminal trial ever for a former president … Biden claims executive privilege in an attempt to shield his attorney general from contempt of Congress, but two House committees vote resolutions of contempt anyway, because the assertion of privilege is nonsensical … Trump and Biden agree to debate, and the MSM thinks Biden got the better of it — but what do they know? … all this, and more.
House and Senate are back, with light weeks … President Biden withholds military aid to an ally in his attempt to coerce the ally into changing a policy to benefit Biden politically, and some Republicans ask, isn’t that what you guys impeached President Trump for? So, one GOP Congressman has introduced an article of impeachment against Biden … AG Merrick Garland may be voted in contempt of Congress by the House Judiciary Committee this week … shenanigans in Trump's Manhattan trial will continue this week …former/suspended Iran envoy Robert Malley may have mishandled classified docs, and top congressional Republicans want answers from Secretary of State Blinken … all this and more.
MTG says it’s time to vote on her MTV — will Speaker Johnson survive, and will she be made to look foolish? Or will she prevail, and will the House be thrown into even more chaos? … the fight against noncitizen voting gets a boost later this week; find out details … the House will vote this week on a bill to add a citizenship question to the Census … the Senate moves on FAA reauthorization … Trump campaign high command believes MN and VA are in play, and they may have a point … just how badly has Judge Merchan screwed up the first Trump trial, anyway? … all this and more.
House and Senate return for a short week … Will Marjorie Taylor Greene pull the trigger on her Motion to Vacate, or will someone else? If so, when? Or is Speaker Johnson going to bypass this distraction entirely? … the latest on anti-Trump lawfare … CNN’s new poll shows Trump leading Biden by 6 in a two-way race, at 49-43, and leading by 9 in a multicandidate field, at 42-33 … all this and more.
The House finally (!) takes up and passes a national security supplemental spending bill and sends it to the Senate, which will act this week … the Senate dismisses the Mayorkas impeachment articles in brutal fashion, and sets a new Senate precedent: lying to Congress, a felony, is NOT an impeachable offense (!) … the Senate passes a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of FISA 15 minutes before the authority expires, and sends it to the president, who signs it into law … the latest on anti-Trump lawfare … all this and more.
The House passes a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of FISA — or does it? … Articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas will finally (!) be delivered to the Senate, but will there be a trial? … Joe Biden really really really wants to “forgive” student loan debt, even if the Supreme Court rules that he has no authority to do it, so he’s trying again … former President Trump and Speaker Johnson meet, talk to the press about a new bill to deter noncitizen voting … will this be the week that a Ukraine/Israel aid bill shows up on the House floor? … all this and more.
House and Senate are back — first up in the Senate, DHS Secretary Mayorkas goes on (impeachment) trial, or does he? … First up in the House, another try at FISA reform. Will the third time be the charm? … Hunter Biden’s attorneys fare no better than do President Trump’s lawyers at getting cases thrown out of court … all this and more.
A New York appeals court says former President Trump can pony up $175 million within 10 days while he appeals, rather than $457 million … House and Senate finish funding the government; will it cost Speaker Johnson his job? … MTG files MTV against SMJ, but doesn’t make it “privileged,” so there won’t be a forced vote … Senate Republicans force Dems to walk the plank on tough amendment votes … all this and more.
Will the House and Senate figure out a way to come to agreement on a funding bill to keep most of the government open before Friday night’s deadline? … Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies before House Judiciary Committee, pushes back on Dem assertions that he “exonerated” Joe Biden … Trump wraps up delegate hunt, takes over RNC, lets go 60 staffers … Stacey Abrams wants non-citizens to vote in GA … GA Judge McAfee rules that Fulton Co DA Fani Willis can stay only if she removes her former lover from prosecution case against Trump … all this and more.
House and Senate finally pass a full-year funding bill for about a third of the government, but leave the hard work for later … what about President Biden’s State of the Union address? … SCOTUS says it will hear arguments on April 25 in a key Trump case, which may delay trial until AFTER the election … should the government ban TikTok? Looks like it’s going to … all this and more.
The Supreme Court overrules the Colorado Supreme Court and puts Trump back on the CO primary ballot … House and Senate come to agreement on spending levels, then pass a FOURTH Continuing Resolution to buy yet more time to — negotiate spending bills! … Mayorkas is still waiting to be tried in the Senate … Mitch McConnell announces he will step down as Senate GOP Leader after November election … all this and more.
House and Senate are back in town, with just days to pass another governent funding bill, or risk a temporary partial shutdown … Hunter Biden’s lawyers file bold motions to demand dismissal of the case against him, and former President Trump’s lawyers will be watching closely … Biden folloiws up Navalny’s death with more than 500 new sanctions against Russia, but will they have an impact? … Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su is back, but will she ever get a floor vote? … remember the name “Jose Ibarra,” he’s about to become the 2024 version of the 1988 campaign’s “Willie Horton” … all this and more.
House and Senate are in recess at last … the Senate passes a foreign aid/national security bill with no changes to border policy, but Speaker Johnson says it’s a no-go in the House — what happens next? … is Russia developing a space-based nuke to blind our satellites? … Putin’s strongest political opponent dies under mysterious circumstances in a Russian prison … the government is about to run out of money, again — does anyone care? … lots more on the Biden impeachment front and the Trump indictments front … all this and more.
The House tries but fails to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas; will the second time be the charm? … Senate Republicans stand up to Senate Democrats and kill the border bill — then turn right around and resurrect a smaller version of it … Special Counsel Robert Hur, appointed to investigate Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, says he won’t prosecute because he doesn’t think he could convince a jury Biden has the mental acuity to form “willfulness” … all this and more.
A welfare bill disguised as a tax bill slips through the House — how? … Is DHS Secretary Mayorkas about to be impeached? … the text of the long-awaited Senate border deal lands with a loud thud, it’s DOA in the House … James Biden agrees to sit for a private deposition one week ahead of Hunter’s private deposition … the Supreme Court will hear that Colorado Trump ballot access case… all this and more.
Special Tele Town Hall Meeting with special guests Senator Rick Scott of Florida and Senator Mike Lee of Utah. They discussed how the US Senate dropped their so-called “border security” bill, which was nothing more than a giant amnesty bill. The bill would codify into law Biden’s border invasion. It would simply legalize what is currently “illegal” immigration.
House and Senate are both in session, but to what end? … House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday will take up two articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas … what’s the latest on the Lankford/Biden open borders deal? McConnell says “the politics have changed” … all this and more.
House and Senate return from holiday break, but did they get much accomplished? … Speaker Johnson releases a document showing the border crisis is all President Biden’s fault … House Homeland Security Committee holds its second Mayorkas impeachment hearing … they’re still talking, talking, talking in the Senate about a border security-for-Ukraine aid deal, but it seems that’s all they’re doing … House and Senate pass yet another short-term CR to keep the government open … all this and more.
Christmas break is over, and House and Senate are back in town with deadlines looming — but, look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a TOPLINE NUMBERS AGREEMENT! … Hunter Biden’s defiance of a congressional subpoena will be fodder for Oversight and Judiciary Committees, which will both vote to hold him in contempt of Congress … Defense Secretary was hospitalized for four days before anyone at the White House knew … Homeland Security Committee will launch impeachment hearings against DHS Secretary Mayorkas … CO and ME knock Trump off the ballot, but the Supreme Court says “Not so fast!” … all this and more.
The House votes to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, just hours after Hunter Biden defies a subpoena and mocks House Republicans … Senate negotiators still have yet to finalize an agreement on border security to go with that emergency foreign aid bill … Speaker Johnson thinks better of it, and pulls competing Sec. 702 reauthorization bills from floor consideration … all this and more.
With the Christmas break fast approaching, House and Senate buckle down for a final week of legislating before heading out of town for three weeks ... the emergency supplemental for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and border security is still up in the air … Hunter Biden was indicted, but Joe Biden was protected … will the House vote to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden? … all this and more.
Senate Democrats walk away from negotiations with Senate Republicans over supplemental spending; will Schumer call McConnell’s bluff? … House Republicans move toward a formal authorization vote to approve a Biden impeachment inquiry … will Hunter Biden testify behind closed doors or open? … Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s long hold on military promotions may be coming to an end … all this and more.
House and Senate pass a CR to keep the government funded through the holiday, and it won’t cost Speaker Johnson his job … Senate Dems say they support Israel, but vote against funding .. House Ethics Committee issues damning report on its investigation of Rep. George Santos — is he about to become the sixth Member ever to be expelled? … Iran is still enriching uranium … all this and more.
House and Senate have five days to pass a bill funding the government; will they get it done? … GOP-led House Oversight Committee subpoenas Hunter and James Biden, son and brother to the president of hte United States … minor, but only minor, movement on Biden’s request for $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the southern border … all this and more.
House and Senate are back, government funding expires 11/17, and no one has yet discussed publicly whether or not Congress will pass another short-term Continuing Resolution to keep the government open — House Republicans will discuss this in Conference on Tuesday … House passes an Israel-only, IRS-rescission-funded emergency supplemental spending bill, but it’s DOA in the Senate … House Oversight Committee finds a dirfect payment to Joe Biden … Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is drawing attention to problems at the Pentagon … all this and more.
The House FINALLY elects a new Speaker! … then the House gets back to work and passes another appropriations bill … up this week, another three approps bills in the House and a three-bill “minibus” in the Senate … will Biden’s request for $106 billion in emergency spending on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the border make it through Congress in one piece? … More guilty pleas in the GA election interference case, but to what end? … Chuck Grassley says there have been 40 different FBI/DOJ sources with criminal information about Joe Biden, but what’s been done to vet the information? … All this and more.
Biden gives a rotten speech and asks Congress for $105 billion in supplemental funds for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the border, but Republicans aren’t convinced … two plea deals in GA Trump case, but neither one is found guilty of the RICO conspiracy charge … illegal immigration is worse than ever, and CBP now warns of Islamic terrorists crossing our border … how’s that contest to select a new Speaker of the House going, anyway? … all this and more.
The Senate is back in town, and so is the House — or is it? We’ll find out Tuesday … the US needs a new ambassador to Israel, but is Jack Lew the guy? Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton says no … what’s the latest on the contest for Speaker of the House? Will Jim Jordan earn the 217 votes he needs to get the House a new Speaker? … all this and more
Congress avoids a temporary, partial government shutdown by a healthy margin in both houses; what was the hubbub about, anyway? … continued aid to Ukraine is on the line … liberal lioness Dianne Feinstein dies at 90, and CA Gov. Gavin Newsom fills the seat with a black female, as he promised … updates on Biden crime family saga and the Biden impeachment inquiry … all this and more.
The clock is ticking on a government shutdown — less than one week left. What’s the latest? … Special Counsel Jack Smith tries to muzzle former President Trump … what’s the truth about US aid to Ukraine? … fact-checkers are rewriting their Biden-Ukraine narrative in light of new facts brought to light by Just the News … New Mexico’s Governor thinks the Constitution doesn’t apply … Hunter Biden is (finally!) charged with three felonies … all this and more.
House and Senate return from August recess a third of the way through September, to find a spending crisis staring them in the face … Dem mayors and governors learn the hard way that chickens have a tendency to come home to roost, at least when it comes to illegal immigration … Joe BIden used three different alias emails when he was VP! Who knew? … Can the 14th Amendment bar President Trump from a second term in the WH? No! … all this and more.
Whatever happened to Biden’s Iran nuclear arms deal negotiator, the one who lost his security clearance? … Illegal immigration is rising again, no matter what the Biden Administration says … Can the Constitution really prevent Donald Trump from serving again as president? A Florida lawyer thinks so, and sues to get an answer … Bombshell stories in the NYT and Politico reveal Hunter Biden’s lawyers’ intimidation and threats against DOJ attorneys … Viktor Shokin, at the center of the Ukraine controversy that goes back to Trump’s first impeachment, says he thinks that the BIdens were bribed … Trump indicted AGAIN for gibberish … all this and more.
The Congressional Budget Office has a new projection out for the FY 2023 deficit, and it’s a doozy — up $200 billion in just two months! … a win for Donald Trump in his court fight against special counsel Jack Smith … House Oversight issues another Biden Crime Family memo, revealing $20 million FROM FOREIGN SOURCES WHILE JOE BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT … AG Merrick Garland throws a curve ball, and appoints a special counsel to take over the investigatiopn of Hunter Biden — and it’s the same guy as was running the investigation before! … All this and more
What’s up with the Biden Administration’s claims on lower illegal immigration numbers? … Three House committee chairmen want to know more from the DOJ about that sketchy Hunter Biden plea deal … Hunter’s forme business partner Devon Archer gave a transcribed interview to House Oversight and Accountability that blows Joe Biden’s lies out of the water … Special Counsel Jack Smith indicts Trump AGAIN … all this and more.
House and Senate are gone until September — what awaits them when they return? … Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su has now waited longer for a confirmation vote than any cabinet nominee ever — will she ever get a vote? … State Dept gives House an update on the Biden envoy to Iran who lost his security clearance, but doesn’t say much … Hunter’s sweetheart plea deal blows up in the courtroomo; what’s next? … all this and more.
House and Senate begin consideration of the annual defense policy bill … Dems attack the Supreme Court, another Democrat (a Kennedy, no less!), and the First Amendment … Texas becomes largest GOP-led state to leave ERIC … IRS whistleblowers blow the doors off testimony before House Oversight … Grassley releases the FBI document with allegations of a $5 million bribe paid to Joe Biden, and you can read it for yourself! … All this and more.
House passes massive defense policy bill with lots of conservative amendments, now the Senate takes up its own version … Judge Doughty denies DOJ request to stay his order blocking comms between fed govt agencies and social media companies, so DOJ immediately appeals to 5th Circuit — will this go to SCOTUS? … new Hunter laptop email from 2015 reveals “ultimate purpose” of his million-dollar-a-year contract … IRS whistleblowers will testify in public in front of House Oversight Committee … FBI Director Wray was in the hot seat in front of House Judiciary last week … all this and more.
House and Senate return for three weeks of work before heading out for the August recess, and it’s all about the spending, spending, spending … SCOTUS issues major rulings on affirmative action, free speech, congressional redistricting, and the unconstitutionality of President Biden’s student loan debt payoff scam … a federal judge blocks the federal government from talking to social media companies to censored speech it doesn’t like … Biden’s Iran envoy loses his security clearance and faces an FBI investigation over his mishandling of classified info … cocaine at the White House?! … more developments on the Hunter/Joe Biden investigation front … all this and more.
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees are on a collision course over FY 24 spending levels — government shutdown to come? … China has been using Cuba as a spy base for years, and now they’re talking about a joint military training facility with thousands of Chinese troops less than 100 miles from U.S. shores? … Special Counsel John Durham testifies before Congress … Hunter Biden agrees to a sweetheart plea deal, but two IRS whistleblowers may become a big problem for him … All this and more, plus your questions.
House Oversight Chair Comer threatens FBI Director Wray with contempt of Congress charge and finally gets his hands on a tip from a confidential informant that says that as vice president, Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe from a foreigner in exchange for policy action … 11 House conservatives take down a rule unexpectedly to demonstrate their influence over the course of House proceedings, in case Speaker McCarthy forgot … has China been spying on us from a base in Cuba for years? … former President Trump becomes the first former president, and the first leading opposition party presidential candidate, ever to be indicted by the federal government … All this and more.
New documents reveal DHS Secretary Mayorkas has been using taxpayer dollars to target conservatives, Christians, Republicans, and Tea Party supporters, and equates them with Nazis … House and Senate pass a bill to suspend the debt ceiling and do other things, but not much of what conservatives wanted … an IRS whistleblower outs himself and sits for an interview with CBS News, charges political influence in Hunter Biden investigation … House Oversight Committee Chairman gets his hands on an FBI document that alleges that as VP, Biden took a bribe from a foreign actor … all this and more.
What’s the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations? And what’s up with all this talk of President Biden using the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to bypass Congress and continue issuing debt on his own? … IRS whistleblower’s lawyers say he and his entire investigative team just got removed from the investigation, at the request of the DOJ … a federal judge in Florida smacks the Biden Administration for failing to follow the law on the border … all this and more.
The House passes a huge border security and immigration and asylum reform bill as Title 42 is lifted and tens of thousands crash the border … House Oversight Committee releases interim report on the Biden Crime Family showing millions of dollars received from foreign nationals, but no clue of what the payments were in exchange for … Dianne Feinstein returns to DC; will Schumer tee up the Julie Su confirmation vote now? … President Biden meets with congresional leaders at the White House to discuss debt ceiling; will they succeed in getting the fiscal house back in order? … All this and more.
House and Senate leaders will sit with President Biden to discuss the debt ceiling, finally … the House will take up a border security/asylum reform bill dubbed H.R. 2 by the House GOP leadership … is the FBI hiding a witness document alleging Joe Biden was involved in a pay-to-play scheme in which he took money for a policy favor? … all this and more
House GOP surprises the DC Establishment and passes a debt ceiling bill that saves three bucks for every buck in increased borrowing authority; how will Dems respond? … Biden’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Labor Secretary nominee advances, but with Feinstein still absent, will Schumer risk a floor vote? … House GOP preps a massive illegal immigration/border security package for floor action next week … all this and more, plus your questions.
Major news: a senior IRS official has asked Congress for whistleblower protection to discuss how political considerations have infected the Hunter Biden investigation … Remember that letter from 51 “Intelligence Community professionals” that said the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation? Turns out it wasn’t spontaneous — it was generated from inside the Biden campaign! … House GOP rallies behind the “Limit, Save, Grow Act,” Speaker McCarthy’s opening bid on the debt ceiling negotiations … Senate Dems still trying to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, but GOP Senators won’t have it … all this and more
House and Senate return from their two-week Easter recess, and inquiring minds want to know — how soon can we get them out of town again? … House Republicans begin to figure out what spending cuts they’ll demand in exchange for raising the debt ceiling … CBO says government is spending money MUCH faster than anticipated even a year ago, so this year’s deficit is already 60 PERCENT HIGHER than projected last year … Will Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s illness continue to hamstring Biden’s effort to pack the judiciary with hard-core liberals? … All this and more.
The House passes a major energy bill; will it move in the Senate? … it looks like AG Garland lied to Congress … Sen. Tuberville plays hardball with the Pentagon over taxpayer-funded abortion … Social Security and Medicare are running out of money … SO MUCH on the Trump indictment … all this and more.
House and Senate are back this week, what’s on the agenda? … Comer says Chinese Communist Party cronies sent millions to the Biden family, and that’s just the beginning of it … Biden bails out bank depositors; is that the same thing as bailing out the banks? Is it as dangerous? You bet! … Will Trump be arrested Tuesday? For what? … all this and more.
Joe Biden issues the first veto of his presidency. The House tries to override it, but fails … the House (barely) passes its Parents Bill of Rights, while the Senate considers repealing the Authorizations for the use of Military Force in Iraq … another Bad Biden nominee arrives, while a different one withdraws … former President Trump still not arrested … all this and more.
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They’re coming for your gas stove. The CPSC got the formal process started last week … Senate Dems join with GOP colleagues to overturn DC’s new law weakening penalties for some violent crimes … a federal judge rules the Biden Administration’s “catch and release” policy toward illegal immigrants is illegal … Biden’s Interior Dept will announce the go-ahead on a major new oil project in Alaska, and climate activists are screaming … Biden proposes the biggest tax hike in American history … elements of the US Government announce a bailout of Silicon Valley Bank and promise taxpayer funds will not be used to cover losses; PT Barnum rolls over in his grave … all this and more.
President Biden throws House Dems under the bus, and they’re not happy … House Ethics Committee opens investigation into the Talented Rep. Santos, and extends its investigation into the less talented Rep. Ocasio-Cortez … Senate unanimously passes a bill calling for declassification of all information concerning origins of Covid-19; will House follow suit? … Biden plans to roll out multiple-trillion-dollar tax hike plan in 2024 budget; will he push Senate Dems to vote for it, even though it stands no chance of passage in GOP-controlled House? … all this and more.
House and Senate return for action — what’s on the agenda? … another US intelligence agency concludes Covid was the result of a lab leak … FBI searches University of Delaware archive of 1,850 boxes of Biden Senate documents … inflation is up, and CBO issues a new report forecasting massive deficits for years to come … the IRS misses its own deadline … SCOTUS is set to hear a HUGELY important case this week … all this and more
The House is on a two-week recess — but what did it do last week? Hearings, hearings, hearings, including an eye-opening hearing on the crisis at the southern border … Hunter Biden’s aggressive new lawyer rebuffs a document request from a GOP-led House committee … why is the Biden Administration revealing classified material just to make Biden look better? … All this and more.
House Republicans wield their new majority to launch long-overdue oversight of the Biden Administration … yes, Biden spokespeople lied to us when they said they never had plans to ban gas stoves … Biden says he’ll end the COVID emergency; the House says thanks much, we’ll vote to end it anyway … House Republicans begin to consider debt ceiling options … Hunter’s laptop takes center stage again … wait, the FBI searched the Penn Biden Center office and no one told us? How’d THAT happen? … Why is George Santos still in Congress, anyway? … All this and more.
Speaker McCarthy boots Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from serving on the Intelligence Committee, and Dems scream bloody murder; is Ilhan Omar next to go? … a Biden judicial nominee can’t respond when asked at her confirmation hearing what Article V of the Constitution does … DHS tries to prevent four Border Patrol section chiefs from testifying before Congress, and Chairman Comer is not taking it well … Why are House Republicans considering the FAIR Tax, anyway? … Biden and McCarthy will meet Wednesday; will they discuss the debt ceiling? … more on Biden docs, and more on the Talented Mr. Santos … all this and more.
House and Senate are (finally!) back in action — what’s on the agenda? … December illegal immigration numbers break the all-time record, and House Republicans want DHS Secretary Mayorkas on the hot seat … debt ceiling talks begin … and it turns out Joe Biden has a major, and growing, classified documents problem on his hands. All this and more!
The 118th Congress has gaveled in, and the new House has (finally!) elected a new Speaker — on the 15th ballot. What did the opposition win, and how will that change the operation of the House of Representatives? … President Biden finally visits the border, but only after the tens of thousands of illegal aliens clogging the streets of El Paso were first removed … and a most important trial (Florida v. United States) begins today in federal district court in Pensacola, FL — find out details … all this and more.
Amnesty for illegal immigrants is DEAD in this Congress! … but the Biden Administration prepares for a new surge at the southern border … Congress attempts to make history this week: NO LAME DUCK CONGRESS HAS EVER PASSED A FULL-YEAR OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL … the J6 Committee will meet to vote on criminal referrals and make public its final report … all this and more.
We’re less than five days away from a (temporary, partial) government shutdown, but no one is worried … Kyrsten Sinema leaves Senate Democrats in the lurch — or does she? … Just how worried should we be about that potential amnesty deal, anyway? … Is or isn’t Kevin McCarthy going to be Speaker of the new House? … all this and more, plus your questions.
Congress is back, and we’re still waiting to hear about government funding … President Biden rejiggers the Dems’ 2024 nominating calendar … the Senate passes a bill putting religious liberty at risk … Chief Twit Elon Musk dumps Twitter internal documents on the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story … will the House finally end the vaccine mandate for the Armed Forces in the NDAA? … all this and more.
House and Senate return for the opening of the lame duck session … House and Senate GOP conferences hold leadership elections, and the only surprise is how many votes short of the Speakership Kevin McCarthy really is … a federal circuit court blocks President Biden’s student loan debt payoff scam … Trump declares for president, learns AG Garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigations aimed at him, and is welcomed back to Twitter … all this and more.
House and Senate are (finally!) back in DC … changes at Customs and Border Protection … another judge rules against Biden’s student loan debt scam … who won last week’s elections? All this and more.
First Joe Biden attacks oil producers and threatens a new tax, then he attacks coal-fired power plants and says he’s going to shut them all down … what’s on the agenda for the lame duck Congress that will begin meeting next week? … our final campaign update before tomorrow’s election … all this and more.
House and Senate are still out … senior House Republicans on Judiciary Committee warn Garland and Mayorkas to be ready for questions on how they’ve handled the crisis on the southern border … 30-year fixed rate mortgages hit heights not seen in 20 years … evidence of a Red Wave continues to mount … all this and more.
A lower court judge dismisses a lawsuit against President Biden’s student loan payoff scam, but an appeals court blocks it temporarily … CBP releases numbers for September, and it turns out it’s the worst month for migrant encounters in history — and FY22 was the worst YEAR in history … you know it’s bad when the IRS and Social Security Administration are making news on inflation … our latest campaign update. All this and more.
House and Senate are still on recess, but are our wallets really safe? … Biden gets sued AGAIN for his unconstitutional/illegal/justplaincrazy student loan debt payoff scam … will DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas be impeached if Republicans take back the House in November? Maybe … and a campaign update focusing on governors. All this and more.
House and Senate pass a bill to keep the government funded through mid-December, just in time for a Christmas shutdown showdown … House and Senate have finally done all the damage they’re going to do before November, and Members have gone home to face the wrath of their constituents, also sometimes known as their bosses, in case the Members have forgotten … Biden gets sued over his student loan payoff scam … a House campaign update with a constitutional twist on gerrymandering … all this and more.
House and Senate gear up for a tough week — both houses have to pass a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded beyond the midnight Friday deadline, and we still don’t know what’s in the bill … Kevin McCarthy releases the House GOP “Commitment to America” … the January 6 Committee schedules one more public hearing before the midterm elections, and it will take place Wednesday at 1 PM EST … new numbers on illegal immigration are out, and they’re scary … 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns key portions of Judge Cannon’s ruling and DOJ lawyers are happy … plus, a Senate campaign update. All this and more.
50 Venezuelan migrants arrive on Martha's Vineyard, and the local Chamber of Commerce declares it a "humanitarian crisis" … House and Senate still haven't figured out what to do about the CR … that same-sex marriage bill in the Senate gets punted to the lame duck session … Judge Cannon appoints a special master in the case of the purloined documents at Mar-a-Lago … all this and more.
House and Senate have finally ended their ridiculously long summer breaks and are back in DC, so hold on to your wallets … Biden requests $47 billion in emergency supplemental spending, but Senate Republicans object … will the Senate pass a same-sex marriage bill? … Biden’s speech attempting to “unify” the country succeeds, but not the way he planned … in just a few days, the cost of that student loan scam doubles … is Ukraine turning the tables on Russia? … former President Trump gets a win in the latest news on the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago … all this and more.
It’s the biggest student loan scam of all time, and it doesn’t involved Nigerian princes — instead, it involves the occupant of the Oval Office! — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals how Facebook made the decision to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story in the closing weeks of the 2020 presidential campaign (hint: you’ll be surprised, but not too much) … the judge releases a redacted version of the affidavit supporting the application for the search warrant on Mar-a-Lago, and even the redactions have redactions! … all this, plus our first campaign update of the election year.
Dr. Fauci announces resignation to come in December; conservatives ask, “Why wait?” … CDC chief Walensky acknowledges errors, says she will reorganize the CDC … Judge Reinhart orders DOJ to offer redactions on FBI affidavit re: Trump search warrant … Liz Cheney gets destroyed in her denomination bid, ponders 2024 run … all this and more.
House and Senate, after working for a couple of weeks following their Fourth of July recess, now take their August recess, and won’t return until September 13 — but only after the House returned from the beginning of its recess to pass Joe Biden’s monstrous $740 bill reckless tax-and-spend bill … that sound you heard last Monday evening was the sound of the world stopping spinning on its axis, as word of the FBI’s unprecedented raid on former President Trump’s home spread … all this and more.
The House enjoys its first week of summer break, but plans to come back for one day this week — why? … the Senate processes a ton of work: ratifies the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, passes a bill providing healthcare and disability benefits to 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxic burn pits; passes a CRA resolution of disapproval against a Biden Administration rule making permitting more complicated — and THEN takes up and passes, after a 15-hour-long Vote-a-Rama, the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend package. How’d they do it?