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    Biden Shovels Millions to Nonprofits to Aid His Open-Border Schemes. Congress Must Cut Off Cash Spigot.

    The Left has intentionally chosen emotional weapons to achieve its open-borders agenda—asylum, unaccompanied alien children, “humanitarian parole,” and nongovernmental organizations, particularly faith-based groups. The Left made the correct calculation that the Right would be too afraid to criticize left-wing groups’ use of such weapons, let alone shut down the Left’s abuse of them. It’s that…
    Lora Ries
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    6 Scandal-Plagued Senate Democrats Attack Clarence Thomas Over Ethics 

    Senate Democrats are poised to target Justice Clarence Thomas in a public hearing Tuesday as they consider a bill to impose ethic reforms on the Supreme Court.  Democrats heavily criticized Thomas after news reports that the justice neglected to report “luxury” travel paid for by businessman and Republican donor Harlan Crow. Reporting the trips as…
    Fred Lucas
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    Experts Warn Senator That Abortion by Mail Is Putting Women at Risk

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Pro-life experts warned Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford that the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to allow the distribution of abortion drugs to women and girls by mail is endangering women across the country. Lankford discussed the ramifications of the move in an episode of his podcast “The Breakdown” with…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    These Senators Have Committed to Back McCarthy’s Debt Limit Package

    Republican’s debt ceiling bill likely faces an uphill battle in the Senate.   The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 as the debt ceiling debate continues in the nation’s capital. Now, the Senate has the opportunity to vote on the bill, which would “limit federal spending, save taxpayer dollars,”…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    House Passes GOP Debt Ceiling Package

    The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 as the debt ceiling debate continues in the nation’s capital. House speaker Kevin McCarthy introduced the legislation on April 19, which would “limit federal spending, save taxpayer dollars,” and “grow the economy.” The legislation passed 217-215. Four Republicans voted against…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Heritage Research on Rogue Prosecutors Cited by GOP House Members at NYC Crime Hearing

    Manhattan’s rogue prosecutor, Alvin Bragg, has become a household name from his indictment of former President Donald Trump. And on April 17, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing in New York City to highlight Bragg’s soft-on-crime approach and relied in part on The Heritage Foundation’s “rogue prosecutor” research to rebut claims made by the…
    Zack Smith
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    In Zeal for Transgenderism, Washington State Muscles Parents Out, Gets Control of Their Kids

    Update: Gov. Jay Inslee, the Democratic governor of Washington state, has signed into law Senate Bill 5599. According to the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Marko Liias, a Democrat, SB 5599 “allows licensed shelters to contact the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in lieu of parents in certain additional instances, like when a young…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Senate to Vote on Blocking ‘Illegal,’ ‘Wrong,’ Veterans Affairs Abortions, Tuberville Says

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Senate is expected to vote this week on a resolution introduced by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., which would block the Department of Veterans Affairs from providing taxpayer-funded abortions to retired service members.   “Using our VA medical facilities to provide taxpayer-funded abortions is illegal and wrong,” Tuberville said in a news release exclusively…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Stuff of Parents’ Nightmares: Washington State Bill Hides Runaway Kids From Transgender-‘Unsupportive’ Parents

    In the dark of night on the last day of the legislative session in Washington state, Senate Democrats passed Senate Bill 5599, a breathtaking evisceration of parental rights. The bill would allow the state to legally hide runaway children from their parents if the parents don’t consent to their child’s “gender transition” or abortion. No…
    Sarah Parshall Perry
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    Crime Victims Speak Out at House Panel’s Field Hearing in NYC

    While New York City has dramatically reduced crime since it reached a peak there in the early 1990s, the issue has again become a growing concern for the Big Apple, which has seen a spike in crime since 2019. Enter the House Judiciary Committee, which held a field hearing in New York on Monday to…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Is Mitch McConnell Planning to Retire? Senator’s Office Weighs In

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has plans to retire, according to some political activists and news reports. “Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming, John Cornyn of Texas, and John Thune of South Dakota are actively reaching out to fellow Republican senators in efforts to prepare for an anticipated leadership vote — a vote that would occur…
    Virginia Allen
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    Florida House Passes Heartbeat Bill, Sends It to DeSantis’ Desk

    Florida’s Heartbeat Protection Act is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk for signing. On Thursday, the Florida House of Representatives passed the heartbeat bill in a 70-40 vote. The bill prohibits most abortions after a baby’s heartbeat is detected at six weeks of pregnancy. “Florida lawmakers today delivered a major win for babies and mothers…
    Virginia Allen
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    Pro-Border Security Sheriff Announces Run for US Senate Against Prominent Incumbent

    Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, Arizona, a strong advocate for border security, is running for U.S. Senate in 2024. If Lamb wins the Republican nomination, he will face off against incumbent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a former Democrat who left the party to become an independent last year. “Arizona needs a proven conservative fighter…
    Virginia Allen
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    Time for House to Join Senate, Reclaim Congress’ War Powers

    The Senate voted overwhelmingly, and on a bipartisan basis, last week to repeal the obsolete 1991 and 2002 Iraq Authorized Use of Military Force resolutions by a vote of 66-30. That is sound policy, as I previously wrote here. It’s time for the House of Representatives to debate the Senate-passed repeal, and while doing so, keep…
    Cully Stimson
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    Mayorkas’ Testimony to House, Senate Reveals Big Lie of Biden’s Border Debacle

    There is a fine line between stretched truth and outright lies. In a series of recent congressional hearings, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seems to have found that line and pitched his tent on it.  Mayorkas gave revealing testifimony Wednesday before both the Senate Appropriations Committee and a House Appropriations subcommittee. Such hearings tend to…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Republicans Rally to Senator’s Defense for Holding Pentagon Promotions Over Abortion Policy

    As senators head home for a two-week Easter recess, one Republican finds himself enemy No. 1 of Democrats. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is playing hardball with the Biden administration over the Defense Department’s expansive new abortion policy. On three occasions, Tuberville has objected to his Democrat colleagues’ attempts to approve 184 promotions for military generals…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    House Passes HR 1 Aimed at Lowering Energy Costs, Increasing American Production

    The House voted Thursday to pass a bill aimed at lowering energy costs and increasing energy independence in America.   If signed into law, the Republican-backed energy bill “would allow us to once again be able to drill for energy, natural gas, [and] oil,” Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., told The Daily Signal on Capitol Hill…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘I Will Stay Here Until Hell Freezes Over’: Senator Pushes Pentagon to Reverse Abortion Policy

    As the attacks on Sen. Tommy Tuberville escalated this week, the Alabama Republican appeared even more determined to undo a new Defense Department policy allowing U.S. military and their family members to obtain taxpayer-funded abortions. Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Tuberville rebuffed yet another Democrat attempt to unanimously approve nearly 200 promotions for military…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    EXCLUSIVE: Nevada’s Rejected Votes Exceeded Narrow Senate Margin in 2022, Watchdog Group Finds

    Nevada rejected a higher number of mail-in ballots in the 2022 election than the final vote margin that decided a close Senate race last year, according to an analysis obtained by The Daily Signal.  The Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative election watchdog group, found that 8,036 ballots were rejected. Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez…
    Fred Lucas
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    DOJ Discouraged Marshals From Arresting Illegal Protesters at Supreme Court Justices’ Homes, Senator Says

    The Department of Justice appears to have discouraged the U.S. Marshals Service from arresting protesters illegally demonstrating at the homes of the Supreme Court justices, according to internal materials obtained by a United States senator. During a hearing Tuesday, Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., revealed training slides reportedly from a "whistleblower in DOJ who was concerned…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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