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    RFK Jr. Must Cease Flow of Tax Dollars to CAIR, Roy Says
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy of Texas sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, urging him to suspend funding for the Council on American-Islamic Relations and its affiliates and initiate debarment proceedings. “Why should Americans’ taxpayer dollars go to groups like CAIR that facilitate terrorism?”…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Dick Durbin’s Defining Flip-Flop
    Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who has served as the Senate’s Democrat whip for more than 20 years, went down to the Senate floor on Jan. 21, 2025, to speak about a bill aimed at protecting the lives of certain newborn babies. He was against it. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, as described in…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    Will Florida Save Republicans in Redistricting War?
    Virginia Democrats dealt Republicans a major defeat in the national redistricting war with a successful redistricting ballot measure on Tuesday, but the final battle may take place in Tallahassee, Florida. On Tuesday, over 51% of voters opted to support allowing Virginia’s Democrat-controlled Legislature to redraw the 11-seat congressional map to boot up to four of…
    George Caldwell
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    Republican House Should Fatten Senate GOP’s Boney Reconciliation Bill
    Picture a packed airport gate. Passengers languish as a delayed flight goes nowhere. The typically cheerful airline personnel are as bored and dejected as the travelers. Suddenly, the pilot announces departure in five minutes. The huddled masses jump for joy. After the flight crew boards, the gate agents direct two passengers onto the plane and then shut the…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Targeting COVID-19 Scams, Welfare Fraud: Ernst’s Package Aims to Save Taxpayers $240B
    Morphing numerous bills into one giant legislative package is often a recipe for wasteful spending, but an anti-fraud measure from Senate DOGE Caucus Chairwoman Joni Ernst aims to save taxpayers $240 billion. In January, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., requested that Ernst, an Iowa Republican, draft a legislative package to prevent fraud cases similar…
    Fred Lucas
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    Congress Advances Prevention and Education to End Human Trafficking
    Congress is putting parties aside to extend the bipartisan protection and prevention of human trafficking in the United States. The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act has been stalled in the House since February 2025. But Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., are now calling for more education to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • Georgia Politicos Accuse Ossoff of Hiding His ‘Socialism’ on the Campaign Trail
    Republican leaders in Georgia told The Daily Signal that Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is campaigning for reelection, is presenting himself as a moderate by emphasizing broadly popular issues rather than embracing what they describe as a sharply partisan voting record. “He’s a great politician,” Rep. Rich McCormick, R‑Ga., said. “When he sees me at…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • Jeffries Challenges Trump to a Debate After IQ Jabs
    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., challenged President Donald Trump to a debate on Thursday. “If Donald Trump wants to debate me anytime, any place, in the Oval Office, publicly, on camera, I’d be happy to do it,” the Democrat said at a press conference. “We’ll see who’s intellectually superior.” Jeffries’ remarks came after Trump…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Congressional Candidates Caught Betting on Their Own Races
    Kalshi, an online political betting platform, has fined and suspended three congressional candidates who placed bets on their own races, the company announced Wednesday. The candidates are Mark Moran, an independent running in Virginia’s U.S. Senate race; Texas Republican Ezekiel Enriquez, who ran for a U.S. House seat but lost in March; and Matt Klein,…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Will the House Do as the Senate Tells It on Reconciliation?
    In the wee hours of Thursday morning, the Senate adopted a budget framework to provide funds for immigration enforcement that Democrats have denied since February. But getting that framework through the House in order to ultimately send a bill to the president’s desk may be a challenge. Senate Republicans are pursuing a two-track approach—a party-line…
    George Caldwell
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    Thune Wants Senators to Stop Talking About This Trump Priority
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune encouraged senators to stop talking about President Donald Trump’s stated priority of nuking the filibuster, according to two sources familiar with the matter.  After a few moderates at the Senate’s Wednesday steering lunch urged the Republican conference not to talk about nuking the filibuster, Thune agreed that the move lacks…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Cory Mills Questions Mace as She Doubles Down on Expulsion Attempt
    Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., told The Daily Signal that Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a resolution to expel him from the U.S. House of Representatives as a deflection from her own personal controversies. “We do know for a fact that she’s currently under attack,” Mills said. “Her ex-fiancé had to file a restraining order for…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • Rep. Keith Self Lays Out Conservative Budget Vision
    Keith Self, a House fiscal hawk, has penned a letter to a key stakeholder in the spending process calling for reining in federal spending and cutting off funding to programs at odds with congressional conservatives’ priorities. In a March 12 letter to House appropriations committee chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., Self, a member of the House…
    George Caldwell
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    How a Democrat Allegedly Used DEI and Bureaucracy to Commit Fraud and Attain Power
    The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., on Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EST on April 23. In the past few weeks, Rep. Greg Steube was leading the charge to bring to the House…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Senate Advances Massive Border Funding Plan. Will It Survive?
    The Senate is rapidly pursuing a plan to inject funds into Department of Homeland Security immigration agencies that Democrats have denied funding. Congressional leaders will have the potentially difficult task of uniting their slim majorities around the plan and settling disagreements on how ambitious it should be ahead of midterms that could strip Republicans of…
    George Caldwell
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    SCORE Act Offers Permanent Fix to College Sports Disorder
    College sports generate excitement and bring communities together in a unique way. They inspire pride in our schools, create lifelong memories, and enable young Americans to pursue education while excelling in sports. But the future of this prized institution is far from guaranteed and requires legislative action to permanently fix long-standing issues. New uncertainties took…
    Chrissy Clark
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    Virginia Democrats’ Redistricting Gamble Succeeds in Special Election
    Virginians voted in favor of Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Democrats’ effort to completely overhaul the commonwealth’s congressional map to favor Democrats, the Associated Press reported Tuesday evening. The Associated Press called the race in favor of “yes” at 8:50pm eastern time with an estimated 81% of the votes counted. At the time of the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Virginia GOP on the Front Lines to ‘Keep Fairness’ in House District Maps 
    Today, Virginians are flocking to the polls to vote on whether to amend the Virginia Constitution and let the state Legislature redraw the state’s congressional maps. The map state Democrats have proposed would give their party a 10-1 seat advantage, likely leaving just one Republican to represent the historically purple state. The Republican majority in…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Embattled Dem Calls It Quits Instead of Facing Punishment for Fraud Charges
    Florida Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick announced her resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday ahead of an Ethics Committee hearing that was scheduled to discuss disciplinary measures for her alleged theft of federal emergency funds. The committee found the congresswoman guilty of 25 ethics charges in March and was meeting today to consider whether…
    George Caldwell | Brian Blake | Tyler Yeatts
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    Dem Senator Clarifies ‘Sarcastic’ Post About Iran Breaking US Blockade
    Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut faced backlash for his reaction to news of Iranian shadow fleet vessels bypassing a U.S. blockade before clarifying on Tuesday that his original social media post was “sarcasm.” On Monday, Murphy reposted a report on X of at least 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels breaking through a U.S. blockade…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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