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    Senate Panel’s Probe Into COVID-19’s Origin Brings Us Closer to Truth

    Did you know that four months before the world had ever heard of COVID-19—on Sept. 3, 2019—authorities in the Veneto region of Italy discovered COVID-19 antibodies in local blood samples. Of course, you didn’t.   The deadly and mysterious COVID-19 was around much longer than anyone had previously suspected.   We now know that fact,…
    Robert Moffit
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    3 Republican Senators Talk Weaponization of Government

    Three Republican senators spoke Tuesday about the weaponization of government and related problems in Congress on a panel at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital. The panel, hosted by former Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., featured Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Texas; Mike Lee, R-Utah; and Rick Scott, R-Fla. DeMint began the discussion by saying that…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    2 Senators Say Biden Debate Performance Raises 25th Amendment Concerns

    Members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet should consider invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president, two sitting U.S. senators suggested. They said Biden’s performance in the first presidential debate against former President Donald Trump raised questions about his ability to perform his office. “We’ve definitely entered 25th Amendment territory,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Bans on Foreign Funding for Ballot Measures Gain Momentum in Congress, States

    Opponents of foreign funding of U.S. ballot measures expect momentum at both the federal level and in states.  In May, the House Administration Committee advanced a bill to amend federal election law to prevent foreign nationals from contributing to ballot initiatives by closing a loophole, since federal law and most state laws prohibit foreign contributions…
    Fred Lucas
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    Giving Teeth to a Finding of Contempt of Congress

    The House of Representatives recently held Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for failing to turn over audio recordings of special counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Joe Biden. Garland, appointed by Biden, refused to provide the recordings. So the House adopted a resolution June 12 holding him in criminal contempt (making him only the…
    Zack Smith
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    GOP Senators Demand Information From HHS on In Vitro Fertilization Clinics

    As Congress considers legislation on in vitro fertilization, five U.S. senators are asking the Department of Health and Human Services to assess fertility clinic safety standards in an effort to ensure the clinics are adequately protecting the human embryos in their possession. Republican Sens. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, James Lankford and…
    Olivia Pero
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    EXCLUSIVE: GOP Senators Call for Renewal of Pro-Life Budget Amendments

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Protections for the unborn belong at the forefront of the federal budget, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., wrote in a letter sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday. “As the Senate Appropriations Committee continues to work on legislation for fiscal year 2025, we urge the committee to ensure that long-standing, bipartisan…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Congress Wants You: ‘Draft Our Daughters’ Returns

    Earlier this week, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to require young women to register with Selective Service for the draft should one be officially reinstated.  Slipped into the Senate’s version of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act is an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act that would require women between the ages…
    Kristen Eichamer
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    Hung Cao Wins Virginia Republican Senate Primary

    Hung Cao, a Vietnamese immigrant and career U.S. Navy veteran, prevailed Tuesday in a five-candidate race to become the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat from Virginia. Endorsed by former President Donald Trump, Cao won with 67% of the vote and will take on Sen. Tim Kaine, the two-term Democratic incumbent, in November. “My…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Warning Labels on Social Media: Surgeon General Wants Them to Protect Young People. Will Congress Act?

    Peggy Noonan recently wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed column in response to Jonathan Haidt’s new book: “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.” The book overflows with data supporting Haidt’s conclusion that social media harms children’s and adolescents’ mental health. Noonan reflected on the phenomenon…
    Annie Chestnut Tutor
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    House Passes Massive Defense Bill With Provision Blocking Pentagon From Funding Abortions

    The House of Representatives on Friday approved a massive National Defense Authorization Act, complete with an amendment blocking the Pentagon from funding abortions with taxpayer dollars. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, had introduced an amendment to the $883.7 billion act blocking President Joe Biden’s administration from using taxpayer funds to reimburse abortion-related expenses. Van Duyne…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    No More Business as Usual: Republicans Ratchet Up Pressure in Senate

    Two weeks after Democrats gloated over the guilty verdict of former President Donald Trump, six Senate Republicans are vowing to exact revenge for the Biden administration’s use of lawfare to target a political opponent. Their target: 44 nominees of President Joe Biden who are awaiting Senate confirmation. The six GOP senators—JD Vance of Ohio, Mike…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Can Russian and Chinese Agents Legally Vote in Washington, DC?

    Suppose Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping made an agreement: All their personnel stationed in Washington, D.C., would vote for the same candidates running in Washington’s local elections. How many votes would this hypothetical alliance deliver? Perhaps not many—but more than a few. The New York Times reported last July that the number…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    Senators Urge Supreme Court to Stop Mexico’s Bid to Blame US Firearms Makers for Cartel Gun Violence

    The Mexican government has sued U.S. gun manufacturers, blaming them for crime and cartel violence south of the border. A federal appeals court allowed the case to move forward, so Republican members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are urging the Supreme Court to defend American sovereignty. “Mexico is trying to impose its…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘INSULTING’: Senate Republicans Say Biden Won’t Enforce Border Security Order

    President Joe Biden’s upcoming executive order on the border is a political ploy to get more votes in the 2024 presidential election, Republican senators said at a press conference Tuesday morning. Biden is expected to announce executive actions on Tuesday to address the southern border crisis, though his previous orders have promoted open borders and allowed…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Dozens of Energy Groups Ask Congress to Overturn Biden’s Green Power Plant Rules

    Dozens of energy policy and advocacy groups are pushing Congress to repeal one of President Joe Biden’s signature climate policies. A coalition of more than 40 organizations signed on to a letter being circulated Thursday to lawmakers, taking aim at the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized emissions-reduction regulations for coal-fired and new natural gas power plants. The letter urges…
    Nick Pope
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    Battle for Senate GOP Leader: Rick Scott Aims to Shake Up Status Quo

    For the past 18 years, Senate Republicans have had one leader: Mitch McConnell took the job in 2006 and has retained it ever since. But with his decision to step down from the post after November’s elections, there are three Republicans vying to replace him. One of them is Sen. Rick Scott of Florida. He…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Senate Democrats Who Back Biden’s Crackdown on Fossil Fuels Suddenly Worried About High Gas Prices

    Numerous Democrats who have helped the Biden administration restrict fossil fuel development and production are now concerned about high gas prices as the 2024 elections loom. A group of 23 Senate Democrats—including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, and Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania—signed a Thursday letter to Attorney General…
    Nick Pope
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    These GOP Senators Rip ‘Neocon’ Foreign Policy on Both Sides

    Leaders on both sides of the aisle haven’t learned from America’s foreign policy failures, Sens. Rand Paul and JD Vance asserted Thursday at a Capitol Hill event.  Both GOP lawmakers called out their party leader—Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell—by name. Vance, R-Ohio, accused “neocons” of wanting to go to war with China and continuing to…
    Fred Lucas
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    Border Bill Goes Down in Flames on Senate Floor

    The bipartisan border bill failed in the U.S. Senate Thursday, even losing the support of two key negotiators who helped craft the legislation. This marked the second time the Senate voted against moving forward with the bill. The vote on the border bill “is not an effort to actually make law, it is an effort…
    Virginia Allen
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