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    ‘Ministry of Truth’: Conservatives Warn About Washington State’s ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Effort

    Washington's Democratic attorney general released a report late last year urging the state to crack down on domestic terrorism and enlisting an analyst at an organization notorious for putting conservative groups on a "hate map" alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, a map that has inspired at least one act of terrorism. The attorney…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Biden’s Broadband Plan Subsidizes Delaware, Mansions, Vacation Homes, Senate Panel Finds

    The Biden administration’s $42.5 billion high-speed internet program favors heavily Democrat regions and remote vacation homes, including President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware, according to a new report by Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee.  The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, known as BEAD, designated as “unserved” locations places that include mansions, beachfront…
    Fred Lucas
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    House Passes Bill to Protect Gas-Powered Cars Amid California’s Electric Vehicle Push

    The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to protect cars with internal combustion engines amid new regulations from California that would limit them. The Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, introduced by Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., would prevent states from adopting emission standards for new vehicles that restrict the sale of gas-powered cars, as some…
    Arjun Singh
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    X-RATED: At Hearing, Senator Reads Pornographic Excerpts From LGBT Books Targeted at Kids

    Editor's note: This article includes quotes from books with graphic sexual descriptions. Sen. John Neely Kennedy read from pornographic books at a Senate hearing on Tuesday amid a heated exchange about school boards removing such books from libraries. Kennedy, R-La., read from two books—“All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Gender Queer: A Memoir”—both of which have…
    Arjun Singh
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    EXCLUSIVE: Abortion Lawyer Accused of Perjuring Herself Before Congress

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Congressmen Chip Roy of Texas and Mike Johnson of Louisiana are calling on a controversial abortion lawyer to explain whether she "violated the law by providing misleading information to Congress." Talcott Camp is the chief legal and strategy officer at the National Abortion Federation, where she oversees the organization's…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    BOONDOGGLES: 7 Examples of Wasteful, Outrageous Earmarks in Senate Spending Package

    This week, the Senate will be debating—and will likely vote on—a package of spending bills that covers the departments of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. While some of the funding is necessary, far too much is devoted to bureaucracies and programs that directly benefit, or have been captured by, the Left….
    David Ditch
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    Senate Democrats Block Ohio Lawmaker’s Bill to Prohibit Federal Mask Mandates

    Senate Democrats on Thursday opposed a request from Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, for floor consideration of his bill banning federal COVID-19 mask mandates. The motion was blocked by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who claimed the legislation would "hamstring public health experts who guided our nation out of the pandemic." Markey has a history of supporting…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Senator Admits Democrats Don’t Want to End Tuberville’s Blockade of Military Promotions

    Sen. Jack Reed showed up for a floor speech Wednesday with a poster depicting eight framed photos of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Three of the frames were empty, a consequence of the ongoing dispute between Sen. Tommy Tuberville and the Defense Department over its decision to implement a taxpayer-funded abortion policy.  “If the senator…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Committees and Hearings: Behind the Scenes of How Congress Really Works

    Committees and hearings play a critical role in the operations of Congress. But how are members assigned to committees? And do congressional hearings actually advance legislation and investigations? Kyle Brosnan, chief counsel for The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, goes beneath the surface in today’s edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain how Congress really…
    Virginia Allen
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    Violent Criminals Continue to Pose as Migrant Children to Enter US; Congress Must Act Now

    Despite all the “victory laps” Biden administration officials have taken as they brag that their unlawful policies and processing programs have reduced illegal immigration, recent border data shows the opposite. On top of that, there is an undeniable link between the increase in illegal entrants being welcomed into the country and an increase in violent…
    RJ Hauman
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    Thousands of Bills, Back Rooms, Spending Debates: How Congress Really Works

    Many Americans have seen a “Schoolhouse Rock” video explaining how Congress operates, or they may have taken political science classes in school. But neither paints the full picture of how Congress “actually works,” Clint Brown says. Take the introduction of bills in Congress as an example, says Brown, vice president of government relations at The…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘Golfing on the Taxpayer’s Dime’: GOP Senator Calls on Federal Employees to Return to Office

    Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa questioned the Biden administration over its telework policy, citing instances where employees working from home took bubble baths and played golf while on the clock. In a letter sent to all government agencies, Ernst cited a media account of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee who attended a staff meeting while…
    Harold Hutchison
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    It May Not Be a SNAP, but Congress Should Promote Work for Food Stamps

    The farm bill is up for reauthorization this year. But despite its name, the vast majority of spending in the farm bill goes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, previously known simply as food stamps. Given the size of SNAP, the farm bill is a significant opportunity to improve the nation’s welfare system….
    Rachel Sheffield
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    Why Founding Fathers ‘Deliberately Made Congress Weak,’ Professor Explains

    The Founding Fathers feared the power of the legislative branch from its inception in the late 1700s. They did not want to trade one tyrant for a group of tyrants, one professor tells “The Daily Signal Podcast,” so they “deliberately made Congress weak by dividing it up into these two bodies,” the House and the Senate. …
    Virginia Allen
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    The Biden Administration Lost Contact With 85,000 Children. Here’s How Congress Is Trying to Find Them.

    Congressman Chris Smith is preparing to introduce legislation that will require the federal government to locate the 85,000 migrant children it has lost contact with within the U.S.   “This is all about accountability and effective interventions for these kids,” Smith, R-N.J., told The Daily Signal.   The draft legislation is focused on “locating, establishing contact with,…
    Virginia Allen
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    The Gruesome Premise of a Washington Post Feature

    A new Washington Post feature attempts to make a teen couple who had twins after Texas’ heartbeat law went into effect into Dickensian characters, victims of the cruel laws around them. Mom Brooke High, we learn, watched the entire 10 seasons of “Friends” after the family moved to Tampa, Florida, for a military job for…
    Katrina Trinko
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    4 Senate Democrats Urged to ‘Hold Hearings Into DHS’s Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking’

    Sen. Ron Johnson is leading an effort by Republican senators to urge four of their Democratic counterparts with relevant committee chairmanships to hold hearings on human trafficking.  “Given your committees’ roles in overseeing [the Department of Homeland Security], we urge you to investigate and hold hearings into DHS’s efforts to combat human trafficking,” Johnson, R-Wis.,…
    Gigi De La Torre
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    Senate Passes Defense Spending Bill Without House Amendments on Abortion, Transgender ‘Health’

    The U.S. Senate passed its version of the House of Representatives’ military spending bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, on Thursday, but omitting two amendments that the legacy media has spun as Republicans inserting the social issues of abortion and transgender medical interventions into routine legislation. Don’t buy it. The Republicans in the House had…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Put You ‘IN THE GROUND’: Grad Student Threatens State Senator Over Vote to Protect Kids From Trans Drugs

    A Louisiana state senator says he is undeterred despite receiving a death threat after he voted to override a governor's veto on a bill protecting children from experimental "transgender" medical interventions. "No type of threat would ever stop me from trying to save children and keep them from being mutilated or from facing any other…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Congress Weighs Changes That Could Seriously Impact Farmers, Hidden in Funding Bill

    Congress is debating an expansion of a migrant-worker visa program.   Tucked within the Department of Homeland Security’s $91.5 billion spending bill for fiscal year 2024 are changes to the H-2A and H-2B visa programs. The H-2A visa is specific to temporary agriculture work, while the H-2B is a temporary work visa for non-agriculture work….
    Virginia Allen
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