U.S. Senate News
This section focuses on the upper chamber of Congress, from major policy debates to confirmation hearings. The Daily Signal provides a conservative look at Senate priorities.
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State Senator Tells Parents to Flee His Own State Amid Bill That Would Take Kids Away From Non-’Affirming’ Parents
A California state senator told a gathered crowd of parents at the California Senate Judicial Committee to flee the state on June 13 during a hearing on a bill which would put parents who don’t affirm their child’s “gender transition” in danger of child abuse charges. Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, is one of the…Tony Kinnett -
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Analysis of Voting Patterns in Congress Shows Hill Democrats Are the True Extremists
In an effort to divide the nation that he pledged to unite, President Joe Biden routinely decries "MAGA extremists in the Republican Party." A March 27 White House fact sheet, for example, excoriated "Extreme MAGA Congressional Republicans." Biden's regime-media bodyguards parrot that sentiment. MSNBC warned about House Speaker "Kevin McCarthy's GOP extremism problem," and Clean Technica reported Wednesday night, "Republican Extremism Could Be Major Threat To Home Insurance." Scary! If Biden…Deroy Murdock -
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Biden Official Says ‘We Need Congress to Act’ on Border; GOP Rep Calls Statement ‘Outrageous’
Members of Congress questioned two top immigration officials Tuesday to understand what the current situation is on the United States’ borders. “We’ll ask questions extensively from both sides of the aisle, again, seeking truth,” Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., said. “And there’s no benefit to any of us to conceal the actual numbers and the…Virginia Allen -
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Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill
The Senate voted Thursday evening to pass the debt ceiling legislation, clearing the way for President Joe Biden to sign it into law. The Senate vote to pass the debt ceiling bill was 63-36. The Senate also voted on 11 amendments on Thursday night, none of which passed. >>> Scroll to end of article to…Samantha Aschieris -
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Senate Votes to Block Biden’s Student Loan Handout, But There’s a Catch
The Senate has voted mostly along partisan lines to pass a resolution aimed at blocking President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The final vote was 52-46, with Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.V.; Jon Tester, D-Mont.; and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., voting with Republicans. Two senators did not vote. Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.,…Samantha Aschieris -
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Biden and Media Claim Sky Is Falling, Pressure Congress to Keep Growing Debt
“This is an urgent message! If you do not respond within 24 hours, we will be forced to terminate your account and foreclose on your assets!” You’ve probably received voicemails or emails like this that sound simultaneously threatening and vague. Chances are the messages came from scammers hoping to scare you enough that you’d be…Preston Brashers -
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FBI’s Wray Fending Off Contempt Citation for Withholding Details of $5M Biden Bribery Allegation From Congress
The House is closer to holding FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for not producing a document said to detail a $5 million bribery allegation against President Joe Biden involving a foreign national. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed the FBI on May 3 for information about the alleged arrangement…Fred Lucas -
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GOP Senators Back Tuberville’s ‘Courageous’ Tactic Against Pentagon Funding of Abortion Travel
Some Republican senators are expressing their support for Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s efforts to overturn the Pentagon’s policy of subsidizing abortions by holding up the promotions of high-ranking military officers. The first-term Republican senator from Alabama has spent months fighting against the Defense Department’s woke agenda by blocking the Senate’s approval of nearly 200 promotions for military generals…Samantha Aschieris -
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Blinken, Austin Fail to Submit Reports on Taiwan as Required by Congress
Republican senators are sounding the alarm over the Biden administration’s apparent failure to follow requirements of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act. The law is part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law on Dec. 23. Among other things, the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act requires Secretary of State Antony…Samantha Aschieris -
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Conservative Senators Stop Weaponization of Child Abuse Bill Against Parents Opposed to Abortion, ‘Transgenderism’ for Children
In a rare show of bipartisanship last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill to combat child sexual abuse material online and establish reporting requirements for online platform providers. The bill also reactivated a decades-old provision obligating certain organizations and professions to report suspected child sexual abuse. But it wasn’t just the bipartisanship of…Sarah Parshall Perry -
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‘Horror Story That Is Joe Biden’s America’: Senators Expect Border Catastrophe as Title 42 Ends
Senate Republicans predict more chaos to roil an existing humanitarian and national security crisis at the southern border and blame President Joe Biden’s inaction for allowing Title 42 to expire at 11:59 p.m. Thursday. The Biden administration “can’t even say the words ‘illegal immigration,’” and instead reword it as “irregular migration,” Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.,…Fred Lucas -
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Congress Must End the Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children
One of the Left’s emotional weapons it uses to continue its open border agenda is unaccompanied alien children. A historic number of these children have crossed the southern border during the Biden administration—their parents were enticed by promises of entry into the U.S. and other immigration benefits for their children. But they are often brutally…Lora Ries -
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Biden’s Secretive Election Order Plans Shielded From Congress but Showcased by Political Allies
The Internal Revenue Service not only is involved in voter registration, it should get more involved, a coalition of over 50 liberal groups argues. Meanwhile, the Obamacare exchange will attempt to drive up voter registration, while agencies within the Justice Department have acted to ensure that prisoners in federal custody may cast a ballot if…Fred Lucas -
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Instead of Smearing Supreme Court Justices, Democratic Senators Should Be Asking Them for Ethics Lessons
The concerted effort by the media and Democrats to delegitimize the Supreme Court is the most consequential attack on our institutions in memory. Make no mistake. The “Supreme Court Ethics Reform” hearing this week was meant to discredit the high court and slander justices with innuendo. Nothing else. Democrats are angry because the court happens…David Harsanyi -
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Biden DOJ ‘Actively’ Tried to ‘Dissuade’ Marshals From Enforcing the Law to Protect Supreme Court Justices, Senators Say
Republicans are accusing the Department of Justice of "actively" seeking to "dissuade" the U.S. Marshals Service from enforcing 18 USC 1507 to protect the Supreme Court justices. In a May 3 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Sens. Katie Britt of Alabama, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Mike Lee of Utah…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Left’s Scheme to Bludgeon Supreme Court Exposed at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on “Supreme Court Ethics Reform.” The title implies that Supreme Court ethics need reform and that Congress can do the reforming. The hearing failed to make that case. Everyone agrees on the critical importance of public confidence in the judiciary’s impartiality and integrity, and that that confidence…Thomas Jipping -
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Congress Must End This Multibillion-dollar Government Slush Fund
A little-known slush fund at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has become a go-to funding source for billions of dollars of abusive spending in the last few administrations, Democrat and Republican alike. Currently, the Biden administration is improperly using it to help carry out its climate agenda. The 90-year-old program, called the Commodity Credit Corporation,…Daren Bakst -
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Congress Failed to Hold DOJ, FBI, ATF Accountable for 1993 Waco Disaster. Something Like It Could Happen Again.
Thirty years ago last month, on April 19, 1993, a 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, ended in a conflagration that claimed the lives of 76, including 25 children. Other accounts put those numbers at 82 and 28, respectively. Three decades later, the federal agencies and officials responsible for that tragedy…William Terry -
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‘Insurrection Activities,’ ‘Racist Vitriol,’ ‘Hallucinate Misconduct’: 6 Stand-Out Moments in Senate Hearing on Supreme Court
Senate Democrats took aim at the Supreme Court broadly and Justice Clarence Thomas in particular during a hearing Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of the leak of the high court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, seeking to impose new ethics rules on the Supreme Court, raised recent news reports…Fred Lucas -
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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