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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Cruz: Senate Bill ‘Designed to Ensure Democrats Never Lose Another Election’
Editor’s note: At a Senate Rules Committee meeting Tuesday when senators met to consider amendments to the For the People Act, legislation that would affect election laws across the nation, Sen. Ted Cruz spoke about the bill, saying it would suppress “millions of votes … by allowing millions of people to vote illegally.” Read the…Ted Cruz -
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Heritage Scholars Sound Off on Biden’s Address to Congress
President Joe Biden is addressing a joint session of Congress this evening, and experts from The Heritage Foundation are weighing in. Here’s what they have to say. >>> The Daily Signal is the multimedia news and commentary outlet of The Heritage Foundation. Economy Education Foreign Policy Health Care Law Welfare Economy Infrastructure Biden’s speech began…Christian Mysliwiec -
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6 Key Points From Senate Democrats’ Hearing on ‘Jim Crow 2021’
Liberal star Stacey Abrams said she supports voter ID, two senators debated the history of the Jim Crow era, and a Democrat secretary of state pleaded for his party not to pass a federal takeover of elections. These and other interactions occurred Tuesday at an eventful Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the Democrat majority titled…Fred Lucas -
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Fact-Checking 3 Claims From Senate Hearing on Voting
Voting rights and election integrity have become significant issues in 2021 as Democrats in Congress attempt to pass a sweeping federal election overhaul bill at the same time as many states pursue election integrity laws. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, controlled by Democrats, held a hearing on state election integrity laws provocatively titled “Jim…Jarrett Stepman -
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Senate Hearing Pushes Odious ‘Jim Crow’ Comparisons to Cement Liberal Power
Having been caught exaggerating and misrepresenting Georgia’s new election integrity law, Democrats have decided to double down and throw the weight of the U.S. Senate behind their dishonest and offensive propaganda campaign. In a hearing hyperbolically titled “Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote,” the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday became…Tim Murtaugh -
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What to Expect at Senate Panel’s Hearing on Election Integrity Law Cast as ‘Jim Crow’
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday to discuss a purported “assault on the right to vote.” The hearing, dubbed “Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote,” comes as the far left continues to criticize Georgia’s new election integrity law. Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who lost the 2018 governor’s…Virginia Allen -
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Congress Failed Once to Use Its Power on Iran Nuclear Agreement. It Shouldn’t Fail Again.
Over the past two months, the Biden administration has shown a willingness to revive negotiations with Iran on the flawed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear agreement. Thus far, negotiations haven’t taken place. Iran wants sanctions lifted before coming to the negotiating table, while the U.S. demands that Iran return…Nicole Robinson -
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9 Highlights From Senate Hearing on Federal Takeover of Elections
Lawmakers listened to ominous references to the South’s Jim Crow era and Maoist China as the Senate held its first hearing on Democrats’ legislation to nationalize elections while eliminating voter ID and most other state election safeguards. “This bill has rightly been called the Corrupt Politicians Act because it is designed to keep corrupt politicians…Fred Lucas -
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This Senate May Smile on Faulty Law of the Sea Treaty
Now that President Joe Biden is in the White House and a fellow Democrat is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will the United States finally ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea? Republicans’ past support for this U.N. convention, also known as the Law of the Sea Treaty, has…Steven Groves -
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As Teen, Byron Donalds Was Mugged at Gunpoint. He’s Now in Congress.
Freshman Rep. Byron Donalds was a businessman before he served in the Florida House of Representatives and now in Congress, where he arrived in January. Donalds grew up in a single-parent household and says his mom made sacrifices to make the American dream possible for him. “Growing up in the inner city, a lot of…Rachel del Guidice -
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4 Highlights From Senate Hearing on Liberals’ Equality Act
Supporters and opponents argued in a Senate hearing Wednesday over a bill that would make gender identity and sexual orientation protected characteristics under federal civil rights law. The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., spent over three hours listening to witnesses’ testimony and arguments for and against the legislation, called the Equality…Virginia Allen -
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Congressman Proposes Sending Troops Stationed at Capitol to Southern Border
National Guardsmen stationed at the Capitol building should instead be sent to address the “humanitarian crisis” at the southern border, a Republican congressman said Tuesday. The Guard Our Border Act would reassign 95% of the National Guardsmen stationed at the Capitol building to the southern border since the U.S. Capitol Police said Monday that there…Kaylee Greenlee -
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Reviving the ERA: Congress Can’t Amend Resolution That Doesn’t Exist
With all that’s going on these days, and with the narrowest majority in half a century, you’d think House Democrats would be a little more focused on accomplishing something real and tackling some of the actual challenges we face. Instead, they are holding another vote related to the Equal Rights Amendment, which, even if it…Thomas Jipping -
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5 Charts Show Why Congress Must Stop Adding to National Debt
President Joe Biden signed into law an enormous, debt-financed “stimulus” package on Thursday. This was the final step in a multi-month process to pass a heavily flawed piece of legislation. We might be tempted to hope that this will finally sate the left’s appetite for big government. After all, the size and scope of government…David Ditch -
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7 Takeaways From Senate Hearing on Supreme Court and Dark Money
Senators and a witness at a Senate hearing Wednesday afternoon called out three left-leaning dark money groups for decrying the existence of conservative dark money groups. The term “dark money” generally applies to a political organization that doesn’t disclose its donors. Leaders of the liberal groups People for the American Way, the Center for Media…Fred Lucas -
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8 Senators Propose Extending Daylight Saving Time to Year-Round
A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which would extend daylight saving time to year-round, rather than keep it at eight months. One of those lawmakers, Sen. Marco Rubio, says the change would “give our nation’s families more stability throughout the year.” The Florida Republican and seven colleagues from both sides…Steven Hall -
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6 Highlights From Congress’ First Hearing on Capitol Riot
Former and current officials responsible for securing the U.S. Capitol fielded questions Tuesday from senators about how the Jan. 6 rioters could have breached the building. Two Senate committees held the first such oversight hearing about a mob’s ability to storm the Capitol, apparently to prevent a joint session of Congress from counting and certifying…Fred Lucas -
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Protecting Newborns Is Common Sense. Time for Congress to Take Action.
Last Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi directed House Democrats to block one specific piece of legislation over and over. Democrats designated one person to stand up and object, every single day, when Republicans tried to bring this bill to the House floor. What legislation could possibly make Pelosi and House Democrats so afraid that they’d…Ann Wagner -
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Congress Must Confront Overspending, CBO Report Confirms
The Congressional Budget Office released the newest version of its “Budget and Economic Outlook” on Thursday, and the fiscal outlook over the next decade is grim. Spending, taxes, deficits, and the debt are all projected to increase to record levels. Even assuming no new spending is adopted, the government is projected to spend $61 trillion,…Matthew Dickerson -
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6 Takeaways From Opening Arguments in Trump’s Senate Trial
The historic opening day of the first Senate impeachment trial of a former president was fiery and emotional in some moments. Democrat House managers and lawyers for former President Donald Trump primarily clashed over the constitutionality of trying a private citizen who was impeached seven days before his term as president expired. The House impeached…Fred Lucas