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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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    EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Florida Insider Looks to Flip Democrat Seat in Florida House
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Miguel Granda, a longtime Republican staffer and “Christian conservative whose ideas are rooted in his Christians values,” told The Daily Signal he has filed his candidacy for Florida House District 117 on Tuesday. Granda, 34, told The Daily Signal that his experience as a legislative aide to Florida Rep. David Borrero…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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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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    Virginians Set to Vote on a Map That Could Lock in Democrat House Dominance
    Virginia, once a model for independent redistricting, is asking voters to temporarily hand the Democrat-controlled Legislature power to redraw congressional lines having a 10-1 partisan edge. The Old Dominion State has 11 U.S. House districts. Five are considered strongly Democrat, two lean Democrat, one is a toss-up, two lean Republican, and one is strongly Republican….
    Mason Gwaltney
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    White House Ramps Up Midterm Plan With Official Closed-Door Strategy Meeting
    Top Republican political consultants are flying into Washington to meet with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and President Donald Trump’s political operative James Blair as the White House gears up for the midterms. As first reported by Politico, the group will meet Monday at the Waldorf Astoria hotel—formerly the Trump International Hotel—in Washington,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump Makes Endorsement in Key House Race
    President Donald Trump has made an endorsement ahead of the Ohio Republican primary in a key House district that could help decide which party controls Congress. The president on Tuesday announced on Truth Social that he was endorsing Air Force veteran and former CIA officer Eric Conroy for Ohio’s 1st Congressional District. He drew a…
    Rebecca Downs
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    House Rebels Push Reforms to Government Spy Powers
    Ahead of a consequential vote on extending the government’s authority to conduct overseas espionage, several House conservatives are expressing their concerns. On April 20, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which enables the government to spy on foreigners, is set to expire. Many House Republicans and President Donald Trump have argued in the…
    George Caldwell
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    SCOOP: Trump and Johnson to Discuss Midterms at White House Following Record Fundraising Haul
    At a White House meeting on Tuesday, President Donald Trump, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson, the National Republican Congressional Committee chairman, will hatch plans for Republicans to keep their House majority in the 2026 midterms after a record-breaking fundraising haul. “Following a record-breaking fundraising quarter to begin 2026,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    ‘ABSURD’: House GOP Leaders Dismiss Senate DHS Bill
    House Republican leadership and the party’s hardline conservative faction rejected the Senate’s homeland security funding deal, which omits funding for border security. “The Republicans are not going to be any part of any effort to reopen our borders or to stop immigration enforcement,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., said Friday afternoon as he…
    George Caldwell
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    House Republican Group Hijacks House Floor to Reject Radical Islam
    A dozen members of the Sharia Free America Caucus spoke consecutively on the House floor Thursday evening against the “threat of radical Islamic terrorism” in the United States. The speeches, organized by Republican Texas Reps. Keith Self and Rep. Chip Roy, the founders of the caucus, claimed that America was on the same migration trajectory…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Senate Jams House With DHS Funding Bill in Dead of Night
    In the early hours of Friday morning, the Senate voted to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security while excluding funding for immigration law enforcement agencies.  The deal, which passed by unanimous consent at around 2:30 a.m., could put an end to chaos at airports across the nation but may upset hardliners in both…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump Fuels House GOP’s Record Haul Ahead of Bruising Midterms
    The National Republican Congressional Committee brought in a record-breaking $37 million Wednesday night at its annual Washington, D.C., fundraising dinner. With the help of President Donald Trump and a majority in both chambers, House Republicans are gearing up for the midterm season , needing to grow their slim majority.   “President Trump and the NRCC didn’t just meet expectations; we shattered them,” NRCC Chairman Richard…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    White House Reveals New Strategy to Require Voter ID
    The Trump administration wants to use the process of reconciliation to move the SAVE America Act through the Senate, new Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said in response to a question from The Daily Signal.  “There’s a framework that we can do through reconciliation, paying for, putting some of the policies that cost money…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    House Activates GOP Grassroots to Put Pressure on Senate to Pass SAVE America Act
    House Republicans are activating the grassroots to pressure the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act. The Senate is currently engaged in an extended debate of the voter integrity legislation called for by President Donald Trump. The bill includes requiring proof of citizenship to vote and nationwide voter ID. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is also…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    EXCLUSIVE: Ohio GOP House Candidate Scores Big Endorsement
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Eric Conroy, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a former officer at the Central Intelligence Agency, has scored a big endorsement from Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. “I’m proud to endorse Eric Conroy for Congress in Ohio,” said Lummis in a statement first shared with The Daily Signal. “A dedicated…
    Rebecca Downs
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    White House Provides Update on Negotiations to Fund DHS
    President Donald Trump is accusing Democrats of being “totally unreasonable” in negotiations over funding the Department of Homeland Security. “The Democrats’ purposeful DHS SHUTDOWN is causing chaos at the airports. These Lunatics are being totally unreasonable in their Radical Left asks,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday. “They are FULLY TO BLAME, and must pay…
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: Bill to Dismantle Taxpayer-Funded Democrat ‘Talent Pipeline’ Expected to Pass House Committee
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A House committee will likely pass a bill to reform a taxpayer-funded scholarship that critics call a “talent pipeline for the Democratic Party and liberal activist organizations,” a committee spokesperson told The Daily Signal. The spokesperson for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce predicted that the bill will pass…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Senate Faces SAVE America Act Pressure From Trump, House
    President Donald Trump and the House’s conservative hardliners say the Senate needs to pass voter identification legislation before anything else. But is the Senate listening? On Sunday, Trump declared on social media that the SAVE America Act, which would require photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections, “MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF…
    George Caldwell
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    Gonzales’ Scandal Leads to House Push Against Sexual Harassment
    House lawmakers push anti-sexual harassment efforts as a representative announced Thursday that he will finish out his term but “not seek re-election” after he faced widespread scrutiny for an affair with his staffer. That affair ultimately resulted in her suicide. “I have decided not to seek re-election while serving out the rest of this Congress…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    House Republicans Slam Senate for Dog Parade
    A parade for dogs in the United States Capitol Complex has drawn backlash from House Republicans and conservative commentators demanding Senate action on a voter ID bill. On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., held a Mardi Gras-themed “Bipawtisan Doggi Gras Pawrade” in the Hart Senate Office Building.  Tillis, who is not seeking reelection in…
    George Caldwell
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