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The Senate voted 77-19 Monday to advance a short-term government spending bill, narrowing the chances of a federal shutdown days before Wednesday’s deadline. The Senate’s continuing resolution leaves… Read More
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has scheduled a vote for Monday that would fund the government through Dec. 11. The vote would not end taxpayer funding for Planned… Read More
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Sen. Ted Cruz delivered a blistering critique of Republican leadership Thursday, just hours before lawmakers held what he described as a “show vote” attempting to… Read More
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Senate Democrats have blocked the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act from moving forward in the Senate. The Pain-Capable Act needed 60 votes in order to… Read More
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Why, oh why, is it so hard for Republicans to do the right thing and put up a good fight to end taxpayer funding of… Read More
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The lead Republican sponsor of a House bill to temporarily halt federal funding to Planned Parenthood attacked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday for… Read More
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Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint criticized Republican politicians in an interview Sunday, saying they hadn’t stood firm on conservative principles. “The things that were mainstay… Read More
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Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill in the Senate that would make Election Day a national holiday. Sanders introduced an amendment to the U.S. code… Read More
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Recent undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood employees haggling over the price of body parts from aborted babies have renewed calls to end all federal funding… Read More
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Serious questions have been raised as to whether Planned Parenthood is selling tissue and body parts of unborn babies for profit. So serious that Congress… Read More
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Later today, the Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill that would remove federal funding from Planned Parenthood. This is a good and necessary… Read More
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Sen. Rand Paul says pro-life Democrats hold the key to passing legislation in the Senate that would completely defund Planned Parenthood. “There are several Democrats… Read More
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The Senate is attempting to move forward with allegedly non-controversial legislation, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, which, according to proponents, contains no “poison… Read More
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In light of a trio of undercover videos recently released depicting Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting of fetal body parts, Senate Majority Leader Mitch… Read More
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Conservative Sen. Mike Lee struck a deal Monday with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to repeal Obamacare through a budget tool known as reconciliation,… Read More
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It’s hard to believe what happened in Washington this weekend. The U.S. Senate attached an amendment resurrecting a dead corporate welfare program to the highway… Read More
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Conservatives in the U.S. Senate are gearing up to challenge Republican leadership today, setting their sights on a plan to repeal Obamacare with 51 votes—a… Read More
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The American people elected a Republican majority to the U.S. Senate believing that a Republican majority would be somehow different from a Democratic majority. Unfortunately,… Read More
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The Senate on Sunday will stay overtime to consider two controversial amendments to a highway funding bill, voting on measures to repeal Obamacare and revive… Read More
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On the Senate floor this morning, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted Republican leadership. “We’ve had a Republican majority in both houses of Congress now for… Read More
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On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a resolution to rename the street in front of Cuba’s embassy in Washington, D.C. after slain Cuban dissident Oswaldo… Read More
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and 10 other senators sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell… Read More
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Following the Supreme Court decision that declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right, Democrats are considering the impact this will have on religious schools and their… Read More
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Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Independent Women’s Forum executive director Sabrina Schaeffer share their thoughts on the “war on women,” why they believe conservatives often have… Read More
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Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., a conservative leader in Congress, sat down with The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. He addressed several important topics affecting… Read More
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The Senate passed trade legislation and blocked a bill that would curb the federal government’s bulk collection of phone records before leaving town on a… Read More
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On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015. If signed by the president, the bill would create… Read More
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Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee for attorney general, is one step closer to a confirmation vote in the Senate after lawmakers today reached an agreement… Read More
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On Tuesday, President Obama suggested he would support legislation passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee requiring congressional review of any deal with Iran. We… Read More
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The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will mark up legislation Tuesday that would allow Congress to review any nuclear deal agreed upon with Iran. The… Read More
