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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
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Sen. Mike Lee serves as one of the most conservative members of the U.S. Senate and is well known for his legal prowess. Today, Lee,… Read More
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Sen. Bob Menendez’s indictment on corruption charges promises to have far-reaching impact because of his habit of bucking the White House and siding with Republicans… Read More
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Since the Obama administration announced in October 2009 that it would seek to negotiate an Arms Trade Treaty through the United Nations, Congress has regularly… Read More
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Five-time Democratic Senator and Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced his retirement Friday, starting a series of events in motion as Democrats look to… Read More
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Senators prudently left Washington for a two-week Easter recess last Friday without saddling Americans with $500 billion in new debt over the next twenty years…. Read More
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Earlier this month, the House Budget Committee proposed spending almost $3.8 trillion in fiscal year 2016—one-fifth of the country’s total economic output. Yet much of… Read More
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This morning, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced that he will retire in 2016 and not seek re-election. My life’s work has been to make… Read More
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Vote-a-rama has started. This is a marathon voting session in the U.S. Senate budget process of addressing amendments that were not dealt with during the… Read More
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Budget season is officially in full swing, and as the U.S. Senate prepares to debate the budget resolution, it can only mean one thing: it’s… Read More
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“Traitors.” That’s a strong term, obviously. It should never be used lightly. Yet there it was, flying around like confetti in Times Square on New Year’s Eve…. Read More
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Amid the usual partisan infighting in Washington, there is one policy that for decades has won the approval of liberals and conservatives alike: prohibiting federal… Read More
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Let’s be clear, this bill is about helping victims of human trafficking.
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Arthur Milikh, assistant director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at The Heritage Foundation, explained in a column earlier this week… Read More
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In a letter written by Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 other senators to Iran’s leadership—but also, of course, intended for President Obama—the signatories state that… Read More
