Speaker Johnson Reopens Spending Negotiations with Democrats
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) reportedly spoke to Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-La.) on Friday morning after failing to pass a spending deal approved by President-elect Donald Trump. , New York State) has reportedly been reopened. Mr. Johnson's last negotiation with Democrats resulted in a deal that was widely criticized by all sides of the […]
Democrats pledge to work through Christmas on funding to rebuff Trump’s demands
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said Friday she will be in Washington “until Christmas” to counter President-elect Trump's demands to remove a negotiated provision from the government funding bill through 2025. He said he was prepared to stay. Murray, the top Senate Democrat, accused billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, one of Trump's top advisers, […]
Democrats ‘largely fine’ with Biden’s absence during shutdown talks: ‘Little clamor for him to return’
A new report says President Biden's disappearance last Friday while negotiations continued over a spending bill to fund the government is just fine for Democrats. “Biden has been conspicuously absent outside of brief statements issued by his press secretary, and Democrats say there has been little call for his return so far,” Politico said. reported […]
JESSE WATTERS: Democrats found out they weren’t going to get a raise and they started ‘chanting’
On “Jesse Watters Prime Time,” Jesse Watters explains how Congress' reevaluated spending bill increased its page count from 1,547 pages to 116, but was still rejected by House members. Explained. Trump-backed spending bill aimed at averting government shutdown fails in House of Representatives Jesse Waters: Let's talk a little bit about Washington. In case you […]
GOP Sen. Mullin Drafting ‘Very Secret’ Border Bill with Democrats
Axios.com reports that at least one Republican senator is working with pro-immigration Democrats to draft a border bill for 2025. Detailed Thursday. Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin told the outlet that his “serious” project was a priority for a fast-track reconciliation bill that is expected to inject billions of dollars into border security and enforcement in […]
Murphy: Why are Democrats acting as if DOGE is 'legitimate'?
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) appeared on a podcast and accused Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy of acting like the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Committee is “legitimate.” wondered why. “We've watched President Trump's first term, when nothing was real, when everything was false or fake, it wasn't Infrastructure Week, right? Since Parkland, he's never been […]
Ocasio-Cortez pokes fun at Trump's suggestion to 'keep trying' to lead Democrats
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) has urged President-elect Trump to “keep trying” after she lost the top Democratic nomination for the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the next Congress. I teased him for giving him a pep talk. “You know it's bad that even President Trump has a bad feeling about me,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. […]
Jeffries suggests Democrats will oppose a 'clean' funding bill after Johnson's plan falters
House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York indicated Wednesday that Democrats would oppose any federal spending bill that departs from the bipartisan agreement announced the day before, warning Republican leaders of risking a government shutdown. He accused them of breaking the agreement. In a short statement, Jeffries called out the growing conservative backlash against […]
Senate Democrats launch probe into Trump IRS nominee
Democratic senators on Wednesday launched an investigation into former Rep. Billy Long (R-Missouri), President-elect Trump's nominee to head the Internal Revenue Service. They want to know how he promoted a pandemic-era tax credit called the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), which is riddled with fraudulent claims and disrupted IRS operations. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron […]
‘You Got Your A** Kicked!’: Stephen A. Smith Completely Eviscerates Democrats In Latest Political Rant
Catch me, Stephen A! Legendary ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith makes millions of dollars off of his harsh comments and incendiary criticism, but sometimes the latter can get him into trouble. Well, it happened again, but this time it angered those on the political left who still can't get over the fact that Smith won […]