Vance makes deciding Senate vote as Republicans team up with Democrats to undermine Trump’s tariffs.
The Senate was unable to pass a resolution on Wednesday night, as Vice President JD Vance cast a tiebreaker vote to suspend customs duties imposed by President Donald Trump. In a surprising turn, three Republicans—Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, Susan Collins from Maine, and Rand Paul from Kentucky—joined Democrats, leading to a tie of 49-49. The […]
Long Island Republicans want audit of MTA, LIRR after latest tax squeeze from cash-strapped agency
Long Island Republicans have denounced the Metropolitan Transportation Agency's latest tax conditions on suburban businesses. On Thursday, they called for an audit of chronically cash-bound institutions. The comments come after Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislators signed a deal to try and raise state payroll taxes again to promote the MTA's massive $68 billion capital […]
SALT Republicans, leadership ‘still have some work to do’ after key meeting
House Republicans in favour of increasing the state and local tax (salt) deduction cap said there was “still some work” after the group flocked with speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for a key meeting on the issue of the controversy Wednesday afternoon. Collecting marked the first major conversation on salt relief as GOP leadership focuses on […]
Billboard ads call Cuban-American Republicans ‘traitors’ and ‘sellouts’ for supporting Trump deportations
Cuban-American Republicans support deportation under the Trump administration It's called Sold out with traitors in a Florida sign campaign. The sign targets Secretary of State Marco Rubio and three members of Congress over the deportation of illegal aliens into Salvador's infamous terrorist prison. 'The sign is a direct response to the current political situation. Something […]
House Republicans repeal burdensome Biden-era EV mandates: ‘A major win for sanity’
House Republicans voted to overwhelmingly eliminate one of former President Joe Biden's electric vehicle duties, but Democrats continue to dig into their heels. Solved The state has abolished the California electric vehicle mandate, which requires the state to ban all gas-powered vehicles from selling by 2035. Finally, the resolution is finally I passed In the […]
Pritzker calls for protests: ‘These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace’
JB Pritzker, a Democrat with the Illinois government, called for a massive protest during his speech in New Hampshire on Sunday. The governor declared that President Donald Trump and the individuals he “promoted” were “a humiliation for all the values this country was established.” “I have never called for mass protest, mobilization and confusion in […]
Leftist Gov. Pritzker says ‘Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,’ wants ‘mass protests,’ ‘mobilization,’ ‘disruption’
JB Pritzker, the Democratic Illinois government official, declared on Sunday that “Republicans can’t know about the moment of peace,” calling for “massive protests,” “mobilization,” and “confusion” against President Donald Trump’s administration. The hill reported. Pretzker during his keynote speech at the New Hampshire Democrat McIntyre Shaheen 100 Club Dinner Added “They have to understand that […]
House Republicans dive into details of Trump agenda bill
House Republicans are set to jump into the details of a vast bill this week filled with President Trump’s domestic policy priorities. At least five House committees are expected to convene when the meeting begins the early stages of the review process. The panel will vote on whether to move forward some of Trump’s agenda […]
GOP Medicaid debate intensifies as Republicans search for cuts
House Republicans will need to immediately decide whether to touch the political stove by trying to scale back Medicaid benefits, under the gun to get specific about how to offset President Trump’s domestic policy agenda. Medicaid is at the heart of the GOP plan to pass “big beautiful bills” and create budget space to extend […]
Republicans demand probe of whether AmeriCorps misspent $144M from Biden ‘rescue plan’
The GOP-led House Committee on Education and Workforce is calling for an investigation into whether Americaorps’ mistakes would pass $144 million from the Biden-era American rescue plan to $144 million after Congress attempted to regain its funds. The Watchdog of Americaorps, one of the federal government’s largest civil servant organizations, had raised concerns about millions, […]