Jayapal says Trump wouldn’t be on trial if Senate had ‘gone through with the impeachment’
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) lamented the fact that the then Republican-controlled Senate did not impeach Donald Trump when it had the chance. Jayapal appeared on The Weekend on Saturday to express her regret that by not impeaching Trump, he is still able to run for office over three years later this November. He is currently […]
Senate Republican blasts House for passing foreign aid bills: Spending money ‘we don’t have’
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) slammed the House for passing the foreign aid bill, saying Congress was spending money “we don’t have” and that the U.S. should instead focus on securing its own borders. He claimed that. “We’re going to take out more mortgages and rob our children’s futures by more than $100 billion,” Johnson said […]
Senate reauthorizes warrantless spy powers just after midnight deadline
The Senate approved the federal government’s controversial warrantless spying powers shortly after a midnight Friday deadline, over the objections of Democrats and Republicans who opposed the incidental collection of data on Americans as part of the authority. The extension proposal was approved. Democrats and Republicans voted 60-34 to reauthorize Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence […]
Senate approves extension of FISA surveillance just after deadline
The Senate passed a two-year reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program early Saturday morning, after hours of intense and sometimes acrimonious debate on the Senate floor. I narrowly avoided going dark. Senators voted 60-34 to send the bill to President Biden’s desk shortly after the midnight deadline to expire expanded […]
Senate passes FISA surveillance tool renewal minutes after midnight deadline
About 40 minutes after it expired, the Senate voted to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). FISA is a service provider that serves as an important tool used by governments to gather information about foreign subjects using the mandatory assistance of electronic communications. The Senate voted 60-34 to reauthorize. The provision […]
Senate renews FISA spy powers after late-night breakthrough
The Senate reauthorized a controversial FISA spying program on Friday night in the face of days of hardened opposition, casting a flurry of votes in the hours before the law expired. A bipartisan group of privacy hawks had refused to fast-track the legislation, which renews Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but they […]
GOP Senate candidate attacks NYT reporter over article on his upbringing
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick made several posts online Thursday targeting New York Times reporters ahead of the publication of an article detailing his background. His post on social platform mccormick said. “It might be funny if it wasn’t so humiliating for my parents’ lifelong teaching careers and the college town I was so […]
Ohio Senate candidate Moreno cites birthrate in favor of pro-family economics
EXCLUSIVE — Ohio Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno said he will push for pro-family economic policies should he make it to Capitol Hill, citing declining birthrates in the United States. Moreno, a 57-year-old car dealership owner, is hoping to unseat incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in Ohio’s competitive Senate race. The race is listed by the […]
Impatience over stalled tax deal grows in Senate
Supporters of the bipartisan tax deal that passed the House in January are growing impatient as Republican opposition to a bill to expand credit for working families stalls the bill in the Senate. The agreement, known as the American Families and Workers Tax Relief Act, expands and rescinds the Child Tax Credit (CTC), which has […]
Senate Republicans call for investigation into Temu app
Two Senate Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to investigate Tem, an online marketplace owned by its Chinese parent company. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to the Biden administration expressing concern about Tem and his ties to forced labor and intellectual property theft. He claimed that there […]