Senate Democrats
Dems to Democrat Base: Drop Dead
Democrats are fighting so ferociously to keep the federal government closed, it’s as if they were trying to kill a GOP-sponsored scheme to exempt The Top 1% from the income tax. Au contraire, congressional Republicans…
Roy Open to Tweaking Senate Filibuster
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is weighing in on President Donald Trump’s call for doing away with the Senate filibuster in an effort to end the government shutdown that began a month ago on Oct. 1. “hat’s up to the Senate. Of…
State Dept. Urges Employees’ Creditors for Patience in Shutdown
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department is sounding the alarm on the financial hardship its employees who live paycheck to paycheck are facing amid the federal government shutdown, particularly the essential personnel…
Trump Urges Senate GOP to End Filibuster Before Democrats Do
President Donald Trump on social media Thursday night called for an end to the filibuster, a longtime procedural hurdle that prevents legislation from passing the Senate with the approval of a simple majority of senators. “It…
Obamacare and Its Chronic Conditions
We have been witnessing lunacy. Senate Democrats repeatedly voted against a short-term, “clean” resolution to reopen the federal government because they insist, amidst massive deficits and dangerous debt, on adding another …
Democrats Playing Politics With People’s Lives, Livelihoods
Editor’s note: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., delivered the following remarks Wednesday on the Senate floor: “Mr. President, we’re now in Day 29 of the Democrat government shutdown. “And I say that because it is a…
Fearing Wrath of Left, Senate Democrats Not Yielding on Shutdown
In newly reported remarks, some Democrat insiders are blaming the far Left for the failure of Senate Democrats to vote to end the federal government shutdown, now nearly three weeks old. “People are going to get hammered,”…
Markey Gets Senate Primary Challenge From Moulton in Mass.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is challenging his fellow Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Ed Markey in next year’s Senate primary in a race that could shape up to be a bellwether over the direction of the Democrat Party. “Our party has…
Trump’s Shutdown Moves Alter Hill Dynamics, Funding Priorities
President Donald Trump is taking an extremely active role in redirecting resources in order to blunt the painful effects of the federal government shutdown. His creative management could change the dynamics in Congress—either…
Schumer’s Shutdown Strategy Makes No Sense
Over the past 10 days, the Senate has voted on the House-passed funding measure to reopen the government six times. Yet 44 left-wing senators, following Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., continue to block the basic…
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