Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was all set to endorse Rep. Matt Rosendale for Senate in his Montana race. Then the blowback came and Johnson changed his mind. It sounds like Johnson’s backtracking happened quickly. Johnson informed several Republicans this morning that he will endorse Rosendale. He spoke to a senator and a member […]
Senate Republicans will vote against the proposed border bill proceeding to a floor vote, according to a news report. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed a cloture motion Monday on the legislation, which includes funding for Ukraine and Israel. That motion sets up a potential vote on Wednesday. However, “In a dramatic turnaround, Senate […]
How do we know the Senate’s attempt to pass a jumble of border-enforcement and foreign-aid measures is doomed to failure? Even the Senate Republicans who backed the bill this weekend have begun hitting reverse. After pushing hard for the deal this weekend, Mitch McConnell himself has reassessed the situation and has decided to back away […]
It took a while, likely a couple of months, but last night Mitch McConnell finally saw the error of his ways in endorsing the disastrous “bipartisan border deal” that he and other Senate Republicans had worked out with Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden. During a closed-door meeting with his caucus, McConnell advised his fellow Republicans […]
The Senate released the text of a 370-page spending bill Sunday that includes about $20 billion for border-related provisions and $60 billion for Ukraine. The bill was originally intended to be a bipartisan compromise giving Democrats the Ukraine funding they have advocated for, and Republicans the border-security measure they have called for. But border policy […]
The bipartisan Senate border deal is blowing up already. Released Sunday night after months of closed-door negotiations by top senators in both parties, the bill was greeted by an eruption of protest from conservatives in both the House and Senate. And House Majority Leader Steve Scalise quickly delivered the death blow. “Let me be clear, […]
It happened almost exactly as predicted. Behind closed doors, a group of Republicans led by Mitch McConnell and James Lankford worked on a supposed “border security” bill with Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden. They sat on it for weeks on end, not allowing the members to read it, no doubt aware of the outrage it […]
Get your popcorn ready, Nebraska Republicans: It looks like you have a good ol’ fashioned primary fight on your hands. According to the online news site the Nebraska Examiner, the state Republican Party’s Central Committee has endorsed three challengers to GOP incumbents — including the biggest blow of all to the party establishment in Washington, […]
An article Wednesday morning said that, behind closed doors, Senate Republicans John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman, writing for Punchbowl News, called the situation “a complete mess.” In a post to X in which he shared a link to the article, Sherman compared the Senate to the House Republican conference. “The Senate GOP is beginning to […]
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