The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of “Dreamers” in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation’s border security. Senators dealt President Donald Trump an especially galling defeat as more than a quarter of fellow Republicans abandoned him on an issue that helped propel him to the […]
Trump makes a JAW DROPPING immigration promise
President Donald Trump would veto a bipartisan Senate compromise that would help young illegal immigrants and build his coveted border wall, the White House threatened on Thursday, fueling doubts that any amnesty measures would survive showdown votes. In a written statement, the White House labeled the proposal “dangerous policy that will harm the nation.” It […]
Mitt Romney announces Senate plans
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will announce Thursday that he’s running for the Utah Senate seat held by retiring Orrin Hatch, three people with direct knowledge of the plan confirmed Wednesday. The former Republican presidential candidate will release an online video Thursday announcing he’s running for the seat. His first public appearance as a […]
Senator says she wants “five minutes” with Olympic pedophile Larry Nassar
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says it’s too bad that court officers stopped a Michigan man from punching disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Stabenow says she “would have liked five minutes” with Nassar, a reference to what Randy Margraves told a judge last week before sheriff’s deputies stopped him from rushing at the serial sexual abuser. […]
Senate leaders reach a deal on 2-year budget deal
The Senate’s top Republican says there’s Senate agreement on a two-year, almost $400 billion budget deal that would provide Pentagon and domestic programs with huge spending increases. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the pact, joined on the Senate floor by top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. It would contain almost $300 billion […]
Nancy Pelosi: “I’m joining a reality T.V. show”
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is broadening her horizons… a lot. Pelosi is taking time off from her liberal nonsense to become a reality television star. Pelosi has announced he’ll be a judge on the next season of VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars”. Just when we couldn’t think less of Pelosi, she pulls this […]
Government shutdown nears as Dems vow to filibuster
On the edge of a government shutdown, a divided House voted late Thursday to keep the government open past a Friday deadline — setting up an eleventh-hour standoff in the Senate, where Democrats have vowed to kill the measure. The partisan roadblock in the GOP-controlled Senate left just a day and little hope for negotiators […]
BIG TIME Trump ally announces plans for Senate run
Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio has announced he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Jeff Flake. The 85-year-old Arpaio is a Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump. Arpaio tweeted Tuesday he seeking the post to support Trump’s agenda “in his mission to Make America Great Again.” Sponsored: Which […]
Mitt Romney eyes an open Senate seat
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat. The 83-year-old Hatch, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, opted for retirement despite a full-court press from President […]
Al Franken’s last day in office is…
Sen. Al Franken plans to officially leave the U.S. Senate on Jan. 2. The announcement Wednesday from a Franken spokesman should put to rest questions surrounding the timing of the Minnesota Democrat’s departure and concern that he might reverse his planned resignation. Franken announced earlier this month that he would leave “in the coming weeks” […]