Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blames former Fox News host Tucker Carlson for the months-long delay in getting the national security supplemental bill, which includes aid for Ukraine, to the finish line, saying that "demonization of Ukraine" began with Carlson. "He had an enormous audience which convinced a lot of rank and file Republicans that maybe this was a mistake," McConnell says. He also cites the protracted talks over border security, which was ultimately dropped from the...
Two months ago, a majority of Republicans opposed the $95 billion foreign aid bill when it came to the Senate floor for a vote. Ten Read More
The far-right political commentator has “ended up where he should've been all along, which is interviewing Vladimir Putin," charged the Senate GOP leader.
The Senate approved tens of billions in foreign aid on Tuesday, bringing to a close a congressional standoff that sharply divided Republicans over the conflict in Ukraine. Seventy-nine senators, including a decided majority of Republicans, voted to send the $95 billion defense bill to President Joe Biden’s desk. The House passed the aid on Saturday. […]
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled a plan for moving foreign aid through the House of Representatives during a closed-door meeting with Republican lawmakers on Monday. The Republican leader had been under pressure to act on Israel and Ukraine funding as the situation in both conflicts grows more dire, while also navigating fraught divisions in the House GOP conference over conditions for giving aid overseas. Under Johnson’s tentative plan, aid for Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel would all be...
Prior to these maneuvers, the same system had been in place since 1942. This administration deserves the same authority as previous administrations.
The U.S. will send a massive $1 billion military weapons package - including long-range missiles, ammunition, drones and vehicles - to send the Ukraine.
(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators are sounding the alarm over a purported plan by Senate Democrats to dismiss House impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House was expected to deliver impeachment charges this week after voting to impeach Mayorkas in February. They rescheduled for next week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, changed scheduling on the Senate calendar. Schumer has called...
The two Senate leaders and the White House worked tirelessly for the better part of a year to get direly needed aid for Ukraine. It finally paid off.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered an unmistakable rebuke of the Republicans opposed to further funding for Ukraine on Tuesday. He brought along 31 GOP votes for the legislation, nine more than voted for an earlier version of the legislation in February and, most significantly, a majority of his conference in the Senate. He […]
Businessman David McCormick has won the Republican nomination for Senate in Pennsylvania, setting him up to face Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in what will be a closely watched race, Decision Desk HQ projects. McCormick was unopposed for the nomination and coalesced GOP support around his candidacy to try to unseat the three-term incumbent Casey. The
Minnesota Republicans pushed for an expedited investigation after DFL Senator Nicole Mitchell ‘s arrest this week for burglary.Mitchell was absent for Wednesday's Senate floor session and votes were tabled for the day. In the Senate, the DFL only holds a one-vote majority, so Mitchell's vote would be critical for party-line issues.Mitchell, who represents Woodbury, faces a count of first-degree burglary for allegedly breaking into her stepmother's home in Detroit Lakes. In a message on Tuesday,...