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July 4, 2021

Sen. John Cornyn: Dems' election power grab – here's how Republicans fighting partisan assaults on voting

The election overhaul legislation Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tried to ram through the Senate perverts the cause of voter access to hand one party unassailable political power.

July 2, 2021

Maryland Gov. Hogan tears into Pelosi, Schumer for holding infrastructure bill 'hostage'

During a video town hall with No Labels Citizens on Thursday obtained by Fox News, Hogan spoke about the bipartisan $953 billion infrastructure bill in Congress that was endorsed by Biden, saying the plan “will put Americans back to work” and improve American infrastructure.

July 1, 2021

Conservatives laud SCOTUS' Arizona voting decision, while Schumer laments one of court's 'darkest days'

Republicans in favor of laws that strengthen election security are praising the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brnovich v. DNC, a case centered on Arizona voting rules that outlawed ballot harvesting and called for provisional ballots cast at the wrong precinct to be thrown out.

July 1, 2021

Biden mulling ways to support student loan borrowers when payments resume

The Biden Administration is mulling ways to ensure borrowers are supported when federal student loan repayments resume in September, as congressional Democrats push to extend the pause in payments and urge President Biden to unilaterally act to cancel up to $50,000 in debt per borrower.

June 24, 2021

Biden says he won't sign bipartisan spending deal without Democrats' infrastructure wish list

President Biden on Thursday touted a new major bipartisan spending deal but warned he wouldn't sign the roughly $1 trillion in roads, bridges and broadband investments unless Congress passes a separate bill on human infrastructure filled with Democratic priorities on expanding the social safety net. 

June 24, 2021

Manchin won't commit to progressives' infrastructure wish list putting passage in limbo

The delicate political balancing act of passing infrastructure legislation through a divided Senate hit a snag Thursday, with Sen. Joe Manchin saying he's not ready to commit to passing a progressive-backed companion bill that could hit $6 trillion in new spending.

June 22, 2021

Manchin strikes deal with Schumer to vote 'yes' on advancing voting reform bill

Sen. Joe Manchin will vote "yes" on advancing a controversial piece of voting reform legislation on Tuesday, though he doesn't support the underlying legislation, in a deal he reached with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., so all 50 Democrats will be united.

June 21, 2021

Biden nominee with CRT ties appears headed for close party-line vote

President Biden's nominee to run the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) appears to be headed for a close, party-line vote in the Senate this week amid Republican concerns about her past ties to critical race theory and Ibram X. Kendi.

June 18, 2021

Dems ready to advance Biden nominee that Republicans accuse of promoting critical race theory

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed cloture on President Biden's nomination of Kiran Ahuja to be the director of the Office of Personnel Management, a procedural step that will like set up a confirmation vote next week for the nominee Republicans accuse of espousing critical race theory.

June 18, 2021

David Bossie: Radical Dems attack Manchin – GOP should be ready to welcome West Virginia senator

The answer to the question about who’s really in control of the Democrat Party is coming to a head. Is it President Joe Biden or Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.?