WEEK OF JANUARY 8TH MONDAY, JANUARY 8TH The House is not in session. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH On Tuesday, the House will convene for the start of the Second Session of the 118th Congress with a recorded vote on the quorum call at 6:30 p.m. Establishing a Quorum in the House of Representatives for the Second […]
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NASHVILLE, TENN. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and several of their colleagues sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to re-designate Iranian-backed Ansarallah, also known as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), as well as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). “In the last two months, the Houthis have fired […]
I hope all of you had a great Christmas, and Happy New Year. As we roll into January, one of the big stories to watch over the next few weeks will be government funding. There are two major deadlines on the immediate horizon, the first of which is just 17 days from now, on January […]
On Friday, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) joined Mornings with Maria to discuss the the war against Western values, the threat of China, digital asset legislation, and more. Topline Quotes: “This is why it’s so important that we win in this war against Western values. We need to defeat Putin in Ukraine by backing the Ukrainians, […]
WASHINGTON, DC — On Wednesday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) and Senator Ted Cruz (TX) demanded answers from St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas for allegedly terminating a professor, Dr. Johnson Varkey, for saying that there are only two genders. The lawmakers wrote in a letter,“It is our understanding that in January 2023, your institution terminated […]
NASHVILLE, TENN. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is pressing Meta executives Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri over reports that their platforms are unfairly censoring pro-Israel content. Meta Claims They Are Not Suppressing Pro-Israel Content Or Boosting Pro-Hamas Content “In October 2023, Meta introduced measures to limit “potentially unwelcome or unwanted comments” on posts about the conflict between […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing the Accelerating Children’s Education (ACE) Act to bolster educational choices for American families. This legislation builds upon a provision of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and enhances federal tax incentives for the enactment of state-level school choice legislation while addressing growing concerns among parents about the ideological influences in public education […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) to lead a group of their Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), highlighting their concerns with the rising cost of servicing the nearly $34 trillion national debt. “Driven by out-of-control federal spending and rising interest rates, the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement after President Biden and Senate Democrats tried to shift the blame for the broken southern border caused by their failed policies. “Democratic Senators are expecting Republicans to put duct tape on a national security nightmare. You can forget that. “After months of informing my […]
Washington, DC – Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia along with Representative Rick Allen (R-GA) introduced a House Resolution condemning CNN for its photojournalists identified by Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu as “accomplices in crimes against humanity” with the massacre on October […]