Senate Makes Earmark Ban Permanent
A Republican initiative in the Senate, led by Sen. Ben Sasse (R., Neb.), passed an amendment on Thursday renewing and codifying a Congressional ban on earmarking bills.
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Trump: I Will Send Troops to Counter Iran ‘If We Need Them’
Republican Congressmen Launch War Veterans Fund PAC
Republican Reps. helped launch the War Veterans Fund PAC on Wednesday, part of a push to elect more veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2020. Speaking at the Republican National Convention headquarters, Dan Crenshaw (Texas), Mike Gallagher (Wis.), and Michael Waltz (Fla.) urged Republicans veterans wishing to continue their service to consider a run for Congress.
Hirono: I Told Eighth Grade Girls ‘We Have to Fight for Abortion Rights’
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) told a crowd of protesters in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday that she informed a group of eighth graders at a public school in Hawaii that “we have to fight for abortion rights.”
Clyburn: The ‘Majority’ of Democrats Would Vote ‘No’ on Impeachment Today
Pompeo: We Will Not Allow Iran to Hide Behind Its Proxy Forces
Gillibrand: ‘I Wouldn’t Use the Detention System at All’
Sanders: ‘I Did My Best’ to Stop U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1980s
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) defended his Reagan-era affinity to left-wing regimes in an interview with the New York Times last week, saying that he “did his best” to oppose the anti-communist foreign policy stances of the United States.
Jones: Alabama Pro-Lifers Are ‘Extreme’ and ‘Callous’
Sen. Doug Jones (D., Ala.) released a video on Twitter last Monday decrying the recent abortion bill passed in Alabama as “draconian,” calling its supporters “callous” and “extreme.”
O’Rourke Campaign Has Not Paid El Paso Police Officers for Campaign Launch
