More congressional Republicans have called for cuts to Social Security and Medicare
At least 15 current senators and representatives say reductions in funding to safety net programs should be discussed.
By Josh Israel - March 14, 2023At least 15 current senators and representatives say reductions in funding to safety net programs should be discussed.
By Josh Israel - March 14, 2023The latest jobs report shows unemployment at its lowest level since 1969.
By Oliver Willis - February 03, 2023Even after calls for Medicare and Social Security cuts failed to produce their expected 2022 ‘red wave,’ they are still plowing ahead with calls for ‘reforms.’
By Josh Israel - January 12, 2023Senate Minority Whip John Thune said Republicans want to hold the country’s credit hostage if they can’t cut Social Security benefits.
By Emily Singer - November 30, 2022Ron Johnson is among the Republican senators co-sponsoring Sen. Mike Lee’s resolution to declare the week of the November election ‘National Pregnancy Center Week.’
By Josh Israel - August 01, 2022Sen. John Thune (R-SD) said he doesn’t want to ban military-grade assault weapons because his constituents use them to shoot prairie dogs.
By Emily Singer - June 07, 2022Senate Republicans refused to let the chamber even debate the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.
By Josh Israel - May 26, 2022Some Senate Republicans have openly admitted they oppose President Joe Biden granting student loan relief because it’s too popular.
By Josh Israel - April 28, 2022Americans broadly support confirming Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court, recent polling shows.
By Josh Israel - March 30, 2022South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune proposed a federal gas tax holiday in 2006. Now he’s criticizing Democratic colleagues for doing the same thing in 2022.
By Josh Israel - February 15, 2022Gigi Sohn told the Senate commerce committee that her private views would have ‘no bearing on any proceeding that Fox would be involved in.’
By Josh Israel - February 10, 2022Senate Minority Whip John Thune is the latest Republican to back the ex-NFL player endorsed by Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2021The White House has said President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is fully paid for.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2021Christopher Wray testified on Thursday that at least one rioter brought a gun inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
By Emily Singer - June 10, 2021The same senators who added trillions to the debt with massive tax cuts for the rich are now complaining about debt — while trying to make those tax cuts permanent.
By Josh Israel - April 09, 2021Republicans only objected to the practice after they lost the Senate and Joe Biden became president.
By Donna Provencher - March 18, 2021Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) bragged that he got a provision into the relief bill that helps restaurants — even though he voted against the legislation.
By Emily Singer - March 11, 2021The Senate’s No. 2 Republican defended fellow Republicans who sided with Democrats on the “vote of conscience” to convict Donald Trump.
By Associated Press - February 19, 2021Sen. John Thune doesn’t think a resolution to prevent Donald Trump from holding office again will ‘go anywhere.’
By Josh Israel - February 12, 2021‘They’re trying just to destroy President Trump. They see him as a threat.’
By Associated Press - February 01, 2021Democrats are moving forward with plans to pass coronavirus relief that Senate Republicans cannot block.
By Emily Singer - January 29, 2021He voted for the 2017 tax cuts for billionaires that helped increase the national debt by $7.8 trillion during Donald Trump’s time in office.
By Donna Provencher - January 20, 2021Senate Republican Whip John Thune, Trump’s latest target, voted with him more than 93% of the time.
By Josh Israel - December 23, 2020Sen. John Thune’s party has blocked coronavirus aid for seven months.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2020They’re preparing to obstruct Biden all the way.
By Emily Singer - December 01, 2020Republicans have spent a decade trying to kill Obamacare, but now they’re worried about the harm that would do to millions of Americans.
By Donna Provencher - October 13, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to help cities and states facing major budget shortfalls due to the coronavirus.
By Associated Press - June 01, 2020Senate Republicans say Bolton’s firsthand account that Trump demanded a quid pro quo from Ukraine ‘changes nothing.’
By Emily Singer - January 27, 2020Several Republicans who once condemned election interference have refused to comment so far on Trump’s latest admission.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 24, 2019Republican senators are proposing another startling tax cut for the extremely wealthy.
By Lisa Needham - January 29, 2019