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U.S. Sen. Ernst Says ‘It’s Long Past Time Washington Balance The Budget’
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), known as the Senate’s leading 'foe of wasteful government spending', is calling for Congress to pass a Balanced Bud [...]
“Now Is Not The Time” Biden Sends Mixed Signals to Illegal Immigrants
For nearly two years, many Americans who’ve watched Joe Biden first run for president and then try actually to govern have become accustomed to the f [...]
DeSantis On Media’s No-Mask Criticism: You Only Care if it’s ‘People That You Don’t Like’
The media keep dishing it out, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refuses to take it.
On Super Bowl Sunday, the media took DeSantis to task after a pho [...]
U.S. Senator Johnson, Colleagues Question Biden On Revoked Transparency Measures
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with 20 other senators, sent a letter to President Joe Biden today questioning why he revoked an execut [...]
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott Reintroduces STOP COVID-19 Act
Today, Senator Rick Scott reintroduced the Set Testing and Objectives Plan (STOP) COVID-19 Act to set vaccine distribution reporting and transparency [...]
U.S. Senator Cassidy, Durbin Introduce Bill to Address PPE Shortages, Boost Production in America
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced new, bipartisan legislation to address shortages of personal protecti [...]
Florida Senate Judiciary Committee Passes COVID-19 Liability Protections for Healthcare Workers
The Florida Senate Committee on Judiciary, chaired by Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg), today passed Senate Bill 74, COVID-19-related Claims A [...]
U.S. Senate Democrats Block Kennedy Amendment to Exclude Rioters from SBA Assistance
The Senate voted last week on Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) amendment to ensure that Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance cannot go to indivi [...]
U.S. Senator Rubio: Biden Says “Mission Accomplished” on School Reopening as Tens of Millions of Students Sit at Home
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement after the Biden Administration signaled it was backtracking on the President’s goal of reopening [...]
“Few Bad Actors Will Be Identified” Tampa’s Doubletalk and Mask Hypocrisy Spills Over
TAMPA, Fla.- The Democratic doubletalk and hypocrisy on COVID-19 restrictions is legendary at this point, even if the mainstream media seeks to bury [...]