Category: Senate Republicans

Senate Republicans Demand Security Clearance Details of 51 Ex-Officials Who Signed Hunter Biden Laptop Letter

June 1, 2023
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Senate Republicans are asking that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence provide security clearance information for the 51 ex-officials who signed a letter asserting that the Hunter Biden laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign ahead of the 2020 presidential election. In a letter (pdf) dated June 1, they made the request to…

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Senate Republicans Defend McCarthy, Rip Biden on Debt Limit: ‘It’s Childish Not to Negotiate’

May 10, 2023
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Senate Republicans stood firmly behind the efforts of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to tie a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts on May 10, despite criticism from Democrats and President Joe Biden. “The adult in the room has been Speaker McCarthy and the House Republicans,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) told reporters at the Capitol…

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Senate Republicans Question Navy for Platforming Drag Performer in Recruiting Program

May 4, 2023
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A group of 14 Republican senators has questions for the U.S. Navy after the military branch brought on a drag-performing sailor for its pilot “digital ambassador” program in hopes of boosting recruiting. This week, the Navy confirmed that it had invited Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, the drag performer who goes by the stage name…

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Biden Labor Nominee Grilled by Republicans Over ‘Rampant’ Pandemic Fraud While in Previous Post

April 20, 2023
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President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Department of Labor was grilled by Senate Republicans over “rampant” fraud that took place under her watch in a previous post. Nominee Julie Su, who would replace retired Secretary Marty Walsh, appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 20 to testify on her confirmation. Su…

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Republican Senators Alarmed by IRS’s ‘Disproportionate’ Focus on Enforcement

April 19, 2023
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Some Senate Republicans are worried that the IRS is placing an “overwhelmingly disproportionate” focus on enforcement in its latest budget requests and operating plan. Airing those concerns at an April 19 Senate Finance Committee hearing, lawmakers grilled IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel about his agency’s plans for the $80 billion increase in funding it is set…

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House Oversight Committee Republicans to Hold Hearings on Multiple Biden Administration Issues

March 7, 2023
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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee announced they would this week be conducting hearings into multiple issues under the purview of the Biden administration. According to Oversight Republicans, they will be holding hearings on the origins of COVID-19, the border crisis, the energy crisis, inflation, waste and fraud in pandemic spending, and the Biden family…

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WHO Was ‘Complicit’ in China’s Cover-Up of COVID-19 Origins: Sen. Daines

February 27, 2023
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The World Health Organization (WHO) was “complicit” in helping China’s communist regime cover up the origins of COVID-19, according to Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.). Speaking with NTD News, The Epoch Times’ sister outlet, Daines on Feb. 27 suggested that the WHO could not be trusted due to its compliance with in China’s attempts to hide the…

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Tuberville Decries ‘Radical’ DOD Abortion Policy, Vows to Place Nominees on Hold

February 17, 2023
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Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he will place a hold on civilian and military Defense Department nominees that come before the Senate in response to the department’s “radical” new policy to provide transportation and paid leave for service members seeking abortions. “The Secretary of Defense is following through with his radical plan to…

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Sen. Tuberville Vows to Place Hold on DoD Nominees in Protest Against New Abortion Policy

February 17, 2023
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Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he will place a hold on civilian and military Defense Department nominees that come before the Senate in response to the department’s “radical” new policy to provide transportation and paid leave for service members seeking abortions. “The Secretary of Defense is following through with his radical plan to…

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Senate GOP Has No Plans to Revisit Medicare, Social Security: McConnell

February 14, 2023
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Senate Republicans have no intention of making cuts or changes to Medicare or Social Security programs, according to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). McConnell made the declaration at a Feb. 14 press conference at the Capitol when asked whether Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) should disavow a plan he proposed last year that would require…

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