OTTAWA—Sen. Mike Duffy is stepping down after more than a dozen years in the upper house, where the Senate expenses scandal overshadowed the bulk of his parliamentary career. Duffy turns 75 on Thursday, making today his last one as a senator due to mandatory retirement rules. A Parliament Hill journalist and broadcast news fixture for…
Sen. Roy Blunt: ‘Too Early’ to Establish Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) told Fox News on Sunday that Senate Republicans are likely to decide that it’s “too early” to establish a commission to examine the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. “I think it’s too early to create a commission, and I believe Republicans in the Senate will decide that it’s too early to create that…
Senate Committee Releases Bipartisan $304 Billion Surface Transportation Bill
A bipartisan group of senators from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) on Saturday introduced a $303.5 billion surface transportation bill. The bill, if enacted, would reauthorize Department of Transportation (DOT) funding for highways, roads, and bridges which is due to expire in September. The proposed spending is 34 percent higher than that previously authorized…
Republican Senator Who Voted to Convict Trump Opposes Jan. 6 Commission
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in February’s Senate trial, said he opposes the creation of a 9/11-style commission to examine the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, which was passed in the House on Wednesday. Burr, who previously served as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, noted the Department of…
Jan. 6 Capitol Breach Was a Mostly ‘Peaceful Protest’: Sen. Ron Johnson
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), in response to the House’s vote to establish a Jan. 6 commission, said that the Capitol breach on that day was largely a “peaceful protest.” Johnson told Fox News that the narrative pushed by Democrats, a small number of Republicans, and some corporate media outlets that the Jan. 6 breach was…
Mark McCloskey Files Campaign Papers to Run for Senate in Missouri
Mark McCloskey, the Missouri lawyer who briefly entered the national spotlight after pointing a rifle at Black Lives Matter protesters who trespassed near his home, filed formal campaign paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate in Missouri. McCloskey launched a campaign website, which says that he “and his wife, Patty, held off a violent mob…
McConnell: No Senate Republicans Will Back Biden Infrastructure Proposals
No Senate Republicans are willing to take up two recent infrastructure-related bills proposed by President Joe Biden, said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Monday, setting up the potential for drawn-out negotiations or the use of reconciliation. Biden had proposed a $2.2 trillion jobs package and a $1.8 trillion package for families. Both include money…
Senate Intel Leaders: Mystery ‘Havana Syndrome’ Attacks on US Officials Increasing
Republican and Democratic Senate leaders said that incidents similar to the suspected “directed” radio frequency attacks on U.S. diplomats in recent years appear to be increasing. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said they’ve been aware for nearly five years about mysterious attacks targeting U.S. government officials in Havana, Cuba, and elsewhere. Some have speculated…
GOP Senate Candidate in Pennsylvania Says She Will Back Congressional Term Limits
Kathy Barnette, the Pennsylvania Republican who recently launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate, told The Epoch Times that she supports limiting the number of terms lawmakers can serve in Congress and committed to serving a maximum of three terms herself. “I intend to only run for no more than three,” Barnette said. Sen. Pat…
Harry Reid Warns Biden About Packing Supreme Court: ‘Better Be Very, Very Careful’
Former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned President Joe Biden against packing the Supreme Court with more justices after the White House released a plan to create a commission that will look into making changes to the court. “We should be very, very careful in doing so. I have no problem with the commission,…
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