- Hannity: ‘We need new leadership in the Senate’
Fox News’ Sean Hannity called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to step down from his position as leader of the Republicans on Fox News’ “Hannity” Tuesday night. Hannity said he had a “special message” for McConnell and any other Republican in the Senate who supports the impeachment of President Donald Trump. “For every Republican […]
- Manchin: I Will Not Support Ending Filibuster, Packing Court
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reiterated his promise to oppose packing the court or ending the filibuster. After viewing a clip of his earlier vow, Manchin responded, “It’s all the same. Nothing’s changed.” Manchin added that if incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tries to […]
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Considering Run Against Chuck Schumer
In an interview with Punchbowl News posted Monday morning, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refused to rule out a 2022 run against current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Asked whether she would consider challenging Sen. Schumer, Ocasio-Cortez avoided a direct answer. “I’m a no bullshit kind of person. I’m not playing coy or anything like that,” she […]
- Tom Cotton Will Certify Joe Biden on Jan 6, proposes a ‘Study Commission’ instead
While Ted Cruz along with twelve other Republican senators has announced their vote against certification of the Electoral College results on January 6, Senator Tom Cotton, the Arkansas Republican will not join them. Despite being known as a “Trump supporter,” Cotton released a statement late Sunday saying that he will “not oppose the counting of […]
- Kristi Noem Campaigns for Loeffler, Perdue in Georgia: If the Democrats Win ‘People Will Have Less Money in Their Pockets’
VALDOSTA, Georgia — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem urged Georgians to rally behind GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) here on Wednesday, the second of many stops in her latest swing through the Peach State ahead of Tuesday’s upcoming U.S. Senate runoffs. Loeffler and Perdue, this coming Tuesday, respectively face Democrats Rev. […]
- McConnell: Capitol mob ‘provoked’ by Trump and ‘other powerful people’
Almost two weeks following the deadly Capitol riot, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that President Donald Trump and others “provoked” the violent mob. “The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people,” McConnell said Tuesday on the Senate floor. McConnell has mostly stood by throughout his […]
- Report: Biden to pick Merrick Garland for AG
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Judge Merrick Garland to serve as United States attorney general, two people familiar with knowledge of the decision told Politico in a report published Wednesday afternoon. Garland, a political moderate, is most well known for being President Barack Obama’s pick in 2016 to replace Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia after […]
- Exclusive — Sen. David Perdue: Democrat Jon Ossoff’s Amnesty Pledge to Illegal Aliens ‘a Threat to the American Worker’
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) told Breitbart News exclusively that Democrat challenger Jon Ossoff’s pledge to grant amnesty to every illegal alien in America is a threat to American workers struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and, as such, would be unfair to American citizens and legal immigrants. Appearing on Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM […]
- GOP senators call for an election commission last used in 1876 to investigate fraud
A group of GOP senators is planning to challenge electoral votes during the official counting before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. They are opposing to encourage Congress to create an electoral commission to investigate voter fraud like what was used in the 1876 election that resulted in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes. […]
- McConnell blocks Senate vote on $2K checks, hints at new package
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked a Democratic effort to bring legislation that the House passed Monday to increase the money in stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000, despite President Donald Trump and others demanding this change to checks. Congress, after months of negotiations, had agreed on the tinier $600 checks to […]
- Biden Readying Legislative, Executive Blitz in Administration’s First 10-Days
President-elect Joe Biden is readying a blitz of executive orders and legislation during his first ten days in the White House. On Saturday, the New York Times reported that the president-elect and his team plan to use their first days in office to “signal a turning point” away from the Trump era. Central to that […]
- How Will Pence Treat the Electoral Envelopes in His Hand?
Commentary As Georgians headed to the polls for the state’s crucial Senate runoffs, a nation anxiously awaits Jan. 6, the date on which the Electoral College votes in our presidential election are to be formally counted. There’s no small amount of confusion and uncertainty over what might take place on that day. That’s partly because, […]
- Cheat Sheet: 9 Things to Know About Jon Ossoff
Democrat Jon Ossoff is running for one of two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in the Georgia runoffs on January 5. Should he and his comrade, Rev. Raphael Warnock, defeat Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively, they will create a 50-50 deadlock in the Senate, giving Democrats control on President-elect Kamala Harris’s […]
- Exclusive: Kristi Noem Lists Reasons Georgia Senate Runoffs Will Impact Moms Across America
VALDOSTA, Georgia — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told Breitbart News exclusively here that whoever wins the Georgia Senate runoffs will directly impact mothers across the state and the country. Noem’s interview came during a campaign stop here in downtown Valdosta at Jessie’s Restaurant after she met with GOP voters as part of an effort […]
- Trump attacks ‘weak and tired’ GOP leaders for allowing override of his defense bill veto
President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Republican leaders for allowing Congress to vote to override his veto of a vital $740 billion defense spending bill, calling them “weak and tired”. Monday, the House of Representatives voted to override Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a 322-87 margin, setting the […]
- Confirmation Hearing for Biden’s Director of Intelligence Nominee Postponed
The confirmation hearing for President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has been postponed to next week, the Senate Intelligence Committee announced on Thursday. The confirmation hearing for Biden’s spy chief nominee Avril Haines was initially scheduled to take place virtually on Friday. “Despite the unusual circumstances on Capitol Hill, the committee is working […]
- Police officers placed at Georgia polling locations following threats
Officers have been stationed at 40 polling locations in Georgia after threats were made concerning Georgia’s Senate runoff elections Tuesday, The Hill has reported. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday that they were made aware of an email that went to several county employees “regarding threats to polling locations on election day.” Employees at […]
- Cruz: ‘If the Democrats take the Senate, they intend to change this country…for generations’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) visited Georgia this weekend, days before the Georgia Senate runoff takes place. Republican Sen. David Perdue is running for reelection against Democrat Jon Ossoff in a regularly scheduled election and Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler is running against Democrat Raphael Warnock in a special election. Loeffler was appointed to fill former Sen. […]
- The Nation Speaks (Jan. 2): Rep. Vernon Jones on What’s at Stake in Georgia; What Polling Can Tell Us About GA Runoff Elections; 2020 Year in Review
In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we sit down with Rep. Vernon Jones to talk about what’s at stake in Georgia. Then, we take a look at what polling can tell us about the Georgia Senate runoff elections with Craig Keshishian, senior advisor at InsiderAdvantage and Robert Cahaly, chief pollster at the Trafalgar Group. […]
- No Lessons Learned: GA officials say senate results could take weeks
Despite the past two months of fighting and contesting over the presidential election results, Georgia again may not have final results for the upcoming senate run-off election for weeks after the vote. A report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution suggests officials in the state are expecting the results to end up in litigation before the winners […]
