ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies over the next two weeks are taking him straight into the heart of the Senate battleground map. Trump’s recent and upcoming rallies are counter-programming the Democratic presidential primaries in early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. But in the next two weeks he’s also hitting […]
Category: Senate
2/15/2020
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @ChuckGrassley: The Senate is back to wrk for the American ppl This wk 4 district court judges nominated by @realDonaldTrump were confir…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 15, 2020 5:43 pm […]
2/11/2020
IMPEACHMENT/MITT ROMNEY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fresh off a series of scathing attacks from Donald Trump because of his vote to remove the president from office, Mitt Romney spent Tuesday [2-11-20] hunting for votes for the president’s agenda. Life outside the Senate might never be the same for the Utah Republican, who became the first senator to […]
2/10/2020
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In early November, President Trump announced he would be traveling to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to attend the University of Alabama-Louisiana State University football game. When Representative Bradley Byrne, a three-term congressman and United States Senate candidate from Mobile, learned of this plan, he immediately called an Alabama booster named Jim Wilson, who would […]
2/9/2020
IMPEACHMENT/MITT ROMNEY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Romney hurt some very good Republican Senators, and he was wrong about the Impeachment Hoax. No clue! https://t.co/J6rtaZYYxD“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2020 10:58 am […]
2/8/2020
DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The only way to stop the crazed Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats ‘is for the Republican Senate to run an offense here’. @LeeSmithDC @IngrahamAngle @FoxNews So true, although the Dems Hoaxes & Witch Hunts have driven up Republican Polls, and mine, mightily!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2020 10:30 am […]
2/5/2020
IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thirty-four U.S. senators on Wednesday [2-5-20] voted to find President Donald Trump not guilty of abusing his powers as had been charged in articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives, enough to guarantee acquittal on the charge. Although voting on the charge was ongoing, it would take 67 votes in the […]
2/5/2020
IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was acquitted Wednesday [2-5-20] by the US Senate of the two impeachment counts passed by the House: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Just the third President to face impeachment, Trump will remain in office — like Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson — but he was robbed of […]
2/3/2020
IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There will be no witnesses. The House managers and White House counsel have rested their cases. And President Donald Trump is going to be acquitted on Wednesday [2-5-20]. But there’s still drama left to the impeachment trial. Five senators are up in the air on whether to convict or acquit the president […]
2/3/2020
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are praying President Donald Trump does something out of character during his State of the Union address — avoid talking about impeachment. Trump will deliver his speech Tuesday [2-4-20], one day before the Senate ends its nearly three-week impeachment trial with a likely vote to acquit him. While the president […]
1/29/2020
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is much talk that certain Democrats are going to be voting with Republicans on the Impeachment Hoax, so that the Senate can get back to the business of taking care of the American people. Sorry, but Cryin’ Chuck Schumer will never let that happen!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 29, 2020 10:39 […]
1/29/2020
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Remember Republicans, the Democrats already had 17 witnesses, we were given NONE! Witnesses are up to the House, not up to the Senate. Don’t let the Dems play you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 29, 2020 7:56 am […]
1/22/2020
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SenateGOP: ‘This is the first time in history where a president has been impeached for a non-crime, for events that never occurred.’ -…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 22, 2020 12:01 am […]
1/21/2020
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KatiePavlich: Schiff is claiming the Senate must call ‘important witnesses’ instead of ‘kicking the can down the road’ on calling witne…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 21, 2020 11:58 pm […]
1/20/2020
IMPEACHMENT/JOHN BOLTON/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “They didn’t want John Bolton and others in the House. They were in too much of a rush. Now they want them all in the Senate. Not supposed to be that way!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2020 10:47 am […]
1/7/2020
IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @marcorubio: Worth repeating. The testimony & evidence considered in a Senate impeachment trial should be the same testimony & evidenc…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 7, 2020 6:55 am […]
1/3/2020
IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate leaders wrangled on Friday [1-3-20] over the terms of President Trump’s impeachment trial, deepening their impasse and throwing the start date further into doubt amid disputes over whether to call witnesses or introduce documentary evidence. In a pair of barbed back-to-back speeches on the Senate floor, the top Republican and the […]
1/3/2020
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday [1-3-20] over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, as the chamber’s leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the […]
1/2/2020
IMPEACHMENT/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The standoff that’s placed President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in limbo is entering a new critical juncture as both sides angle to wring political benefit from the proceedings. Greater clarity of the future of Trump’s impeachment could be derived Friday when the US Senate reconvenes and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell […]
1/2/2020
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican businesswoman who will soon become Georgia’s newest U.S. senator said Thursday [1-2-20] she plans to vote against removing President Donald Trump from office. Kelly Loeffler is scheduled to be sworn in when the Senate convenes Monday in Washington. Her first vote she casts as a senator could come at […]
12/31/2019
LEGISLATION/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “RT @SenJohnKennedy: The Senate needs to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, and I am proud to cosponsor @SenJoniErnst’s bill that g…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 8:07 pm […]
12/31/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats will do anything to avoid a trial in the Senate in order to protect Sleepy Joe Biden, and expose the millions and millions of dollars that ‘Where’s’ Hunter, & possibly Joe, were paid by companies and countries for doing NOTHING. Joe wants no part of this mess!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/17/2019
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is actively exploring a way to give President Donald Trump’s staunchest House allies a public role in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial, according to five sources familiar with the matter, as the president looks to mount an aggressive defense in the upper chamber. One idea under consideration […]
12/11/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SenTedCruz: What’s happening in the House has become an absolute circus. A show trial. A propaganda trial. When the Senate takes up Dem…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2019 9:23 am […]
12/10/2019
SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Kevin Cramer likes to talk. A lot. And the freshman Republican from North Dakota really has no filter, often sharing details of White House meetings or Senate lunches with curious reporters, colleagues and just about anyone who asks. But he’s OK being known as a chatterbox who peppers his speech with profanity […]
12/6/2019
AFRICAN AMERICANS/EDUCATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “GREAT WORK yesterday by the Senate to support our Historically Black Colleges and Universities! Thank you @BetsyDeVosED, @SenAlexander, and @SenatorTimScott for your leadership…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 6, 2019 7:06 pm […]
12/6/2019
IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With his impeachment now all-but-certain, President Donald Trump and his allies are beginning to look past the House of Representatives, shifting their sights to the Republican-led Senate where the President will face trial. Trump, who as recently as Wednesday [12-4-19] lamented impeachment as a ‘dirty word,’ has struggled to accept the […]
12/5/2019
DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..trial in the Senate, and so that our Country can get back to business. We will have Schiff, the Bidens, Pelosi and many more testify, and will reveal, for the first time, how corrupt our system really is. I was elected to ‘Clean the Swamp,’ and that’s what I am doing!” –Donald […]
11/30/2019
IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Sen. Tim Scott Says Trump ‘Innocent,’ ‘No Way’ Senate Convicts’ https://t.co/P6ONkI8n0P“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 30, 2019 8:24 pm […]
11/29/2019
IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has already seen it all: contentious public hearings, unexpected bombshells, testimony implicating the President and a fair share of conspiracy theories. The drama could escalate even more in the coming weeks as Congress moves to the next phase and preps for Trump’s potential trial in […]
11/14/2019
GOP/SENATE/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “At one point during his extraordinary joint press conference with President Donald Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned his attention to the U.S. Senate. The chamber, he contended, would stop the ‘vicious cycle’ started by the House, which had passed biting sanctions on his country. But senators have a clear response […]
11/14/2019
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “President Donald Trump hosted a group of Republican senators Thursday [11-14-19] afternoon for lunch and showed them an account of his first call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The Republican senators who attended the lunch included Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Kevin Cramer of […]
11/14/2019
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate on Thursday [11-14-19] confirmed President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee to the powerful 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals despite bipartisan frustration over his refusal to answer questions during his confirmation hearing. In a 51-41 vote, the Senate confirmed Steven Menashi, with moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine joining Democrats […]
11/7/2019
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [11-7-19] voted to advance President Donald Trump’s court pick to the powerful 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — setting up a contentious vote when he reaches the full chamber. Steven Menashi, an associate counsel to the president, faced backlash from Democrats and Republicans during his September […]
11/3/2019
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “False stories are being reported that a few Republican Senators are saying that President Trump may have done a quid pro quo, but it doesn’t matter, there is nothing wrong with that, it is not an impeachable event. Perhaps so, but read the transcript, there is no quid pro quo!” –Donald Trump, […]
10/31/2019
GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-31-19] continued courting the Republicans who will determine whether or not he is removed from office, telling a group of nine GOP senators that he was glad he had released the summary of his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Over chicken lunch in the Roosevelt Room, […]
10/31/2019
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is rewarding senators who have his back on impeachment — and sending a message to those who don’t to get on board. Trump is tapping his vast fundraising network for a handful of loyal senators facing tough reelection bids in 2020. Each of them has signed onto a […]
10/30/2019
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is nearing a milestone in his push to overhaul the federal judiciary with conservative judges. If the Senate confirms a batch of nominees now working their way through the approval process, a quarter of the nation’s 179 appeals court judges — those sitting just below the Supreme Court — will […]
10/30/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Precisely the same program that the Democrats are trying to Impeach President Trump for supposedly slow walking, tomorrow, right here in the Senate, they (the Dems) say they’re going to filibuster for the exact same program.’ @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell. Do Nothing Democrats!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2019 9:32 am […]
10/25/2019
GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: I appreciate the support of Senator @LindseyGraham, @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell, and their Great Senate Republican c…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 25, 2019 10:18 pm […]
10/24/2019
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans facing steep re-election races next year know the impeachment inquiry coursing steadily ahead on the other side of the Capitol will determine President Trump’s political fate. Their growing fear is that it will also determine their own. In a matter of weeks, those few senators have watched helplessly as the […]
10/17/2019
DEMS/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is intensely monitoring his standing among Senate Republicans as Democrats’ impeachment inquiry ramps up, according to senators who have been in contact with the president and White House officials. And with the microscope on their every move, some in the Republican Conference are taking a more proactive approach to […]
10/3/2019
HEALTHCARE/HHS/MEDICARE/SENATE/SENIORS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “The proposed Medicare for All Act of 2019, as introduced in the Senate (‘Medicare for All’) would destroy our current Medicare program, which enables our Nation’s seniors and other vulnerable Americans to receive affordable, high-quality care from providers of their choice. Rather than upend Medicare as we know it, my Administration will […]
10/1/2019
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHISTLEBLOWER: “As President Donald Trump and his allies attack the whistleblower who kicked off the House’s impeachment inquiry, the unidentified person gained a powerful ally on Tuesday [10-1-19]: Chuck Grassley. The most senior GOP senator has fashioned a career on protecting whistleblowers during presidencies of both parties. And in the middle of one […]
9/27/2019
GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “‘Beyond the merits,’ as they like to say in Washington, two things stand out most for Congress when it comes to President Trump’s now famous July phone chat with Ukraine’s leader. First, the revelations cut to the bone for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, given her roots in the same House committees most offended […]
9/26/2019
DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “RT @RealSaavedra: NEW: Democrat Senators reached out to Ukraine in May 2018 and asked for their assistance in investigating Trump ‘In the…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 26, 2019 6:03 am […]
9/25/2019
IMPEACHMENT/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the face of an earthshaking political storm, Mitch McConnell seems unmoved. The Senate majority leader has kept a sphinxlike pose during all manner of President Donald Trump controversies. But with an impeachment cloud settling over Washington, McConnell is revealing even less than usual. The GOP leader is saying very little […]
9/25/2019
BORDER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Senate voted on Wednesday [9-25-19] for a second time to terminate the national emergency that President Trump declared at the southwestern border, in a bipartisan rejection of Mr. Trump’s bid to build a wall without congressional approval. But the 54-to-41 vote, in which 11 Republicans joined Democrats to break with the […]
9/23/2019
DEMS/GOP/INVESTIGATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Democrats moved assertively on Monday [9-23-19] to increase political pressure on the White House and congressional Republicans to furnish documentation about explosive allegations that President Trump sought to pressure the Ukrainian president to help produce damaging information on a leading political rival. In the House, where the revelations about a conversation between […]
8/31/2019
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “RT @JerryMoran: As the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, @SenatorIsakson has led significant efforts to transform the VA…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 31, 2019 6:58 am […]
8/31/2019
COURTS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @senatemajldr: Senate Republicans are unified against any court packing schemes. We promise this: while we remain members of this body, the Democrats’ threat to restructure the Supreme Court is an empty one.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 31, 2019 6:53 am […]
8/18/2019
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @CLewandowski_: Lewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, ‘I’m going to win’ | TheHill https://t.co/NSsEvmtNgR” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 18, 2019 1:23 pm […]
8/15/2019
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump on Thursday [8-15-19] all but endorsed his former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, for a potential Senate run from New Hampshire, saying he would be ‘hard to beat’ if he ran and a “great senator” if he won. Mr. Trump first made the remarks in an interview with the New […]
8/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GUNS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Two senior Senate Democrats on Wednesday [8-14-19] asked President Donald Trump to withdraw his $5 billion request for border wall funding and use the money on initiatives to combat gun violence in the aftermath of back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. In a letter, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Senator […]
8/7/2019
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @RepDougCollins: Senate Dems spent months launching false accusations in an attempt to smear #JusticeKavanaugh’s reputation & block his…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2019 1:43 pm […]
8/6/2019
GOP/GUNS/LEGISLATION/MASS SHOOTINGS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The deadly massacres over the weekend have sent Senate Republicans searching to find a robust response to help prevent future mass shootings amid loud demands that they quickly pass tougher gun control measures sought by Democrats. On a private conference call Monday [8-5-19], Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell discussed the steps […]
7/30/2019
BUDGET/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republican leaders and President Donald Trump are working to whip up support for their bipartisan, $2.7 trillion budget deal, hoping to stave off embarrassing defections ahead of a vote that’s splitting the party. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Whip John Thune are trying to win over undecided rank-and-file […]
7/30/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @CraigCaplan: Senate failed in three separate attempts to override President Trump’s vetoes of resolutions blocking US arms sales to Sau…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2019 11:16 am […]
7/30/2019
INFRASTRUCTURE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate is working hard on America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act. Will have BIG IMPACT on our highways and roads all across our Nation. Interest strong from Republicans and Democrats. Do I hear the beautiful word, BIPARTISAN? Get it done. I am with you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2019 7:15 am […]
7/25/2019
CYBERWAR/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday [7-25-19] released a wide-ranging report that detailed Russia’s attempts to hack US election infrastructure during the 2016 election, urging states and the federal government to do more to prevent election cyberattacks in the future. The report included a host of recommendations to both the federal […]
7/25/2019
MILITARY/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Thursday [7-25-19] overwhelmingly voted 89 to 1 to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley. Milley is currently serving as chief of staff of the Army…The chairman is the highest-ranking military officer in the country and serves as […]
7/23/2019
DEFENSE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Mark T. Esper as secretary of defense on Tuesday [7-23-19], ending the longest period by far that the Pentagon had been without a permanent leader. Mr. Esper, an Army infantryman who fought in the Persian Gulf war of 1991 before becoming a lobbyist for the military contractor […]
7/18/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday [7-18-19] that he was willing to meet with American senators to discuss possible ways out of the nuclear crisis with the Trump administration and, for the first time, floated an opening bid of modest steps that Tehran would be willing to take in return for […]
7/18/2019
BUDGET/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress and the White House are moving toward an ambitious budget deal, but the big question still remains: What will President Donald Trump do? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican senators are pushing Trump to accept an agreement with Democrats that would avoid stiff budget cuts, steer clear of a potential […]
7/17/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/HOUSE OF REPS/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives backed resolutions on Wednesday [7-17-19] to block the sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, sending them to the White House, where President Donald Trump has promised a veto. Nearly a month after the Senate supported 22 resolutions disapproving […]
7/13/2019
ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @senatemajldr: It’s a fact: The Trump administration, hand-in-hand with the Senate has punched back hard at Russian election interferenc…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:48 am […]
7/10/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s latest pair of hopefuls for the Federal Reserve board don’t have the same baggage as Stephen Moore and Herman Cain. And that might be just enough to get them confirmed. After Cain and Moore’s Fed prospects both ended in spectacular failure, Trump’s choices of Christopher Waller and […]
7/9/2019
GOP/LABOR/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are moving quickly to back up beleaguered Labor Secretary Alex Acosta. But pressure is rising from other corners of the White House, with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney privately urging the president to dismiss him. Mulvaney told Trump on Monday [7-8-19] that […]
7/1/2019
DEMS/HUD/RACISM/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Democrats are calling for Housing Secretary Ben Carson to justify his hiring of a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official who resigned this year after the disclosure of racially provocative comments he made spanning more than a decade. Last month, White House officials placed Eric Blankenstein, a former policy supervisor […]
6/28/2019
IRAN/MILITARY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate on Friday [6-28-19] voted down a bipartisan measure that would have required President Trump to get Congress’s permission before striking Iran, after Republicans balked at infringing on the president’s war-making powers at a time of escalating tensions with the Islamic republic. Mr. Trump has said he has the power to […]
6/26/2019
BORDER/DEMS/FEDERAL FUNDING/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday [6-26-19] passed a $4.6 billion bill to address the migrant crisis at the southern border, setting up a clash with House Democrats, who have passed a different version of similar legislation. Republican Senate leaders have said they won’t negotiate with House Democrats over differences in their […]
6/26/2019
EDUCATION/IVANKA/SENATE: “RT @IvankaTrump: Great keynoting the Senate’s weekly policy lunch and discussing workforce development policy, Higher Ed Act reauthorizatio…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2019 5:45 am […]
6/20/2019
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Roy S. Moore, the polarizing Alabama Republican who lost a Senate campaign in 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct, said on Thursday that he would seek a rematch in next year’s election. His decision was an unsurprising act of defiance against many of his party’s national leaders, including President Trump, who […]
6/20/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate voted to block the sale of billions of dollars of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday [6-20-19], in a sharp and bipartisan rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress to allow the exports by declaring an emergency over Iran. In three back-to-back […]
6/19/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/IRAN/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate has agreed to vote Thursday [6-20-19] on blocking President Donald Trump’s arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid out an agreement on the Senate floor Wednesday for senators to vote on 22 resolutions to terminate a series of weapons sales rolled […]
6/15/2019
SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “All in for Senator Steve Daines as he proposes an Amendment for a strong BAN on burning our American Flag. A no brainer!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2019 7:51 am […]
6/13/2019
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Senator @MarkWarnerVA spoke at length, and in great detail, about extremely negative information on me, with a talented entertainer purporting to be a Russian Operative, did he immediately call the FBI? NO, in fact he didn’t even tell the Senate Intelligence Committee of….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 8:37 am […]
6/12/2019
2016 ELECTION/DONALD JR/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump Jr. told Senate investigators on Wednesday [6-12-19] that he did not inform his father at the time about a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer promising ‘dirt’ on Hillary Clinton and that he was not kept abreast of negotiations over a proposed real estate project in […]
6/11/2019
DONALD JR/INTELLIGENCE/INVESTIGATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump Jr. will be interviewed behind closed doors with members of the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday [6-12-19], according to a source familiar with the matter. Trump Jr.’s meeting comes after Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) issued a subpoena to compel him to appear before the panel, following up […]
6/11/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….investigation in the Senate. They can talk to John Dean until the cows come home, we’re not doing anything in the Senate regarding the Mueller Report. We are going to harden our Infrastructure against 2020!” @LindseyGrahamSC” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 11, 2019 6:49 am […]
6/6/2019
DEMS/FEDERAL RESERVE/INVESTIGATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A group of Democratic senators wants top officials at the Federal Reserve to examine whether Deutsche Bank complied with anti-money-laundering and other laws after bank employees flagged transactions tied to President Trump as potentially suspicious. The request, in a letter sent Thursday [6-6-19], was in response to a New York Times […]
6/5/2019
ARMS/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan group of senators will try to block the Trump administration’s use of emergency authority to sell arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, setting up a possible showdown with the White House. The resolutions of disapproval come after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress the administration […]
5/30/2019
SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Very sad to hear the news on the passing of my friend, Senator Thad Cochran. He was a real Senator with incredible values – even flew back to Senate from Mississippi for important Healthcare Vote when he was desperately ill. Thad never let our Country (or me) down!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, […]
5/29/2019
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald J. Trump is publicly making the case that Roy Moore, the controversial former Alabama judge, could cost Republicans a Senate seat in an overwhelmingly conservative state if he chooses to run again. One person he hasn’t convinced is Mr. Moore himself…President Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday [5-29-19] to warn that if […]
5/29/2019
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans cannot allow themselves to again lose the Senate seat in the Great State of Alabama. This time it will be for Six Years, not just Two. I have NOTHING against Roy Moore, and unlike many other Republican leaders, wanted him to win. But he didn’t, and probably won’t…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/29/2019
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…If Alabama does not elect a Republican to the Senate in 2020, many of the incredible gains that we have made during my Presidency may be lost, including our Pro-Life victories. Roy Moore cannot win, and the consequences will be devastating….Judges and Supreme Court Justices!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 29, 2019 6:40 […]
5/25/2019
SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @JesseBWatters: TOMORROW: Senator @LindseyGrahamSC splashes into @WattersWorld to discuss his relationship with President @realDonaldTru…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2019 3:25 pm […]
5/23/2019
CONGRESS/INVESTIGATIONS/LEGISLATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One day after President Donald Trump indicated he would not cut deals with Congress while he’s being investigated, he cut a deal with Congress. With Trump’s support, the Senate passed a long-stalled disaster aid bill, in the perfect encapsulation of a whiplash-inducing week. On Tuesday [5-22-19], hopes of a two-year budget deal […]
5/21/2019
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A top strategist on President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has withdrawn from an effort to unseat North Carolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis in 2020 — an arrangement that sparked tensions at the highest levels of the Republican Party. Pollster John McLaughlin’s work for a Tillis primary challenger had angered leading Senate […]
5/14/2019
DONALD JR/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump, Jr. and the Senate Intelligence Committee have reached a deal for the President’s eldest son to appear before the committee behind closed doors in mid-June, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The agreement for Trump Jr.’s testimony comes after the committee issued a subpoena last month that […]
5/14/2019
DEMS/DONALD JR/INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump Jr. and the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee reached a deal on Tuesday [5-14-19] for the president’s eldest son to return for a time-limited private interview with senators in the coming weeks, an accord that should cool a heated intraparty standoff. The deal came after an aggressive push by the […]
5/14/2019
MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our great Senator (and Star) from the State of Arkansas, @TomCottonAR, has just completed a wonderful book, ‘Sacred Duty,’ about Arlington National Cemetary and the men and women who serve with such love and devotion. On sale today, make it big!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 14, 2019 6:39 am […]
5/13/2019
DONALD JR/INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “If Donald Trump Jr. doesn’t comply with the Senate Intelligence Committee’s subpoena, the chamber is preparing for the possibility it could vote on enforcing the order on the Senate floor, according to sources in both parties. Republicans said privately on Monday [5-13-19] they were eager to avoid the clash and […]
5/13/2019
CHINA/GOP/SENATE/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The GOP is starting to give up on thwarting President Donald Trump’s trade agenda. Senate Republicans acknowledge that the president’s latest tariff increase on Chinese imports are harming farm state economies, their own constituents and some of Trump’s most reliable voters. But there’s no plan to stop, or even threaten, the […]
5/12/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: The @realDonaldTrump effect on the 2020 Senate Map: Chuck Schumer is 0-7 in recruiting Senate challengers! https://t.c…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2019 1:03 pm […]
5/11/2019
GOP/INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @MZanona: .@GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy says GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee was wrong to subpoena Donald Trump Jr.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:22 am […]
5/11/2019
SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @Jim_Jordan: Senate Intel subpoenas @DonaldJTrumpJr. He’s already testified for 25 hours. But they’re bringing him back based on Micha…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:21 am […]
5/11/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @SergioGor: Speaking to reporters just now @RandPaul calls for an end to the Senate intel investigation. As we’ve heard from @senatemajl…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:20 am […]
5/11/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @SergioGor: Speaking to reporters just now @RandPaul calls for an end to the Senate intel investigation. As we’ve heard from @senatemajl…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:20 am […]
5/11/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/JOE BIDEN/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @GovMikeHuckabee: I sure wish Sen Richard Burr was as interested in Biden’s cushy deals w/ Ukraine & China while VP than he is in the ha…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:19 am […]