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These 38 GOP senators just voted against protecting contraception. Here's why.
Republicans complained that Democrats were simply holding a show vote. But they also said they were…
Bryan Metzger
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Senate passes a new bipartisan bill that would enact the toughest new guns laws since the 1990s — with 15 Republican senators joining every Democrat in support
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is expected to pass the House with minimal GOP support and cou…
Bryan Metzger,Lauren Frias
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How more than $422 million in taxpayer money got locked away in a forgotten government fund and lawmakers won't spend it or return it
Republicans, Democrats, charities, and special-interest groups all have different designs for the l…
Dave Levinthal
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Sen. Joni Ernst says Democrats gave 'middle America the middle finger' by voting to make South Carolina the first nominating state instead of Iowa
Sen. Joni Ernst said the DNC gave "middle America the Middle finger" by making South Carolina the f…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Eyeing a political comeback, Sarah Palin gets a frosty reception from her one-time Senate endorsees: 'That'll be up to the people of Alaska'
Among several senators whose careers Palin helped launch, only Rand Paul told Insider he was prepar…
Bryan Metzger
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Senate Republicans aren't worried about sparking World War III by sending more US weapons to Ukraine. They say Putin is already 'escalating every single day.'
"He is literally killing innocent civilians, girls and boys, men and women, and grandparents in ord…
Warren Rojas
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US lawmakers overwhelmingly praise Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech to Congress: 'It was terribly effective'
"There's no way you can come out of that speech without thinking to yourself what more can we do to…
John L. Dorman,Bryan Metzger,Warren Rojas
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Republican senators say Madison Cawthorn is an outlier after he called Zelenskyy a 'thug' and the Ukrainian government 'incredibly evil'
"When you see a member of Congress say things like this... they are outliers in the largest sense p…
Bryan Metzger
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These 22 GOP senators voted for a $95.3 billion Ukraine and Israel aid package without the controversial border provisions that Republicans have rejected
Unable to reach an agreement on a border deal, some Republican senators opted to move forward with …
Bryan Metzger
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How more than $427 million in taxpayer money is locked away in a forgotten government fund and lawmakers won't spend it or return it
Republicans, Democrats, charities, and special-interest groups all have different ideas for a langu…
Dave Levinthal
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These 22 GOP senators are already opposed to the bipartisan border security proposal and the bill is already stalling
Less than 24 hours after the bill was announced, nearly half of GOP senators rejected it. And House…
Bryan Metzger
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These 17 GOP senators still haven't endorsed Trump and some of them probably never will
Some seemingly haven't gotten around to it, others say they'll back Trump once he becomes the nomin…
Bryan Metzger
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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst said Biden's plan to get Americans vaccinated is a 'diversion' from the 20th anniversary of 9/11
Biden is planning to visit all three 9/11 sites, in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia on the 20t…
Kelsey Vlamis
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GOP senator says some Republicans are trying to 'silence' Liz Cheney: 'Cancel culture is cancel culture'
Sen. Joni Ernst spoke against the attempted purge of Cheney, telling reporters "we've got to come t…
Charles Davis
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GOP senator says she choked on 'woke policies' at Senate lunch where Rand Paul used Heimlich maneuver to save her life
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a trained ophthalmologist, to performed the Heimlich maneuver on his co…
Bryan Metzger
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Republicans clash for hours on the Senate floor as tempers flare over Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blockade of military promotions
GOP Sens. Dan Sullivan and Joni Ernst held the floor for more than 4 hours as they forced Tubervill…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst promoted a far-right conspiracy theory that falsely claims coronavirus cases are inflated by healthcare providers
Sen. Joni Ernst questioned whether the confirmed number of COVID-19 cases in the US are being overc…
Oma Seddiq,Eliza Relman
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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst fends off challenge from Democrat Theresa Greenfield in Iowa Senate race
The Iowa election was projected to be a tight race as the COVID-19 pandemic altered the Senate map …
Grace Panetta
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Theresa Greenfield wins the Democratic primary for US Senate in Iowa
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst is among the Republicans fighting for re-election in a tough race as the corona…
Grace Panetta
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Trump greeted with a mix of applause and audible boos at Iowa college-football game, says report
Some spectators gave Trump the middle finger from the stands while he watched the Iowa-Iowa State g…