Republicans reject Democrats’ effort to pay TSA by suspending Senate rules
The Democrats tried to fund the TSA. Republicans rejected it.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5794925-tsa-funding-senate-rules/
Tag: Senate
The Senate passed its first major housing bill since the subprime mortgage crisis. Can it actually become law?
“The bill contains a number of provisions designed to lower costs and boost housing supply. Among them are initiatives to change manufactured home requirements to lower their costs, simplify environmental review processes for small building projects, and tie certain state and local government grants and funding to housing production goals.
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While the portions of the bill designed to encourage building and unlock new housing funding have broad support, one section of the package could prove deeply divisive.
That provision prohibits many large investors from buying single-family homes and requires others to sell off rental home holdings to individuals after seven years. It has drawn concerns that the rules could end up worsening the housing shortage, especially for rentals, by discouraging future investment in the burgeoning build-to-rent business.
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The bill now heads to the House, where conservative Republicans have raised objections to a variety of provisions, and divisions between the two chambers could lead to an acrimonious amendment process in the weeks ahead.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-senate-passed-its-first-major-housing-bill-since-the-subprime-mortgage-crisis-can-it-actually-become-law-174515317.html
Texas Republicans have the choice between two guys with no principles.
Texas Republicans have the choice between two guys with no principles.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sen-john-cornyn-flips-filibuster-154153551.html
While defending the current war on Iran, a US senator said we have a Biblical responsibility to Israel.
While defending the current war on Iran, a US senator said we have a Biblical responsibility to Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkpWi10Yp_8
Lindsey Graham Stuns by Asking Israel to be More ‘Cautious’ in Bombing Iran: ‘Didn’t Think I’d Ever See This’
“Graham made the comment in response to an article from Axios titled, “Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel’s Iran fuel strikes, sources say.” Axios reported that U.S. officials were irked by some 30 Israeli strikes on fuel depots in Iran on Saturday, including in Tehran, which resulted in a massive blaze and oil running through the city’s streets and catching fire.
Axios noted that the Pentagon worried “Israeli strikes on infrastructure that serves ordinary Iranians could backfire strategically, rallying Iranian society to support the regime” as well as raise gas prices domestically, further softening U.S. support for the war effort.
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“please be cautious about what targets you select. Our goal is to liberate the Iranian people in a fashion that does not cripple their chance to start a new and better life when this regime collapses. The oil economy of Iran will be essential to that endeavor.””
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lindsey-graham-stuns-asking-israel-154442133.html
Mike Johnson promised Cruz a House vote on air safety bill
“The legislation addresses various issues tied to last year’s fatal Washington air disaster, including advanced location-tracking technology on aircraft. But the ROTOR Act has met stiff resistance from the chair of the House Transportation Committee.
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The Senate passed the bill, S. 2503, from Cruz and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), via unanimous consent in December.
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Transportation Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has objected to the bill, saying he wants big changes to it.
In a series of recent interviews, Graves has cited concerns over impacts to general aviation, the small-scale flights that range from recreational trips on single-engine planes to crop dusting.
On Tuesday, the top Democrat on the House transportation panel, Rep. Rick Larsen of Washington, said in an interview he was mulling two options: either adjusting the ROTOR Act or crafting new legislation after the National Transportation Safety Board last week issued 50 recommendations related to the catastrophe, which killed 67 people.
In a separate interview Tuesday, Graves said his committee will have a bipartisan response to the midair collision.
Victims’ families and the chair of the NTSB have backed the ROTOR Act.
One of the NTSB’s recommendations mirrors a key component of the Senate bill: a mandate of an advanced location-receiving technology — called Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, or ADS-B In — on planes and helicopters flying in busy airspace.
Graves, an avid pilot and longtime general aviation booster, doesn’t support the ROTOR Act’s ADS-B In requirement, as written.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/04/congress/mike-johnson-promised-cruz-a-house-vote-on-air-safety-bill-00764270
Trump threatened GOP senators who voted for war powers resolution in ‘angry’ calls
“Hours after the Senate voted to advance the war powers resolution rebuking the White House’s current and future actions in Venezuela, President Donald Trump placed “angry” calls to each of the five Republicans who crossed the aisle, according to people with knowledge of the calls.
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Todd Young, R-Ind., voted with Democrats to require the administration to get congressional approval for future military action in Venezuela.
Thursday’s vote was a procedural motion, and it advances the legislation to a full Senate vote that will require a simple majority.
Soon after the vote, Trump threatened each senator with primary challenges, vowing to unseat them, the people said.”
The first action in Venezuela already required Congressional authorization and was unconstitutional!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-threatened-gop-senators-voted-215718084.html
Chatting with Dr. Cardona, 12th Secretary of Education
In public hearings, senators dishonestly interview people in search for clips that will make them look good to their rabid base.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8BQtlCd2U
Senate Investigations Find Medical Neglect and Other Human Rights Violations in Immigration Detention Centers
“Two reports find that the detention system is failing to provide detainees with adequate food, water, and medical care.”
https://reason.com/2025/11/03/senate-investigations-find-medical-neglect-and-other-human-rights-violations-in-immigration-detention-centers/
SNAP benefits set for first-ever lapse with Senate set to reject funding patches
“Senate Republicans will block a Democratic bill that would keep federal food aid flowing to 42 million Americans as they try to build pressure to reopen the government, Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday.
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Thune separately told reporters that if the Senate starts “going down the road of … take care of this group or that group … it just begs the larger question, how long is this going to drag on?”
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Democrats and even privately some Republican lawmakers argue the Trump administration has the legal authority to tap a $5 billion contingency fund, or other USDA funds, to ensure SNAP benefits keep flowing during the shutdown. Dozens of Democratic governors and attorneys general have sued the administration over its decision not to tap those funds.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/29/snap-benefits-set-for-first-ever-lapse-with-senate-set-to-reject-funding-patches-00627280