John Thune – One America News Network

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) looks on at a news conference at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Capitol Hill on July 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Democratic leaders endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as their party's presidential nominee, after President Joe Biden announced that he would be dropping out earlier this week.(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Schumer and Jeffries write a letter to GOP leadership, vow to vote against the imminent CR without bipartisan input

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have sent a letter to GOP leaders, proposing an urgent meeting to negotiate a government funding agreement to prevent a shutdown by the end of September.

U.S. President Donald Trump calls on a reporter during a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office at the White House on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Marcos are expected to discuss trade tariffs, increasing security cooperation in the face of China’s growing maritime power in the West Philippine Sea and other topics. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump says Senate ‘must’ stay in session to confirm all nominees: ‘Do your job’

President Donald Trump has declared that U.S. Senators “must” stay in session to confirm his nominees before taking their annual August break.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) gives a statement after a policy luncheon with Republican senators at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Republican senators are considering a rescissions package that is backed by U.S. President Donald Trump that would take back $9.4 billion of congressionally approved funds. Senate is expected to vote on the rescissions package next week ahead of a July 18 deadline, with Trump threatening to withhold endorsements from Republican senators who don’t support the rescissions package. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Senate Republicans pass Trump’s rescissions package, slashing $9B to foreign aid and public broadcasting

Senate Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions bill aimed at slashing foreign aid programs and left-leaning public broadcasting stations.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 31: Clouds pass overt the Capitol Dome as the Senate resumes debate on overriding the veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on December 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is filibustering the NDAA, calling for a Senate vote on giving Americans $2,000 in direct payments for COVID-19 relief. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

Senate prepares to vote on Trump’s request to slash $9.4B in foreign aid and left-leaning public broadcasting

Senate Republicans are pushing to vote on President Donald Trump’s request to slash $9.4 billion in foreign aid programs and left-leaning public broadcasting.

L| Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference following a closed-door caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Congressional leaders announced Tuesday they had reached a deal on a FY2024 spending package that includes budgets for about three-quarters of all federal discretionary spending, including Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-Health and Human Services, and other bills. Without a deal, the federal government would be facing a partial shutdown at midnight on Friday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) M| U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (R) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) hold a press conference on the Republican budget bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Republican leaders spoke on the reconciliation process and said they would find $1.5 trillion in cuts as the House prepares to vote on President Trump's budget outline for his tax and spending plan after Republican holdouts refused to vote without deeper cuts. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) R| Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman speaks during a rally with former U.S. President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro at the Liacouras Center on November 5, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fetterman will face Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz as Shapiro faces Republican Doug Mastriano on November 8 in the midterm general election. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

GOP lawmakers, Sen. John Fetterman praise Trump’s strikes on Iran

GOP Congress leaders, Democrat Senator John Fetterman and other lawmakers have praised President Donald Trump’s announcement of the U.S. completing successful airstrikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities.

A view of cars on the road during rush hour traffic jam, while California's government authorities are expected to put into effect a plan to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, according to local media, in San Francisco, California, U.S. August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

US Senate votes to block California 2035 electric vehicle rules

The Senate voted to bar California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 that has been adopted by 11 other states.