The Texas House recently voted in legislation that prohibits transgender athletes from competing on teams based on their gender identity. Representatives passed House Bill 25 in a 70-to-54 vote on Thursday.
After five months of fighting the Republican Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Democrat Establishment, and several liberal special interest groups, the Arizona Senate finally won in court and got the “go ahead” to conduct the largest forensic election audit ever conducted in the country.
Chris Christie slammed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over his speech toward Republicans following the Senate’s agreement to raise the debt ceiling. During an interview on ABC’s This Week on Saturday, the Republican said there was all this talk about wanting bipartisanship.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) is running for a historic eighth term and has received the most coveted endorsement in Republican politics.
President Trump said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) “made a big mistake” in allowing Democrats to pass a short-term debt ceiling hike. During an interview on Thursday, Trump said McConnell gave Democrats time to figure out what they are going to do on the debt ceiling when they were in a “big bind.”
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has spoke out about a possible 2022 Senate run. In a recent interview with conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, the Republican governor said he was focused on his current job and had a long time to make a decision.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered up a short-term solution to avoid a catastrophic government default. In a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday, McConnell said his party would support a deal to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling at a fixed dollar amount.
The debate has heated up in the upper chamber as senators from both sides sparred over the debt ceiling. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took aim at one another amid the battle over who had control over the U.S. economy.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said Democrat-proposed spending plans would bankrupt America. During an interview on Sunday, the senator from Tennessee said Joe Biden’s agenda should really be called “build back broke” because it would spend more money than the U.S. could afford.