Category: Steve Daines

Senate Republicans Defend McCarthy, Rip Biden on Debt Limit: ‘It’s Childish Not to Negotiate’

May 10, 2023
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Senate Republicans stood firmly behind the efforts of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to tie a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts on May 10, despite criticism from Democrats and President Joe Biden. “The adult in the room has been Speaker McCarthy and the House Republicans,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) told reporters at the Capitol…

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GOP Lawmakers Seek Answers After Biden’s Address on Chinese Spy Balloon, Aerial Objects

February 17, 2023
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Republican lawmakers are demanding answers after President Joe Biden gave his first extensive comments on the U.S. military responses to a Chinese spy balloon and three unidentified aerial objects on Thursday. “We don’t yet know exactly what these three objects were. But nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program or…

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Biden Admin to Brief ‘Gang of Eight’ on Chinese Spy Balloon Following McCarthy’s Request

February 3, 2023
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) requested a “Gang of Eight” classified briefing on Feb. 2, after the Pentagon announced that it had been tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States. A spokesperson for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told news outlets late Friday that the Biden administration is set to hold the…

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McCarthy Calls for Intelligence Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon

February 3, 2023
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) requested a “Gang of Eight” classified briefing on Feb. 2, after the Pentagon announced that it had been tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States. The “Gang of Eight” refers to the four congressional leaders from the House and Senate and the chairs and ranking members…

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McCarthy Asks for Intelligence Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon Amid Bipartisan Uproar

February 3, 2023
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) requested a “Gang of Eight” classified briefing on Feb. 2, after the Pentagon announced that it had been tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States. The “Gang of Eight” refers to the four congressional leaders from the House and Senate and the chairs and ranking members…

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Sen. Daines, Rep. Spartz First US Lawmakers to Visit Ukraine Since Start of War

April 15, 2022
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Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday in a show of solidarity with the country and to witness the aftermath of the Russian invasion. The two Republicans are the first elected U.S. officials known to have visited the country since the start of the war on Feb….

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‘Absolutely Vile’: Mexican Drug Cartel Members Threatened GOP Senators Near Texas Border

March 30, 2021
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Apparent Mexican drug cartel members threatened Republican senators from across the Rio Grande in Texas when they visited the border as Border Patrol officials grapple with a surge in illegal immigrants and human smuggling, according to one of the senators. “We went right there at midnight [on Friday] to the Rio Grande River, and we…

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48 Senators Vow To Oppose Any Legislation That Funds Abortion

February 6, 2021
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Nearly half of the U.S. Senate on Friday vowed to block any spending bills that fund abortion. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), founder and chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, sent a letter with 47 other senators to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), promising to oppose legislation that would fund abortion without the inclusion of…

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