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LIVE NOW: Sen. Rick Scott, Rep. Scott Perry Lead Press Conference on Debt Ceiling and Spending Reforms

March 22, 2023
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Pa.), joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Bob Good (R-Va.), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) of the House Freedom Caucus, host a joint press conference at 2:30 p.m….

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Sen. Rick Scott, Rep. Scott Perry Lead Press Conference on Debt Ceiling and Spending Reforms

March 22, 2023
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Pa.), joined by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Bob Good (R-Va.), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) of the House Freedom Caucus, host a joint press conference at 2:30 p.m….

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House Republicans Probe Preferred Pronoun ‘Role Play’ at West Point

March 22, 2023
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House Armed Services Committee members Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) are seeking answers from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point after learning cadets were forced to participate in sensitivity training on “understanding and respecting” others’ preferred pronouns. According to the “facilitator guide” obtained by The Epoch Times, the required training involved a…

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Sen. Graham Says Trump Arrest Would ‘Blow up Our Country’

March 22, 2023
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has warned that an indictment of former President Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would “blow up our country.” Graham made the comments in an interview with “Fox & Friends” on March 21 in which he also condemned Bragg’s probe into Trump’s 2016 payment to adult entertainment actress Stormy Daniels. Trump announced…

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Proposed GOP Legislation to Block Gas Stove Ban Supported by Industry

March 22, 2023
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Republican members of Congress have proposed legislation to preemptively block any proposed rules to ban or heavily restrict gas ovens being sold in the United States by Biden administration officials in the U.S. Department of Energy. The legislation comes as the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) made a formal request for information about the health…

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GOP Panel Chair Demands Action to Fix ‘Dire’ Border Situation

March 22, 2023
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ORLANDO, Fla.—House Republicans will redouble their efforts this spring and summer to convince the Democrat-held Senate to adopt eight proposed immigration reform measures that are matriculating through the lower chamber, two key GOP committee chairs affirmed March 20. While that’s not necessarily breaking news, Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and Judiciary Committee…

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Senate Votes to Begin Debate on Bill Repealing Iraq War Authorizations

March 22, 2023
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The Senate voted on March 21 to advance a repeal of two U.S. authorizations for military action against Iraq. The upper congressional chamber voted on the motion, 67-28, to begin debate on a bill that would undo the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMFs). The first authorization allowed the United…

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McCarthy Urges Senate to Form China Committee

March 21, 2023
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calf.) on March 21 suggested the Democrat-controlled Senate should create its own China-focused committee, not unlike the select China committee that the Republican-controlled House inaugurated this session. “I would hope that the Senate would create a similar committee,” he said. McCarthy made the comments alongside his colleagues Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah…

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House Oversight Committee Probes FDA’s Response to Baby Formula Shortage

March 21, 2023
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Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for information about the agency’s response to the nationwide infant formula shortage. In a March 21 letter (pdf) to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), chair of the Subcommittee on…

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House Republicans at Retreat Focus on China, Parents’ Rights, Energy as Trump Arrest Looms

March 21, 2023
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ORLANDO, Fla.—The 500-acre Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes, with its 580-plus luxury rooms, Greg Norman-designed golf course, and waterpark, is figuratively if not geographically a million miles away from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach or New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Manhattan office. With events in both locations dominating the news, more than 150 House Republicans…

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