Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expressed their outrage at the Chinese embassy’s reported lobbying against a TikTok bill. They said the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) actions showed the importance of forcing a sale of TikTok to free the social media platform from communist control. Politico reported on Wednesday that the Chinese embassy met […]
New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission on Feb. 15 has approved a new congressional map proposal. The new map incorporates some minor changes to three competitive districts, although includes no major alterations to the rest of the state’s lines. The proposal is now heading to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which can either approve or reject it and […]
Questions have been posed as to whether the Senate’s $118-billion bipartisan bill on border security and foreign aid is good for American taxpayers. NTD spoke to Richard Stern, the director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation, and a former budget adviser to Congressman Mike Johnson. Mr. Stern […]
Less than 24 hours after the unveiling of the Senate border-Ukraine package, the deal appears to be on life support amid growing opposition from both Senate and House Republicans. The details of the package, itself the culmination of months of behind-the-scenes wrangling between Senate Republicans and Democrats, were finally made public the evening of Feb. […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) host a bipartisan press conference to discuss H. Res. 967, a resolution to amend House Rules to allow new mothers in Congress to vote by proxy for six weeks after giving birth at 10 a.m. ET on Jan. 18.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) will join Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and a bipartisan group of senators for a press conference with American and Israeli families of hostages abducted by Hamas terrorists at 12:00 p.m. on Jan. 17. The senators and families will discuss […]
How can we meet in the middle when there is division all around us? On this edition of America’s Hope, we talk about finding bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. We speak with Claude Jones, who has written a book to help children understand the immense value that they have. And we meet singer Billy Gaines. All […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has announced the formation of a task force to combat China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. During a press conference at the House Triangle in Washington, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced the creation of the new task force. Westerman […]
U.S. House Representatives María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) hold a press conference with a bipartisan group of colleagues at 11 a.m. ET on May 23 to announce a historic bipartisan immigration reform bill, years into an illegal immigration crisis at the southern border.
The Texas House has passed a bill that will ban sexually explicit books from public school and classroom libraries. The bill had bipartisan support, with 11 Democrats joining Republicans. The bill followed a six-hour committee hearing. Concerned parents and citizens showed strong support for the bill, which passed on April 20, by a vote of […]
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) lead a media availability at 11:15 a.m. ET on March 29 to re-introduce the Protection from Abusive Passengers Act to improve air travel safety by holding unruly passengers accountable.
The group of eight U.S. senators who visited the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 9 has vowed to find a bipartisan solution to the growing immigration crisis. Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) […]
Sens. Angus King (I-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) are seeking to introduce legislation for a China Grand Strategy Commission (China Commission) tasked with developing a comprehensive whole-of-government approach to address the threat the communist regime in Beijing poses to the U.S. economy, security, and foreign relations. According to a press release on […]
In a show of bipartisan support Thursday night, fifteen Republican Senators joined Democrats in passing what is being called the most significant federal gun control bill in decades. But the contents of the package have some second amendment advocates concerned.
A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on gun control Sunday, including providing more resources for mental health needs, school safety, and more. The announcement includes the support of 10 Republican senators, which is needed for the upper congressional chamber to overcome the legislative filibuster in the 50-50 senate. It was praised, notably, by […]
The Problem Solvers Caucus, an independent member-driven group in Congress composed of 58 Republican and Democrat representatives from across the nation, has announced support for legislation aimed at extending the Title 42 protections officially due to end on May 23. “Today, the Problem Solvers Caucus endorsed the bipartisan Public Health and Border Security Act of […]
President Joe Biden says he’s working to apply maximum pressure on Russia, but cutting off Russian oil means there’s a void to fill for oil in the global market. The White House has asked Iran to ramp up its oil production to help fill that void, as the administration inches closer to reviving the Iran […]
