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January 25, 2024 | Melina Wisecup
McConnell Changed Tone on Border Deal: GOP Senators
A deal to make changes at the southern border is something senators have been negotiating for months and could be collapsing. Republican senators gave mixed responses on whether Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was backing away from the deal and whether possible opposition from former President Donald Trump has anything to do with it.
January 24, 2024 | Melina Wisecup
GOP Senators Criticize McConnell Over Border Talks
Aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan is on hold while Democrats and Republicans try to find common ground on border policy. Republicans are growing anxious that Senate leaders will try to rush a bill without leaving adequate time to review it.
October 18, 2023 | NTD Video
GOP Senators Hold Press Conference on Standing With Israel
Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Republican senators hold a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on Oct. 18, affirming America’s support for Israel against Hamas’s terrorism, destruction, and violence. Senators will discuss the specific tools Israel needs to destroy Hamas.
March 10, 2023 | Jeremy Sandberg
GOP Senators Declare Biden’s Budget Proposal Dead on Arrival
President Joe Biden unveiled his 2024 budget plan on March 9, vowing to raise taxes on the wealthy, increase spending, and reduce the federal deficit. GOP senators reacted to Biden’s budget proposal and declared it dead on arrival.
September 24, 2021 | NTD Newsroom
Opposition to Biden’s IRS Surveillance Plan
President Joe Biden is proposing to allow the IRS access to a great deal of private bank account information. He says it’s to prevent the rich from evading taxes. But there’s growing opposition to his plan, including from GOP senators and from the banks themselves.
March 31, 2021 | Joshua Philipp
Live Q&A: Trump Launches 45office.com for Activism Campaign; Cartels Threaten Republican Senators
Former President Donald Trump has launched a new website, 45office.com, to kick off his new activist campaign to advance the “Make America Great Again” agenda. In other news, GOP senators were threatened by cartel members near the Texas-Mexico border. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp we’ll be discussing these stories and others, […]
February 8, 2021 | Lorenz Duchamps
Alabama Republican Sen. Richard Shelby Won’t Seek Reelection in 2022
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) has announced he won’t seek re-election in 2022, according to a statement released on Monday by the 86-year-old lawmaker who has previously said he will retire at the end of the current Congress. “Today I announce that I will not seek a seventh term in the United States Senate in 2022,” Shelby, […]
January 31, 2021 | Jack Phillips
10 GOP Senators Offer Alternative Pandemic Relief Plan, Seek Biden Meeting
A group of 10 GOP senators on Jan. 31 called on President Joe Biden to support their alternative CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus stimulus package and asked the president to work with them on passing the measure. The lawmakers said in a letter to Biden that they “welcome the opportunity to work with [him] in a bipartisan […]
January 5, 2021 | Grace Coulter
GOP Senators Take a Stance: For or Against
The number of Republican Senators who support challenging the electoral vote tomorrow is growing—and so is the number of those against it. Of the 50 GOP senators, an estimated 38 have publicly taken a stance on whether or not they will object on Jan. 6. Sens. John Hoeven, Kevin Cramer, Shelley Moore Capito, and Rob Portman […]
January 2, 2021 | Zachary Stieber
11 More GOP Senators to Object to Electoral College Votes
A group of 11 senators on Saturday announced they’re going to challenge electoral votes during the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress. “America is a Republic whose leaders are chosen in democratic elections. Those elections, in turn, must comply with the Constitution and with federal and state law,” the group wrote in a joint statement. […]
May 10, 2020 | Venus Upadhayaya
GOP Senators Ask Trump to Pause Visas to Protect Jobs Lost Due to CCP Virus
Four Republican senators have written to President Donald Trump, pressing that he suspend issuing guest work visas to compensate for the jobs lost due to the CCP virus pandemic. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Trump on May 7 urging him to extend […]