Senate Republicans Approves First Subpoena in Biden-Burisma Probe

Senate Republicans Approves First Subpoena in Biden-Burisma Probe

Mona Salama
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May 20, 2020
Senate Republicans issued their first subpoena on Wednesday into the Ukrainian energy firm that hired former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to issue a subpoena for Blue Star Strategies, a firm with ties to Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings. The subpoena asks […]
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Ted Cruz: Texas Shouldn’t Have To ‘Pay Higher Taxes To Bail Out’ Irresponsible States

Ted Cruz: Texas Shouldn’t Have To ‘Pay Higher Taxes To Bail Out’ Irresponsible States

Mona Salama
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May 6, 2020
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the next coronavirus relief stimulus bill is going to be a “major issue” in the senate if it focuses on a bailout for “fiscal irresponsibility and fiscally reckless policies” states.   “I don’t see any reason why the people of Texas should have to pay higher taxes to bail out states […]
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Bernie Sanders Threatens to Hold Up Coronavirus Stimulus Relief Package

Bernie Sanders Threatens to Hold Up Coronavirus Stimulus Relief Package

Mona Salama
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March 25, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) threatened to “put a hold” on a historic $2 trillion relief package aimed to cushion the economic blow from a coronavirus pandemic to force stronger restrictions on the $500 billion intended for distressed businesses. In a statement, the Democratic Socialist Senator said he is “prepared to put a hold on this […]
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Key Republican Senator dashes Democrat impeachment hopes

Key Republican Senator dashes Democrat impeachment hopes

Javier Manjarres
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January 31, 2020
Democrats were hoping to get three Republican Senators to vote in favor of calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, but those hopes were dashed when Sen. Lamar Alexander (D-TN) flatly dismissed the impeachment trial as being nothing more than a “shallow, hurried and wholly bipartisan” effort by House Democrats.
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GOP Senators Introduce Resolution to Dismiss ‘Bogus Impeachment’ Articles

GOP Senators Introduce Resolution to Dismiss ‘Bogus Impeachment’ Articles

Mona Salama
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January 6, 2020
Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, along with ten GOP Senators introduced a resolution on Monday to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Trump for lack of prosecution. “Speaker Pelosi started this bogus impeachment by claiming President Trump was an urgent ‘threat to democracy’ who had to be removed now. But after a bipartisan vote against the articles […]
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Scott, Sinema Fight to Pass No Budget, No Pay Bill

Scott, Sinema Fight to Pass No Budget, No Pay Bill

Javier Manjarres
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December 17, 2019
“Not only is this common sense, it’s moving through Congress with bipartisan support.”
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FL Sen. Rubio urges military support for devastated Bahamas

FL Sen. Rubio urges military support for devastated Bahamas

Javier Manjarres
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September 8, 2019
Two days after touring the storm-damaged northern Bahamas, Senator Marco Rubio (R) sent a letter to USAID Administrator Mark Green, “urging him” to ask the Department of Defense to reposition the USNS Comfort from the Caribbean to The Bahamas.
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FL Sen. Rick Scott to consider McSally's bill making domestic terrorism a federal crime

FL Sen. Rick Scott to consider McSally's bill making domestic terrorism a federal crime

Javier Manjarres
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August 15, 2019
Arizona Senator Martha McScally (R) has recently announced that she will be filing a bill that makes acts of domestic terrorism a federal crime, giving federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI the ability to charge terror suspects accordingly.
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Venezuela's Maduro set to dissolve national assembly

Venezuela's Maduro set to dissolve national assembly

Javier Manjarres
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August 12, 2019
The Nicholas Maduro regime has confirmed that it will hold a special session of their governing body, a move that U.S.-acknowledged President Juan Guaido says will be all-but end the current Venezuelan opposition government.
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Trump recertified Colombia's drug trade efforts

Trump recertified Colombia's drug trade efforts

Javier Manjarres
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August 9, 2019
The efforts of U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R) and Rick Scott (R) urging President Donald Trump to recertify Colombia’s efforts to eradicate its drug trade have paid off.
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Trump urged to certify drug-ridden Colombia

Trump urged to certify drug-ridden Colombia

Javier Manjarres
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August 5, 2019
The days of the “Cocaine Cowboys” are long gone, Harrison Ford is not fighting drug lords with the CIA,  Colombia is no longer considered to be the epicenter of the illicit drug trade (it still is), and the Pablo Escobars of the world have been replaced by organized Marxist guerrilla groups.
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Sen. Scott slams Bank of America

Sen. Scott slams Bank of America

Daniel Molina
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July 23, 2019
“If you don’t support the policies of the federal government, you shouldn’t benefit from doing business with the federal government.”
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Bipartisan effort will reduce student loan debt

Bipartisan effort will reduce student loan debt

Daniel Molina
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June 4, 2019
"We’ve held the line on tuition for six years straight and increased the transparency of education expenses.”
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Support grows for Ted Cruz & Ocasio-Cortez anti-lobbying pact

Support grows for Ted Cruz & Ocasio-Cortez anti-lobbying pact

Javier Manjarres
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May 31, 2019
The political world shook as Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) agreed to join efforts to permanently ban former members of Congress from ever becoming lobbyists.
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Dynamic Duo Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez help BLAST Act

Dynamic Duo Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez help BLAST Act

Javier Manjarres
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May 31, 2019
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) just got a bipartisan boost of support for his BLAST Act, a bill he introduced back in March with Sen. Mike Braun that would permanently ban former members of Congress from “cashing in and becoming lobbyists.”
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THE SPICE - America's Spicy Political News Read - 5.30.2019

THE SPICE - America's Spicy Political News Read - 5.30.2019

Javier Manjarres
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May 30, 2019
THE FIX IS IN, AGAIN? - BERNIE SANDERS supporters are fearful that the rigging of the 2016 Democratic presidential primary will relived in 2020, as the Democratic Party seems poised to support Joe Biden.
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Sen. Scott slams rep. Crist for secret Cuba meeting

Sen. Scott slams rep. Crist for secret Cuba meeting

Daniel Molina
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May 17, 2019
“Congressman Crist’s secret trip to Cuba is an absolute disgrace."
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Senate Democrats still blocking

Senate Democrats still blocking "disaster relief funding"

Daniel Molina
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May 6, 2019
"Help us pass disaster relief funding immediately.”
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Rubio says Russia threatening US national security

Rubio says Russia threatening US national security

Javier Manjarres
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May 3, 2019
Doral, Florida – Sens. Marco Rubio (R) and Rick Scott (R), along with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R), attended a roundtable meeting with leaders from the Venezuelan, Colombian, Cuban and Nicaraguan communities, to show support for the ongoing efforts to bring “freedom and democracy” in Venezuela. The three legislators earlier this week called on President Donald […]
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Scott champions Colombia's drug reduction efforts

Scott champions Colombia's drug reduction efforts

Daniel Molina
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April 29, 2019
“The drug problem is not only a Colombian problem.”
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"Enforce all of our laws (immigration)," says Florida Senator

Daniel Molina
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April 17, 2019
“Whatever the law is, we ought to be enforcing it.”
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Venezuela could help launch Chinese military land attack of U.S.

Venezuela could help launch Chinese military land attack of U.S.

Javier Manjarres
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April 15, 2019
“The Chinese are there. The Russians are there. They are not our friends,” said Scott. “Its (China) government that has built a military to compete with us.
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No contracts for companies doing business with Maduro

No contracts for companies doing business with Maduro

Daniel Molina
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April 11, 2019
“Companies choosing to do business with Nicolas Maduro and his thugs are subsidizing his chokehold on the Venezuelan people."
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GOP senators file pre-existing conditions protection bill

GOP senators file pre-existing conditions protection bill

Javier Manjarres
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April 11, 2019
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who last month introduced and passed an amendment in the Senate budget that protected pre-existing conditions, has co-sponsored the Protect Act with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help qualm concerns over pre-existing condition coverage, and allowing young adults to stay on their parent’s healthcare plan until they reach 26 years of age.
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Scott advocates for U.S. military action in Venezuela

Scott advocates for U.S. military action in Venezuela

Javier Manjarres
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April 11, 2019
President Donald Trump has stated on several occasions that a military option against Dictator Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela is on the table, Republican legislators like Sen. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Rick Scott, all support the president’s possible military action against the Maduro regime
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Maduro regime employs Nazi-like propaganda campaign

Maduro regime employs Nazi-like propaganda campaign

Javier Manjarres
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April 8, 2019
But even though it appears as if Maduro’s days are numbered, his regime has adopted a new Goebbels-like propaganda campaign a play to his fledgling base of support, hoping to convince them that that happier days are ahead of them.
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Trump says he’s will shut down U.S. southern border

Trump says he’s will shut down U.S. southern border

Javier Manjarres
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March 29, 2019
they have the strongest immigration laws anywhere in the world, and we have the weakest, the most pathetic laws.
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"Green New Deal" gets crushed in the U.S. Senate

Javier Manjarres
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March 26, 2019
Now the moment of truth has come for the “New Deal” in the senate, and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s measure has been summarily defeated in the senate
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Senate Democrats abandon doomed “Green New Deal”

Senate Democrats abandon doomed “Green New Deal”

Javier Manjarres
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March 25, 2019
Moderate-Democratic Senators like Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema, who have not shown support by Markey’s bill, are expected to vote” No” on the measure.
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Florida Senator slams Maduro for medically blackmailing voters

Florida Senator slams Maduro for medically blackmailing voters

Javier Manjarres
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March 17, 2019
"Where we see chaos and instability in LatAm, we also see the fingerprints of the Castro regime."
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Ocacio-Cortez, Democrats slammed for supporting

Ocacio-Cortez, Democrats slammed for supporting "Green Job Killer" plan

Javier Manjarres
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March 15, 2019
Democrat Party has embrace this “economy-destroying New Deal” as a new commandment.
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GOP Senators rebuke Trump’s border emergency declaration

GOP Senators rebuke Trump’s border emergency declaration

Javier Manjarres
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March 14, 2019
Trump’s response to the vote was very swift, simple and to the point, tweeting “VETO!”
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Florida's DeSantis backs Trump’s move to allow lawsuits against Cuba

Florida's DeSantis backs Trump’s move to allow lawsuits against Cuba

Javier Manjarres
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March 5, 2019
Cuba has been supporting Marxist dictatorships for decades, the case of the Maduro regime in Venezuela is but one example," said DeSantis.
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Trump Admin holds communist Cuban regime accountable

Trump Admin holds communist Cuban regime accountable

Daniel Molina
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March 4, 2019
"The United States will not sit idly by while the Cuban regime continues to support the Maduro’s crime family."
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Republican senators on verge of boot ground war

Republican senators on verge of boot ground war

Javier Manjarres
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February 20, 2019
It’s true, everything in Texas is bigger, especially ego’s when it friendly competitions between amigos.
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Here's your U.S. Senator's gov't shutdown vote

Here's your U.S. Senator's gov't shutdown vote

Javier Manjarres
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February 14, 2019
The Senate voted 83-16, and the House voted 300-128.
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