The Safer Communities Act, the new gun reform bill proposed in the Senate, is not expected to receive significant Republican support in the House. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., believes no more than 15 House Republicans will vote for the legislation. The bipartisan bill is expected to pass through the Senate as soon as Thursday, with…

The House joined the Senate in a nearly unanimous vote to pass the “Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022”, a bill that expands police security to the families of justices and senior officers of the court. The Senate had passed the bill shortly after a leaked opinion indicated the court was set to overturn…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is facing Congress one week after her headlining confession on cable news, admitting, “I was wrong [in 2021] about the path that inflation would take.” While her committee appearances in front of the Senate on Tuesday and House on Wednesday are to go over the president’s budget proposal, there’s something more…

Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s (R) 11-point tax plan has made him an easy target for a White House looking to turn the nation’s attention away from record-high inflation. Experts have said Scott’s proposal would raise taxes for the lowest-earning Americans, which led President Biden to call Scott’s idea “extreme.” Scott’s plan has also put him…

The U.S. Senate turned back an effort to end debate Wednesday on a procedural motion concerning the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022. The 49-51 vote effectively killed the Democratic-led bill to legalize abortion around the country through legislation, rather than a court decision as it currently stands in Roe v. Wade. Senate Majority Leader Chuck…

As the West continues to hit Russia with sanctions over the country’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is having trouble finding support in the United States. Prior to the war, a YouGov poll in January found that Republicans viewed Putin more favorably than members of Democratic leadership. This sentiment has largely changed, with Putin’s…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) may have decided whether Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. After four days of nomination hearings with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Manchin released a statement Friday, saying, “I have determined I intend to vote for her nomination to serve on the…

Congressional Republican leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), have split on the Republican National Committee’s censure resolution of Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Liz Cheney (R-WY). “The issue is whether or not the RNC should be sort of singling out members of our party who may…

Update (Jan. 20, 2022): After two days of debate, Democrats were unable to gather enough support to pass a voting rights bill Wednesday. The bill died on the Senate floor before a vote on it could even happen. “A few hours ago, this chamber with the eyes of the nation upon it… took a vote to…

The continued divisions and feuding within the Republican Party could be great news for Democrats as they head into the all-important 2022 midterm elections. Conventional wisdom and past political history suggest Democrats will lose control of the House, costing them their slim control of Congress. But the ongoing fighting inside the GOP could be a…