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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene , a Georgia Republican, vowed to "remove" GOP senators from office for backing the bipartisan gun bill, describing the 15 lawmakers as "sellouts." The Senate passed the bipartisan legislation late Thursday in a 65-33 vote, marking the most significant step toward gun reform from Congress in nearly three decades. Fifteen GOP senators , including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , voted in favor of the bill, despite the strong opposition of former President Donald Trump . Because the House is controlled by Democrats and needs only a slim majority for legislation to pass, the bill is expected to be approved by that chamber as well. President Joe Biden has urged the House to pass the legislation swiftly and plans to sign it. Greene, a staunch Trump loyalist, shared a video to Gettr on Thursday attacking the legislation and ripping the Republicans who support it. "To the Republican senators who are helping Biden take away … [Read more...] about Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to “remove” GOP senators who backed gun bill

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Top Indiana Republicans said Friday that they expect to see action toward tightening the state’s abortion law during the Legislature’s special session that is set to start next month. Leaders of the Republican-dominated Legislature said they were glad the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling returned decisions on regulation abortion to the states. Republican House Speaker Todd Huston said he expected lawmakers would “take action to further protect life when we return to the Statehouse.” GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday signed a proclamation calling the Legislature into a special session starting July 6 to take up a tax refund proposal, but state law allows legislators to take up any subject during a maximum 40-day period. Anti-abortion lawmakers decided to hold off on major action regarding abortion restrictions during this year’s regular session that ended in March while awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision. … [Read more...] about Indiana GOP leaders expect anti-abortion action this summer

The U.S. Senate passed new gun control legislation on Thursday in a bipartisan vote that saw the chamber approve the first gun safety bill in 28 years in the wake of recent mass shootings. Senators passed the Safer Communities Act by a vote of 65 to 33, with a majority of Republican members opposed. Enough Republicans joined Democrats to surpass the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome the filibuster. The legislation includes measures to enhance background checks on gun purchasers under 21 years old, it creates new criminal penalties for so-called straw purchases and for gun trafficking and it includes new funding for states to administer "red flag" laws and for mental health and school safety, among other measures. The bipartisan push for new gun safety measures comes after a mass shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, that left 10 people dead and a major incident at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that saw 19 children and two teachers killed. Here … [Read more...] about Full list of GOP senators to vote against bipartisan gun control bill

GOP Senators blocked an immigration plan by business-backed Democrats to put a very large number of foreign graduates into the Fortune 500 jobs needed by U.S. graduates, according to reports from Capitol Hill. “Immigration provisions in a hotly debated US competitiveness package are effectively dead, but Democrats haven’t admitted it yet, according to one Republican senator who’s a top negotiator on the legislation,” Bloomberg reported from a Hill interview with Sen. Todd Young (R-IN). “I think they’re dead. I just think that Democrats haven’t admitted that to themselves yet,” said Young , who has opposed the giveaway in close cooperation with his fellow Midwestern Senator, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). The little-publicized immigration giveaway would ensure that few of their Midwest constituents would get high-tech jobs at the chip-making factories that will be funded by the legislation. Instead, the Fortune 500 companies would fill up the midwestern factories with foreign … [Read more...] about GOP Senators Save U.S. Graduates from Immigration Bill

A Republican consultant called for people to "shoot to kill" abortion-rights protesters who he alleged would resort to violence after the Supreme Court 's overturning of Roe v. Wade , according to a post circulating Friday on social media. The Twitter page for PatriotTakes, self-described as a group of researchers "monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism," shared a screenshot of the post from Colton Duncan. In the post, which appears to have been deleted from Duncan's social media, Duncan wrote that when Roe gets reversed, "nasty, ugly gender-confused animals will torch American cities and do everything they can to tear down the fabric of America." The post goes on, "They should either be shot, or god-willing, apprehended before that has to happen. These depraved animals are our enemy. Let me repeat that. They are our enemy. Do not feel one iota of pity for them." Later in the post, Duncan instructs readers who live in big cities to "arm yourselves" and "shoot to … [Read more...] about GOP consultant urges “shoot to kill” response to abortion-rights violence

The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives released a joint statement celebrating the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade after issuing its final decision on the Dobbs case, determining that the “historic ruling” would “save countless innocent lives.” “Every unborn child is precious, extraordinary, and worthy of protection. We applaud this historic ruling, which will save countless innocent lives,” House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and House Republican Conference chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said in a joint statement. Their statement comes after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade after issuing its final ruling on the Dobbs case. The court ruling determined that the right to abortion is not included in the Constitution. Therefore, regulations on abortion should be left up to the states — not the federal government. “The Supreme Court is right to return … [Read more...] about House GOP Leadership: Ruling ‘Will Save Countless Innocent Lives’

A transgender billionaire is threatening to stop donations to the GOP unless GOP leaders reject voters’ support for the continued federal recognition of the two equal, different, and complementary sexes. “I have supported many Republicans in elections,” Jennifer Pritzker, a billionaire member of the wealthy Pritzker family who is living as a woman, wrote in the Washington Post . Pritzker added: I have hoped the Republican Party would reform from within and end its assault on the LGBTQ community. Yet, the party continues to champion policies that marginalize me out of existence, define me as an eccentric character and persecute me for using the public restrooms that correspond to my gender identity. As a result, the GOP’s positions have forced me to refocus my attention away from their agendas I support. Instead, I find myself focusing on issues to protect myself and others like me. Every dollar spent defending transgender rights is one dollar less I can contribute toward … [Read more...] about Transgender Billionaire: No Donations to GOP While it Supports 2 Sexes

After the committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots has held five hearings, there is still a question as to just how much damage the hearings will actually do to former President Donald Trump . The House Select Committee, which has spent a year investigating the events which led up to the Capitol riot, had been building up to proceedings in the weeks and months before the first live televised presentation, promising to deliver evidence that some hoped would force the Department of Justice to act and charge the former president. However, there is no guarantee that Attorney General Merrick Garland will take the unprecedented step and charge the former president with a crime over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results or incitement of his supporters to storm the Capitol as a last-ditch attempt to hold onto power. Even if no charges are brought against Trump or any of his allies, there is still hope from the panel that their findings … [Read more...] about Have the Jan.6 Hearings Hurt Donald Trump?: Analysis

Florida congressman Matt Gaetz had been "personally pushing" for a broad presidential pardon from Donald Trump before and after the January 6 attack, the House Committee investigating the riot revealed. One of the biggest revelations from Thursday's hearing was testimony from White House officials naming six GOP lawmakers —Gaetz, Andy Biggs (Arizona) Louie Gohmert (Texas) and Scott Perry (Pennsylvania) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia)—who sought clemency from Trump before he left office. Additionally, Alabama Representative Mo Brooks is alleged to have sent an email on January 11, 2021, seeking "all purpose" pardons for every lawmaker who objected to electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. In a statement to AL.com, Brooks cited the email in saying that there was "concern Democrats would abuse the judicial system by prosecuting and jailing Republicans who acted pursuant to their Constitutional or statutory duties under (federal election law)." Former … [Read more...] about Matt Gaetz mysteriously sought Trump pardon way before Jan. 6—committee

Fifteen Republican senators caved Thursday night and voted “yes” on the gun control package Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) worked with Democrats to create. Cornyn’s gun control bill expands background checks for some gun buyers, uses taxpayer money to incentivize states to enact red flag laws, and broadens the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) prohibited purchasers list by using domestic violence statutes to cover dating relationships. It also heightens punishments for gun crimes that had nothing to do with Uvalde, Buffalo, Parkland, Las Vegas, Orlando, or Sandy Hook. CBS News reported that the legislation passed Thursday night by a vote of 65-33. Here are the 15 Republican Senators who caved and voted for the new gun controls: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Sen. … [Read more...] about The 15 GOP Senators Who Caved and Voted ‘Yes’ on Gun Control