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Democrats Learn to Love the Tax Cuts They Voted Against

As the Working Families Tax Cut Law Is Implemented and Creates New Opportunities for American Families, Democrats Tout the Tax Cuts They Tried to Prevent DEMOCRATS HAVE SPENT MUCH OF 2026 TOUTING PROVISIONS PASSED IN REPUBLICANS’ WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS LAW IN ADDITION TO TOUTING TAX CUTS ENACTED BY REPUBLICANS,... Continue Reading

The Senate Is Confirming Available Nominations at the Highest Rate in 25 Years

Thanks to This Week’s Confirmation of the Fifth Batch of En-Bloc Civilian Nominations, the Senate Has Confirmed 95% of All Nominations That Have Been Available for Floor Consideration This Congress PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MORE NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED NOW THAN AT THIS POINT IN HIS FIRST TERM AND THE HIGHEST CONFIRMATION RATE... Continue Reading

Senate Works to Responsibly Fund the Government

Led by Senate Republicans, the Senate This Week Will Vote to Pass a Continuing Resolution, Removing the Threat of a Fall Government Shutdown and a Repeat of 2025 THIS WEEK, THE SENATE IS CONSIDERING A BIPARTISAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT UNTIL DECEMBER “This measure gives Congress the time... Continue Reading

Republicans Cut Americans’ Taxes. Democrats Are Embracing Socialism.

Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts Law Is Putting More Money in Americans’ Pockets and Unleashing New Opportunities to Get Ahead – But Increasingly Far-Left Democrats Are Trying to Take It All Away LAST YEAR, REPUBLICANS PASSED THE WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS LAW, WHICH MADE PERMANENT THE 2017 TAX CUTS AND... Continue Reading

On Behalf of Taxpayers, Republicans Crack Down on Fraud

As Democrats Fight Tooth and Nail Against Efforts to Safeguard Taxpayer Money, Republicans’ Work Is Getting Real Results THIS YEAR, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS HAD A STRING OF SUCCESSES IN CRACKING DOWN ON CRIMINAL FRAUD SCHEMES AGAINST AMERICAN TAXPAYERS THESE EFFORTS WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S TASK FORCE... Continue Reading

Senate Advances Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act

President Trump Is One Step Closer to Having the Leverage He Needs to End the War in Ukraine... Continue Reading

Senate Republicans Begin to Process Fifth En Bloc Batch of Trump Nominations

Outpacing the First Trump Administration on Nearly Every Metric, the 119th Senate Continues Working Swiftly to Get President Trump’s Second-Term Nominees in Place THE SENATE HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS OF CONFIRMING THE FIFTH BATCH OF CIVILIAN NOMINATIONS SINCE REPUBLICANS’ RULES REFORM, SETTING THE TABLE FOR ANOTHER 74 CONFIRMATIONS NEXT WEEK... Continue Reading

Americans Reject Democrats’ Champagne Communism

“Democrats are still in thrall to the far left of their party. They still have the same priorities that turned voters off from Democrats in the last election.” – Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) SO-CALLED “DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS” AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE SCARING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY INTO DOING THEIR BIDDING... Continue Reading

Democrats Prove Once Again They Are Not Serious About National Security

DEMOCRATS UNDERSTOOD THE DANGERS OF LETTING FISA SECTION 702 LAPSE, YET STILL USED THE PRESIDENT’S TEMPORARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF APPOINTMENT AS AN EXCUSE FOR THEIR RECKLESS OBSTRUCTION OF THIS CRITICAL PROGRAM... Continue Reading

Americans Are Safer Because of Republicans’ Border Security Policies

UNDER REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP, THE SOUTHERN BORDER IS SECURE AND AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE SAFER (U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Southwest Land Border Encounters – accessed 7/21/26) Last week, “the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced 14 consecutive months of zero releases at the... Continue Reading