The Leader Board
Chuck Schumer and Democrats Want to Break Medicaid. Again.
SENATE DEMOCRATS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO ROLL BACK THE ENTIRETY OF REPUBLICANS’ MEDICAID REFORMS AND RESTORE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S DISASTROUS RULES “Our bill is straightforward: it repeals the entire healthcare subtitle of the Republicans’ bill.” - Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “[T]he Biden Administration’s policy was willful ignorance about whether folks enrolled in these programs were eligible or continuing to need public assistance. To take one example: The Biden… Continue Reading
07.30.25
Americans Increasingly Support the Republican Agenda
AMERICANS SUPPORT MAKING TAX CUTS PERMANENT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL RELIEF EXTENDED TO WORKERS IN THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT “This legislation not only prevents the biggest tax hike in history, but it also provides significant tax relief for hardworking families through measures like increasing and making the doubled child tax credit permanent, and enhancing tax benefits that make child care more affordable.” - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) … Continue Reading
07.29.25
Five Charts That Explain What Is Happening With Nominees in the Senate
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT ON RECORD TO NOT HAVE A SINGLE CIVILIAN NOMINEE CONFIRMED VIA VOICE VOTE OR UNANIMOUS CONSENT (Click here to download) REGARDLESS OF THIS UNPRECEDENTED OBSTRUCTION, SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIRMING NOMINEES THE HARD WAY AND AHEAD OF THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PACE (Click here to download) SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE KEPT UP THE PACE BY VOTING MORE THAN ANY SENATE IN THE LAST 35-PLUS YEARS… (Click here to download) EVEN TAKING MORE VOTES … Continue Reading
07.29.25
Will Democrats Keep Torpedoing the Nominations Process?
THIS WEEK, SENATE REPUBLICANS WILL CONTINUE TO GRIND THROUGH DEMOCRATS’ HISTORIC OBSTRUCTION TO CONFIRM MORE CIVILIAN NOMINEES “Thune has already teed up several nominees for votes this week, and more are coming.” (Punchbowl News: AM: 3 things to watch as August nears - 7/28/25) “Advancing President Donald Trump’s nominations is straightforward but laborious, with Democrats showing little willingness to expedite the process.” (Roll Call: Trump to Senate: Confirm more nominees before Augu… Continue Reading
07.29.25
Thune: The One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers for America’s Farmers and Ranchers
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Madam President, the last few years have been some of the most challenging in recent memory for America’s farmers and ranchers. “Agriculture is already a challenging way of life. “But in the past few years it’s been made more difficult by higher input costs, higher interest rates, disease,… Continue Reading
07.24.25
Amid Historic Democrat Obstruction, Republicans Keep Confirming President Trump’s Nominees
(Click here to download) THE SENATE HAS CONFIRMED 52 MORE CIVILIAN NOMINEES THAN AT THIS POINT IN THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND KEPT UP THE PACE THIS WEEK The Senate has confirmed 107 civilian nominees, nearly doubling the pace of the first Trump administration (55) at this point in time. (Senate Majority Leader: President Trump's Senate-Confirmed Civilian Nominees - accessed 7/24/25) This week, the Senate confirmed the following Trump administration nominees: Terrance Cole, … Continue Reading
07.23.25
Six Months Into President Trump’s Term, the Border Is More Secure Than Ever
“Republicans in Congress are committed to supporting and continuing the administration’s good work. And that starts with the generational investment in border security that we made this July in the One Big Beautiful Bill.” - Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS LEFT TO CLEAN UP THE HISTORIC BORDER CRISIS CREATED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION Under the Biden administration, illegal border crossings hit record levels, totaling 10.5 million migrant encou… Continue Reading
07.22.25
Now Is Senate Democrats’ Chance to Prove They’re Serious About Funding the Government
IN A DEPARTURE FROM THE DEMOCRAT-RUN SENATE OF THE PAST, THE REPUBLICAN SENATE IS SET TO CONSIDER ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS ON THE FLOOR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2023 This month, four appropriations bills passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee with bipartisan support: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (passed 26-1). (U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations: Senate Committee Approves FY 2026 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill - 7/10/25) Agriculture, Rural D… Continue Reading
07.17.25
Democrats Spread Falsehoods on Rural Hospital Closures While Republicans Actually Do Something About It
AMERICA’S RURAL HOSPITALS HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY OPEN FOR SEVERAL DECADES, EVEN AS MEDICAID SPENDING HAS SKYROCKETED Since 2005, 196 rural hospitals have either closed or converted. 153 of these occurred since 2010. (University of North Carolina: Rural Hospital Closures - accessed 7/17/25) Hospital conversions are the elimination of inpatient services while maintaining other care such as emergency, primary, outpatient, or urgent care. (U.S. Department of Agriculture: Federal Assistan… Continue Reading
07.16.25
Republicans Work to Cut Wasteful Spending as Democrats Threaten to Tank the Appropriations Process
REPUBLICANS’ RESCISSIONS BILL IS TARGETED AND GOES AFTER WASTEFUL SPENDING The rescissions bill is targeted: The $9 billion rescissions package Senate Republicans are currently considering only accounts for roughly 0.1% of all federal spending. (U.S. Congress: S.Amdt.2853 to H.R.4 - accessed 7/16/25; Congressional Budget Office: The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2025 to 2035 - accessed 7/16/25) This rescissions bill cuts funding that has been used for wasteful programs that stray from the… Continue Reading
07.16.25
Debunking Democrats’ Medicaid Fearmongering Campaign
DEMOCRATS CLAIM REPUBLICANS ARE “KICKING PEOPLE OFF MEDICAID,” BUT AMERICANS WHO NEED MEDICAID WILL STILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT “This monstrosity of a bill is about one thing: Republicans’ insistence on passing more tax breaks for billionaires and giant corporations while they kick working people off their health care, rip away nutrition assistance, and make it harder for struggling families to get by.” - Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Americans who need Medicaid will have access to it. In fact, th… Continue Reading
07.15.25
Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Strengthens Medicaid
MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS WILL SAVE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND HELP PRESERVE MEDICAID FOR MOTHERS, THE ELDERLY, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND LOW-INCOME CHILDREN Republicans’ bill establishes work requirements for able-bodied adults who don’t have dependent children younger than 14 years of age or a disabled individual in their care. (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: Crapo Highlights Tax Wins for Hardworking Americans and Main Street - 6/28/25) “Able-bodied adults without depe… Continue Reading
07.10.25
Are Democrats Barreling Toward Another Schumer Shutdown?
“Senator Schumer’s latest Dear Colleague letter is wildly hypocritical. The true ‘affront to the bipartisan appropriations process’ was him refusing to put a single bipartisan Committee-passed FY25 appropriations bill on the floor last year as Majority Leader…not a SINGLE one. His disastrous decision and failure of leadership is what led to the full-year CR we’re operating under—and the rescissions package Congress is considering and he’s lamenting.” - Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) THREE MONTHS AFT… Continue Reading
07.09.25
Six Months of Senate Republican Accomplishments
SENATE REPUBLICANS’ RECONCILIATION BILL MADE OVER $4 TRILLION IN TAX CUTS PERMANENT THAT PRIMARILY HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND MAIN STREET AMERICA Senate Republicans’ reconciliation bill permanently extends the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, preventing a $4.3 trillion tax increase on the American people, including a $2.6 trillion tax hike on households earning less than $400,000 per year. (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: Crapo Highlights Tax Wins for Hardworking Americans and Main Street - 6/28/25; T… Continue Reading
07.01.25
Every Senate Democrat Just Voted for More Than $4 Trillion in Tax Hikes
EVERY SINGLE SENATE DEMOCRAT TRIED TO RAISE TAXES ON AMERICAN FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES - BUT REPUBLICANS REFUSED TO LET THAT HAPPEN “This is about extending that tax relief, so the same people that benefited from it back in 2017 and for the last eight years don’t end up having a colossal, massive tax increase hitting them in the face come January 1… $2.6 trillion of this tax hike that [Democrats are] supporting would hit families making less than $400,000 a year. It would hit small busines… Continue Reading
06.29.25
Obstructionist Democrats Try to Distract and Delay Relief for Americans
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING THEIR VOTE-A-RAMA ANTICS WILL MAKE VOTERS FORGET ABOUT THE PARTY’S UNPOPULARITY AND INEPTITUDE As a way to needlessly delay consideration of Republicans’ reconciliation bill, Senate Democrats forced the Senate clerks to read the entire bill on the floor. (NOTUS’ Ursula Perano: post on X - 6/28/25) “I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor… We will be here all night if that’s what it takes to read it.” … Continue Reading
06.29.25
Senate Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Achieves Historic Savings for Taxpayers
“In the wake of the Biden administration and Democrats exploding the growth of government spending on programs like Medicaid, we will make commonsense reforms to return to a fiscally sustainable path.” - Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) SENATE REPUBLICANS’ RECONCILIATION BILL SAVES MORE THAN THE HOUSE VERSION AND WILL LOWER THE DEFICIT BY TRILLIONS Senate Republicans’ bill achieves $1.6 trillion in Byrd-compliant savings, which is more than the House bill’s $1.4 trillion in Byrd-co… Continue Reading
06.28.25
Senate Republicans Are Strengthening Medicaid and Rural Hospitals
DEMOCRATS SET MEDICAID ON AN UNSUSTAINABLE PATH AND PRIORITIZED LARGE HOSPITALS OVER SMALLER RURAL ONES “The Biden administration has enacted several major Medicaid rule changes with giant fiscal costs,” including a rule finalized in 2024 that keeps people on Medicaid “when they are no longer eligible,” while restricting the times “when states may verify changes in eligibility.” (Paragon Health Institute: Biden’s Medicaid Changes: High Costs, Misguided Policy - 11/6/24) Another rule enac… Continue Reading
06.24.25
Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill for a Strong, Safe, and Prosperous America
BY PERMANENTLY EXTENDING AND EXPANDING THE SUCCESSFUL 2017 TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT, REPUBLICANS WILL HELP AMERICAN FAMILIES AND MAIN STREET GET ON MORE SOLID FOOTING “Republicans are poised to make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, promoting more stability in the tax code and avoiding tax cliffs. That certainty and stability is what families and businesses need to make long-term investments that drive growth, accelerate productivity and increase prosperity across all segments of the economy.” - … Continue Reading
06.24.25
Democrats’ Far-Left Policies Broke the Country
DEMOCRATS’ FOUR YEARS OF POOR GOVERNANCE LED TO THE HIGHEST INFLATION IN 40 YEARS AND CAUSED AMERICANS’ FINANCES TO SUFFER “[T]he Biden administration and Congressional Democrats made a $1.9 trillion bet in the form of the American Rescue Plan. They lost, as it contributed to a surge in inflation that fueled massive voter discontent and Donald Trump's return to the White House.” (Axios: Democrats' $1.9 trillion bet that blew up - 11/10/24) Inflation hit a 40-year high under President Bid… Continue Reading
