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John Cornyn

 
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01/31/2025 --axios
Senate Republicans are holding their breath over President Trump's tariffs, which kick in Saturday against Canada, Mexico and China.Why it matters: Many senators spent months telling Axios they saw the move from Trump more as a negotiating tactic. But some were concerned about what would happen if he followed through.🚨 Now, sweeping 25% tariffs start this weekend on Canadian and Mexican imports — and 10% on Chinese goods, the White House said Friday. All three countries have vowed to retaliate against broad tariffs.Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told Axios in August that "across-the-board tariffs is not something I have been for in the past." Thune is open to the selective use of tariffs.Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) described Trump's tariffs promises as potentially "problematic."Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), a former Senate Commerce Committee chair, also told Axios in August he's listening, but "not convinced that's the best approach."Between the lines: Senators often cite concerns about tariffs leading to inflated prices for Americans — after a campaign cycle where Republicans repeatedly said former President Biden's policies led to inflation.Zoom in: More tenured senators, especially free traders, have learned the value of waiting instead of staking out positions Trump can upend at any moment.Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is taking a "wait-and-see attitude," he told Reuters. Iowa is a big farm goods exporter."Normally I'd be stronger in my comments because I am a free trader. I used to be in the majority when free trading was a majority of the Congress, but now I am in the minority," he said.😈 The newer senators are on Trump's side, and they're content to let him cook."Everybody runs through the streets saying, 'The sky is falling! The sky is falling!' but it doesn't fall," Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.V.) told Reuters.Zoom out: The list of surprised leaders stretches beyond the Senate."I don't believe that will happen," House Speaker Mike Johnson said earlier this week about across-the-board tariffs.
01/31/2025 --forbes
Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and another Senate panel Thursday.
01/31/2025 --kron4
Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R), an influential member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, announced on Friday that he will vote for Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence. Cornyn, who said earlier this week that he had “questions” about Gabbard’s views on expanded surveillance authority under Section 702 of the [...]
01/28/2025 --forbes
Kennedy will appear before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and another Senate panel on Thursday.
01/28/2025 --foxnews
Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Small Business Administration, plans to donate her federal salary to charity, Fox News Digital has learned.
01/28/2025 --forbes
Kennedy will appear before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and another Senate panel on Thursday.
01/28/2025 --foxnews
Carla and Marsha Mueller, the parents of ISIS victim Kayla Mueller, endorsed Kash Patel to lead the FBI under President Donald Trump's second administration, Fox Digital exclusively learned.
01/27/2025 --latimes
With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President Trump's agenda.
01/27/2025 --forbes
Patel has long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.
01/27/2025 --kron4
Republicans are cautioning that Tulsi Gabbard’s path to confirmation to lead the U.S. Intelligence apparatus is narrowing as she seemingly has trouble winning over key GOP senators. Gabbard, along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel, are set for their high-stakes confirmation hearings this week as senators face some of President Trump’s most controversial [...]
01/24/2025 --foxnews
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling holding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacks licensing authority, arguing that nuclear waste sites in Texas pose "an enormous threat to the country’s security and economic well-being."
01/23/2025 --theeagle
WASHINGTON — Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s pick for Agriculture Secretary, stood behind the president’s proposals for mass deportations and tariffs even as she acknowledged they could make life harder for farmers.
01/20/2025 --fox5sandiego
President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in at the Capitol on Monday, solidifying his stunning return to the White House and kicking off what is expected to be a busy 100-day rush focused on a handful of hot-button issues.
01/16/2025 --kvue
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Republican U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA.
01/16/2025 --salon
A change passed Wednesday mandates the federal detention of any undocumented migrant accused of assaulting a cop
01/16/2025 --rollcall
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Jan. 9.
01/15/2025 --kron4
The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open the new Congress. The legislation in its current form would mandate federal detention of immigrants without legal status accused of theft, burglary and other related crimes. Senators on Wednesday voted 70-25 for an [...]
01/15/2025 --theintercept
In their confirmation hearings, John Ratcliffe, Pam Bondi, and Tulsi Gabbard gave government mass surveillance two thumbs up.The post Trump Decried This Law as a Deep State Spy Weapon. His Nominees Sure Seem to Love It. appeared first on The Intercept.
01/12/2025 --huffpost
A list of options a conservative leader has circulated includes key elements of the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare, according to Politico.
01/08/2025 --rollcall
President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania, followed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and wife Kimberly, walk through the Ohio Clock Corridor on Wednesday.
01/07/2025 --foxnews
RFK Jr. begins meeting with Senate Democrats this week as his coalition for getting confirmed to HHS secretary remains uncertain.
01/04/2025 --hoodline
The Enable IC Partnerships Act, aimed at enhancing U.S. intelligence, was signed into law, fostering public-private tech collaborations.
12/27/2024 --theepochtimes
'I don’t think that West Virginia needs to have four governors in 10 days,' Justice says.
12/23/2024 --huffpost
Despite his best efforts, the former GOP representative has failed to outrun the congressional investigation into his alleged crimes.
12/19/2024 --axios
Donald Trump's idea of abolishing the debt limit is foundering on Capitol Hill as Democrats line up against it and Republicans uncomfortably try to shoot it down without angering the president-elect.Why it matters: With Trump digging in on the likely unworkable stipulation as part of government spending negotiations, the once-faint prospect of a holiday government shutdown is seeming more and more realistic.The demand comes after Trump torpedoed a bipartisan deal House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) negotiated to fund the government until March.State of play: Democrats would be Trump's most likely partners in eliminating the debt ceiling — an idea that has long been palatable in Democratic circles.But while a handful of Democrats have endorsed his approach, the party's official line is that anything but their deal with Johnson is a non-starter.Many lawmakers are also seizing on Trump policy plans that would raise the deficit — particularly his proposed tax cuts — to justify their opposition.What they're saying: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) set the tone Thursday with a social media post saying "hard pass" on even raising the debt ceiling, let alone eliminating it. "In order to give massive endless tax cuts to Elon Musk and other billionaire oligarchs? I don't know – there might be some wariness to that," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said of scrapping the debt limit.Some Democrats even acknowledged their long-standing support for getting rid of the statutory limit, but said this case is an exception.Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) told Axios: "There's other things we have to weigh now. Am I for eliminating the debt ceiling? Yes, I was for that two years ago, but we have to look at what's in front of us right now as well."The other side: Many Republicans, by contrast, tried to embrace their party's tendency to oppose even raising the debt ceiling without placing themselves in direct public opposition to Trump."That discussion will occur, but I don't know if it's going to happen," House Freedom Caucus chair Andy Harris (R-Md.) said of raising the debt ceiling.Similarly, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) told Axios of eliminating the debt ceiling: "I don't think that's going to happen. I don't see that as happening."Zoom in: A handful of Republicans did show a willingness to forcefully reject the idea."There are proposals to raise it, there are proposals to eliminate it. I won't vote for that," said Rep. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who said there are "at least 20 to 30 Republicans who are not for raising the debt ceiling or eliminating it."Paul called the debt ceiling an "important vote" because there "has to be some kind of punishment" for not cracking down on the national debt.Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), who lost reelection to a Trump-backed primary rival, is also openly opposed to the idea.Yes, but: Some Republicans also expressed surprising openness to Trump's demand."Overall, we need change. This isn't working. And I don't know that's the idea I would embrace, but I do have some ideas myself," said Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah), a senator-elect.Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told reporters the debt limit "hasn't been very effective in constraining the debt, has it? So, I'm open to a discussion."Zoom in: Johnson spent Thursday huddled in his office with various groups of GOP lawmakers trying to work out a last-minute solution before government funding runs out Friday.But Trump's abrupt opposition to the deal Johnson struck and his intransigence on the debt ceiling is making that a tall order.Axios' Stef Kight and Erin Doherty contributed reporting for this story.
12/19/2024 --foxnews
The "Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act," which is backed by celebrity and entrepreneur Paris Hilton, passed Congress and is on its way to President Biden's desk for his signature.
12/18/2024 --wacotrib
Trump will gladly pour gasoline on a smoldering planet. Rather than wallow in depression and despair, take the antidote of action. Suggestions for early steps to resist Trump’s agenda follow.
12/18/2024 --kron4
Senate Republicans from regions affected by hurricanes and other storms are warning negotiators against stripping disaster funding from the stopgap spending bill that is suddenly in turmoil after President-elect Trump heavily criticized Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) plan. Multiple Republicans indicated that they would hold up any bill that does not include more than $100 billion [...]
12/18/2024 --dailykos
Led by billionaires who have been appointed by Donald Trump to wield massive influence over his incoming administration, Republican members of Congress are rejecting a last-ditch spending bill just days before a possible government shutdown.House Speaker Mike Johnson has had to reach across the aisle for Democratic assistance to pass the continuing resolution legislation ahead of Friday, the last day before funding dries up. But hard-line Republicans in his own party have voiced their opposition to the bill, which contains economic aid for those hit by recent hurricanes and some relief for farmers.It looks like they’re taking their cues from the likes of failed presidential candidate and billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, who Trump appointed to lead the advisory (and completely unofficial) Department of Government Efficiency alongside multibillionaire Elon Musk. The obscenely wealthy duo wants the bill killed.In a TikTok video, Ramaswamy claimed that he read the entirety of the 1,500-page bill released Tuesday night “that blows away your taxpayer money.” @vivekramaswamy Congress wants to waste your money without telling you, make sure that doesn’t happen ♬ original sound - Vivek Ramaswamy ">x @vivekramaswamy Congress wants to waste your money without telling you, make sure that doesn’t happen ♬ original sound - Vivek Ramaswamy “Real-time advice to Congress: go back to the drawing board, start with a blank slate & do this the right way,” Ramswamy later wrote.Musk also voiced his displeasure with the bill Tuesday, writing, “This bill should not pass.”In a Wednesday morning appearance on Fox News, Johnson disclosed that he had been involved in a text chain with Musk and Ramaswamy overnight, trying to assuage their concerns over the legislation. Following that conversation, both billionaires have continued to attack the bill. Ramaswamy has even posted what he says should be a one-page “clean” funding bill that isn’t a “pork-fest” like the current legislation.Echoing the billionaires, Texas Sen. John Cornyn asked, “How on earth did a 3 month Continuing Resolution grow into this Cramnibus.” In response, Musk called it “a nightmare bill.”“Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!” Musk wrote in a separate post. Musk spent at least $250 million to help elect Trump and has said he will put more of his immense fortune into molding the Republican Party in his image.Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene jumped on the bandwagon, writing, “I agree with @elonmusk and @VivekGRamaswamy 100% on the CR!”Similarly, Florida Rep. Kat Cammack said she was against the bill and claimed the deal is “doing credible damage” to the party.Incredibly, even Trump is now reportedly expressing his opposition to the bill, according to Axios, while Politico reports that Johnson is already weighing a spending Plan B—which leads one to wonder who is truly wielding the most influence over the GOP.Not only is the current rebellion a headache for Johnson’s immediate concerns about the bill passing, but it could hurt his bid to be reelected speaker in January, when Congress reconvenes.Rep. Thomas Massie told reporters that he will not vote for Johnson, and if others follow suit the process could echo the multiple rounds of voting that former Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to endure.The billionaires have made their demands known and some of the Republican Party’s most prominent figures are giving them what they want—even if working-class Americans have to suffer the consequences.We're right in the thick of the holiday season, and we're all tired after a long election in which we gave 110%, but this is important: Daily Kos is falling short of our final goal of the year and time is running out. Can you chip in to help us close the books on 2024?
12/15/2024 --kron4
Republican senators are gearing up for the possibility of primary challenges ahead of the 2026 midterms as they seek to navigate the new political environment of a second Trump administration. Taking out a sitting senator in a primary would be no easy task, but some in the right flank of the party have flirted with [...]
12/14/2024 --unionleader
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A billionaire with Texas ties and President-elect Donald Trump’s ear wants to cut federal funding for Lockheed Martin’s F-35, something North Texas congressional lawmakers are warning against, but eliminating the program may be easier said than...
12/11/2024 --huffpost
Patel would not actually “come after” Trump’s enemies, several Republicans told HuffPost.
12/11/2024 --salon
Sen. Joni Ernst is now dismissing the "anonymous sources" who have questioned Hegseth's fitness and character
12/11/2024 --kron4
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) says that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Department of Defense, faces a nasty Senate confirmation hearing that would likely be uglier than the battle over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. Cornyn says he plans to vote for Hegseth but warned the embattled nominee may want to [...]
12/10/2024 --dailykos
Pete Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon under President-elect Donald Trump appears to be back on track as key Republican senators look past allegations of sexual assault and drinking at work. But that doesn’t mean voters are on board.A new Civiqs poll for Daily Kos poll, fielded Dec. 7-10, found that 48% of registered voters oppose Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of defense, while 42% support it. This is the lowest level of net support the poll found among the Cabinet appointees it covered. Even cretins like anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (for secretary of health and human services), former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (for director of national intelligence), and former federal prosecutor Kash Patel (for FBI director) saw higher levels of support among America’s voters. This poll arrives as many Republican senators have voiced support for Hegseth.South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who had previously called some allegations against Hegseth “very disturbing,” said on Tuesday that the Fox News host was “in pretty good shape.” Texas Sen. John Cornyn also said he’d support Hegseth “barring any unforeseen circumstances.” And on Tuesday, Trump’s transition team released a video showcasing three other Republican senators who will supposedly back Hegseth’s bid in Trump’s Cabinet.Hegseth met on Monday with onetime GOP holdout Joni Ernst, a Republican senator from Iowa, for a second time. Their discussions were apparently positive: Shortly after their get-together Ernst issued a statement where she said she would “support Pete through this process.”
12/10/2024 --theepochtimes
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Nov. 10 to examine President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan. Trump on the campaign trail suggested he might utilize the United States military to help deport millions of illegal immigrants. During Tuesday’s hearing, Ret. Army Major General Randy Manner testified that deploying troops domestically to deal with [...]
12/07/2024 --theepochtimes
Cornyn said he expects Patel will secure Senate confirmation, highlighting his investigative and leadership experience.
12/03/2024 --nbcnews
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is in peril over allegations concerning drinking and his treatment of women.
12/02/2024 --axios
Republican senators are prepared to hear out Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's controversial pick to lead the FBI.Why it matters: The FBI has become enemy No. 1 among Trump allies because of its role in investigating Trump himself. Patel does not have the typical experience for FBI director and has harshly criticized the agency."I do know Kash, and that's why I think he's going to be great," Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said Monday. "We really do need people that will go in and shake up some of these organizations."Between the lines: Ordinarily, the current FBI director Christopher Wray would remain in his role despite the change in administration.But Trump has made clear he wants one of his loyalists in the position — and would fire Wray to do so.What they're saying: Incoming Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Patel, like all nominees, would get a thorough and fair process. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he doesn't have any initial concerns about Patel and plans to meet with him.When asked about concerns about Patel's qualifications, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told reporters it's why there is a process to "vet all the nominees and give everybody a chance to ask those questions during the hearing."Zoom out: A group of Senate Republicans met behind closed doors Monday night with embattled Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth."He's clearly committed to making sure we have a lethal military that scares the crap out of our enemies," said Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) after emerging from the meeting.
12/02/2024 --abcnews
Democrats need to flip four Senate seats in 2026 to reclaim a majority, but have few clear targets.
12/02/2024 --stltoday
Schmitt joins U.S. Senate group that identifies $1 trillion in potential federal cost cuts, an area to be probed by Trump advisors Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy
12/02/2024 --theepochtimes
The incoming Senate majority leader, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), said, 'None of this is going to be easy.'
12/02/2024 --buffalonews
Republicans swept to power on Election Day and now control the House, the Senate and the White House, with plans for an ambitious 100-day agenda come January.
11/28/2024 --dailykos
As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for even some of the most powerful positions in U.S. government.Trump over the weekend demanded that Republican leaders in the Senate, who will hold a majority in the chamber next year, agree to allow recess appointments. It would be a significant shift in power away from the Senate, but Trump is returning to Washington with almost total support from his party, including the more traditional Republicans who still hold sway in the chamber.Their commitment, however, is being tested now that Trump has turned to picked people outside the Republican Party mainstream like former Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii for top positions.It quickly became apparent Wednesday that figures like Gaetz, who Trump announced as his choice for attorney general, may struggle to gain majority support from the Senate, even though Republicans will enjoy a 53-seat majority. But that may not matter if Trump is able to use recess appointments.
11/28/2024 --kron4
The race for key Senate contests in 2026 is already getting underway, with a few major potential candidates hinting they may join the race. Republicans won back control of the Senate in the 2024 elections in early November, picking up four seats for a 53-47 majority in the body, the largest margin for either party [...]
11/25/2024 --dailykos
Tulsi Gabbard's Vladimir Putin-mania might be catching up to her. Punchbowl News reports that GOP senators have privately discussed wanting to get their hands on the former congresswoman-turned-right-winger’s full FBI file.Donald Trump’s choice to head the U.S. Intelligence apparatus has a spotty history of troublesome positions on our foreign policy. Particularly problematic for Senate conservatives, according to Punchbowl, are Gabbard’s positions on exonerating whistleblower/traitor who committed espionage Edward Snowden, in tandem with her history of parroting Russian talking points. She has also promoted straight Russian propaganda, like the conspiracy theory that the United States has secret biolabs in Ukraine.According to Punchbowl, the implication here is that while it is public knowledge that Russian agent Elena Branson seemed to really be focused on Gabbard's presidential campaign, the GOP senators might be worried there are more problematic surprises in the file.“I start out saying, OK, this is an individual the president wants on his team,” Republican Sen. Mike Rounds, a member of the Intelligence Committee, told Punchbowl. “But now let’s talk about information that maybe the president didn’t have, or information that comes up, and at that stage do we advise the president to look elsewhere or do we offer our consent?” Fellow Senate Intelligence Committee member Susan Collins has said that Gabbard is “a nominee that illustrates the importance of a full background check, a public hearing, and the constitutional role of the Senate.” Of course, Collins has the integrity of discount toilet paper.Republican Sen. Jodi Ernst of Iowa described the choice of Gabbard for Intelligence chief as “interesting,” and Texas Republican John Cornyn, said “I have no doubt that she’s a patriot, having served in the military. But those are responsibilities in the position of trust for the nation. We need to understand and get all those answers to those questions.”Gabbard was also placed on a Transportation Security Administration watchlist earlier this year, according to CNN. The TSA’s Quiet Skies list adds additional security checks for customers. Gabbard claims the move was retribution for being such an anti-establishment threat. Sources tell CNN that it was more likely that Gabbard’s various foreign travels and activities triggered the algorithm that put Trump’s intelligence pick on the list.In a statement to CNN, the TSA did not confirm Gabbard’s inclusion on the list, but did say, “TSA’s Quiet Skies program, which is not a terrorist watchlist, leverages USG intelligence information and databases to apply screening measures to a limited number of passengers for a limited period of time. Simply matching to a risk-based rule does not constitute derogatory information about an individual.”While none of Trump's appointments have fared well under even the slightest bit of scrutiny, Gabbard may be the next person to tumble.Campaign Action
 
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