Senate GOP Makes a Yuge Move to Cut Taxes Further!
Yesterday, the Senate upped the ante in the war for tax cuts by taking President Trump’s advice and including repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate as part of its package. This…
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The Late-Term Abortion Ban Will Have Trouble in the Senate — But It Shouldn’t
The U.S. House passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act by a vote of 237 to 187 on Tuesday afternoon. The bill if passed into law would ban abortions after…
This Ex-2016 Candidate May Have Saved the Obamacare Repeal — And the GOP
In the aftermath of the GOP’s summer collapse in which it failed to deliver on a seven-year promise to repeal and replace Obamacare, an unlikely but familiar face was working…
Could This Bill Be Republicans’ Last Chance to Defund Planned Parenthood?
Last week, H.R. 1628 was introduced in the U.S. Senate. The bill is a last-ditch Obamacare repeal effort, but it has the potential to defund Planned Parenthood and end federally…
GOP Senators Should Kill This Transgender Amendment or Face Defeat in 2018
This article was posted originally at Townhall. Out of the hundreds of amendments proposed to the National Defense Authorization Act, the defense policy bill on the Senate floor this week, one…
Will the GOP Cave to Democrats Fighting Trump’s Transgender Military Policy?
Coming as a surprise to no one, Democrats in Congress are reportedly preparing to fight President Trump’s recently issued directive regarding transgender individuals in the US military. Their method, according…
Moore, Strange Set for GOP Showdown in Alabama — But Who Will Win?
Alabama is in the midst of one of the most intense Senate elections in recent years, after three strong Republican candidates closely split the early primary vote. In the first…
PredictIt Plays of the Week: Healthcare Is Back, and the GOP House Will Be Too
A couple weeks ago, when The National Pulse began this PredictIt-centric column, I promised that the healthcare bill had no chance of passing the Senate by July 31: This contract…
Could This Backup Plan for Obamacare Repeal Save the Senate GOP?
After spending the last seven years promising the American people that they would repeal and replace Obamacare, GOP members of Congress are getting cold feet now that they actually have…
70 Years Later, This Senate Chaplain’s Prayer Still Stands
Seventy years ago, the chaplain of the U.S. Senate was a man named Peter Marshall. He opened Monday, June 23, 1947, with a prayer that read: We thank Thee, O…
