Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed
Senate confirms Oregon Justice Adrienne Nelson to a seat on federal bench
McConnell demands answers on unidentified objects shot down: 'What in the world is going on?' (Full Speech)
McConnell slams Democrats’ ‘bizarre’ focus on judicial ‘demographic box-checking’ (Full Speech)
As DC crime wave reaches Congress, McConnell calls on the Senate to take action (H.J.Res. 26, S.J.Res. 12)
National Security / Military
Administration scrambles to quell Congress’s frustration over balloon, UFOs • China spy balloon: Objects likely weren't part of spy program • Senators demand transparency from Biden following classified briefing • Mike Lee slams Biden over UFOs: ‘Concerning and deeply troubling’ • Unsatisfying answers about possibly ‘benign balloons’ leave congressional critics frustrated • McConnell: Flying objects briefings had no 'useful information' • Remarks by President Biden on the United States' Response to Recent Aerial Objects
Lawmakers eye opportunities as Philippines base access expands
Putting slack and margin back in the military
Foreign Policy
Sanctions waiver for Syria quake victims brings fears of abuse
Schumer, McConnell visit Munich conference in show of support for Ukraine
U.S. Congress members seek halt to $1 billion Nigeria weapons deal over illegal abortion program and the targeted killing of children
First Amendment
Disinformation Inc: Government-backed organization sent $315,000 to group blacklisting conservative news
Second Amendment
Murphy reintroducing background check legislation (S. 494)
Homeland Security
McCarthy led congressional delegation to southern border
House Republicans turn southern border into second campus
Jeffries visits border one day after McCarthy
Arizona Democrat goes on media blitz against GOP border narrative
Budget
Social Security's new funding timeline gives Senate some heartburn: budget scorekeeper brings the insolvency date within the nation’s 10-year budget window for the first time in decades (CBO Outlook report)
Tax Policy
House GOP looks to make Trump 2017 tax cuts permanent: Lower rates, child tax credit, SALT cap (H.R. 976, P.L. 115-97) • SALT state Republicans dissent
Senate Democrats unveil resolution condemning Republicans' national sales tax proposal (S.Res. 65 vs. H.R. 25)
House Republicans hope to get some tax goals enacted despite divided government
Federal Spending
Lankford, Cloud Want to Stop Taxpayers from Paying for Abortion (S. 471, H.R. 1074)
Chinese spy balloon has GOP saying no cuts to defense • Senators float more defense spending following Chinese spy balloon incident
Under fire, Rick Scott changes plan to exempt Social Security, Medicare from sunsetting • McConnell: 'No agenda on the part of Senate GOP to revisit Medicare or Social Security'
Sally Pipes: Fixing Medicare isn't brain surgery
The Medicare balance sheet has two sides: the patient side and the health care provider side. The third-rail politics of the issue center around current and soon-to-be patients: taxpayers have already paid for current and unrealized health benefits. Much less politically hot is how much Medicare pays health care professionals. Democrats had no problem changing Medicare payment amounts by $500 billion to pay for the Affordable Care Act law, which supposedly were going to save that much by finding different ways to manipulate supply and demand. • No matter what policy changes lawmakers make, the fixed natural laws of supply and demand reign over any action of Congress. If doctors stop taking Medicare due to low reimbursement, sick seniors and their families will look for other ways to find and pay for health care. It's possible Medicare becomes irrelevant before it becomes fully insolvent.
Treasury will run out of room under the debt limit between July and September: CBO • CBO warns of sharp uptick in Social Security, Medicare spending • budget picture worsens • “House Republicans are expected to lay out their budget blueprint in April, after President Joe Biden unveils his fiscal 2024 budget on March 9.” • “Deficits over the next decade are now projected to grow by $3.1 trillion, or 20 percent, during the next decade from the agency's forecast last May. Nearly half of that is the result of new laws, including a pricey new veterans toxic exposure benefit; the climate and health care budget reconciliation package; new semiconductor manufacturing subsidies; the fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations law and more.” • Government auditor concerned about 'financial management weaknesses' as debt ceiling crisis looms • Schumer: Democrats won't play 'brinksmanship' over debt ceiling deal (a theme he repeated on the Senate floor on Monday and Thursday) • Two Democrats want McConnell's 2011 debt-ceiling fix proposal to be adopted: grant the president the authority to raise the limit
Monetary Policy
Rick Scott hits Biden over soaring price of eggs
Executive
Biden faces tough choice to replace Marty Walsh • Sanders weighs in
McCarthy tells Mayorkas to 'stop lying' about border • How a Bush-era law requiring border ‘perfection’ stands at center of GOP impeachment case
Sherrod Brown calls on Ohio governor to declare disaster over East Palestine derailment • train derailment has Vance and Rubio demanding answers from Buttigieg • Rubio, Vance question Buttigieg on freight rail oversight • Vance tells Buttigieg to ‘stop blaming Donald Trump’ for chemical disaster • Manchin bashes Biden and Buttigieg for 'unacceptable' response • Rubio and Cruz ask why Biden hasn't fired Pete Buttigieg • Rubio calls for Buttigieg's resignation
Catholic Leader Demands Probe Into FBI Memo, ‘Pattern of Anti-Catholic Bigotry’ That Represents ‘The New Inquisition’
Virginia congressional delegation makes pitch for FBI headquarters
House Republicans ask FBI to investigate Biden appointee Dominic Ng over potential Espionage Act violations (Espionage Act)
Judiciary
Hyde-Smith & Pfluger lead bicameral amicus brief in challenge to chemical abortion: 67 Lawmakers Sign Brief that Spotlights Risks to Women, Girls in FDA Disregard of the Law
• This could put a stop to more than half of the abortions in this country.
• Democratic Senators spoke in opposition on the Senate floor: Murray, Wyden
Senate confirms Biden's 100th judge, vacancies needed to match Trump
Lindsey Graham in GOP hot seat for speedy judicial nominees
Supreme Court
Supreme Court to hear arguments on social media immunity laws (Gonzalez v. Google, Twitter v. Taamneh), as Congress weighs legislation on the issues
Justice — Punishing Evil, Praising Good (Romans 13:3-4; 1 Peter 2:14)
Lawmakers Introduce Measure To Investigate Antifa Riots (H.R. 649)
Republicans introduce 'COVID-19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act' (S. 420, H.R. 991)
GOP bill would jail publishers for distributing 'sexually explicit materials' to schools (H.R. 863)
Sen. Mike Braun leads bill to increase penalties for killing or targeting police officers (S. 459)
Reps. McMorris Rodgers, Kilmer push Congress to honor Vietnam evac pilots, crew
Corruption — Praising Evil, Punishing Good (Isaiah 5:20)
Senate Democrats press White House on abortion
Commerce Policy
Alaska Democrat: Environmentalism and oil need to ‘coexist’
Health Care Policy
House GOP demands info from Fauci, other officials on COVID-19 origins
Sanders calls for expanded access to medical education to address worker shortage
Technology Policy
Hawley proposes ban on social media for kids under 16
Democrat pushes Congress to get a jump on regulating generative artificial intelligence (AI)
Education Policy
Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60,000 for public school teachers
Congress
McCarthy calls for resignation of Architect of Capitol or removal by President Biden • Biden fires Architect of Capitol
Rand Paul wants to make Congress efficient again
Casey undergoes surgery for prostate cancer successfully
Fetterman checks himself into Walter Reed to be treated for clinical depression, to remain hospitalized for 'a few weeks' • Democrats support • Biden praises
Texas challenges federal spending law over proxy voting rule
Main Street Caucus eyes ‘pragmatic’ conservative wins
Newcomer’s placement on Pentagon spending panel attracts notice
McCarthy highs and lows in first weeks as Speaker
Justice Department reportedly won’t charge Rep. Matt Gaetz
Biden pays tribute to Feinstein: 'One of the very best' senators I ever served with
Committee Activity
Ted Cruz grills Biden nominee over payments to Democrats revealed by Washington Examiner • 'Wholly unqualified': Ted Cruz says Biden's wasting his time with FCC nominee Gigi Sohn
Biden IRS nominee pressed on ‘troubling’ reports on audit rates of Black taxpayers, nominee vows no increased audits for those earning under $400K
Sanders hits Starbucks CEO for refusing to testify before Senate
Lawmakers discuss foreign policy tools to stem fentanyl crisis
Senate Committee Approves Marijuana Research Bill Focused On Military Veterans With PTSD And Pain (S. 326)
GOP committee chair eyeing 'creative wargaming' to evaluate possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan amid threats to Taiwan
Republicans' first hearing at southern border
House Judiciary subpoenas Big Tech CEOs over free speech
House Oversight Committee ramps up investigation on 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal
Small Business Owners Voices Heard in House Committee
China committee to hold first public hearing on communist threat by month's end
House committee on China becoming an oasis of bipartisanship
4 Ways Church Committee Precedent of 1970s Could Guide House’s Probe of ‘Weaponized’ Agencies
Sanders to ask Moderna CEO over proposed COVID vaccine price hike
Senate Energy Committee to hold hearing on East Palestine train derailment effects
Tester to lead Senate probe on failures to spot Chinese spy balloons earlier
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