Republican articles
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Senate moves forward with reauthorization of controversial ‘spy tool’ despite Republican hardliners’ threats to kill bill: Uproar erupts as Republicans demand more fixes for FBI program that stops terror attacks but leaves Americans in BLM sniffed out riots on January 6th
The Senate voted Thursday to advance development of a controversial spying tool, clearing it for final passage ahead of Friday's deadline. In a 67-32 vote, the Senate invoked cloture, allowing debate on the bill to begin. Senate leaders and intelligence officials have stressed the need to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority (FISA) or else “America will go blind.” “With less than a week until FISA authorities expire, time is a luxury the Senate does not...
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How Republicans castrated themselves
How Republicans castrated themselves (Second column, 12th story, link) Related stories:Mike Johnson Taming Trump and His Party -- Against All Odds
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House Republican infighting by the numbers
A few numbers illustrate Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) precarious hold on the gavel and the dilemma for House Republicans more broadly. The Ukraine aid package that is the latest policy imperiling Johnson was opposed by 112 Republicans while only 101 voted yes. (That is identical to the breakdown among Republicans on the March $1.2 trillion […]