Hegseth can’t persuade Republicans to back his big budget - POLITICO

Senators are leaving town no closer to enacting the crown jewel of the Defense secretary’s agenda...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/10/hegseth-cant-persuade-republicans-to-back-his-big-budget-01029388

 

SECRET Provision of Bill TO PAY MAGA Senators $500K?!?

Buried in the spending bill to reopen the government, a provision lets eight GOP senators sue the Donald Trump-controlled Justice Department for $500,000 apiece because prosecutors accessed their phone metadata during the Jan. 6 investigation. Jack Smith was investigating Trump and Rudy Giuliani's outreach to Congress members as part of Trump's effort to subvert and defraud the 2020 presidential election.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I5G4OHNZzg

 

Musk flubs impeachment math in railing against judges who rule against Trump

Putting aside the subjective assessment that rulings against the Trump administration constitute a "judicial coup," the impeaching body is the House of Representatives. If a House majority votes for impeachment, then the matter moves to the Senate, where two-thirds of senators — that would be 67, not 60 — are required to vote for conviction (which, for example, they declined to do for both of Trump's impeachments in his first term)...

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/elon-musk-impeachment-judges-senators-math-rcna197086 

 

This app is turbocharging calls to Senators, Representatives about Trump - The Washington Post

The app offers suggested scripts on liberal policy priorities and lets you tap to dial numbers of your congressional representatives…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/11/5-calls-app-call-representative/

Heritage Action targets nine GOP senators on Trump nominees

It marks the first phase of a Republican-on-Republican ad battle to pressure the handful of GOP senators who've raised concerns about Trump's nominees or have a history of clashing with him…

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/heritage-action-senators-trump-nominees

So Much for Being the Party of "Freedom"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Gw2Rc7nrR4

The GOP’s most Trump-skeptical bloc starts falling in line - POLITICO

Donald Trump is making serious headway with a bloc of the GOP that's among the most skeptical of his 2024 bid: Republican senators...

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/02/gops-most-trump-skeptical-bloc-falling-in-line-00133263

Republicans can’t let go of their interest in the 17th Amendment

Imagine looking at the landscape and concluding that one of the problems with our politics is that Americans are able to elect their own senators...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-cant-let-go-interest-17th-amendment-rcna43519

Trumpist Senators ‘Hid From Colleagues in Closet’ as Capitol Riot Raged Around Them

…On Jan. 6, as the Capitol riot raged around them, a rag-tag group of pro-Trump senators hid in a closet to plot their next move, fretting that the insurrection was making them look pretty bad…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tommy-tuberville-says-maga-senators-hid-from-colleagues-in-closet-as-capitol-riot-raged

Trump acolytes poised to push out Senate dealmakers - POLITICO

In the five states where Republican senators are retiring, the midterm elections could usher in a wave of hardliners who are nothing like their GOP predecessors...

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/31/trump-disciples-mitch-mcconnell-senate-republican-507887

Trump sends a message to Senate Republicans ahead of his trial - POLITICO

The ex-president could seek vengeance on GOP senators if they break with him on impeachment and vote to convict.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/trump-senate-republicans-impeachment-trial-462420

GOP senators in close races mislead on preexisting conditions - The Washington Post

The president’s doublespeak — voicing support for these protections while asking the Supreme Court to strike them down — is spreading into some battleground Senate races this year. It’s a classic case of buyer beware: Look under the hood of what Daines, Gardner and McSally are selling, and you’ll find a car without an engine. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/15/gop-senators-close-races-mislead-preexisting-conditions/

Senate Democrats Kneel In Protest Of Racial Injustice | HuffPost

The senators observed nearly nine minutes of silence to honor George Floyd and others killed by police brutality.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-protest-kneel-racial-injustice_n_5ed92d2cc5b691340ea25d60

“What You’re Really Finding Is White Women Switching”: After Ahmaud Arbery, Is Georgia Turning Blue? | Vanity Fair

With two GOP senators up for reelection, a horrific murder case, Trump, and a flailing governor are changing the climate. “Georgia is competitive,” says James Carville....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/after-ahmaud-arbery-is-georgia-turning-blue

Bipartisan group of senators pleads with current class to fix the broken Senate - The Washington Post

In a letter published as an op-ed in The Washington Post, the 70 former members said they often hear complaints from current senators that the job is no longer worth it.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bipartisan-group-of-senators-pleads-with-current-class-to-fix-the-broken-senate/2020/02/25/57f7550a-57ef-11ea-9000-f3cffee23036_story.html

Republican senators shredded after Trump team strong-arms prosecutors on Stone: ‘You made this possible’ – Raw Story

It has been one of the worst days for the Justice Department in history, one CNN commentator said, as prosecutors in the Roger Stone case lined up to resign from the case. The move came after being undermined by Attorney General Bill Barr and President Donald Trump. When Trump sent the following tweet, the DOJ announced it would be withdrawing the sentencing guidelines demanding seven to nine years in jail for Stone.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/republican-senators-shredded-after-trump-team-strong-arms-prosecutors-on-stone-you-made-this-possible/

Trump accused of “jury tampering” after allegedly threatening GOP senators not to vote against him | Salon.com

“Vote against the president, and your head will be on a pike," a Trump ally said Republican senators were warned ....
https://www.salon.com/2020/01/24/trump-accused-of-jury-tampering-after-allegedly-threatening-gop-senators-not-to-vote-against-him/

Republicans on Sondland impeachment bombshell: Who cares? - POLITICO

GOP senators dismissed new evidence of Trump's quid pro quo on Ukraine. ...
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/05/republicans-sondland-senate-066221

Sex Ed for Senators | May 15, 2019 Extended Act 1 | Full Frontal on TBS

States are passing draconian abortion laws hoping that they squirm their way to the Supreme Court, plop onto Roe V. Wade, and ironically, end the whole thing too early...
Interview:
https://youtu.be/6qUdMFa3iC4

Republican senators give Pence an earful on trade - The Hill

A group of Senate Republicans warned Vice President Pence at a lunch meeting Tuesday that farm states face a dire situation as President Trump struggles to close trade deals with Mexico, Canada and China.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/442615-republican-senators-give-pence-an-earful-on-trade