Finance Democrats say they'll demand vote on Trump audit immunity - Live Updates - POLITICO

“Elected officials cannot look taxpayers in the eye and ask them to play by a set of rules that the president of the United States is exempt from,” Wyden said in a statement. “Tomorrow, senators on the Finance Committee will be able to go on the record about where they stand.”…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/29/congress/trump-audit-immunity-vote-01015286

Bernie Sanders to force disapproval votes over U.S. arms sales to Israel - Live Updates - POLITICO

"No more weapons to support an illegal war," the senator said in a statement...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/19/congress/bernie-sanders-israel-disapproval-votes-weapons-sales-iran-war-00835517 

 

Rule vote postponed amid tariff backlash - Live Updates - POLITICO

House Republican leaders are attempting to use a procedural measure to block any resolutions related to Trump's tariffs until the end of July…

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/10/congress/rule-vote-postponed-amid-tariff-backlash-00773687 

 

Johnson says it's full steam ahead on tariff vote ban - Live Updates - POLITICO

Three House Republicans say they oppose the move...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/10/congress/johnson-tariff-vote-ban-00773143 

 

Senate votes to limit Trump on Venezuela - POLITICO

The Senate on Thursday voted to advance legislation that would force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking any new military action in Venezuela, a stunning rebuke for the White House in the first big test of GOP unity since the U.S. capture of President Nicolás Maduro...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/senate-votes-to-restrict-trump-on-venezuela-00716127

 

Ohio House Democrat says she was forcibly muted during vote to rename Kennedy Center

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Jmj3rImjlA

 

Republicans in senate abdicate their responsibility in subservience to Trump

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the havoc on the Senate floor as the GOP tries to cover up Trump’s dark past and as the GOP tries to destroy the powers of the Senate as a co-equal branch of government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XfsAFcss0w 

Showing solidarity: Senator shares why he walked out of Emil Bove meeting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqellXXhe6k

Trump votes in Florida, tells lies about immigration, crime and Oprah - The Washington Post

The former president couldn't resist repeating his greatest hits on crime, immigration, elections and Oprah's last show...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/05/trump-votes-then-utters-15-falsehoods-15-minutes/

House members bypass Mike Johnson again to force Social Security vote

"It represents in this Congress the fact that, below the surface, there's always been this bipartisan majority ... that will push when things aren't getting done," said Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio). 

Landsman, one of the petition's organizers, added that Republicans should "appreciate the fact that this is one of hundreds of bipartisan bills that would pass immediately" if it made it to the floor via this method.

https://www.axios.com/2024/09/19/discharge-petition-social-security-mike-johnson

Christian Nationalist Pastor Joel Webbon Despises Democracy Because It Allows Women to Vote

The reason why Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon has "grown to despise democracy" is because it allows women to vote: "I think the 19th Amendment should be repealed. I think that because, first and foremost, I'm a Christian. That is the Christian position." 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=watavVjyLy4

28 Republicans Vote Against Bill To Protect Child Sex Abuse Survivors | HuffPost Latest News

Many are calling out the hypocrisy of the 28 Republicans who wouldn't support the legislation.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-bill-abuse-lgbtq_n_63a514eee4b0d6724fb54a4f

Schumer finds loophole to advance elections reform package - Axios

…Up until now, every time Schumer has tried to bring up both elections bills, Republicans have blocked it from even being debated by opposing a cloture vote on the motion to proceed… 

…"The Senate will finally debate voting rights legislation, and then every Senator will be faced with a choice of whether or not to pass the legislation to protect our democracy."…

https://www.axios.com/schumer-loophole-elections-reform-fa66e1d0-8e1d-4b05-96a2-ffdfa650a068.html

Chuck Schumer Just Announced a Major Potential Vote on the Future of the Filibuster – Mother Jones

In a letter released on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that the Senate would vote to amend the filibuster by Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 17, if and when the GOP stands in the way of major voting rights legislation…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/schumer-filibuster-reform-senate-manchin-voting-rights-letter/

Schumer forces debt limit vote to squeeze Republican resistance - POLITICO

The Senate Majority Leader announced a third vote within two weeks intended to pressure Republicans to help raise the debt ceiling.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/04/schumer-debt-limit-vote-515058

Opinion | Mike Pence’s role in Jan. 6 may have been even worse than we knew - The Washington Post

… The true contours of this emerge from a New York Times excavation of the role of John Eastman, the lawyer who wrote the Trump coup memo. It outlined how Pence supposedly could exercise unilateral power (that he did not have) over the process to refuse to count President-elect Joe Biden's electors, throwing the election to Trump…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/pence-eastman-memo-jan-6-role/

Sanders vows to force vote on $15 minimum wage | TheHill

"We cannot have a minority of members define what the American people want," he said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/541114-sanders-to-force-vote-on-15-minimum-wage-urges-democrats-to-ignore

Nearly all GOP senators vote against impeachment trial for Trump, signaling likely acquittal - The Washington Post

All but five Republican senators backed former president Donald Trump Tuesday in a key test vote Tuesday ahead of his forthcoming impeachment trial, signaling that the proceedings are likely to end with Trump's acquittal on the charge that he incited the Jan. 6 Capitol riot...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-senators-to-question-basis-for-trump-impeachment-signaling-likely-acquittal/2021/01/26/cd7397dc-6002-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html

17 Republicans Voted Against Condemning QAnon After A Democrat Got Death Threats From Its Followers

The resolution passed the House 371–18 on Friday, with one Republican voting "present."...
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahmimms/house-condemns-qanon-trump-death-threats-republicans

John Zmirak Says Voting for Biden Is a 'Serious Sin' Akin to Murder - RWW News

Right-wing commentator John Zmirak declares that voting for Biden/Harris is "a serious sin" akin to murder and blasphemy.
https://youtu.be/Eg7z-q7WmTc