On Tuesday, the GOP-led House transmitted <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment charges</a> against Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of</a> the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a> to the Democrat-controlled Senate.
The <a href="https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1780305971476156500" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House managers</a> tasked with prosecuting the case were introduced in the Senate chamber and Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), who is the lead manager, read aloud the text of the impeachment resolution.
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WATCH: House impeachment managers deliver articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the U.S. Senate. <a href="https://t.co/dNCsJ3Qgeu">pic.twitter.com/dNCsJ3Qgeu</a>
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A trial is expected to begin Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET with senators sworn in as jurors. Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) has been selected to preside over the proceedings.
GOP lawmakers are concerned that Democrats, who have long called the impeachment inquiry <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-committee-picks-date-to-consider-mayorkas-impeachment-articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a &#8220;political stunt,&#8221;</a> will try to cut short the process before a vote on whether to convict or acquit Mayorkas.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has so far not said whether there will be an effort to table or dismiss the impeachment charges.
Last week, after the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-delays-mayorkas-impeachment-handoff-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delayed</a> the delivery of the articles, Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1778093790227546266" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Senate is &#8220;ready to go whenever the House is. We want to address this issue as expeditiously as possible.&#8221; The top Democrat also said impeachment &#8220;should never be used to settle policy disagreements. That sets an awful precedent.&#8221;
House Republicans are &#8220;demanding&#8221; a full trial, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1780238173773111701" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Tuesday, adding that Mayorkas is the &#8220;worst&#8221; Cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
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Forty-three GOP senators <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/40-gop-senators-demand-mayorkas-impeachment-trial-schumer-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed onto a letter</a> sent to Schumer that called on the Senate to &#8220;uphold its constitutional responsibility to properly adjudicate&#8221; the impeachment articles. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780257492078911725" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would &#8220;strenuously oppose any effort&#8221; to table the charges, noting the upper chamber has never agreed to do so in the past.
After months of investigation, the House narrowly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-impeaches-mayorkas-in-second-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> two impeachment articles in February. They accuse Mayorkas of &#8220;willfully and systemically&#8221; refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and allege he &#8220;breached the public trust&#8221; with false statements and obstructing lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Mayorkas has <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1752349544925294720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed back against</a> what he called &#8220;false accusations&#8221; levied against him. A DHS spokesperson reacted to the successful House impeachment vote by <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1757562709107761523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;House Republicans will be remembered by history for trampling on the Constitution for political gain rather than working to solve the serious challenges at our border.&#8221;
If a full trial does get held, a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-thirds vote</a> will be required for a conviction, which would lead to removal from office. That appears unlikely, however, particularly given not every Republican senator appears to favor the impeachment effort.
The Senate <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently has</a> 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and three independents who caucus with the Democrats.
One GOP defector could be Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/mayorkas-impeachment-dismiss-vote-mitt-romney?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Axios</a> he does not &#8220;believe there&#8217;s a constitutional standard met.&#8221; Romney also said he would be &#8220;open&#8221; to tabling the impeachment articles if there is at least some debate on them.

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House Sends Articles Of Impeachment Against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas To Senate

House Sends Mayorkas Impeachment Articles To Senate, Full Trial Remains In Doubt

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When Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-congress-is-responding-to-irans-attack-on-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voiced support</a> for Israel amid a drone and missile attack from Iran this weekend, his GOP colleagues quickly pointed out how the Democrat-led upper chamber has rejected legislation that would provide aid to the U.S. ally.
&#8220;As Israel is under attack from Iran, we stand with Israel and its people, and the United States will do everything we can to support Israel’s defense against Iran,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1779271515277504873" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Saturday.
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As Israel is under attack from Iran, we stand with Israel and its people, and the United States will do everything we can to support Israel’s defense against Iran.
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Multiple Republican lawmakers responded by pointing out how the Senate <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/senate-blocks-14-3-billion-in-aid-for-israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked</a> a House-passed bill that would have provided $14.3 billion in emergency aid to Israel while also slashing the same amount of funds meant for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
&#8220;Good! [Schumer],&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1779343060532396209" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclaimed</a> Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). &#8220;Then let’s vote on Monday on the emergency military aid for Israel bill that YOU blocked! And every single Dem senator voted with you. Let’s make it 100-0, that we all stand united with Israel.&#8221;
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Good! <a href="https://twitter.com/chuckschumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chuckschumer</a> 
Then let’s vote on Monday on the emergency military aid for Israel bill that YOU blocked!
And every single Dem senator voted with you. 
Let’s make it 100-0, that we all stand united with Israel. 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/jT3P7DM1yI">https://t.co/jT3P7DM1yI</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1779343060532396209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), who <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4310130-senate-blocks-house-bill-israel-irs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined Cruz</a> and other Republicans in trying to advance the IRS offset bill in November only to get stymied by the Democrats, also shot back at Schumer.
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We brought aid for Israel to the Senate floor FOUR TIMES since the unprovoked, brutal attacks on Oct 7th. Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats blocked our efforts every single time. 
Actions speak louder than words. <a href="https://t.co/AvhYAnGM0m">https://t.co/AvhYAnGM0m</a>
&mdash; Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1779310513488327088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We brought aid for Israel to the Senate floor FOUR TIMES since the unprovoked, brutal attacks on Oct 7th,&#8221; Marshall said, referring to the attacks by Hamas on Israel last fall. &#8220;Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats blocked our efforts every single time. Actions speak louder than words.&#8221;
Schumer pressed forward with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-bill-despite-opposition-from-over-half-of-republican-senators" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another package</a> that seeks to provide aid to Israel as well as other countries such as Ukraine and Taiwan. That bill, priced at roughly $95 billion, passed the Senate in February but has not been taken up by the GOP-led House.
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&#8220;It’s been 163 days since [the House GOP] sent Chuck Schumer a standalone aid package to support our ally Israel. As the Biden White House appeases terrorists and undercuts Israel, Schumer is not just complicit, but has also refused to take up this aid package, emboldening Iran to unjustly attack Israel,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBethVanDuyne/status/1779287521442083188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
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It’s been 163 days since <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HouseGOP</a> sent Chuck Schumer a standalone aid package to support our ally Israel. As the Biden White House appeases terrorists and undercuts Israel, Schumer is not just complicit, but has also refused to take up this aid package, emboldening Iran to… <a href="https://t.co/rapXX0KAUd">https://t.co/rapXX0KAUd</a>
&mdash; Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (@RepBethVanDuyne) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBethVanDuyne/status/1779287521442083188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Senator Schumer, as sirens are sounding in Israel, when will you stop holding aid to Israel hostage to your petty politics?&#8221; she added.

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Schumer Pledges Support For Israel After Iran Attack. Republicans Remind Him Senate Blocked Aid.

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Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) said on Monday the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> will consider &#8220;legislative options&#8221; after a federal court in Texas rejected a guidance against the so-called &#8220;practice of judge shopping.&#8221;
The top Democrat issued a post to X that bemoaned how the Northern District of Texas decided to &#8220;keep allowing the odious practice&#8221; after it rejected guidelines from the Judicial Conference of the United States.
&#8220;Judge shopping has been abused by right-wing activists to subvert the will of the people,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1774856933238780346" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The Senate will consider legislative options to put an end to this misguided practice.&#8221;
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The Northern District of Texas has decided to keep allowing the odious practice of judge shopping.
Judge shopping has been abused by right-wing activists to subvert the will of the people.
The Senate will consider legislative options to put an end to this misguided practice. <a href="https://t.co/qZmRkN0EC2">pic.twitter.com/qZmRkN0EC2</a>
&mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1774856933238780346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Judicial Conference of the United States, which works on policy for the federal court system, <a href="https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2024/03/12/conference-acts-promote-random-case-assignment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> last month an amended policy that seeks to promote a district-wide random selection process for judges.
Judge Robert Conrad Jr., secretary of the conference, <a href="https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2024/03/12/conference-acts-promote-random-case-assignment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the policy &#8220;promotes the impartiality of proceedings and bolsters public confidence in the federal Judiciary.”
Senate Democrats had <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/after-sounding-the-alarm-on-maga-extremists-exploiting-glaring-loopholes-in-free-and-fair-trials-due-to-the-set-up-of-texas-northern-district-majority-leader-schumer-leads-18-senators-in-pushing-to-end-the-anti-democratic-practice-of-forum-shopping-and-return-confidence-to-the-judicial-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">singled out</a> the Northern District of Texas as an &#8220;egregious example&#8221; via &#8220;flawed and chaotic rulings on abortion access, LGBTQ+ protections, legal immigration, and climate legislation.&#8221;
But, on Friday, Chief U.S. District Judge David Godbey wrote to Schumer <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/chief_judge_godbey_judge_shopping_letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcing</a> that the &#8220;consensus&#8221; in his Texas district was &#8220;not to make any change to our case assignment process at this time.&#8221;
Republicans in the Senate said the Judicial Conference guidance amounted to <a href="https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/znpnkmxwlvl/Letter-to-AO-dated-March-21-2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mere &#8220;suggestions&#8221;</a> and stressed how the U.S. Constitution empowers Congress with the &#8220;sole authority to determine the structure of the lower courts.&#8221;
In remarks delivered last month, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said lawmakers should consider a <a href="https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-meadows-introduce-bill-to-stop-judicial-injunction-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) to stop nationwide injunctions that can bring an administration&#8217;s policies to a halt.
“If the Democratic leader wants to restore trust in our judiciary, he can join me in supporting this common-sense, nonpartisan reform. Or perhaps, he’d rather have a DHS Secretary in Oakland who wears a robe,&#8221; McConnell <a href="https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=693A06A8-FA45-423D-A7B0-227AB028B6FB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

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Schumer Announces Senate Will ‘Consider Legislative Options’ To End ‘Judge Shopping’

Schumer Announces Senate Will 'Consider Legislative Options' To End 'Judge Shopping'

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a staunch supporter of the state of Israel, said he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress.
Interviewed on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Johnson also took aim at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his incendiary comments last week which were harshly criticized in which he slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for new elections in Israel, saying, “Nobody expects Prime Minister Netanyahu to do the things that must be done to break the cycle of violence, preserve Israel&#8217;s credibility on the world stage, and work toward a two-state solution.”
“Mr. Speaker, where are you on Ukraine aid, on aid for Israel?” “Squawk Box” host Joe Kernan asked. “I know you were considering inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress. I mean, staggering comments, I guess it’s one man’s opinion, but staggering comments from Majority Leader Schumer about the prime minister. Were you considering it? You spoke with the prime minister as recently as yesterday morning. Are you going to invite him?”
“I would love to have him come and address a joint session of Congress,” Johnson answered. “We’ll certainly extend an invitation; he invited me, and I’ve been invited to speak at the Knesset there. I think I would be the third U.S. Speaker in history to do that; it would be a great honor of mine. We’re just trying to work out schedules and all this.”
Johnson turned to Schumer: “What Chuck Schumer did was almost staggering, just unbelievable. To suggest to our strongest ally in the Middle East, the only stable democracy, that he knows better how to run their democracy is just patently absurd. I mean, imagine if I came on your show this morning and called for a regime change in Ukraine in the middle of their crisis, fighting for their very survival. That’s what Israel’s facing right now, and for the leader of the Senate to say such a thing was just outrageous. And I think it was received that way in Israel; I don’t think they appreciate that very much, and it sends a terrible signal to our allies and our enemies around the world. So I wish Schumer would keep his comments to himself.”
“Wouldn’t he have to buy in on the prime minister speaking to Congress? Do you know whether that — he wouldn’t say no, would he?” Kernan queried.
“Well, I guess we’ll find out,” Johnson replied. “Look, I’m the one who extends the invitations to speak in the House, and if we just have the House, that’s fine, too. But I think a big majority of that Senate would want to come and stand in support of Netanyahu and Israel. I think it’s a really, really critical time for that nation; they’re fighting for their very existence.”
“We need to stand strong with them, and we’ve passed resolutions to do so,” he continued. “I’ve attempted twice to get the Israel funding piece done; we will turn to the supplemental and all those issues immediately upon the appropriations being done, and as we’ve discussed, that’s what’s happening today and by the weekend. And so we’ll address that; we’ll look at it; we have lots of thoughtful conversations here on different routes to handle all of that. I won’t show all the cards this morning, but there are ideas, very thoughtful ideas, on how to do it. I think we’ll get the job done and we’ll project strength. Because, you know, we maintain peace through strength. That’s an old Reagan admonition and one that we still believe in.”
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Schumer later issued a statement <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/21/chuck-schumer-netanyahu-address-congress">saying</a>, “I will always welcome the opportunity for the Prime Minister of Israel to speak to Congress in a bipartisan way.”

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Mike Johnson Invites Netanyahu To Address Congress, Rips Schumer For Interfering In Israel’s Politics

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Congressional leaders announced on Tuesday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to fund the government for the remainder of fiscal 2024, which is nearly half over.
If it holds, the deal would cover the remaining spending bills that were not included in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/politics/house-spending-bill-shutdown.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$460 billion</a> <a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/murray-top-appropriators-release-minibus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;minibus&#8221;</a> that passed earlier this month. Lawmakers have until the end of this week to avert a partial shutdown for the unfunded agencies, which include the Departments of Defense, State, Health and Human Services, and others.
&#8220;Senate and House leaders and the White House have reached an agreement to finish the final set of full year appropriations bills,&#8221; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1770074134522839295" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;The Senate and House Appropriations Committees are in the process of finalizing text and reports for Congress to closely review and consider ASAP.&#8221;
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Senate and House leaders and the White House have reached an agreement to finish the final set of full year appropriations bills.
The Senate and House Appropriations Committees are in the process of finalizing text and reports for Congress to closely review and consider ASAP.
&mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1770074134522839295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) indicated that appropriations for the Homeland Security Department (DHS) was the final sticking point that negotiators had to work out before a resolution was reached.
&#8220;An agreement has been reached for DHS appropriations, which will allow completion of the FY24 appropriations process,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1770073371079802902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;House and Senate committees have begun drafting bill text to be prepared for release and consideration by the full House and Senate as soon as possible.&#8221;
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An agreement has been reached for DHS appropriations, which will allow completion of the FY24 appropriations process. 
House and Senate committees have begun drafting bill text to be prepared for release and consideration by the full House and Senate as soon as possible.
&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1770073371079802902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Not everyone is on board with the spending deal, even though lawmakers have yet to unveil the final text of the legislation. A few dozen Republican members, led by the conservative House Freedom Caucus, released a <a href="https://twitter.com/freedomcaucus/status/1769825731389845659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> on Thursday urging the House GOP to use the &#8220;power of the purse&#8221; to rein in the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;&#8216;open borders&#8217; policies.&#8221;
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HFC Chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBobGood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepBobGood</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepChipRoy</a> led 41 fellow Republicans in urging the <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HouseGOP</a> to use the power of the purse in this week’s government funding bill to dismantle Biden’s disastrous “open borders” policies, otherwise Republicans will be actively funding this crisis. <a href="https://t.co/BBR7GW0Pw0">pic.twitter.com/BBR7GW0Pw0</a>
&mdash; House Freedom Caucus (@freedomcaucus) <a href="https://twitter.com/freedomcaucus/status/1769825731389845659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The letter&#8217;s 43 signatures indicate that a second &#8220;minibus,&#8221; if it were to pass the House this week, might do so with more Democrat votes than Republican votes in the narrowly divided lower chamber.
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If there is a hangup on one or more parts of the spending package, Congress may opt to pass yet another stop-gap measure.
President Joe Biden released a <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferShutt/status/1770081885701480936" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Tuesday saying that he had reached an agreement &#8220;on a path forward&#8221; with congressional leaders and would sign the resulting package &#8220;immediately&#8221; once it reached his desk.
The White House is already looking ahead to what comes next, with Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/2025-biden-budget-proposal-explainer/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposing</a> earlier this month a roughly $7.3 trillion budget for fiscal 2025. The new fiscal year begins on October 1.

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Congress Reaches Tentative Deal To Avert Shutdown

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) this week after Schumer tried to meddle in Israel&#8217;s elections last week.
Netanyahu made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash on &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; in response to Schumer calling for Netanyahu&#8217;s ouster.
&#8220;I think what he said is totally inappropriate,&#8221; Netanyahu said. &#8220;It&#8217;s inappropriate for to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there. That&#8217;s something that Israel, the Israeli public does on its own, and we&#8217;re not a banana republic.&#8221;
&#8220;I think the only government that we should be working on to bring down now is the terrorist tyranny in Gaza, the Hamas tyranny that murdered over 1,000 Israelis, including some dozens of Americans, and is holding Americans and Israelis hostage. That&#8217;s what we should be focused on,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And as far as what Senator Schumer said, the majority of Israelis support our governments; 82 percent of Americans support Israel, instead of Hamas. But the majority of Israelis support the policies that we&#8217;re leading, go into Rafah, destroy the remaining Hamas terrorist battalions, make sure that we don&#8217;t put into Gaza, instead of Hamas, the Palestinian Authority that educates their children towards terrorism and the annihilation of Israel.&#8221;
&#8220;An enormous majority here, including 99 Knesset members to nine, oppose the idea of ramming down a Palestinian state down our throats,&#8221; Netanyahu said. &#8220;The majority of Israelis support the policies of my government. It&#8217;s not a fringe government. It represents the policies supported by the majority of the people. If Senator Schumer opposes these policies, he&#8217;s not opposing me. He&#8217;s opposing the people of Israel.&#8221;
In what was billed as a major address by the Senate majority leader, Schumer declared last week that “the Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after Oct. 7&#8243; and, in an unprecedented move, called for a new election to be held in Israel. “Five months into this conflict, it is clear that Israelis need to take stock of the situation and ask, must we change course?&#8221; the Democrat leader said. &#8220;At this critical juncture, I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.&#8221;
Schumer made the remarks as some anti-Israel Democrats have expressed dissatisfaction with the Biden administration&#8217;s support of Israel, which has been waning in recent months.
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Netanyahu Slams Schumer For Meddling In Israel’s Elections: ‘He’s Opposing The People Of Israel’

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defended Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) over the weekend for meddling in Israeli elections last week, claiming without evidence that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to interfere in U.S. elections.
Pelosi made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash on &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; while discussing Netanyahu&#8217;s response to Schumer&#8217;s attempt to alter the outcome of elections in Israel.
&#8220;It&#8217;s curious to me to see Netanyahu talk the way he does, when he tried to interfere in American elections,&#8221; Pelosi claimed. &#8220;But that&#8217;s another subject, when he came to the Congress, criticized the president of the United States, barged into our country, into our elections.}
&#8220;But, again, let&#8217;s put that aside and let&#8217;s just say, as we go forward, what is wrong with advocating for elections in a democracy? And you know. You mentioned the polls. You see the thousands and thousands of people are in the streets, even last night, in Israel,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But, again, it&#8217;s a democracy, and people have different views, and they express them, and that&#8217;s a beautiful thing. But for him to say — what does that say if he won&#8217;t even say that, as the war winds down, the people of Israel should speak? That&#8217;s all Chuck was saying.&#8221;
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Nancy Pelosi defends Chuck Schumer&#39;s anti-Netanyahu rant and his meddling in Israeli elections: &quot;He tried to interfere in American elections!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/7etWFC2VYT">pic.twitter.com/7etWFC2VYT</a>
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Pelosi Defends Schumer Meddling In Israeli Elections: Netanyahu ‘Tried To Interfere In American Elections’

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President Joe Biden offered praise for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s recent speech on Israel — despite the fact that Schumer had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-calls-for-netanyahus-ouster-new-elections-in-israel-amid-war-with-hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu</a> and called for early elections — and then sat in complete silence as his staffers quickly herded members of the press from the room.
Biden was meeting on Wednesday morning with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, and he paused briefly to answer one of the questions shouted by the reporters who were gathered in the room — namely, &#8220;Do you have any comments on Sen. Schumer&#8217;s speech on Israel yesterday?&#8221;
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Biden praises Sen. Chuck Schumer&#39;s anti-Netanyahu speech: &quot;He made a good speech.&quot;
His handlers then promptly and aggressively herd the press out of the room. <a href="https://t.co/qMPzj9kVYw">pic.twitter.com/qMPzj9kVYw</a>
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&#8220;Sen. Schumer contacted my staff, my senior staff, he was going to make that speech, and I&#8217;m not going to exag — er — elaborate on the speech, he made a good speech and I think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans,&#8221; Biden replied.
All the reporters then began shouting at once, trying to make their questions heard — but Biden sat back and, with a half smile on his face, did not appear to even hear the chaotic shouting around him.
Within a few seconds, Biden staffers could be heard joining the fray — and they quickly shuffled the reporters out of the room as the president remained silent, moving only to fidget with the pen he was holding in his hands.
Next to him, Prime Minister Varadkar appeared to be mildly amused by the whole scene. He sat quietly with his hands together in his lap, breaking the pose briefly to adjust his tie when someone pointed out that it was crooked.
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As members of the press got up and left, Biden flashed a wider smile and waved slightly, appearing to briefly thank them for being there. Through it all, one staffer could be heard over the reporters repeating, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go, let&#8217;s go, thanks everyone.&#8221;

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Biden Praises Schumer’s Anti-Israel Speech, Clams Up As Staffers Herd Reporters Out Post Haste

Biden Praises Schumer's Anti-Israel Speech, Clams Up As Staffers Herd Reporters Out Post Haste

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The top Republican in the Senate delivered a sharp retort to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday after the Democrat <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-calls-for-netanyahus-ouster-new-elections-in-israel-amid-war-with-hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered a speech</a> criticizing Israel amid its fight against Hamas following the group&#8217;s deadly terrorist attack in October.
In delivering <a href="https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=4ED2C387-4705-4C31-A53B-3F9E72715A2A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> on the Senate floor, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took particular issue with Schumer&#8217;s call for the U.S. ally to hold a new election while criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s leadership.
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&#8220;The Jewish state of Israel deserves an ally that acts like one. The people of Israel, at home and in captivity, deserve America’s support. And Israel’s unity government and security cabinet deserve the deference befitting a sovereign, democratic country,&#8221; McConnell said in remarks.
Schumer included Netanyahu as one of the <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1768287192437112919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;obstacles to peace&#8221;</a> during his speech earlier in the day. He <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-calls-on-israeli-government-to-hold-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also listed</a> Hamas and the Palestinians who &#8220;support and tolerate their evil ways,&#8221; &#8220;radical right-wing Israelis,&#8221; and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
In his response, McConnell gave his own perspective on the &#8220;obstacles to peace&#8221; that have led to a perpetuation of violence in the Middle East.
&#8220;The primary ‘obstacles to peace’ in Israel’s region are genocidal terrorists like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad who slaughter innocent people and corrupt leaders of the Palestinian Authority who have repeatedly rejected peace deals from multiple Israeli governments,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;And foreign observers who cannot keep these clear distinctions straight ought to refrain from weighing in. It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of the democratically elected leader of Israel,&#8221; McConnell said.
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&#8220;This is unprecedented. We should not treat fellow democracies this way at all. Things that upset left-wing activists are not a prime minister’s policies – they are Israel’s policies,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Make no mistake – the Democratic Party doesn’t have an anti-Bibi problem. It has an anti-Israel problem.&#8221;
McConnell concluded, &#8220;Israel is not a colony of America whose leaders serve at the pleasure of the party in power in Washington. Only Israel’s citizens should have a say in who runs their government. This is the very definition of democracy and sovereignty. Either we respect their decisions, or we disrespect their democracy.&#8221;

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McConnell Rebukes Schumer Over Israel Remarks: ‘Grotesque And Hypocritical’

McConnell Rebukes Schumer Over Israel Remarks: 'Grotesque And Hypocritical'

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and his government to be dissolved.
Schumer took the extraordinary step in a speech on the Senate floor. The New York Democrat said that Netanyahu “has lost his way” and “has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in Gaza.” Israel’s standing in the international community is suffering under the prime minister’s leadership, Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1768289177110446177" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. Prime Minister Netanyahu has also weakened Israel’s political and moral fabric through his attempts to co-opt the judiciary, and he has shown zero interest in doing the courageous and visionary work required to pave the way for peace – even before this present conflict,” Schumer said.
No reliable count of Palestinian deaths since the Israel-Hamas war began exists. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry claims that over 31,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict so far, though that number does not separate out militants from civilians. American data analysts have also <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-gaza-health-ministry-fakes-casualty-numbers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised</a> doubts about the number after analyzing the health ministry’s reports, finding a number of unlikely anomalies that suggest the data has been falsified.
Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1768289417947431297" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the will of the Israeli people has been “stifled” by “the Netanyahu coalition.” Israelis would choose a different policy toward bringing an end to the war if Netanyahu stepped aside, Schumer suggested.
“Five months into this conflict, it is clear that Israelis need to take stock of the situation and ask, ‘Must we change course?’ At this critical juncture, I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel at a time when so many Israelis have lost their confidence in the vision and direction of their government,” the Senate Majority Leader said.
Israel is currently run by a war cabinet that includes Netanyahu’s main political rival and leader of the opposition, Benny Gantz. Though Schumer, following the White House, focused his attacks on Netanyahu, the Israeli war goal of eliminating Hamas has wide support across the political spectrum. In a December poll by the Israel Democracy Institute, over 80 percent of the Israeli public <a href="https://en.idi.org.il/articles/51872" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that consideration for Palestinians should have a fairly small or very small impact on the decision to continue the war.
It’s unclear how Netanyahu’s departure from the government would change Israeli war strategy. Gantz visited the White House earlier this month and reportedly <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/israel-gaza-aid-benny-gantz-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced</a> hostility during a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan over Israel’s prosecution of the war, though administration officials have not attacked Gantz publicly as they have Netanyahu. The Israeli war cabinet was formed at the beginning of the war in part to show unity in Israel in its war against Palestinian terrorists.
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Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1768290875153551484" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened</a> to leverage U.S. aid to Israel in order to get changes in policy out of the government.
“If Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition remains in power after the war begins to wind down and continues to pursue dangerous and inflammatory policies that test existing U.S. standards for assistance, then the United States will have no choice but to play a more active role in changing Israeli policy by using our leverage to change the present course,” Schumer said.

Schumer Calls For Netanyahu’s Ouster, New Elections In Israel Amid War With Hamas

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President Joe Biden signed a $459 billion spending plan on Saturday to fund a number of prominent government departments and agencies just hours after the Senate approved the package in a 75-22 vote after rejecting a host of conservative-backed amendments. 
The spending package, which was <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00084.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opposed</a> by 21 Republican senators and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), will <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4366" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fund</a> the Defense Department, the Department of Veteran Affairs, the Agriculture Department, the FDA, the Transportation Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the FBI, the EPA, and the ATF. 
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://www.fox29.com/news/congress-passes-460-billion-in-spending-bills-avoiding-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the passage of the bill, saying that it demonstrated that the House and Senate could work together. 
&#8220;To folks who worry that divided government means nothing ever gets done, this bipartisan package says otherwise,&#8221; Schumer said. 
The bill, which was criticized by conservative lawmakers for how many earmarks it included, was passed ahead of a deadline that could have led to a partial government shutdown. 
It was supported by Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as well as Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD), both of whom are running to replace McConnell. 
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was critical of the bill, saying that there was bipartisan consensus to keep adding to the national debt. 
&#8220;A lot of people don&#8217;t understand this. They think there is no cooperation in Washington and the opposite is true. There is compromise every day on every spending bill,” Paul <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senate-passes-460-billion-spending-package?utm_source=daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “It’s compromise between big-government Democrats and big-government Republicans.”
One amendment, from Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), to ensure that illegal aliens are not counted toward the apportionment of congressional seats and electoral votes failed 51-45, with all Democrats opposing. 
“Today Democrats proved they will vote for anything that preserves their own power — even using illegal immigration to compromise Americans’ voting rights,” Haggerty <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1766287236067139983" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
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Other amendments from Republicans included efforts from Sen. Rick Scott (FL) to remove all of the earmarks out of the bill and an amendment that would have blocked the FDA’s promotion of the abortion drug mifepristone. 
“Earmarks incentivize the wrong thing in Congress — spending too much money — by rewarding senators and representatives for supporting bloated &amp; otherwise-problematic spending bills,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said. 
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Earmarks incentivize the wrong thing in Congress — spending too much money — by rewarding senators and representatives for supporting bloated &amp; otherwise-problematic spending bills.
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The Senate’s passage of the spending package comes after the House approved it earlier this week after opposition from some conservative lawmakers who said it didn’t cut enough spending.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) waved the flag of communist China over the weekend in New York City after the organizers of the city&#8217;s Chinese Lunar New Year Parade played China&#8217;s national anthem.
National Review <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/schumer-waves-chinas-flag-after-its-national-anthem-blares-at-manhattan-parade/">reported</a> that the incident happened on Sunday and that Schumer appeared on stage with &#8220;Huang Ping, a hard-line Chinese ambassador who publicly denies Beijing’s human-rights abuses, and Wu Xiaoming, a senior consular official linked to China’s secret police station in New York.&#8221;
While the Chinese national anthem was playing, Schumer briefly held his hand over his heart. He later picked up the Chinese flag with one hand and the American flag with the other and waved both flags.
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New: Senator Chuck Schumer waved the People&#39;s Republic of China flag onstage at a Lunar New Year event on Sunday. 
He and other top New York politicians appeared onstage at a rally, preceding an annual parade in Manhattan’s Chinatown, alongside Huang Ping, a hard-line Chinese… <a href="https://t.co/seqf0RhOl0">pic.twitter.com/seqf0RhOl0</a>
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Schumer&#8217;s actions come as China steals billions of dollars worth of intellectual property from American businesses, causing serious economic damage every year.
“They already have built economic espionage and theft of personal and corporate data as a kind of a bedrock of their economic strategy and are eagerly pursuing AI advancements to try to accelerate that process,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.
China is also engaging in malicious cyber attacks at an unprecedented scale to disrupt U.S. infrastructure, Wray <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-director-chris-wray-reveals-the-massive-size-chinas-hacking-program">said</a> during testimony last month in front of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
“There has been far too little public focus on the fact that PRC [People’s Republic of China] hackers are targeting our critical infrastructure—our water treatment plants, our electrical grid, our oil and natural gas pipelines, our transportation systems—and the risk that poses to every American requires our attention now,” Wray said. “China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if and when China decides the time has come to strike.”
Wray said that China “has a bigger hacking program than every other major nation combined,” adding: “In fact, if each one of the FBI’s cyber agents and intelligence analysts focused exclusively on the China threat, China’s hackers would still outnumber FBI cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1.”
Wray specifically called out the Chinese Communist Party, saying their “multi-pronged assault on our national and economic security” included “low blows against civilians.”
“The PRC’s cyber onslaught goes way beyond pre-positioning for future conflict. Today, and literally every day, they’re actively attacking our economic security—engaging in wholesale theft of our innovation and our personal and corporate data,” he said. “The PRC cyber threat is made vastly more dangerous by the way they knit cyber into a whole-of-government campaign against us. They recruit human sources to target our businesses, using insiders to steal the same kinds of innovation and data their hackers are targeting while also engaging in corporate deception—hiding Beijing’s hand in transactions, joint ventures, and investments—to do the same.”

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