Being Speaker of the House with an extraordinarily slim majority is a really tough job. You have to cut deals because you have no other capacity to get anything done. That’s because given the fact there is a one-vote “motion to vacate” rule that is in place in the House of Representatives, any one member of the Republican caucus can challenge the job of the Speaker of the House at any given time.
It also means if a bunch of headline-grabbing people in the Republican caucus are more interested in being on television than in actually governing, maintaining a majority, or growing that majority to get big things done, that can hold up the works.
All this is coming to a head because House Speaker Mike Johnson has now put forward a series of bills related to foreign aid. 
Foreign aid is not the United States being wildly charitable. It is not the United States randomly deciding to drop goody bags in poor parts of the world. It does not involve simply sending food to Somalia or something of that nature. When it comes to foreign aid, there are always strings attached.
That&#8217;s what makes it in America&#8217;s interest. It’s the same way as attempting to sponsor a friend in order to accomplish a particular goal; you might lend or give that friend money to get back on their feet in order to make sure that person remains a friend or that an ally is able to be strong.
That is what American foreign aid does, and this has historically been the role of American foreign aid. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States effectively single-handedly rebuilt Europe with the Marshall Plan.
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A lot of people on the Republican side of the aisle have said that all foreign aid is somehow bad, terrible, useless, or, worse than useless, that it’s counterproductive because we&#8217;re not spending it at home; thus, we shouldn&#8217;t be spending it at all.
Such an argument is insanely shortsighted because there are two ways we spend our defense money. One: actual defense, meaning, for example, creating F-35s, F-22s, aircraft carriers, and submarines. Two: providing for our national defense by strengthening our allies.
When our allies are not strong, we have to step in and take the lead. It turns out that stepping in is a lot more expensive. Allies who are unable to defend themselves lead to enemies who are able to take advantage of that, thus threatening American interests and forcing American involvement. This has happened over and over in American history. When our allies are not strong enough, the United States ends up taking a lead role in areas we have no interest in being.
Foreign aid represents well under 1% of the federal budget of the United States nearly every year. Yet I have been noticing a lot of people screaming to the heavens about the cost of foreign aid: “Oh, I can&#8217;t believe how much this is costing.”
There are some people who are consistent libertarians. There are some people who say the government shouldn&#8217;t be spending on Social Security, disability, welfare, and foreign aid. That is, at least, a consistent position. I think it&#8217;s wrongheaded because America&#8217;s foreign policy interests require that we have strong allies who eventually will be able to take care of themselves.
But there is also a group of people in the Republican Party who are taking the view that foreign aid is a uniquely bad spend, that we&#8217;re wasting taxpayer dollars.
I don&#8217;t believe this is about fiscal responsibility, as they proclaim. When you continue to vote in favor of $5, $6, $7 trillion budgets every single year, but foreign aid is where you begin pinching pennies, I start to get a little suspicious.
We currently spend about 22% of our federal budget every year on Social Security, which is a giant Ponzi scheme because it is a defined benefits plan, not a defined contribution plan. What you pay in is not, in fact, what you get out. For most people, you get out way more from Social Security than you ever paid in. Health care, which is Medicare/Medicaid, represents about 26% of the federal budget. National defense only represents 13% of the federal budget.
So when you tell me that you are deeply worried about the less-than-one percent spent on foreign aid to allies in war time, I think that perhaps you have a different set of priorities.
That suggests to me that there may be a set of ulterior motives I don&#8217;t fully understand. I don&#8217;t really understand what the motivation is for those who seem to suggest that Russia taking Ukraine is of zero interest to the United States. Russia taking Ukraine would be of major interest to the United States, not only because Ukraine is the third largest producer of wheat on planet Earth, but also because Ukraine is strategically placed directly on the border between Russia and Europe, which is presumably the reason why Vladimir Putin wants it. It would be a danger to Eastern Europe, particularly the Baltic states, if Russia were to take Ukraine. 
Ukraine’s border being far from the borders of Lithuania and Latvia creates a massive problem for the Russian military. They would have to worry about NATO&#8217;s forces being deployed against Russia via Ukraine. It would free up American forces, NATO&#8217;s forces, and allied forces to fight an invasion of NATO&#8217;s allies like Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Right now, Ukraine is fighting NATO&#8217;s war. That is a reality. Ukraine is weakening the Russian military and providing a bulwark against NATO&#8217;s states being invaded.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/mike-johnsons-ukraine-israel-aid-plan-implodes-as-republicans-rebel-c5da23af" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on this, saying:
<blockquote>House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he would plunge ahead with a high-stakes vote to move long-stalled funding for Ukraine, Israel and other overseas allies, elbowing aside criticism from his conservative flank. The move sets up an unpredictable weekend showdown that could determine both the fate of the foreign-aid package—and Johnson’s political career.</blockquote>
Democrats will line up behind the aid effort. Johnson&#8217;s plan is to bring the subjects of Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the TikTok ban, and package all of them together. The reality is that all of them are going to pass with a majority of both parties voting in favor.
Yes, Johnson will require Democratic support in order to pass that bill. A majority of Republicans in the House will vote for that bill. Also, there is a Democratic Senate and a Democratic president, which means that if it is any priority for Ukraine not to simply fall by running out of ammo to the Russians, then you’ve got to make the deal that you can make.
In an interview <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/mike-johnson-foreign-aid-analysis/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with CNN</a>, Johnson stated: 
<blockquote>Since World War II, really, the responsibility for the free world has been shifted onto our shoulders. And we accept that role. We&#8217;re an exceptional nation. We&#8217;re the greatest nation on the planet, and we have to act like it. And we have to project to Putin and Xi and Iran and North Korea and anybody else that we will defend freedom. It doesn&#8217;t mean boots on the ground. We&#8217;re not the world&#8217;s policeman, but we&#8217;re going to do the right thing. And I think the Congress is going to take an important stand here.</blockquote>
This is basic Reagan Republicanism. I know “Reagan” has become a dirty word for some reason, despite the fact Reagan won the Cold War and led to the greatest peacetime economic expansion in American history. Somehow, we&#8217;re supposed to believe a bunch of clowns riding the back seats of the House of Representatives, who have not actually accomplished anything in their entire political career, and have some really mean words about Ronald Reagan&#8217;s foreign policy.
Now, is this going to be a perfect bill? No. There&#8217;s going to be a bunch of crap in the bill you don&#8217;t like. There&#8217;s going to be a bunch of crap in the bill I don&#8217;t like. Is this bill perfect? No. Does it have a lot of problems? Yes. Is this bill necessary in order to preserve the strength of America&#8217;s allies? Yes.
That is why Johnson is right to move the bill forward. There’s also a politically important reason to do so: If you want Republicans to win a broader majority and actually make the serious kinds of cuts to government that are necessary, you need to win Congress by more than three votes. In order for that to happen, you have to win purple districts.
And the bill is relatively popular in purple districts, by every available polling metric.

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Arizona House Republicans have once again rejected an attempt to fast-track a bill that would repeal a 160-year-old abortion ban that the state&#8217;s Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed to go into effect</a>.
On Wednesday, Republican leaders in the state House rejected a motion by Democrat Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, which called for a procedural vote on fast-tracking her bill that would repeal the 1864 abortion ban, but the GOP leaders allowed for a vote on if their move to block the vote was correct, AZ Central <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2024/04/17/arizona-abortion-ban-lawmakers-poised-to-again-try-to-overturn-1864-law/73331740007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Republicans, who hold a one-seat majority in the Arizona House, lost one fellow party member on the vote, leading to a 30-30 split. The tie was broken by a vote from the chair against moving forward with the abortion ban repeal.
“The last thing we should be doing today is rushing a bill through the legislative process to repeal a law that has been enacted and affirmed by the legislature several times,” House Speaker Ben Toma said, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/arizona-house-abortion-law-repeal/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.
Republicans&#8217; rejection of the fast-tracked repeal attempt marks the second time the House has stopped an effort to kill the law since the 1864 abortion ban was greenlit by the state&#8217;s Supreme Court last week. Last Wednesday, a motion by Republican state Rep. Matt Gress was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-republicans-shut-down-bid-to-quickly-repeal-abortion-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stopped</a> by a GOP motion to recess, sparking an outcry from Democrats.
After the House voted in favor of recess over moving forward with a repeal of the abortion law, some Democratic state lawmakers began shouting &#8220;Shame!&#8221; on the House floor.
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🚨JUST IN—Democrats in the Arizona state house have hijacked the legislative session shouting &quot;SHAME&quot; and &quot;BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS&quot; at Republicans following yesterday&#39;s Arizona Supreme Court&#39;s ruling on abortion. <a href="https://t.co/0ztaRFhkOd">pic.twitter.com/0ztaRFhkOd</a>
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At least two Arizona Republican lawmakers — Reps. Matt Gress and David Cook — have indicated that they support a repeal of the abortion law, according to AZ Central. Gress voted with Democrats on Wednesday&#8217;s procedural vote, and Cook told CNN last week that &#8220;this territorial law needs to be repealed.&#8221; Cook, however, voted with Republicans on Wednesday to reject fast-tracking a repeal bill.
The Arizona Supreme Court&#8217;s decision has caused division among Republicans, many of whom are attempting to navigate the hot-button issue while they run a campaign. Arizona Republicans running in tight 2024 races, such as Senate candidate Kari Lake and Rep. David Schweikert, have released statements saying they oppose the 1864 abortion law.
Former President Donald Trump also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-on-arizona-governor-legislature-to-act-immediately-on-abortion-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> on Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs and the state legislature &#8220;to remedy what has happened” and “act as fast as possible,” adding that the Arizona Supreme Court &#8220;went too far on their Abortion Ruling, enacting and approving an inappropriate Law from 1864.&#8221;
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Pro-life groups such as LiveAction and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, however, celebrated the state high court&#8217;s decision and the law&#8217;s protection of unborn children.

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Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/michael-j-knowles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Knowles</a> spoke at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a Young America’s Foundation event Tuesday night, where he addressed the ongoing debate surrounding abortion.
Following former President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-releases-long-awaited-abortion-position-says-policies-should-be-left-to-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">long-awaited statement</a> on abortion policy and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a> by the Arizona Supreme Court to allow a law to take effect that protects unborn babies from abortion in nearly all cases, Republicans have fought over how to address the hot-button issue in the midst of a major election cycle.
Knowles, who said he is “as pro-life as they come,” added that there is a “fair concern” among some Republicans that taking a strong pro-life stance during the 2024 election campaign will hand victories in the House, Senate, and presidency to Democrats. This concern appears to be shared by Trump, who said he wants laws on abortion to be decided by the states.
“Some pro-lifers have criticized President Trump for this stance. They wish, in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal, that he would go further,” Knowles said. “They wish that he would come out in support of a national abortion ban—or even an additional Court ruling that would ban abortion on the basis of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Some have gone so far as to say that President Trump is not a pro-life candidate.”
“This, I think, is unfair. Deeply unfair,” the Daily Wire host continued. “Because President Trump is the only reason that we’re even having this discussion at all. President Trump is the reason Roe v. Wade was reversed in the first place. There have been six Republican presidents since Roe v. Wade invented a national license to abortion. Six Republican presidents since the first March for Life in 1974. Trump is the only one to ever to show up. Nixon didn’t show up. Ford didn’t show up. Not even Saint Ronald Reagan or either of Bush showed up. Just Trump.”
While Knowles argued that some of the criticism of Trump for his “prudent” abortion stance is “unfair,” he said that some Republicans have gone too far in their effort to appear more moderate on the issue and have “sacrificed their principles.” He discussed how Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake came out with a statement, calling abortion “such a personal and private issue” and saying that she “want[s] to make sure that every woman who finds herself pregnant has more choices so that she can make that choice that I made.”
The Daily Wire host said he likes Lake “a lot“ and hopes her Senate campaign “corrects course” so she can defeat her Democrat opponent, “who describes the murder of babies as a ‘sacred right.’”
Knowles added that for a conservative to run a politically strategic campaign in 2024, they “should say that they support life, they support babies and mothers, and they respect the Supreme Court precedent established in Dobbs that abortion is a matter for the states rather than the federal government.”
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“Such a stance allows candidates to side-step a thorny issue in a tough election year without sacrificing their principles,” Knowles added.
“Mouthing off and losing elections does not advance the pro-life cause,” Knowles continued. “Likewise, abandoning our principles to win elections does not advance the pro-life cause. Pro-life losers do no more to protect innocent life than pro-abortion candidates do. We have to win. And likewise, conservatives who win by caving on fundamental principles are no better than the liberals. ‘What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?’”
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Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that would have protected children from life-altering transgender surgeries, claiming that it trampled on parental rights. 
The Republican-backed <a href="https://legiscan.com/KS/text/SB233/id/2972770/Kansas-2023-SB233-Enrolled.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would have banned surgical procedures like removing the breasts of girls who identify as boys and other genital-related surgeries. It also would have banned placing children on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, which have been linked to poor bone development, future fertility issues, and heart problems. 
“This divisive legislation targets a small group of Kansans by placing government mandates on them and dictating to parents how to best raise and care for their children. I do not believe that is a conservative value, and it’s certainly not a Kansas value,” Kelly <a href="https://governor.kansas.gov/governor-kelly-vetoes-bills-allows-one-to-become-law-without-signature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a veto message. “To be clear, this legislation tramples parental rights.”
Republicans have supermajorities in both the state House and Senate, meaning that they could move to override Kelly&#8217;s veto. The legislation, Senate Bill 233, passed the House 80 to 40 and the Senate 26 to11. 
The legislation also would have authorized a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, restricted the use of state money to back “gender transitioning,” and require professional discipline for doctors who did transgender procedures on kids. 
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins <a href="https://twitter.com/DanHawkinsKS/status/1778897440323612732" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Republicans stood by ready to override the veto. 
“As we watch other states, nations, and organizations reverse course on these experimental procedures on children, Laura Kelly will most surely find herself on the wrong side of history with her reckless veto of this common-sense protection for Kansas minors,” he said. 
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Last year, the Senate <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2023/04/26/senate-attempts-to-override-slew-of-vetoed-transgender-bills-but-care-ban-fails/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fell short</a> of overriding Kelly’s veto of a similar bill that would have banned transgender procedures on children. The legislature was able to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kansas-will-no-longer-allow-residents-to-change-gender-on-birth-certificates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">override her veto</a> on a bill that defined men and women on the basis of their “biological reproductive system.” 
According to the <a href="https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/summary_sb_180_2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a>, a “female” is “an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova” and a “mother” is” a parent of the female sex.” The law also stipulates that “woman” and “girl” refer to biological females. 
In recent years, over 20 states have enacted laws shielding children from transgender surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormone regimes. The groups have been opposed by leftist activists who claim the laws are discriminatory and violate the 14th Amendment.

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California spent $24 billion on the state&#8217;s homeless crisis over the past five years, but it did not consistently track whether the enormous amount of spending was making a dent in the problem, a state audit has found.
The <a href="https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2023-102.1/index.html#section1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">audit</a> released Tuesday found California “lacks current information on the ongoing costs and outcomes of its homelessness programs.”
The state agency responsible for the issue “has not consistently tracked and evaluated the State’s efforts to prevent and end homelessness,” the audit discovered.
California has about 30% of the country&#8217;s homeless people, and the number continues to rise.
A total of 181,399 people were homeless in California at some point in 2023, up from 151,278 people in 2019. Last year&#8217;s homeless population was a 53% jump from the 118,552 people who were homeless in 2013, according to the audit.
Billions of taxpayer dollars were spent on more than 30 homeless and housing programs between 2018 and 2023, yet California could not explain why homelessness did not improve in some cities. In some areas, homelessness has become visibly worse, notably in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.
San Francisco&#8217;s downtown has emptied out as drug addicts shoot up in broad daylight and tents line the streets. The city is restricted from removing tents from the streets unless it can prove it is providing shelter for each person.
In September, Sacramento’s top prosecutor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sacramentos-top-prosecutor-sues-city-over-homeless-encampments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> the city over its homeless encampments, accusing city officials of allowing the homeless population to become a public nuisance.
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“This report concludes that the state must do more to assess the cost-effectiveness of its homelessness programs,” State Auditor Grant Parks wrote in a letter to Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers.
The audit examined five state homeless programs to assess their cost-effectiveness and found that two housing-related programs were likely cost-effective. However, the audit was unable to assess the other three programs because the state failed to collect enough data.
The audit recommended that the legislature take action to require the state&#8217;s main homelessness agency to compile and publicly report the costs and results of taxpayer-funded homelessness programs.
The California Interagency Council on Homelessness, the state agency responsible for homelessness programs, responded to the state auditor&#8217;s report, saying it &#8220;generally agrees&#8221; with the recommendations and will take &#8220;appropriate measures to implement where possible.&#8221;
In the wake of the audit, California Republican leaders blasted the state&#8217;s Democratic leadership.
&#8220;This is standard Gavin Newsom – make a splashy announcement, waste a bunch of taxpayer money, and completely fail to deliver,&#8221; California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gop-leaders-call-accountability-state-cant-account-24b-spent-homeless-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
&#8220;Californians are tired of the homeless crisis, and they’re even more tired of Gavin’s excuses. We need results – period, full stop,&#8221; Gallagher added.
Republican state Sen. Roger Niello called the audit &#8220;troubling&#8221; but criticized the audit itself for focusing heavily on shelter.
&#8220;The one issue I had with the audit was that the focus was mostly on housing and shelter issues, which is certainly important, but really very little about actual results, getting people out of homelessness, not just into shelter,&#8221; Niello <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gop-leaders-call-accountability-state-cant-account-24b-spent-homeless-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s sort of half the job, maybe not even quite half the job. And, so that was a little bit of a disappointment.&#8221;

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Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exploding-lips-on-a-plane-judged-by-matt-walsh-debuts-with-a-bang" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Walsh</a> addressed the recent abortion ruling in Arizona during a Wednesday interview with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, and lamented that Republicans seem to be running away from pro-life victories after the monumental 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Walsh sat down with the Turning Point USA founder on “The Charlie Kirk Show” and was asked his thoughts on some conservative politicians not embracing the pro-life position, especially after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona Supreme Court ruled</a> on Tuesday that an 1864 law could go into effect protecting unborn babies from nearly all abortions in the state.
“What we’re being told right now is that the way to win elections is to moderate your position on abortion, is to be at least a little bit pro-abortion,” Walsh said, but added that this strategy among Republicans was nothing new.
“Those of us who have been in the pro-life movement for a long time know that … this is not a new thing, it’s not a new insight,” Walsh continued. “This is what the Republican Party has been saying my entire life. They’ve been insisting that the only way to win elections is to basically forfeit the pro-life position to some extent.”
Walsh added that some Republicans are inconsistent with their arguments when they say abortion laws should be determined by the states, but then oppose laws, such as the one in Arizona that bans abortion.
“If your kind of way to navigate this is to say ‘well make it states’ rights,’ then what happens when a state does outlaw [abortion], if you turn around and oppose that too, well then it appears you’re just pro-abortion,” he said.
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After the Arizona Supreme Court decision, Republicans such as former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-arizona-abortion-law-goes-too-far-that-will-be-straightened-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said they oppose</a> the nearly total abortion ban. Trump, the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential race, told reporters on Wednesday that the 1864 Arizona law goes too far, adding, “That will be straightened out.”
“As you know it’s all about state’s rights. It’ll be straightened out. I’m sure that the governor and everybody else are going bring it back to within reason, and that’ll be taken care of, I think, rather quickly,” Trump said.
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Lake, along with Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) who are both running in tight races, also said they oppose Tuesday’s abortion ruling.
Walsh said the Left is far better at capitalizing on political and cultural victories than the Right is.
“Rather than doing what the Left does, which is when they get a victory, they gloat about it, they celebrate, and then they immediately look for ‘what can we do next?’ … ‘what’s the next victory?’ They’re never satisfied, and instead, what we’ve done on the Right — in many corners anyway — is we’ve responded by [being] embarrassed by the victory. We don’t want to talk about it,” Walsh said.
“We seem to be disappointed that it happened because it’s politically inconvenient,” he continued. “And we’re now retreating, kind of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, which I think is one of the essential differences between the Right and the Left.”
Democrats, who are seeking to make abortion a main issue in the election, have already attempted to connect the Arizona law to Trump’s policies and fire up their base to show up and vote for the president in November. The Biden campaign said the 160-year-old Arizona abortion law “is now enforceable because Trump ended Roe.”
During Walsh’s interview with Kirk, the Daily Wire host, who is now a highly respected judge, also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-walsh-reveals-the-genesis-of-his-new-comedy-court-series-judged-in-sit-down-with-charlie-kirk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussed</a> his new comedy court series “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/judged-by-matt-walsh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JUDGED by Matt Walsh</a>,” which premiered on Tuesday night.

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Matt Walsh Decries Republicans ‘Retreating’ From Major Pro-Life Victories Following Overturning Of Roe

Matt Walsh Decries Republicans 'Retreating' From Major Pro-Life Victories Following Overturning Of Roe

Charlie Kirk

Matt Walsh

Pro-Life Movement

A bill in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nebraska</a> that would have kept males out of women’s restrooms and off of girls&#8217; sports teams at schools failed after two Republicans abstained from voting on the measure after they initially indicated support for the legislation. 
The <a href="https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=10782" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>, known as the “Sports and Spaces Act,” failed on Friday after it did not get enough votes to advance it past cloture for a vote on the actual legislation. It <a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-bathrooms-sports-nebraska-01b7eeeb56874e2338e58d368765f66a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">needed</a> to get 33 votes in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature, but was blocked from moving forward after a 31-15 vote. 
Two Republicans, state Sens. Tom Brandt and Merv Riepe, both abstained from the cloture vote even though they had initially signed on as sponsors to the legislation. The measure, introduced by state Sen. Kathleen Kauth, would have defined male as someone with XY chromosomes and male anatomy and a female as someone with XX chromosomes and female anatomy. 
“A school should designate each group bathroom and locker room within such school building as either for use by biological females or for use by biological males,” the bill <a href="https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB575.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “An athletic team or sport designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to a biological male student.” 
Kauth <a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-bathrooms-sports-nebraska-01b7eeeb56874e2338e58d368765f66a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the legislation was necessary because of the “significant sports performance gap between the sexes” and that males being allowed to compete on women’s sports teams presented “a significant barrier for female athletes to compete in sports.”
Democrats claimed the legislation was bigoted and meant to bully students. “This is not about protecting women,” Sen. Megan Hunt said. “It’s about the danger and the power of the imagination of a bigot, Sen. Kauth, and those who would support a bill like this.”
The Nebraska Freedom Coalition <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NebraskaFreedom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ripped</a> into Brandt and Riepe over their votes on the legislation.
“Two Republican state senators have failed to protect women in sports and spaces by stopping LB 575 from becoming law,” the group posted on Facebook. “Let&#8217;s hold them accountable for undermining the rights and opportunities and safety of women athletes.”
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Riepe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unacceptable-two-red-states-each-fail-to-pass-pro-life-protections-by-one-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously blocked</a> Nebraska from advancing pro-life protections for unborn babies at six weeks after claiming that Republicans “must embrace the future of reproductive rights.” 
Trump won Nebraska with nearly 59% of the vote in 2020 and there has not been a Democratic governor in the state since the 1990s. Governor Jim Pillen<a href="https://www.wowt.com/2024/04/05/nebraska-lawmakers-debate-bill-transgender-student-athletes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> had</a> supported LB 575, saying that it reflected “common sense Nebraska values.” 
“There’s nobody that wants their daughter to be in a locker room with a boy and there’s nobody that wants their son to be in a locker room with girls. It’s just not right, not the way we see it in Nebraska,” he said on Thursday.

State capitol building in Lincoln Nebraska

Red State Bill To Keep Males Out Of Women’s Bathrooms, Sports Teams Fails After Two Republicans Abstain

Bathrooms

Nebraska

Transgender Athletes

A state senator in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nebraska</a> announced on Wednesday that he was changing his party affiliation to Republican because the Democratic Party retaliated against him for taking a stand on abortion and transgender issues.
Mike McDonnell, a lawmaker <a href="https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?District=5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from Omaha</a> who is term-limited this year after winning elections in 2016 and 2020, made his plans known in a statement <a href="https://central.newschannelnebraska.com/story/50636795/mcdonnell-switches-to-gop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported by News Channel Nebraska</a>.
&#8220;I have asked the Democratic Party to respect my religious based Pro-Life position. Instead over the last year they have decided to punish me for being Pro-Life,&#8221; McDonnell said.
Among the issues he pointed out was the Nebraska Democratic Party censuring McDonnell last month over votes that helped the passage of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/politics/nebraska-abortion-gender-affirming-care/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restrictions on abortion</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nebraska-becomes-18th-state-to-ban-transgender-surgeries-on-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender surgeries</a> on children.
McDonnell also accused the Douglas County Democrats of taking revenge on him for being &#8220;Pro-Life&#8221; after they <a class="c-link" href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/02/01/douglas-county-democrats-withdraw-support-from-sen-mike-mcdonnell/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/02/01/douglas-county-democrats-withdraw-support-from-sen-mike-mcdonnell/" data-sk="tooltip_parent">moved in February</a> to withdraw support from him in protest of the same votes.
&#8220;Being a Christian a member of the Roman Catholic Church and Pro-Life is more important to me than being a registered Democrat,&#8221; McDonnell said. &#8220;Today I am changing my party affiliation to Republican.&#8221;
Members of both parties reacted to McConnell&#8217;s announcement on Wednesday with statements reported by <a href="https://www.wowt.com/2024/04/03/nebraska-sen-mike-mcdonnell-changes-party-affiliation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local news station WOWT</a>.
&#8220;I am pleased to welcome Senator Mike McDonnell to the Republican Team. The extreme new Democrats are pushing common sense officials and voters to our party,&#8221; said Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE).
&#8220;The addition of Mike McDonnell to the Republican rolls in the legislature means for the first time in recent memory there is a filibuster proof Republican majority in the Unicameral,&#8221; he added.
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Nebraska Democratic Party head Jane Kleeb said the organization &#8220;will continue to stand up for reproductive freedom and the human rights of the LGBTQ community&#8221; and claimed the censure was not about him being a &#8220;pro-life Catholic.&#8221;
&#8220;Our decision was based on our party reaffirming our core values to protect women’s ability to make health decisions and to keep politicians out of our personal health decisions,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We respect the ongoing work of Senator McDonnell on behalf of unions and his commitment to protect a fair electoral vote system we have in our state.&#8221;

The Nebraska State Capitol In Lincoln, Nebraska

‘Pro-Life’ Nebraska Lawmaker Switches To GOP After Revenge Campaign By Fellow Democrats

'Pro-Life' Nebraska Lawmaker Switches To GOP After Revenge Campaign By Fellow Democrats

Transgender

On Tuesday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican National Committee (RNC)</a> launched a website that is a nod to former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> predicting a &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; for the United States if he does not win a second term in the 2024 election — comments that drew controversy because legacy media coverage downplayed how he was talking about the auto industry.
The <a href="https://bidenbloodbath.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, BidenBloodbath.com, is focused on highlighting the &#8220;horrors&#8221; of the border crisis under the leadership of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="https://www.gop.com/press-release/rnc-launches-bidenbloodbathcom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the RNC</a>. A statement said the website provides the &#8220;latest data&#8221; and &#8220;real-time messaging&#8221; to activists who sign up for updates. It also features subpages with statistics for various battleground states and a link to a fundraising page that says &#8220;Biden Bloodbath&#8221; in all caps.
&#8220;Biden is allowing vicious criminals, illegal drugs, gangs and terrorists into the United States. He alone has the power to reverse course and secure our border to protect our communities, yet he refuses to take action,&#8221; said Trump campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez. &#8220;Biden is prioritizing illegal immigrants over Americans. That’s why in November, we will vote to send President Donald J. Trump back to the White House to put an end to Biden&#8217;s border bloodbath.&#8221;
The move comes weeks after Lara Trump, the former president&#8217;s daughter-in-law, and Michael Whatley <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-whatley-lara-trump-elected-to-lead-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were elected</a> to lead the RNC after Ronna McDaniel announced she would be stepping down as chairwoman. It also follows polling from Gallup that showed immigration <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/611135/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rose to the top</a> of the list of what Americans view as the most important problem facing the United States.
Last month, legacy media outlets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/complete-propaganda-media-and-biden-campaign-blasted-over-coverage-of-trumps-bloodbath-prediction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced blowback</a> for highlighting Trump&#8217;s warning of a &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; if he does not win re-election with headlines that failed to mention he was talking about the auto industry. Biden&#8217;s campaign <a href="https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1769163262283706801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> on the &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; remark without a single mention of cars but repeated mentions of violence, alleging Trump &#8220;wants another January 6.&#8221;
“The Fake News Media, and their Democrat Partners in the destruction of our Nation, pretended to be shocked at my use of the word BLOODBATH, even though they fully understood that I was simply referring to imports allowed by Crooked Joe Biden, which are killing the automobile industry,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-slams-fake-news-media-after-spin-on-auto-industry-bloodbath-prediction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on his Truth Social platform. “The United Auto Workers, but not their leadership, fully understand what I mean.”
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Biden&#8217;s campaign also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qbj5e0pea1I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released an ad</a> that featured Trump&#8217;s &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; comment — again without context — with dramatic music as well as clips related to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/confederate-monuments-at-center-of-deadly-unite-the-right-rally-to-come-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Unite the Right&#8221; rally</a> in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 and the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021.
&#8220;The Trump campaign can try to spin all they want, but the context is clear: their candidate has spent every moment since his first campaign encouraging and excusing political violence. Repeatedly,&#8221; said Biden campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-trump-bloodbath-2024-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Axios</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a bug, it&#8217;s a feature of Donald Trump&#8217;s extremism. We take Trump at his word — and voters will too.&#8221;

President Joe Biden

RNC Unveils ‘Biden Bloodbath’ Website Highlighting Border Crisis

Border Crisis

Donald Trump

Elections

Joe Biden

Republican National Committee (RNC)

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) declared on Monday that he is focused on combating the &#8220;isolationist movement&#8221; of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican Party</a> with his remaining time in office.
The comments, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/66-terry-meiners-28199905/episode/mitch-mcconnell-on-his-future-flipping-163919476/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made to WHAS radio host Terry Meiners</a>, signal that McConnell will be clashing with GOP colleagues who desire to rein in U.S. support for foreign allies such as Ukraine and Israel.
Although he plans to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-to-step-down-as-senate-republican-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">step down</a> as party leader, McConnell stressed, &#8220;I&#8217;m not leaving the Senate.&#8221; He added, &#8220;I&#8217;m particularly involved in actually fighting back against the isolationist movement in my own party and so many others as well.&#8221;
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McConnell: &quot;I&#39;m not leaving the Senate. And I&#39;m particularly involved in fighting back against the isolationist movement in my own party. The symbol lately is ‘are we gonna help Ukraine or not.’” <a href="https://t.co/VHZprlxMGY">pic.twitter.com/VHZprlxMGY</a>
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One conflict in particular that McConnell referenced was Ukraine&#8217;s fight against Russia, a cause to which the United States has allocated tens of billions of dollars.
&#8220;The symbol, lately, is &#8216;are we gonna help Ukraine or not?&#8217; And I think it&#8217;s extremely important that we do that,&#8221; McConnell said.
Polling <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/12/08/about-half-of-republicans-now-say-the-us-is-providing-too-much-aid-to-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> by the Pew Research Center in December showed an increasing number of Republicans —  approaching <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/12/08/about-half-of-republicans-now-say-the-us-is-providing-too-much-aid-to-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">half</a> of them — say the United States is providing too much aid to Ukraine as the conflict approached its two-year mark.
That sentiment is showing in Congress. <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">More than half</a> of Republicans in the Senate voted against the $95 billion foreign aid bill that would give roughly $60 billion to Ukraine. The legislation passed, but so far the GOP-controlled House has not taken it up for consideration.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has indicated he is open to providing more foreign aid, but with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-charts-path-forward-on-ukraine-aid-with-important-innovations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;important innovations&#8221;</a> that can bring together the slim GOP majority in the House. For instance, he mentioned to Fox News a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsey-graham-meets-zelensky-says-he-floated-trumps-loan-idea-for-ukraine-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">loan</a> for Ukraine floated by former President Donald Trump.
Meiners noted that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has been criticizing McConnell and saying he is out of touch with the people in Kentucky. The host pressed McConnell on how to create unity.
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Paul &#8220;would be the first one to say that he’s an isolationist,&#8221; McConnell replied. &#8220;He has been all along. This is not anything new for him. And he and I have always disagreed on this kind of issue.&#8221;
McConnell said what is &#8220;more troublesome&#8221; is that others appear to be &#8220;heading in that direction, making arguments that I think are easily refuted.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;We’re not losing any of our troops, the Ukrainians are the ones doing the fighting. If the Russians take Ukraine, some NATO country would be next and then we will be right in the middle of it.&#8221;

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

McConnell Says He’s ‘Not Leaving The Senate,’ Aims To Fight ‘Isolationist Movement’ Within GOP

McConnell Says He’s ‘Not Leaving The Senate,' Aims To Fight ‘Isolationist Movement’ Within GOP

Congress

Mitch McConnell

U.S. Senate

Ukraine-Russia War

Republican leaders in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> are raising concerns about a new program established by Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration that hands out up to $500 a month to refugees and migrants, whom many on the Left are now calling “newcomers.” The GOP lawmakers said the program could be helping people who entered the country illegally pay for housing in the state.
The “<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/-/media/Project/Websites/ogm/Newcomer-Rental-Subsidy/Newcomer-Rental-Subsidy-NRS-Program-Summary.pdf?rev=47a14095789744b592698549c0afa19f&amp;hash=152E8DB0EDCEBAD84D80166173CF668A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan Newcomer Rental Subsidy Program</a>” was launched last year by the Office of Global Michigan (OGM), which is partnering with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). The program’s <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/services/newcomer-rental-subsidy?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> says it offers assistance to refugees asylees, Special Immigration Visa (SIV), victims of human trafficking, Cuban and Haitian entrants, Afghan Nationals, and Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees.
Republican state leaders say that illegal immigrants facing deportation proceedings could potentially benefit from the program. Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall and state Rep. Joe Aragona, the Republican vice chair of the Housing Subcommittee, wrote a letter to OGM Director Poppy Sias-Hernandez earlier this week, requesting more information on what the housing subsidy program entails and who is receiving the state funds.
“Gretchen Whitmer’s rent subsidy program makes handouts available to illegals who were caught in the country and then frantically claimed asylum to avoid deportation,” Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall said in a statement to The Daily Wire. “The Whitmer administration must come clean about this dubious program to the taxpayers who are paying for it. Michiganders shouldn’t have their dollars taken to reward those who broke our immigration laws.”
The Daily Wire has reached out to Whitmer’s office for comment.
Migrants who cross the border illegally are often considered “asylum seekers” after filing <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum/obtaining-asylum-in-the-united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defensive claims</a> upon entering the U.S. In fiscal year 2023 alone, over 474,000 defensive claims were <a href="https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344871/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a>, and there are currently over one million claims pending, according to the Justice Department.
The Michigan Republicans’ concerns about the rental subsidy program were heightened when an illegal immigrant, who had been deported in 2020, re-entered the country and was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/once-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-25-year-old-michigan-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> earlier this week for allegedly murdering a 25-year-old woman in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed in a statement to The Daily Wire on Tuesday that Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, re-entered the U.S. unlawfully “at an unknown date … without inspection by an immigration official.” He was arrested after Ruby Garcia was found dead last Friday on the side of a road from apparent gunshot wounds.
To qualify for rental assistance, applicants must be at or below 60% of Area Median Income, receive federal assistance, and be “experiencing housing instability,” according to <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/services/newcomer-rental-subsidy?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OGM</a>. Those accepted into the program can receive monthly help with housing, ranging from $300 for an individual up to $500 for a family of six or more.
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MSHDA says those receiving assistance must show all available documentation of “earned and unearned income for household members that live in the same household that are age 18 or older.” Income can still be verified, however, as long as the enrollee submits a written explanation of why there is no documentation, such as being paid in cash.
House Republican Leader Hall told The Daily Wire that the program could benefit &#8220;those who broke into our borders.”
“Americans watch with horror as Democrats respond with carelessness to our border crisis — a humanitarian disaster that resulted in a murder right here in Michigan,” Hall said. “Joe Biden refuses to secure the border and faithfully execute our laws. Gretchen Whitmer is offering taxpayer-funded benefits to those who broke into our borders. Sanctuary cities and counties shield illegals from immigration officials. These politicians must stop aiding and abetting illegal aliens and get serious about securing our border and keeping people safe.”

Gretchen Whitmer

Michigan Republicans Sound Alarm On State Program Potentially Giving Illegal Immigrants Up To $500 Per Month In Rental Assistance

Illegal Immigration

Michigan

U.S.

Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) may be retiring at the end of his term, but he appears to have a plan to keep things interesting on his way out the door — at least as far as judicial nominations are concerned.
According to a <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/20/congress/manchin-mounts-his-own-judicial-filibuster-00148147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published Wednesday by Politico, Manchin has announced a plan to stage his own personal &#8220;filibuster,&#8221; refusing to vote in favor of any of President Joe Biden&#8217;s judicial nominees if they don&#8217;t also have Republican support. And it doesn&#8217;t have to be a lot of support, Manchin said, adding that he would be willing to consider a &#8220;yea&#8221; vote if just one Republican were convinced to vote with Democrats.
&#8220;Just one Republican. That’s all I’m asking for. Give me something bipartisan. This is my own little filibuster. If they can’t get one Republican, I vote for none. I’ve told [Democrats] that. I said, &#8216;I’m sick and tired of it, I can’t take it anymore,'&#8221; Manchin explained.
The West Virginia Democrat said that what he really wanted was to see more bipartisan cooperation, and for that reason, he was simply asking his colleagues to put in the effort and court Republican votes.
&#8220;If they don’t have a Republican, I’m opposing. That’s my way of saying: &#8216;I’m leaving this place, I’ve tried everything I can. Don’t tell me you can’t get one.&#8217; If you’ve got a decent person you can at least get one. Just go ask Lisa [Murkowski, R-AK], go ask Susan [Collins, R-ME], even Lindsey [Graham, R-SC],&#8221; Manchin continued. &#8220;Lisa and Susan both are not controlled by just voting party line, I know that. But you’ve got to ask them.&#8221;
Manchin&#8217;s mention of the filibuster – which then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) abandoned for judicial nominees in 2013 — was an apparent reference to the fact that his own party has been pushing efforts to remove the legislative filibuster altogether.
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Toward that end, Manchin told Politico that he&#8217;s doing his best to ensure that the legislative filibuster doesn&#8217;t face the same fate as the judicial filibuster. He explained that he has been encouraging donors to ask potential candidates whether they would support efforts to keep the filibuster in place.

Sen. Joe Manchin

‘My Own Little Filibuster’: Joe Manchin Vows To Block Any Judicial Nominee Without GOP Support

'My Own Little Filibuster': Joe Manchin Vows To Block Any Judicial Nominee Without GOP Support

Joe Manchin

Senate Democrats

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