The Senate on Tuesday narrowly voted to confirm a Justice Department official who previously defended President Donald Trump during his criminal trials to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Overcoming vigorous Democrat opposition, the Republican-led Senate confirmed acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to the lifetime judicial position in a 50-49 vote. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Susan Collins (ME) joined Democrats in voting against his appointment. 
“Congratulations to our dear friend Emil Bove on his confirmation to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals! This is a GREAT day for our country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1950363578646544696">said</a> on X. “I cannot thank Emil enough for his tireless work and support at [the Justice Department]. He will be missed — and he will be an outstanding judge.”
Bove previously worked as Trump’s lawyer when the Biden administration prosecuted him over his alleged mishandling of classified documents and alleged election interference in the 2020 election. Bove also worked with Trump on the New York hush money case, where Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records but given an unconditional discharge. Before working for Trump, Bove was a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, working on drug and terrorism cases.
In the weeks after Trump nominated him to the judgeship, Democrats have pointed to numerous complaints against Bove from whistleblowers claiming that he instructed Justice Department officials to ignore judicial orders. Democrats were also critical of Bove’s role in the firing of some of the Justice Department lawyers who led the January 6 prosecutions and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-orders-charges-to-be-dismissed-against-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-on-certain-conditions">dismissal</a> of the federal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. 
Ahead of the confirmation vote, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-exhaustive-efforts-to-vet-emil-boves-nomination-prove-hes-fit-for-the-job">defended</a> Bove, accusing Democrats of trying to “weaponize” the whistleblower process. 
“He has a strong legal background and has served his country honorably. I believe he will be a diligent, capable, and fair jurist,&#8221; Grassley said. “It’s no surprise to anyone who’s followed this nomination that I have serious concerns with how my Democratic colleagues have conducted themselves. The vicious rhetoric, unfair accusations and abuse directed at Mr. Bove by some on this Committee has crossed the line.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://apnews.com/article/emil-bove-confirmation-whistleblowers-trump-republicans-democrats-71f92822cb2e8d57387748c2451fa724">claimed</a> that the confirmation was a “dark day” for the country. 
“It’s unfathomable that just over four years after the insurrection at the Capitol, when rioters smashed windows, ransacked offices, desecrated this chamber, Senate Republicans are willingly putting someone on the bench who shielded these rioters from facing justice, who said their prosecution was a grave national injustice,” he said.

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would not support any Republican who voted against defunding the parent company of NPR and PBS in an upcoming bill that would enshrine DOGE cuts into law. 
Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to back a $9.4 billion rescission package already passed by the House, which would include more than $1 billion in reductions for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the nonprofit that was created by Congress and is funded by the federal government but is not a governmental agency. The House passed the White House&#8217;s proposed package 214-212 last month, and the Senate is expected to vote next week. 
“It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN &amp; MSDNC put together,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The legislation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-doge-cuts-targeting-foreign-aid-npr-and-pbs">would cut</a> $8.3 billion in foreign spending, including funding for “Net Zero Cities” in Mexico, Iraqi “Sesame Street,” and global LGBTQ+ initiatives, as well as $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In May, Trump signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/">executive order</a> directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, saying the entities were deeply infected with leftwing bias. 
“The [Corporation for Public Broadcasting]’s governing statute reflects principles of impartiality: the CPB may not ‘contribute to or otherwise support any political party,’” the order says. “The CPB fails to abide by these principles to the extent it subsidizes NPR and PBS.  Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter. What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”
NPR and several smaller publicly funded networks have challenged the order in court, <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953.1.0_1.pdf">arguing</a> that it contradicts previous funding allocations made by Congress and violates the First Amendment. The courts have yet to issue a ruling on the suit, but parts of the argument could become moot if the Senate votes to pull the previously authorized spending. 
Some Republicans, including Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, have already voiced opposition to the proposed cuts. The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-threatens-gop-senators-over-vote-on-doge-cuts-f5a86c19?utm_source=chatgpt.com">reported</a> that Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota also indicated he was seeking an exemption for the funding of American Indian public radio stations.

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The GOP-led Senate rejected on Friday a measure that sought to stop President Donald Trump from launching further attacks on Iran without the consent of Congress.
Sen. Tim Kaine&#8217;s (D-VA) war powers <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/iran_war_powers_resolution.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> was defeated in a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00328.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">53-47 vote</a>, mostly along party lines. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was the sole Republican to vote &#8220;yea&#8221; while Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) joined the rest of the GOP in opposing it.
&#8220;The Framers of our Constitution gave Congress the power to declare war because they believed that the decision to send our nation’s men and women in uniform into harm’s way was too big for any one person. The Trump Administration’s chaotic strategy on Iran confused the American people and created significant risks for servicemembers and their families,&#8221; Kaine said in a <a href="https://x.com/SenTimKaine/status/1938740715607011514" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
&#8220;I am disappointed that many of my colleagues are not willing to stand up and say Congress needs to be part of a decision as important as whether or not the U.S. should send our nation’s sons and daughters to fight against Iran,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I will continue to do all I can to keep presidents of any party from starting wars without robust public debate by Congress.&#8221;
Trump ordered military strikes on three sites in Iran last weekend as part of an effort to prevent Tehran from achieving nuclear weapons. Although the president deemed the operation a success and called for peace following a counterattack on a U.S. military base in Qatar with no American casualties, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-he-will-absolutely-start-bombing-iran-again-if-they-enrich-uranium-to-high-levels?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+He+Will+%E2%80%98Absolutely%E2%80%99+Start+Bombing+Iran+Again+If+They+Enrich+Uranium+To+High+Levels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> on Friday that the United States would bomb Iran again if it resumed enriching uranium to high levels.
In a <a href="https://x.com/SenatorCollins/status/1938715871255367960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> released after the vote, Sen. Susan Collins (R-MA) argued that Congress did not need to give Trump authorization at this time.
&#8220;Since the despicable attacks on October 7, 2023, Iran has continued to use proxies and empowered terrorist groups to attack American servicemembers and our ally Israel. This week, Iran threatened to attack Americans on our own soil and around the world,&#8221; Collins said. &#8220;I supported the President’s targeted strike on Iran’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities because a nuclear-armed Iran would pose an unacceptable threat to America and our allies. I also applaud the current ceasefire. Given this backdrop, it is the wrong time to consider this resolution and to risk inadvertently sending a message to Iran that the President cannot swiftly defend Americans at home and abroad.&#8221;
&#8220;There has always been a Constitutional tension between Article I vesting in Congress the power to declare war and Article II designating the President as Commander-in-Chief,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I continue to believe that Congress has an important responsibility to authorize the sustained use of military force. That is not the situation we are facing now. The President has the authority to defend our nation and our troops around the world against the threat of attack.&#8221;
Some lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House are pushing for another war powers vote, but Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-exposes-dem-hypocrisy-on-iran-strikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> that he did not think it was necessary.
&#8220;I don’t think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution, and I don’t think it’s necessary. Listen, for 80 years, presidents of both parties have acted with the same commander in chief authority under Article 2&#8221; of the Constitution, Johnson said.
Johnson went on to mention how Democrats who are complaining now did not seem to mind when former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama conducted military operations in the region without seeking explicit approval from Congress for those campaigns.
&#8220;You had President Biden use it three times in Middle East operations. President Obama went on an eight-month campaign bombing Libya to take down the regime there. I never heard a Democrat balk about any of that,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;And suddenly now they’re just up in arms. It’s all politics. This is not a time for politics.&#8221;

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Senate Rebuffs Dem Bid To Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers

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On Wednesday evening, a handful of Republicans in the Senate joined forces with Democrats and independents on Wednesday to pass a measure subverting the Trump administration&#8217;s 25% tariffs on Canadian goods.
The Senate voted 51-48 in favor of a <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ros25392.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) that, if enacted, would terminate the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national emergency declaration</a> employed by President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Canada earlier this year.
Despite the Senate&#8217;s rebuke, Kaine&#8217;s resolution faces significant challenges, as it needs approval from the GOP-led House to take effect — an unlikely prospect. Additionally, Trump indicated he would veto the resolution if it reached his desk.
Senate Republicans who <a href="https://x.com/SenatePress/status/1907578012867940509" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke ranks</a> to support Kaine&#8217;s resolution included Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Rand Paul (R-KY). Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) did not vote.
&#8220;The Maine economy is integrated with Canada, our most important trading partner,&#8221; Collins <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KvDcrFi0PY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on the Senate floor, adding later, &#8220;The tariffs on Canada would be detrimental to many Maine families and our local economies.&#8221;
Collins acknowledged sharing Trump&#8217;s goal of &#8220;stemming the tide of dangerous fentanyl that flows into the United States,&#8221; but insisted that, &#8220;unlike Mexico and China&#8221; — two other countries targeted for tariffs — &#8220;Canada is not complicit in this crisis.&#8221;
In an <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114266599439835683" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Truth Social before the vote, Trump called out the GOP defectors by name, urging them to reject a &#8220;ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans&#8221; and encouraging people in their states to contact their senators.
Trump contended that Canada was facilitating the flow of fentanyl into the United States and emphasized that Kaine&#8217;s resolution is &#8220;not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it.&#8221;
Earlier this year, Trump imposed 25% tariffs on some imports from Canada, arguing that the U.S. neighbor was not doing enough to curb the trafficking of drugs such as fentanyl. Canada <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/canada-tariffs-steel-aluminum-trump-computers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> by announcing 25% retaliatory tariffs.
The penalties against Canada preceded Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; announcement of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-unleashes-liberation-day-tariffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reciprocal tariffs</a> on dozens of other countries around the world during an event in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon.
When Kaine <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-klobuchar-and-warner-formally-file-legislation-to-undo-president-trumps-senseless-taxes-on-canadian-goods" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> the resolution on Canada tariffs with Sens. Amy Klobucher (D-MN) and Mark Warner (D-VA), he said the measure was privileged, meaning the Republican-controlled Senate was required to vote on it in the coming weeks.
They <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-klobuchar-and-warner-announce-expected-vote-timing-on-their-bill-to-undo-canada-tariffs-that-will-raise-costs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that tariffs against Canada have disrupted the United States economy in a way that raises costs for American consumers, harms workers and businesses, strains a key trade partnership, and ignites a destructive trade war.
On the GOP side, McConnell <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/02/12/trump-tariffs-damage-kentucky-economy-bourbon-mcconnell/78393549007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> of higher prices and harm to Kentucky industries, Paul <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2MD3iOAiY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">objected</a> to the use of emergency authority for tariffs, and Murkowski pondered why the U.S. was <a href="https://x.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1902855339902390661" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;fighting&#8221;</a> Canada while &#8220;making nice&#8221; with Russia.
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) said in a statement after the vote on Wednesday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had already declared Kaine’s resolution dead on arrival in the House, and it will never reach Trump’s desk.
Kaine’s &#8220;goal&#8221; was &#8220;to undermine President Trump’s successful work to secure the Northern Border,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;This meaningless messaging resolution will not stop Senate Republicans from making America’s communities safer.&#8221;

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Four Senate Republicans Vote With Dems To Upend Trump’s Canada Tariffs

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/susan-collins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Susan Collins</a> (R-ME) called out The New Yorker directly in a post she shared via X, stating that the outlet had misrepresented her in a piece that was clearly aimed at sullying President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s transition team and Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.
Author Jane Mayer wrote in a sub-headline, &#8220;Supporters of Donald Trump&#8217;s nominee have intimidated potential witnesses and suppressed the FBI background check of the former Fox News host in the run-up to his Senate hearing.&#8221;
The opening paragraph painted an equally grim picture, stating, &#8220;The Trump transition team has waged an intense, and in many ways unprecedented, behind-the-scenes campaign ahead of the hearing to intimidate and silence potential witnesses, aimed at keeping Republican senators in line and in the dark.&#8221;
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The Trump transition team has waged an intense and unprecedented behind-the-scenes campaign ahead of Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing to silence potential witnesses, aimed at keeping Republican senators in line and in the dark, <a href="https://twitter.com/JaneMayerNYer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JaneMayerNYer</a> reports. <a href="https://t.co/7w5nOqkVzo">https://t.co/7w5nOqkVzo</a>
&mdash; The New Yorker (@NewYorker) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1879008886021132301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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What Sen. Collins objected to was the suggestion that she had &#8220;turned down a meeting with Mr. Hegseth&#8217;s accuser,&#8221; and she responded with an unequivocal, &#8220;I was never contacted by her or her attorney.&#8221;
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Contrary to the assertion in the New Yorker article, I never turned down a meeting with Mr. Hegseth’s accuser.
I was never contacted by her or her attorney. <a href="https://t.co/9dgMoj1Ylj">https://t.co/9dgMoj1Ylj</a>
&mdash; Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorCollins/status/1879303998639128681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Collins followed her initial objection with receipts, clarifying what exactly had taken place: &#8220;I was approached by a third party about a meeting and I said that I would think about it. I never heard back from anyone after that. As a general matter, allegations like this are best brought to the committee responsible for the nomination.&#8221;
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Here is the quote we gave the New Yorker, including the information they left out: <a href="https://t.co/dscoE1WjHs">pic.twitter.com/dscoE1WjHs</a>
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&#8220;Here is the quote we gave The New Yorker, including the information they left out,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The senator received an inquiry from a third party about a potential meeting. There was no follow up from them after the initial discussion. Senator Collins believes when a person has allegations about a nominee that they feel are relevant, those allegations should be brought to the committee that will be considering the nomination.&#8221;
Hegseth&#8217;s hearing took place on Tuesday — and while she has not said yet whether she plans to vote for his confirmation, Collins has thus far said that she wanted to wait until she heard what each of Trump&#8217;s nominees had to say before making her final decision.

Sen. Susan Collins Outs The New Yorker Over Hegseth Hit Piece: ‘I Was Never Contacted By Her’

Sen. Susan Collins Outs The New Yorker Over Hegseth Hit Piece: 'I Was Never Contacted By Her'

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On Wednesday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Republicans blocked a Democrat bill that sought to codify the right to access <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/contraception" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contraception</a> in federal law, with many arguing that it would infringe on religious and parental rights.
Fifty-one members, including two Republicans, <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00190.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to advance the legislation — an insufficient number to reach the three-fifths majority needed to break the filibuster. Thirty-eight Republicans voted against moving forward. Nine other GOP members and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-bob-menendez-to-change-party-status-amid-his-corruption-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ)</a> did not vote.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1798457646502261075" target="_blank" rel="noopener">switched</a> his vote to &#8220;Nay,&#8221; a move that allowed him to file a <a href="https://x.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1798455388783964209" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motion to reconsider</a> the failed cloture vote at some point in the future. He has set up a vote next week for an IVF bill with a <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/transcript-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-delivers-remarks-at-press-conference-with-senate-democrats-after-senate-republicans-blocked-the-right-to-contraception-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated goal</a> of putting Republicans on the record on reproductive rights.
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4381/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The contraception bill</a>, introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), would &#8220;protect an individual’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.&#8221;
Democrat lawmakers are pressing the birth control debate in a presidential election year. They argue Markey&#8217;s legislation is necessary because the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade — a ruling that returned the issue of abortion access to the states — also <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-hirono-duckworth-statement-on-the-right-to-contraception-act-floor-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;threatened&#8221;</a> contraception.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rick-scott-joins-race-for-senate-gop-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">running</a> to become the next leader of the Senate GOP, led 21 of his Republican colleagues in a <a href="https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2024/6/sen-rick-scott-leads-colleagues-in-slamming-democrats-attacks-on-religious-freedoms-parental-rights-political-games-on-contraception" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that disparaged the contraception bill. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), considered a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-campaign-requests-documents-from-some-vp-contenders-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contender</a> for former President Donald Trump&#8217;s running mate in the 2024 election, was among them.
&#8220;There is no threat to access to contraception, which is legal in every state and required by law to be offered at no cost by health insurers, and it&#8217;s disgusting that Democrats are fearmongering on this important issue to score cheap political points,&#8221; the GOP lawmakers said.
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&#8220;This bill infringes on the parental rights and religious liberties of some Americans and lets the federal government force religious institutions and schools, even public elementary schools, to offer contraception like condoms to little kids,&#8221; they added. &#8220;It’s just another way for Democrats to use activist attorneys and our courts to advance their radical agenda and that is why we oppose this bill.&#8221;
The pair of GOP lawmakers who joined with the majority of Democrats and the independents who caucus with them voting to advance the legislation included Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
&#8220;This is not a perfect bill,&#8221; Murkowski <a href="https://x.com/lisamurkowski/status/1798457352930357587" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a video posted to X. &#8220;This isn&#8217;t a bill that has gone through committee. Leader Schumer has decided that he&#8217;s just going to put it on the floor to move to it. That&#8217;s a lousy process, actually. This is unfortunately yet another messaging bill &#8230; but if it is going to be a messaging bill, I want my message to be very clear: that a woman should have a right to contraception.&#8221;

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other senators Speak To The Press After The “Right To Contraception Act” Failed Passage

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Senators are speaking out on the decision to relax the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fetterman-rule-senate-cuts-dress-code-enforcement">chamber&#8217;s dress code</a> that some are calling <a href="https://twitter.com/WashTimes/status/1703936751012659445">&#8220;The Fetterman rule,&#8221;</a> a nod to Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-fetterman">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) with his penchant for hoodies and gym shorts.
Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) directed the Senate&#8217;s sergeant-at-arms to stop enforcement of the informal rules dictating that members wear business attire on the Senate floor. The change was tailored to only affect senators and not staff members.
&#8220;Senators are able to choose what they wear on the Senate floor. I will continue to wear a suit,&#8221; Schumer said in a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/17/senate-drops-dress-code-schumer">statement to Axios</a>, the first news outlet to report the change over the weekend.
As the story went viral, many of the 100 members of the Senate began to react to the new clothing paradigm. Some Republicans joked about it and offered wild outfit ideas while others complained about the change or indicated that they were not concerned.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) joked to reporters that she planned to &#8220;wear a bikini,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/susan-collins-jokes-wear-bikini-senate-while-slamming-dress-code-changes">according to NBC News</a>. Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/susan-collins-jokes-wear-bikini-senate-while-slamming-dress-code-changes">reported</a> the senator clarified, &#8220;Obviously, I&#8217;m not going to wear a bikini,&#8221; adding, &#8220;But the fact is, as I understand it, I could!&#8221;
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1703530169263145148">shared</a> a GIF of a shirtless Jack Black in the 2006 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457510/">luchador comedy film</a> &#8220;Nacho Libre&#8221; in response to Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1703444213302542776">asking</a> if they will see Cruz in jorts and a tank top. Their colleague, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), asked on X, &#8220;Double standard?&#8221; He later <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1703474016546140257">added</a>, &#8220;Flip flops, cutoffs and t shirts for all!&#8221; along with a laughing emoji.
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&#8220;Police. Firefighters. Judges. Pilots. They all have uniforms. Ours is a suit and tie. We shouldn’t abandon it because it’s more comfortable to wear sweats,&#8221; Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1703621616478171503">said</a> on his <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/10/23300085/mike-lee-twitter-basedmikelee-utah-mitt-romney-trump">personal X account</a>.
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A HuffPost reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1703904738041799092">said</a> Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) indicated she was &#8220;fine&#8221; with the new dress code. &#8220;I’m not so hung up on things to think that every single day a man needs to wear a neck tie,&#8221; Murkowski said. &#8220;If I had my way, we would have summer casual for men so we didn’t have the air conditioning so low and spend so much money keeping this place cold.&#8221;
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was <a href="https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1704211657713500368">asked</a> if he would restore the old rules if Republicans retake the upper chamber.
“I think I’m pretty safe in saying most if not all Republican senators think we ought to dress up to go to work. So I can’t imagine that we’re going to be wearing jeans on the Senate floor anytime soon,” McConnell said, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4212624-mcconnell-knocks-new-dress-code-senators-ought-to-dress-up-to-go-to-work/">according to The Hill</a>.
Democrats in the Senate also commented on dress code change, with some taking shots at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over a post to X that criticized the new rules.
&#8220;The Senate no longer enforcing a dress code for Senators to appease Fetterman is disgraceful. Dress code is one of society’s standards that set etiquette and respect for our institutions. Stop lowering the bar!&#8221; Greene <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1703492525498020129">said in her post</a>.
&#8220;Seriously? You’re b****ing about Senate dress code when House Republicans are about to drive the Federal Government off a cliff? Again? Talk about disgraceful,&#8221; Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTinaSmith/status/1703853202012094840">said</a> in response to Greene, referring to negotiations on spending that could lead to a government shutdown at the end of the month without a deal.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reportedly said he spoke to Fetterman about the dress code change.
“I said ‘John, I think it’s wrong &amp; there&#8217;s no way I can comply with that’…Wanted to tell him directly that I totally oppose it &amp; I will do everything I can to try to hold the decorum of the Senate,&#8221; Manchin recalled, according to a POLITICO reporter&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/UrsulaPerano/status/1704204674771882215">post to X</a>.
Fetterman himself offered a reaction to the uproar during an <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/09/19/sen_john_fetterman_arent_there_more_important_things_we_should_be_talking_about_rather_than_if_i_dress_like_a_slob.html">appearance on MSNBC</a>.
&#8220;I’ve heard that some people are upset about that, and the Right have been like losing their mind,&#8221; he told host Chris Hayes. &#8220;You know, they&#8217;re just like, &#8216;Oh my god, you know, dogs and cats are living together.&#8217; And you know, like I said, aren&#8217;t there more important things we should be talking about rather than if I dress like a slob?&#8221;

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How Senators Are Reacting To ‘Fetterman Rule’ Dress Code

How Senators Are Reacting To 'Fetterman Rule' Dress Code

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maine">Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)</a> blasted the Biden administration for failing to secure the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/southern-border">southern border</a> while allowing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fentanyl">fentanyl</a> to pour into the country, resulting in tens of thousands of overdose deaths in America.
During a hearing titled, &#8220;Fighting Fentanyl: The Federal Response to a Growing Crisis,&#8221; Collins proclaimed, &#8220;We have to face the very unpleasant truth that what we&#8217;re doing is not working.&#8221;
In late December 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fentanyl-deaths-skyrocket-becoming-nations-leading-killer-for-adults-age-18-45">announced</a> that fentanyl overdoses had become the number one cause of death for U.S. adults aged 18-45, as nearly 79,000 Americans died from the drug between 2020 and 2021.
Collins blamed the growing problem directly on the Biden administration not providing border patrol enough resources to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico border.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been to the border with Mexico,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/addictions/99911?xid=nl_mpt_morningbreak2022-07-27&amp;eun=g2042099d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MorningBreak_072722&amp;utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update_active">said</a> during the hearing.&#8221;I&#8217;ve talked with the Border Patrol officers out on their midnight shift, and they&#8217;ve expressed such frustration that they have had to divert their resources to handling the tremendous influx of people crossing the border, rather than focusing on illicit drug interdiction.&#8221;
In March 2021, Collins visited the southern border with a group of colleagues and said they heard members of drug cartels from across the river throughout the night.
&#8220;This has been truly extraordinary. It&#8217;s midnight. We&#8217;re on the banks of the Rio Grande and across the river, we can hear the sounds of cartel members, taunting us, yelling at us. They&#8217;re exploiting vulnerable women and children,&#8221; Collins <a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-sen-susan-collins-to-visit-us-mexico-border/97-df60fc81-650c-4d52-a164-c9b42505cf21">said</a> at the time. &#8220;This system is inhumane. It&#8217;s dangerous.&#8221;
On Tuesday, Collins stated, &#8220;So I cannot help but conclude that our inability to secure the border has an adverse impact and contributes directly to our inability to stop the flow of drugs into this country.&#8221;
Collins noted that the fentanyl crisis had particularly hit her state hard over the past year.
&#8220;The data overwhelmingly demonstrate [that], whether you look at national data, or data from the state of Maine,&#8221; she stated.&#8221;Last year, fentanyl was involved in 77% of deadly overdoses in Maine. That&#8217;s a dramatic increase,&#8221; she continued.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) also pleaded with the Biden administration to clamp down on the border.
&#8220;We have to recognize that a policy at the border which has been feckless and ineffective &#8230; not just allows people to come here who are illegal immigrants — it allows drugs to come across as well,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to control that border. If there&#8217;s a message I wish the administration to get, it&#8217;s use your tools to control it,&#8221; Cassidy added.
Much of the fentanyl that flows through America&#8217;s borders is from Mexican drug cartels, the federal government has previously stated. “Sinaloa and the New Generation Jalisco (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación or CJNG) cartels are likely the primary trafficking groups responsible for smuggling fentanyl into the United States from Mexico,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/DEA_GOV_DIR-008-20%20Fentanyl%20Flow%20in%20the%20United%20States_0.pdf">according</a> to a January 2020 Drug Enforcement Agency report.
Former Attorney General William Barr also <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/newsmaxtv-billbarr-mexicancartels/2022/07/22/id/1080025/">recently blasted</a> President Joe Biden and his administration because they have &#8220;essentially abandoned the border&#8221; to the drug cartels.
Appearing on Newsmax, Barr told Greta Van Susteren that the Biden administration’s strategy against illicit international criminal organizations is not working.
“They are effectively terrorist organizations,” Barr claimed. “They are increasingly building their connections with terrorists. Their paramilitary can take on the Mexican military, and they have so much money they can corrupt any system.”
Barr added, “The United States [has been] relegated to working through Mexico to try to deal with the cartels, and I think that’s a losing proposition.”
The former attorney general declared that these nefarious actors should be treated “more like ISIS and less like the mafia.”
For the Biden administration&#8217;s part, Kemp Chester, a senior advisor for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said on Tuesday that the government needs to expand its capability to stop drugs from new and unique access points.
&#8220;What we have to do is very quickly identify when we have new vulnerabilities, when the traffickers have changed the way that they do business, and close those gaps and vulnerabilities as quickly as we possibly can,&#8221; Chester <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/addictions/99911?xid=nl_mpt_morningbreak2022-07-27&amp;eun=g2042099d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MorningBreak_072722&amp;utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update_active">said</a>. &#8220;And that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re in the process of doing right now.&#8221;
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Susan Collins Blasts Open Borders Biden Admin For Fentanyl Crisis

Susan Collins Blasts Biden Admin For Fentanyl Crisis

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Democratic lawmakers are falsely accusing two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> justices of lying under oath about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roe-v-wade">Roe v. Wade</a>, suggesting that the justices should face an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment">impeachment</a> inquiry.
“They lied,” said Democratic New York Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> of Justices <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/neil-gorsuch">Neil Gorsuch</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-kavanaugh">Brett Kavanaugh</a> during a Sunday interview with &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221; &#8220;There must be consequences for such a deeply destabilizing action and hostile takeover of our democratic institutions.&#8221;
The only problem — neither justice promised to uphold Roe.
Both Kavanaugh and Gorsuch declined to directly address questions about Roe v. Wade during their confirmation hearings: Kavanaugh <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/politics/kavanaugh-hearing-confirmation.html">referred</a> to the case as “important precedent of the Supreme Court that has been reaffirmed many times,&#8221; while Gorsuch <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/us/aoc-roe-abortion-scotus.html">called</a> Roe “a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court that had been reaffirmed.”
“For a judge to start tipping his or her hand about whether they like or dislike this or that precedent would send the wrong signal,” Gorsuch said at the time. “It would send the signal to the American people that the judge’s personal views have something to do with the judge’s job.”
Mark Paoletta, the former general counsel for the Office of Management &amp; Budget who worked on Justice Kavanaugh&#8217;s, Gorsuch&#8217;s, and Clarence Thomas’s confirmations, told The Daily Wire that Gorsuch and Kavanaugh recognizing Roe as precedent was a statement of fact — &#8220;not a promise never to overturn it.&#8221;
&#8220;That’s absurd,&#8221; he said, emphasizing that nothing in the justices&#8217; testimony was inconsistent with their actions. &#8220;And to make such a commitment would be unethical and a violation of the judicial code of ethics. They testified truthfully in every way. These clams by the Left are ridiculous.&#8221;
Both West Virginia Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) and Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/susan-collins">Susan Collins</a> (R-ME), who voted to confirm the justices, expressed concerns following the overturn of Roe that the justices had lied to them.
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Incredibly poor judgment by ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorCollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenatorCollins</a>⁩ ⁦to attack Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh over the recent abortion ruling, including this ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a>⁩ hit piece.
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&#8220;I trusted Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh when they testified under oath that they also believed Roe v. Wade was settled legal precedent and I am alarmed they chose to reject the stability the ruling has provided for two generations of Americans,&#8221; Manchin <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-statement-on-scotus-decision-to-overturn-roe-v-wade">said</a> in a statement on Friday that expressed support for legislation codifying Roe v. Wade.
Collins echoed these sentiments, suggesting that the justices were dishonest when they met with her.
“This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-statement-on-scotus-dobbs-decision">said</a>.
Neither Collins nor Manchin immediately responded to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.
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During her NBC interview, Ocasio-Cortez called Collins&#8217; and Manchin&#8217;s remarks &#8220;very explosive&#8221; and claimed they warrant a House Judiciary Committee inquiry and potentially impeachment (the House <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/impeachment-and-removal-judges-explainer">can impeach</a> a federal judge through a majority vote, but for the senate to convict a judge, there must be a two-thirds majority).
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“I believe that lying under oath is an impeachable offense,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirsten-gillibrand">Kirsten Gillibrand</a> (D-NY) agreed.
“Every single one of them said they would not undermine a settled precedent, every single one of them said under oath, that they would actually preserve Roe,” Gillibrand <a href="https://wskg.org/gillibrand-some-supreme-court-justices-lied-about-roe-v-wade-during-confirmation-hearings/">said</a> of the justices who overturned Roe. “So the fact that they all lied, is shocking.”
“I hope we have hearings, because I don’t know how you can accept Supreme Court justices who lied in order to be confirmed,” Gillibrand added. “That is absolutely fraud, and there should be consequences. So I hope there’s an investigation.”
American Enterprise Institute fellow Marc Thiessen <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/28/kavanaugh-gorsuch-roe-kagan-supreme-court/">wrote in a Washington Post op-ed</a> that &#8220;none of the conservative justices promised to uphold Roe,&#8221; noting that if they had done so, &#8220;that would be an impeachable offense.&#8221;
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&#8220;It would be a serious violation of judicial ethics for a nominee to the federal bench to say how they would vote in a case before hearing the facts and evidence,&#8221; wrote Thiessen.
During Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s 1993 confirmation hearings, Ginsberg <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1993/07/21/997393.html?pageNumber=2">explained</a> that “it would be wrong for me to say or preview in this legislative chamber how I would cast my vote on questions the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide.”
&#8220;A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process,&#8221; the late justice added.
&#8220;It is perfectly understandable for senators to try to divine how a justice, if confirmed, would rule on a case they care about,&#8221; Thiessen wrote. &#8220;But it would be a gross dereliction of judicial ethics for a nominee to prejudge a case or give senators any assurances of how they would decide. Which is why they all follow the &#8216;Ginsburg rule.&#8217; And there is nothing impeachable about that.&#8221;
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Democrats Falsely Accuse Kavanaugh, Gorsuch Of ‘Lying Under Oath’ About Roe V. Wade

Dems Call For Impeachment Inquiry, Falsely Claiming Kavanaugh, Gorsuch Lied 'Under Oath' About Roe v. Wade

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) might be a pro-choice Republican, but that does not mean she supports the Democratic Party&#8217;s latest attempt to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law.
On Wednesday, Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that the Senate would vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). That act &#8220;would establish a right to abortion through all nine months of pregnancy in all 50 states,&#8221; National Review <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/05/schumer-will-hold-another-vote-on-radical-abortion-bill/">reported</a>.
On Thursday, Collins told media reporters that she has serious concerns about the bill.
&#8220;It supersedes all other federal and state laws, including the conscience protections that are in the Affordable Care Act,&#8221; Collins <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/05/politics/susan-collins-democrat-abortion-rights-bill/index.html?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=news_tab">lamented</a>.
&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t protect the right of a Catholic hospital to not perform abortions. That right has been enshrined in law for a long time,&#8221; she also explained.
For his part, Schumer denied that the bill would force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions.
&#8220;Some are saying that this legislation would tell hospitals — certain religious hospitals — that they have to perform abortions,” Schumer <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/05/sen-collins-voices-opposition-legislation-that-would-create-statutory-right-abortion/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social">said</a> on Thursday. &#8220;That is simply not true. This bill simply gives providers the statutory right to provide abortion care without medically unnecessary restrictions. That’s plain and simple. So, this rumor is false.&#8221;
The House version of the bill H.R. 2975, which passed last September, does indeed imply that Catholic doctors who do not perform abortions could lose access to public funds.
&#8220;Under H.R. 2975, doctors and nurses who conscientiously refuse to participate in abortion could lose their jobs and Catholic and other religious hospitals could be forced to provide abortions or lose public funds,&#8221; The Charlotte Lozier Institute <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-hr-2975/#_Toc32252705">reported</a> at the time.
&#8220;Section 4(a)(10) creates a statutory right to provide an abortion without any limitation &#8216;on a health care provider’s ability to provide immediate abortion services when that health care provider believes, based on the good-faith medical judgment of the provider, that delay would pose a risk to the patient’s health,'&#8221; Lozier explained.
&#8220;As defined in Section 3(2), the term &#8216;health care provider&#8217; includes entities as well as individuals,&#8221; the research non-profit continued. &#8220;Laws that prohibit hospitals and other entities from discriminating against doctors and nurses who conscientiously refuse to participate in abortion would fail under H.R. 2975 if the entity health care provider could show that such laws limit its ability to provide &#8216;immediate&#8217; abortion services and it believes based on it.&#8221;
National Review also <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/05/schumer-will-hold-another-vote-on-radical-abortion-bill/">noted</a> that the House version of the bill &#8220;is doomed in the Democratic Senate. It has the support of only 48 or 49 senators.&#8221;
Collins, as well as Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), have introduced their own bill that is a weakened version of the WHPA. But that bill also is unlikely to pass, National Review noted.

Susan Collins Slams Dems’ Latest Attempt To Codify Roe V. Wade

Susan Collins Won't Support Democratic Bill To Codify Roe V. Wade

Roe v. Wade's Long And Brutal Legacy

Centrist Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) lamented the possibility that the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade after a draft opinion was leaked indicating that the Court is poised to overturn the landmark ruling that enshrined abortion as a right under federal law.
Speaking to reporters in the halls of the Capitol building Tuesday, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ga-HOwcl0">Murkowski</a> condemned the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-strikes-down-roe-v-wade-decision-in-draft-of-majority-opinion-report-says">leak of the draft opinion</a>, before commenting that the decision itself &#8220;rocks&#8221; her confidence in the Court. &#8220;The leak is absolutely reprehensible, and needs to be condemned in the strongest possible terms,&#8221; Murkowski said. &#8220;I really find it shocking that this would happen. I understand it is unprecedented. Second point is, Roe is still the law of the land, we don&#8217;t know the direction that this decision will ultimately take, but if it goes in the direction that this leaked copy has indicated, I will just tell you that it rocks my confidence in the court right now.&#8221;
Murkowski also told reporters, via The Hill, that she spoke with several justices, whom she did not name, during their confirmation processes. She said the justices told her that they viewed Roe as settled law and gave her the impression that they would not vote to overturn it. “I think there were some representations made with regards to precedent and settled [law],” she said. “Comments were made to me and to others about Roe being settled and precedent.”
Collins issued a <a href="https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-statement-on-leaked-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization-draft-decision">statement</a> Tuesday saying that the opinion, if it is actually the final ruling of the Court in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization, would be &#8220;inconsistent&#8221; with the conversations she had with Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh during their confirmation processes. “If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office. Obviously, we won’t know each Justice’s decision and reasoning until the Supreme Court officially announces its opinion in this case.”
Asked by reporters whether, in response to the leaked opinion, she felt misled by Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, Collins evaded the question, saying that her “statement speaks for itself,” <a href="https://thehill.com/news/3475255-collins-draft-roe-decision-completely-inconsistent-with-what-gorsuch-kavanaugh-told-me/">The Hill</a> reported. In addition, Collins Communications Director Annie Clark responded to questions about her stance on the Senate filibuster, telling Punchbowl News’ <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1521511817591283713">Jake Sherman</a> that “Senator Collins’ position on the filibuster is unchanged.”
Murkowski also told reporters that she was open to considering legislation that would codify Roe into law, noting that she and Collins had introduced a similar bill in February. &#8220;I thought it made sense then and I think it makes perhaps more sense now,” Murkowski said. But The Hill noted that both senators voted against the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have codified the decision.
A draft opinion in the case of Dobbs. v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-strikes-down-roe-v-wade-decision-in-draft-of-majority-opinion-report-says">leaked</a> to Politico Monday night. The draft opinion “is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision – Planned Parenthood v. Casey – that largely maintained the right,” Politico reported.

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‘Rocks My Confidence In The Court’: Murkowski, Collins Lament Leaked SCOTUS Opinion, Possible Overturning Of Roe V. Wade

Murkowski, Collins Lament Leaked SCOTUS Opinion, Possible Overturning Of Roe V. Wade

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Amy Schumer called on followers to take &#8220;to the streets&#8221; over the leaked draft from the Supreme Court indicating the Roe v. Wade decision could be overturned — and said that was the reason she &#8220;got arrested&#8221; to stop &#8220;frat f***s confirmation.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-felt-bad-for-him-too-amy-schumer-reflects-on-past-abusive-relationship-talking-about-will-smiths-actions-at-oscars">40-year-old comedian</a> joined a growing choir of celebrity abortion advocates freaking out about a possible change to the law, and she sent a message to Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) about choosing her &#8220;career over&#8221; women &#8220;being tested as humans&#8221; in a post she made on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CdF_koDOfnp/">Instagram</a> Tuesday. In the message, she also slammed United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as the reason she &#8220;got arrested&#8221; when she tried to stop him from being confirmed in 2018.
&#8220;Hope you have a great day @susancollinsforsenate remember when you chose your career over womens [sic] being tested as humans and all the other a**holes who caused this,&#8221; Schumer&#8217;s post read. &#8220;This is why I got arrested to oppose that frat f***s confirmation.&#8221;
&#8220;Give us our dignity or we will take it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This is why we fight. See you out there ladies. Foley square at 5.&#8221;
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The &#8220;Train Wreck&#8221; star&#8217;s post included a screenshot of a note from a phone that read simply, &#8220;To The Streets.&#8221;
In 2018, Schumer was one of many stars who were reportedly arrested during a protest in Washington, D.C. over Kavanaugh&#8217;s confirmation.
At the time, The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ben Shapiro mocked the comedian calling it &#8220;the best acting she&#8217;s done before a camera in years.&#8221;
Shapiro&#8217;s post included a tweet from Fox News under a headline that read, &#8220;Comedian [Amy Schumer] raises her fist after she was reportedly arrested during a protest against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.&#8221;
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Other celebrities having a meltdown over Roe v. Wade possibly being overturned included Amber Tamblyn, Seth MacFarlane, and more, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/those-motherfs-really-did-it-celebrities-react-to-roe-v-wade-possibly-being-overturned">reported</a> by The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Tonight our highest court declared war on more than half of its citizens – women and birthing people everywhere,&#8221; actress Tamblyn <a href="https://twitter.com/ambertamblyn/status/1521308471349714949">wrote</a>. &#8220;The overturning of Roe V Wade is a political act of violence against us and we will not accept it. We will fight and we will not stop. EVER.&#8221;
&#8220;As the staggeringly partisan, right wing-dominated SCOTUS nudges America closer to Handmaids Tale status, the importance of voting in EVERY election becomes even more obvious,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/1521369329559764997">MacFarlane</a> shared. &#8220;One would hope today&#8217;s news erases any further delusions that &#8216;both parties are pretty much the same.'&#8221;
&#8220;Roe v Wade has been overturned,&#8221; comedian Kathy Griffin <a href="https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1521297641434320897?s=20&amp;t=mCFkdMwJIGMASafmR1cbCQ">wrote</a>. &#8220;Yes I know. Stay in my lane. Well I&#8217;d love to be posting about the Met Gala but this is the only attendee I care about. President Hillary Clinton never would&#8217;ve let Roe be overturned.&#8221;

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Amy Schumer Calls Followers To Take ‘To The Streets’ Over Roe Leak, Says It’s Why She ‘Got Arrested’ To Stop ‘Frat F***s Confirmation’

Amy Schumer Calls For People To Take 'To The Streets' Over Roe V. Wade Leak

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