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The long-held Republican nightmare that a champion of working-class people and the common good—one who has dedicated his political career to curbing poverty and injustice while denouncing corporate greed, endless war, and the cruelty of a for-profit health system that leaves millions upon millions uninsured or without affordable access to care—would assume the powerful position of chairing the Senate Budget Committee is about to become a reality.
"Time to face the harsh reality, socialist Bernie Sanders will become the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. He has vowed to use his position to enact his progressive agenda on healthcare, climate, infrastructure spending, and cutting defense spending," Nikki Haley tweeted Saturday.
'I listen to my president': Capitol rioter incriminates Trump while groveling for his pardon
With friends like rabid supporter Jenna Ryan, Donald Trump doesn't need enemies.
Ryan is the North Texas real estate agent who made national headlines for peddling her services while storming the U.S. Capitol. But facing the prospect that her next fixer-upper might be a prison cell, Ryan went on Dallas' CBS TV affiliate and made her bad situation worse.
Oklahoma Senator could lose key position on Tulsa Race Massacre Commission after attack on 2020 election
Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford (R) sparked confusion when he took to Twitter this week to apologize for his role in attempting to overthrow the 2020 election in the U.S. Senate.
Lankford was the Senator on the floor of the Senate when the Capitol was attacked. He was seconds from proclaiming that the Electoral College members must be removed despite the legislative body not having the power to do so.
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