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Senate funds DHS without ICE or Border Patrol, heads to House

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security early Friday, without including funds for ICE and Border Patrol. The Senate passed the funding… Read More

March 27, 2026
Taxes
Senate GOP poised to deliver on permanent tax relief in Trump-backed bill

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Senate Republicans are poised to deliver on a permanent tax relief for millions of Americans in a major bill Congress is currently negotiating that is… Read More

April 4, 2025
Government
GOP senators unveil bill to bring hammer down on Supreme Court leakers

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Senate Republicans will reintroduce a bill Thursday to impose criminal penalties on individuals who leak confidential information pertaining to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republican Sens. Read More

March 28, 2025
Politics
DeSantis appoints Florida attorney general to replace Rubio as U.S. senator

(The Center Square) – Ashley Moody, attorney general of Florida, is the appointment to the U.S. Senate taking the place of Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday. Rubio… Read More

January 16, 2025
Illegal Immigration
U.S. Senate unanimously passes bill requiring CBP to report border data

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate passed a bill filed by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, requiring the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to regularly report border crossings data. Read More

September 24, 2024
Energy
Senate passes legislation streamlining licensing process for nuclear reactors.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation Tuesday which adjusts the NRC’s role in the advancement of nuclear power in the United States by streamlining the Nuclear Regulatory… Read More

June 20, 2024
Congress
U.S. Senate passes $95 billion foreign aid bill to Ukraine, Israel

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after days of delay from Republicans who did not want to… Read More

February 13, 2024
Illegal Immigration
New bill would make assaulting law enforcement officers a deportable offense

(The Center Square) – A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would make assaulting law enforcement officers and others a deportable offense. U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., on Thursday… Read More

May 19, 2023
2022 election
Several U.S. Senate and House races remain too close to call as vote counts trickle in

(The Center Square) – Three days after Election Day, several races are still too close to call, leaving the fate of the U.S. House and Senate hanging in the balance. Read More

November 11, 2022
2022 election
Attorney General Eric Schmitt: Missouri voters want a fighter in U.S. Senate but Busch Valentine is tax-and-spend liberal ‘heiress’

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – With the 2022 midterm elections less than two weeks away, Missourians want a fighter to represent them in the U.S. Senate, “not another tax-and-spend… Read More

October 28, 2022
Opinion
Op-Ed: Eric Schmitt Will Put Our Military and Veterans First

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden delivered one of the most partisan speeches in our nation’s history, where he criticized “MAGA Republicans” and asserted that “equality and democracy… Read More

September 22, 2022
Opinion
Valentine’s support for radical environmental groups disqualifies her for U.S. Senate for Rural Missouri

Next year, our elected officials in Washington, D.C. will be voting on consequential legislation that directly impacts rural Missouri. In 2023, Congress will be working on authorizing the… Read More

August 26, 2022
2022 election
Kit Bond and John Ashcroft endorse Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate, despite past relationships with John Wood

Independent candidate John Wood continues to take losses in his last-minute bid for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat, missing out on two massive endorsements last week that some… Read More

August 23, 2022
2022 election
Independent Senate candidate John Wood’s financial links to Missouri appear just as tenuous as his residential ties

Missouri U.S. Senate independent candidate John Wood has more residential ties to Virginia than the Show-Me State, as The Heartlander has reported. And… Read More

August 22, 2022
2022 election
Missouri AG Schmitt decisively wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate

(The Center Square) – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in convincing fashion, doubling the number of votes of his… Read More

August 3, 2022
2022 election
Trump endorses ‘ERIC’ for Missouri U.S. Senate seat in race with three Erics

(The Center Square) – Two Republican candidates vying for the seat of retiring Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt publicly claimed the endorsement of former President Donald Trump on Monday and… Read More

August 2, 2022
Biden administration
Biden expected to sign $280 billion CHIPS Act; critics say it contains no accountability measures, will worsen national debt, inflation

(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden is expected to sign the CHIPS Act, a $280 billion spending bill meant to incentivize American manufacturers to produce semiconductor chips in the U.S. Read More

August 1, 2022
Politics
New gun bill, drafted in private and ‘dumped’ in senators’ laps, restricts gun rights but not criminals, Hawley says

The gun bill now before the U.S. Senate is hastily written, hardly read and threatens the rights of legal gun owners and buyers, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Read More

June 22, 2022
State Government
U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt announces Women for Schmitt coalition

Several notable conservative women this week endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt, forming an official Women for Schmitt coalition. The coalition “highlights that prominent Republican women from across Missouri are… Read More

May 11, 2022
National, State Government
Press Release: Former Trump Attorney General Endorses Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate

ST. LOUIS – President Donald J. Trump’s top law enforcement official endorsed Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt for the United States Senate. Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Attorney General Schmitt… Read More

October 25, 2021