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Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn is working to rally support from donors after Twitter blocked a campaign ad from appearing on the site over a statement about the "sale of baby body parts," and said the "liberal elite" are trying to censor her for "telling the truth." Blackburn sent a fundraising appeal to her supporters Monday after a digital ad was blocked by the social media company, which claimed it included an "inflammatory statement."
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is expanding his efforts to unseat sitting Senate Republicans in primaries next year. In the two weeks since Bannon-backed former judge Roy Moore defeated Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama's Republican primary, Bannon has expanded his map of targets in the 2018 midterms and ramped up his efforts to establish a donor network to fund his slate of insurgent candidates.
As the House finished work this past week on next year's funding for the federal government, approving a package of eight different different spending bills, one thing noticeably absent from the debate on the House floor was a successful push to make new cuts in next year's budget, as efforts to make deeper spending reductions were routinely rejected by a coalition of both parties.
Trump and his minions have ramped up the attack, but the "voter fraud" myth goes back to the GOP's attack on ACORN Donald Trump's war on voting rights, like much of his behavior, is rooted in revenge. After the November election, Trump tweeted that he lost the popular vote because 3 million to 5 million "illegals" fraudulently voted for Hillary Clinton.
A film writer and producer says he is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee next year. The Tennessean reports that Justin Kanew says he was inspired to run for the heavily Republican 7th Congressional District seat because he opposes efforts to replace and repeal former President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events When President Trump tried to knock down a powerful female cable news host as a dumb, vanity-filled figure last week, it was one of the more overt displays of sexism in politics in years. But women in Washington have been living with less-overt gender-derived challenges to their authority long before Trump came along, as underscored by a new report from the Center for American Women in Politics and Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
CNN contributor Van Jones appeared in disbelief on Sunday when Rep. Marsha Blackburn cited the defunct community organizing group ACORN as evidence to support President Donald Trump's so-called "voter fraud" task force. During CNN's State of the Union program, host Jake Tapper pointed out that secretaries of state across the country are refusing a request from the Trump administration to provide data from the voter rolls.
Michael Platt Jr. will be nominated to serve as the assistant secretary of Commerce, legislative and intergovernmental affairs, the White House announced this week. Platt, 43, is chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., whose district stretches from the Nashville suburbs to east of Memphis.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn: "We would love for the President to be tweeting about the work we are doing" https://t.co/ex4sM1J30c Marsha Blackburn GOP rep: We'd 'love' for Trump to tweet about what we're doing Overnight Tech: Patent chief stepping down on Saturday urged President Trump to start tweeting more about his agenda and the work that House Republicans are doing, and less about the Russia investigation. Speaking on CNN, Blackburn said that she was thrilled to see the White House highlight workforce development this week, and hopes the Trump administration will stay focused on governing.
The Tennessean reports that Blackburn's bid for a ninth term puts an end to speculation in some circles that she might instead try to run for statewide office next year. Republican Sen. Bob Corker hasn't yet announced whether he will seek a third six-year term, though he is widely expected to run.
Fort Campbell says it's expecting three members of Congress to visit the post this week to learn about military readiness and budget effects. A news release from the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border said Republican U.S. Reps.
Cleone Hermsen, of Carroll, Iowa, expresses her criticism while listening to Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, during a veterans roundtable event at Maquoketa City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Maquoketa, Iowa. Iowa's U.S. senators were met Tuesday with overflow crowds who pointedly questioned them about President Donald Trump's actions during his first month in office and other issues.
A cardboard cut-out of Rep. Roger Williams leans against the microphone at the mock town hall in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. As people flood town halls during the Congressional recess to register their outrage over President Donald Trump's right-wing agenda, many members of Congress are apparently attempting to duck the public outcry by refusing to hold any town halls at all.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, talking about staff member Katie Malone who worked as a special assistant in his Catonsville, Md.
A Republican-run House panel created to investigate Planned Parenthood and the world of fetal tissue research urged Congress on Wednesday to halt federal payments to the women's health organization. Democrats said the GOP probe had unearthed no wrongdoing and wasted taxpayers' money in an abusive investigation reminiscent of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
We are sending our weekly Blackburn report to you a little early this week. I am certain that you and your family are much like mine and will enjoy the time to gather, eat some of your favorite foods, laugh, reminisce, and recount adventures together and probably enjoy a little football.
Washington insiders say the city is just now recovering from the shock of election night. The Trump transition team is described as a continuation of the campaign-a little chaotic, seat of the pants, at times, and the President-elect is making all the calls.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn thinks Donald Trump's casual boasts about grabbing women by the genitals are "indefensible" - but she still wants to change U.S. Senate rules so he push through his agenda. The Tennessee Republican said she could not defend those aggressively lewd remarks, but CNN's Chris Cuomo reminded Blackburn that she had defended Trump's comments "by proxy of supporting him to be president of the United States."
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles as she speaks to supporters while her husband, former President Bill Clinton , gives a thumbs up to the crowd after Mrs. Clinton was projected to be the winner in the Nevada Democratic caucuses, in Las Vegas, Nevada February 20, 2016. REUTERS/David Becker Politifact editors corrected two errors Friday in their recent post attacking The Daily Caller News Foundation's Sept.
Donald Trump, always the hero of his own tales, closed out the first presidential debate with a tribute to his own courtesy and high-mindedness: "I was going to say something extremely rough to Hillary, to her family," he said. "And I said to myself, I can't do it.