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House narrowly passes Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ sending it to Senate

Chairman Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) speaks at a news conference after the House narrowly passed a bill forwarding President Donald Trump’s agenda at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
1:49 PM – Thursday, May 22, 2025

House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill on Thursday morning, advancing it to the Senate — following an intense 48-hour effort to reconcile the priorities of fiscal conservatives and moderates from blue states.

The 215–214 vote allowed lawmakers to meet House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) target of securing passage before the Memorial Day recess. However, the bill now faces heightened uncertainty in the Senate, where some Republicans are pushing for deeper spending cuts while simultaneously seeking to maintain existing Medicaid provisions.

“My friends it quite literally is, again, morning in America,” Johnson said in a speech, right before the vote.

“This One Big Beautiful Bill is the most consequential legislation that any party has ever passed, certainly under a majority this thin,” he continued.

As far as GOP dissenters go, Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky voted against the motion — along with 212 other Democrats. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), who leads the House Freedom Caucus, simply voted “present.”

Harris and Texas Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) led a group of Freedom Caucus defectors who attempted to obstruct the package less than 24 hours before the final vote — forcing Trump to meet with them at the White House Wednesday afternoon.

According to Johnson, that prompted a few informal agreements on new executive actions or legislation as he returned to Capitol Hill.

“I voted to move the bill along in the process for the President. There is still a lot of work to be done in deficit reduction and ending waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program,” Harris said on Thursday.

GOP holdouts rejected the bill for postponing Medicaid work rules until 2029 and preserving green-energy tax credits from the last Biden administration — according to the New York Post.

“It has massive deficits in the first five years because we’re not addressing the structural reform that we’re talking about right here,” Roy asserted, “including very specifically eliminating the 45% of the subsidies under the Green New Scam that continue.”

Blue-state Republicans, including New York Representative Mike Lawler, secured a last-minute agreement—reached just hours before the Freedom Caucus revolt—to raise the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap to $40,000 for individuals and $20,000 for married couples filing separately, provided their incomes do not exceed $500,000 and $250,000, respectively.

The final “Manager’s Amendment” incorporated this provision, while also accelerating the implementation of Medicaid work requirements to no later than December 31, 2026. It rescinded tax credits for wind, solar, and battery storage facilities that begin construction more than 60 days after the bill’s enactment, or to commence operations after December 31, 2028.

Johnson later noted that the GOP count would have reached 217 votes if Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) had not voted too early and Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) had not accidentally missed the vote—reportedly after “falling asleep” in the chamber.

“I’m going to just strangle him,” the House speaker said jokingly at a press conference after its passing. “But he’s my dear friend.”

Meanwhile, GOP Rep. Garbarino played a pivotal role in brokering the SALT-related compromise among Republicans, which raised the state and local tax deduction cap—a key concession for members from high-tax states—while also opposing certain green energy rollbacks championed by the Freedom Caucus.

The legislation approved on Thursday extends the 2017 Trump-era tax cuts and temporarily suspends taxes on qualified tips, overtime wages, and auto loan interest. However, it stops short of eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits, instead offering seniors an enhanced deduction.

Additionally, the bill allocates several hundred billion dollars in increased funding for border security and national defense, while reclaiming portions of green energy subsidies enacted under former President Joe Biden. It also maintains the revised $40,000 SALT deduction cap, a provision critical for Republicans representing blue-state constituencies such as New York and California.

“’THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ has PASSED the House of Representatives!” Trump said in a Thursday Truth Social post.

“Great job by Speaker Mike Johnson, and the House Leadership, and thank you to every Republican who voted YES on this Historic Bill! Now, it’s time for our friends in the United States Senate to get to work, and send this Bill to my desk AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! There is no time to waste,” he continued.

“The Democrats have lost control of themselves, and are aimlessly wandering around, showing no confidence, grit, or determination,” he added. “They have forgotten their landslide loss in the Presidential Election, and are warped in the past, hoping someday to revive Open Borders for the World’s criminals to be able to pour into our Country, men to be able to play in women’s sports, and transgender for everybody. They don’t realize that these things, and so many more like them, will NEVER AGAIN happen!”

Johnson also seized the opportunity to tout his legislative win while responding pointedly to his critics — among them House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who used his allotted “magic minute” on the floor to criticize the bill’s tax breaks and other spending reductions.

The GOP Speaker praised Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), lauding her as the “Iron Lady” of the House Republican conference for her firm leadership in managing the deluge of Democrat amendments aimed at delaying the bill’s progress to the floor.

Other significant provisions of the bill:

  • Raising the cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction to $20,000 for married individuals filing separately (subject to a $250,000 income threshold) and to $40,000 for all other filers (with a $500,000 income cap).
  • Increasing the federal debt ceiling by $4 trillion.
  • Allocating $175 billion for border security, including $46.5 billion specifically earmarked for the construction of a wall along the U.S.–Mexico border.
  • Appropriating an additional $150 billion for national defense, with specific allocations including $25 billion for President Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system, $34 billion to enhance naval capabilities and shipbuilding, $21 billion to replenish the nation’s ammunition reserves, and $5 billion dedicated to border enforcement.
  • Instituting a monthly 80-hour work requirement — which may include employment, volunteer service, or education — for able-bodied adults aged 19 to 64 as a condition for Medicaid eligibility.
  • Expanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements to include able-bodied, childless adults up to age 64.
  • Establishing an expedited permitting process for natural gas projects, contingent upon applicants contributing either 1% of the project’s total cost or $10 million, whichever is less.
  • Repealing the Biden-era directive mandating that two-thirds of new vehicle sales be electric by 2032.
  • Introducing federally backed “Trump” savings accounts for children born between January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2029, with an initial government contribution of $1,000 per account.

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House Republicans Approve Bill Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote

A voter uses a ballot drop box at the Bucks County Administration building voting on demand and ballot drop center in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 2024. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
A voter uses a ballot drop box at the Bucks County Administration building voting on demand and ballot drop center in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 2024. (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
11:40 AM – Thursday, April 10, 2025

For the second time, House Republicans have passed a bill that would require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to vote in federal elections. A previous attempt was blocked by the then-Democrat-led Senate.

The bill, titled the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, was passed in a 220-208 vote.

It is meant to prevent non-citizens from voting.

The vote included four Democrat representatives who sided with Republicans: Representatives Ed Case of Hawaii, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington.

The bill requires applicants to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a valid passport, a birth certificate, or other forms of identification that prove an individual is a U.S. citizen.

Republican Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas), who introduced the bill, said Thursday “there’s nothing controversial about saying that you should be able to ensure that only citizens vote.”

“There is nothing more sacred under the Constitution than ensuring that the people are able to have a voice in the election of the people that represent them in Washington and throughout the country,” Roy said.

“Once that is undermined, then people lose faith in the very institutions upon which this is built. This legislation is designed to restore that faith, to save our elections, to save election integrity.”

Meanwhile, Democrats have tried to argue that the bill will make it tougher for Americans to vote.

Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-N.Y.) claimed that senior citizens are especially unlikely to have the required documents, and that “even a military ID” would not qualify as acceptable documentation under the act.

“Republicans would force Americans into a paperwork nightmare, burying voter registration under a mountain of bureaucracy and red tape,” he said.

“Under the SAVE Act, most Americans would be unable to register to vote using their Real ID. Further, under the SAVE Act, nearly 70 million American women will be unable to register to vote using their birth certificate simply because they changed their name upon marriage,” he added.

“And the SAVE Act will also have a steep financial cost to American citizens, because, yes, the SAVE Act does allow Americans to use their passports to register to vote. But half of all Americans do not have a passport, and a passport costs $130.”

Last year, Republicans first introduced the bill, with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) saying that while it’s time consuming and difficult to prove that illegal aliens are voting in U.S. elections, it’s something both parties “intuitively” know is happening.

Additionally, in many Democrat-led states, such as California, you’re generally not required to show any identification to vote.

“We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections. But it’s not been something that is easily provable. We don’t have that number. This legislation will allow us to do exactly that — it will prevent that from happening. And if someone tries to do it, it will now be unlawful within the states,” Johnson said last May.

After being previously blocked by the Democrat-controlled Senate, the bill may have a renewed chance of gaining approval this time around.

The bill should be received more favorably under the GOP majority, especially as it has been championed by President Donald Trump. However, it would still likely need to overcome a Democrat filibuster.

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Bill Blocking Trans Athletes In Women’s Sports Fails In Senate

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 05: U.S. President Donald Trump joined by women athletes signs the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in the East Room at the White House on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. The executive order, which Trump signed on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, prohibits transgender women from competing in women’s sports and is the third order he has signed that targets transgender people. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump joined by women athletes signs the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in the East Room at the White House on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. The executive order, which Trump signed on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, prohibits transgender women from competing in women’s sports and is the third order he has signed that targets transgender people. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
8:03 AM – Tuesday, March 4, 2025

A bill to ban biological males from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to advance Monday night, with Democrats standing united on the vote.

A test vote on the bill failed to gain the required 60 votes needed to advance in the chamber as senators stuck to their party lines in a 51-45 vote tally.

The bill sought to determine Title IX protections “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” The vote comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February cutting off federal funding for any state that did not comply with banning biological males playing in female sports. The order stated that an athlete’s “sex” is their gender assigned at birth.

However, Republicans in Congress still have the option of amending the 1972 Title IX law, which protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance.

“Around the country we have seen men — biological men who identify as women — take up spaces and medals in athletics meant for actual women,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, (R-S.D.), adding, “This is a matter of fairness and equality.”

Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) condemned Democrats for blocking the bill as well.

“This is far from over,” he wrote on X. “I’ll NEVER stop fighting to protect women and girls.”

Democrats claimed the bill as a distraction from more “pressing issues” and a federal overreach into school decisions.

“What Republicans are doing today is inventing a problem to stir up a culture war and divide people against each other,” Sen. Brian Schatz, (D-Hawaii), said in a floor speech.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, (D-Wis.), said, “This is a decision for sports leagues to thoughtfully craft policy that takes seriously what is best for all players, not blanket mandates that will undoubtedly have unintended consequences for the safety of all students.”

After Trump’s executive order went into effect, the NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes to be banned from competition in women’s sports.

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Arkansas: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Unveils Bill To Block China From Doing Business In And With The State

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (D-AR) speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on February 22, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
11:10 AM – Thursday, February 27, 2025

Arkansas’ Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders unveiled a set of measures on Wednesday aimed at preventing China from conducting business in and with the state.

The law was dubbed the “Communist China Defense Legislative Package” by the governor. The governor claimed that the six legislation in the package, some of which have already been introduced and others that are still pending, target “Communist China influence” in the state.

Sanders stated that 80% of the state’s foreign intelligence cases are based on CCP actions, citing the 60 CCP foreign intelligence investigations conducted in the United States in 2024.

Existing laws will be strengthened by the measures, which will prohibit the CCP from lobbying, lower the time limit for selling a prohibited land holding, and prohibit any Arkansas municipality from having a sister city in China.

“The governor said that any college or university with a Confucius Institute would not receive any state funding, stating that China often uses such institutions to establish intelligence operations,” according to NBC affiliate KARK – Little Rock.

On U.S. college campuses, Confucius Institutes provide courses in Chinese language and culture. Researchers and others have expressed worries about undue influence and other issues since the People’s Republic of China government partners with the schools and partially funds the institutes.

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Glenn Beck and Chip Roy DEBATE the Controversial Spending Bill

According to the media, there’s a big fight going on between Republicans over the House’s new slimmed-down continuing resolution spending bill. Some, including President-elect Donald Trump, wanted the bill to pass. But others, like Texas Representative Chip Roy, argued that it still wasn’t ready. However, is the Republican “unity coalition” really crumbling, as the media claims? Rep. Chip Roy joins Glenn Beck to explain what’s really going on. He argues that he IS trying to give Trump and DOGE a 100-day “runway” to fix the country. But he makes the case that, by increasing the debt ceiling by $5 trillion without agreeing on other cuts, this bill gives bad actors the ability to be an “obstacle” to Trump’s agenda further down the line. Plus, he reveals to Glenn that he believes some of these bad actors LEAKED false information about his stance on Mar-a-Lago.

Chip Roy Explains His FIERY Rejection of Spending Bill

According to the media, there’s a big fight going on between Republicans over the House’s new slimmed-down continuing resolution spending bill. Some, including President-elect Donald Trump, wanted the bill to pass. But others, like Texas Representative Chip Roy, argued that it still wasn’t ready. However, is the Republican “unity coalition” really crumbling, as the media claims? Rep. Chip Roy joins Glenn to explain what’s really going on. He argues that he IS trying to give Trump and DOGE a 100-day “runway” to fix the country. But he makes the case that, by increasing the debt ceiling by $5 trillion without agreeing on other cuts, this bill gives bad actors the ability to be an “obstacle” to Trump’s agenda further down the line. Plus, he reveals to Glenn that he believes some of these bad actors LEAKED false information about his stance on Mar-a-Lago.

Why the Spending Bill Fight is PROOF that DOGE is Working

Is the Republican Party’s “unity” collapsing? The legacy media insists that Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Rep. Chip Roy are tearing each other apart over the continuing resolution spending bill. But Glenn and fellow BlazeTV host ‪@lizwheeler‬ argue that this isn’t the truth: “How lucky are we that 2 months ago, we were debating ‘good vs evil.’ And now, we’re debating ‘good vs better.’ It also shows you that the DOGE process is working.” Glenn and Liz break down what’s happening with the spending bill debate and why Republicans disagree over the debt ceiling.

Musk, Ramaswamy And Republican Officials Urge House GOP To Kill Johnson’s Federal Funding Bill

(Left-center) U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-top) Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, Co-Chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-middle) Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Co-Chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-bottom) U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
3:32 PM – Wednesday, December 18, 2024

The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leaders in Trump’s incoming administration, Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, blasted House GOP leadership on Wednesday, actively urging Republicans to kill a controversial stopgap measure to prevent a government shutdown.

“This bill should not pass,” Musk posted on his X platform.

“Ever seen a bigger piece of pork?” Musk continued, referencing an image showing the legislative text.

Ramaswamy also chimed in and explained why the new measure is unfavorable in his eyes.

“It’s full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO,” Ramaswamy posted on X.

“Congress has known about this deadline since they created it in late September. There’s no reason why this couldn’t have gone through the standard process, instead of being rushed to a vote right before Congressmen want to go home for the holidays. The urgency is 100% manufactured.”

Meanwhile, Johnson (R-La.) suggested that the two DOGE leaders should take into account his difficult predicament, even though both Musk and Ramaswamy chairs have widely criticized the spending patch that leadership revealed on Tuesday night.

“I was communicating with Elon last night. Elon and Vivek and I are on a text chain together, and I was explaining to them the background of this,” Johnson said on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday regarding the controversial new measure.

“Vivek and I talked last night at almost midnight, and he said, 'Look, I get it. We understand you’re in an impossible position. Everybody knows that,’” Johnson claimed.

The government will shut down Friday night unless congressional leaders act to stop a lapse. The new resolution on Tuesday would provide government funding through March 14th, 2025.

However, the 1,547-page continuing resolution (CR) is reportedly jam-packed with a variety of add-ons, including $100 billion for disaster relief, a one-year extension of the farm bill, up to $2 billion for the reconstruction of Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed earlier this year after a cargo ship collided with it, and $10 billion for farmer assistance.

Additionally, Breitbart News reported that “The (CR) released Tuesday night — negotiated on the GOP side by Johnson — includes tens of billions of dollars in waste and includes funding for controversial items, including a pay raise for members of Congress as well as a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which funds organizations that censor conservative media.”

 GOP officials continued to post their thoughts on the new CR.

Republicans are openly opposing Johnson’s efforts, accusing him of trying to push the bill through before the 118th Congress ends and lawmakers go home for the holidays.

The measure has angered a slew of Republicans, especially Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, who argue that it should have been a clean CR and that many of the additional provisions should be discussed separately.

Legislators have also complained that they were not given enough time to read the lengthy document.

Johnson has been courting Musk and Ramaswamy since the 2024 election. Earlier this month, he invited them to the U.S. Capitol for talks with senators, he mingled with them both at Mar-a-Lago and again during one of President-elect Donald Trump’s UFC appearances.

“Remember, guys, we still have just a razor-thin margin of Republicans,” Johnson continued on “Fox & Friends.” “So any bill has to have Democrat votes. They understand the situation. They said, ‘It’s not directed at you, Mr. Speaker, but we don’t like the spending.’”

“We got to get this done because here’s the key: By doing this, we are clearing the decks and we are setting up for Trump to come roaring back with [the] America First agenda,” Johnson added.

At the beginning of next year, Congress will have a busy schedule as it must balance Trump’s plans with the unfinished business of federal funding for fiscal year 2025 before moving on to fiscal year 2026, which is due on October 1st, 2025.

Soon after the news broke, Trump logged on to his Truth Social platform and explained his thoughts on the matter.

“Congress is considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions to government censors and for Liz Cheney. This bill would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee—which accomplished nothing for the American people and hid the security failures that happened that day. The bill would also give Congress a pay increase while many Americans are struggling this Christmas. Increasing the debt ceiling is not great, but we’d rather do it on Biden’s watch. If Democrats won’t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anyone think they would do it in June during our administration? Let’s have this debate now. We should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want. Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025. The only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling. Anything else is a betrayal of our country,” Trump stated.

 

 

 

 

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Senate Approves $895B Defense Bill Despite Democrat Opposition To Youth ‘Trans Care’ Ban

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17: Incoming U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (R) speaks to reporters following the weekly Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Thune spoke on the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act and the upcoming government funding bill. Thune was joined by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) (L) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Incoming U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (R) speaks to reporters following the weekly Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Thune spoke on the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act and the upcoming government funding bill. Thune was joined by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) (L) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
1:52 PM – Wednesday, December 18, 2024

The Senate approved the Pentagon’s massive $895 billion annual budget on Wednesday, which also prohibits the use of federal funds to provide transgender surgeries for minors with gender dysphoria, angering pro-LGBTQ Democrats.

In an 85-to-14 vote, the Senate passed the 1,800-page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which had cleared the House of Representatives last week and now just needs President Joe Biden’s signature. 

At the start of every new fiscal year on October 1st, Congress is tasked with passing the NDAA to authorize defense spending and specify expenditures. This year’s bill, which comes more than two months late, amounts to a 1% uptick over last year’s budget. 

The bill also features a 4.5% pay hike for service members across the board at the start of 2025. 

While NDAAs historically garner bipartisan support, Republicans were able to successfully throw out the bill’s provision on child transgenderism, which Democrats uplifted.

GOP officials argue that since a child’s brain doesn’t stop developing throughout their teens and mid-20s, with many “phases” and confusion naturally experienced throughout their childhood, it’s ethically wrong to allow under-18 minors to permanently alter their bodies forever due to a mental disorder.

The new NDAA blocks the military’s health care service Tricare from footing the bill for “gender transition” coverage pertaining to service members’ children under the age of 18. All 21 Senate Democrats were against the provision change.  

Led by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), she claimed that the transgender policy could have an impact on an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 gender dysphoric children of service members. 

According to the Modern Military Association of America, there are close to “10,000 transgender youth ages 6 to 22” with parents active in the military. 

Besides the transgender provisions, the NDAA aimed to improve conditions for service members, including a 14.5% bump for junior troops in a bid to help recruitment efforts. An amendment was also added to the bill that would authorize the Department Of Defense (DoD) to safeguard the border from drones, which comes after the recent arrival of drones in the Northeast. 

“Murderous drug cartels and foreign adversaries have taken advantage of the chaos of the last administration to fly drones unchecked into American airspace,” Ernst said in a statement.

“Border security is national security, and Americans deserve real measures to protect them against a growing threat.”

Additionally, the measure enables the use of the National Guard to help support efforts to control the crossing of illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. Hiring individuals based on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) will also be prohibited until the DoD is able to conclude its investigation of DEI programs. 

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3 INFURIATING Reasons to REJECT the New Spending Bill

Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is trying to push through a “continuing resolution” bill right before Christmas. But this CR bill has grown so bloated that it’s practically an omnibus, which Speaker Mike Johnson promised he wouldn’t back. Yet here we are again … Glenn and fellow BlazeTV host‪@lizwheeler‬ review 3 of the worst things included in this bill – but just ONE of them should be enough to make every TRUE conservative in Congress vote AGAINST it. First, it includes a 1-year renewal of the Global Engagement Center, a State Department sub-agency that has become “the nexus of the censorship-industrial complex” against Americans. Then there’s an expansion of the “Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness and Response Act”, which would give the government the power to conduct gain-of-function research in the case of a national emergency. And lastly, it holds hurricane relief hostage. "Does that sound like you’re negotiating with honest people?" Glenn says. Maybe we should just let the government shutdown happen. Turn it off and back on again.

House Unanimously Passes Bill To Increase Trump’s Security After Second Assassination Attempt

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 19: Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit at the Washington Hilton on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Trump addressed the pro-Israel conference, stating that if he is not elected president Israel will be “eradicated” within two years. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit at the Washington Hilton on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Trump addressed the pro-Israel conference, stating that if he is not elected president, Israel will be “eradicated” within two years. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
9:24 AM – Friday, September 20, 2024

SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/house-unanimously-passes-bill-to-increase-trumps-security-after-second-assassination-attempt/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:

The House unanimously passed a bill on Friday that would increase Secret Service protections for the two parties’ presidential nominees and their vice presidential running mates. 

The vote came in at 405-0, just five days after the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump when Ryan Wesley Routh purportedly camped outside Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club for nearly 12 hours. 

A security team conducting a screening of the holes Trump was approaching spotted Routh and fired shots at him, who fled the scene and was later arrested by local authorities. 

This was the second attempt on Trump’s life within 60 days. In July, a gunman opened fire at the former president’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, piercing Trump’s ear and leaving him bloodied on stage. 

“President Biden made it clear that he wanted the highest levels of protection for former President Trump and for Vice President Harris. Secret Service moved to sustain increases in assets and the level of protection … and those things were in place yesterday,” acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe told reporters Monday.

“The President is aware that he has the highest levels of protection that the Secret Service is providing him. …There’s a lot of tactical assets in place, things that have been put in place as a result of what happened 60 days ago. "Those elements are working,” he added.

The bill will now be sent to the Senate for consideration, but it’s unclear how the upper chamber will handle the issue of security. Meanwhile, lawmakers from both chambers are discussing whether to include additional funding for the Secret Service in the stopgap funding bill Congress must pass by September 30th to avoid a government shutdown. 

Additionally, Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) rolled out a companion bill to the one passed by the House on Friday. 

“Over the course of just 65 days, two deranged individuals have tried to kill President Donald Trump, and one was able to shoot him in the head,” Scott said in a statement. “It is unthinkable that this could happen in America today, and it demands the immediate action of Congress.”

Currently, Trump has the same counter surveillance and counter sniper teams given to sitting presidents, along with protective intelligence and drone teams. 

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Massachusetts Legislature unanimously passes radical LGBT “parentage equality” bill to redefine the family.

Removes the words “mother” and “father” from statutes – and more.

Pushed by aggressive LGBT groups. Children will be the major victims.

House and Senate Republicans all voted for it.

August 5, 2024

SEE: https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen5/24c/MA-passes-radical-parent-bill/index.html; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:

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Members of the Massachusetts Legislature celebrate "Pride Month" outside the State House just before passing the LGBT "parentage" bill in the House. [PHOTO: State House News]

When the LGBT movement used the courts to force same-sex “marriage” on America, the talking point was, “This won’t affect anything else.” But now it’s evident their next major goal was to use state legislatures to completely redefine the family.

Several states have already passed laws in that direction. But now the Massachusetts Legislature has surpassed them, passing – unanimously in both branches – a frightening 42-page comprehensive bill. It has already received national attention and is considered to be the most radical change in family law history. Openly lesbian Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has committed to signing the bill.

Same-sex couples cannot conceive and bear children naturally. Society’s mother-father legal paradigm makes the same-sex “family” structure an abnormality. Babies are brought into the relationship through artificial means (IVF), through surrogacy, or naturally birthed by one of the same-sex partners. Depending on the circumstances, one or both of the same-sex partners would have had to adopt the baby for them to be a legal “family.”  But same-sex couples have been vocal that they consider the adoption requirement to be an annoying obstacle.

So the LGBT movement demands that the laws be changed to remove any statutory differences between normal family structures and their structures. They also want to legally streamline the surrogacy process. Plus, they insist on changing family law so that the adoption process is no longer necessary for both members of the same-sex relationship to be considered legal parents.

What this new law does

This bill is mind-numbing to read. The LGBT movement has brought legal chaos to family law, adding numerous variations to how families can be formed. Here are some of the points that stand out:

  • It’s been fairly common to pay a woman for surrogacy (carrying a baby for someone else) prior to pregnancy. But it hasn’t been something that’s included in family law. This bill includes surrogacy agreements for pay – to specifically make it a “normal” part of society that’s sanctioned by the state and is not limited to before the pregnancy. Not only can a woman be paid to carry a child for someone else, but she can be in the business of getting pregnant via sperm donors in order to sell the babies to the highest bidders.
  • Throughout Massachusetts family law, the word “paternity” (meaning actual biological parents) is replaced with “parentage” (which is defined as “a legal relationship” between a child and an adult).
  • The word “mother” in family law is replaced with “person who gave birth to the child.” The word “father” is replaced with “other parent.” In addition, the roles of father and mother are removed from the statutes and replaced with gender-neutral terminology. Even the words “a man and a woman” are replaced with “persons.”
  • The baby’s biological mother and father can now be changed on the birth certificate for the two same-sex adults. Even the “intended parents” (a new legal term) can be listed on the birth certificate instead of the biological parents.
  • The new law creates new legal issues to be resolved. If one member of the same-sex couple claims to be the actual parent, and the other doubts that, there is a process in the law to resolve this in court, and the term “alleged genetic parent” is used.
  • The law applies differently to “a child conceived by sexual intercourse or assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement” versus other means.
  • The laws regarding divorce and child custody are also changed dramatically to allow for these new family/child relationship permutations. 
  • A sperm donor shall not be considered to be the actual father of the child, despite his obvious genetic connection. But a woman who, at the time of a child’s birth, is the same-sex spouse of the woman who gave birth to the child by “assisted reproduction” is automatically considered to be the other parent.
  • The bill states, “The court may adjudicate a child to have more than 2 parents if the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child.”

There's a lot more complicated detail in the bill that would take a family law attorney to unravel, and that could have many unexpected consequences. But we are quite sure that no unbiased attorneys were asked to analyze it.

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State Sen. Julian Cyr (right), an aggressive LGBT activist, talks with another legislator after the final vote on the "parentage" bill. Cyr was adamant that the earlier adoption requirement for same-sex couples needed to be removed. [PHOTO: State House News]

How this affects children

Like everything else the LGBT movement pushes on society, this bill is not for the benefit of innocent children.

To be blunt, all these changes are meant to satisfy the selfish desires of bizarre adults. The new law changes innocent children into commodities that can be bought and sold, and possibly fought over. They may never know who their actual parents are, and are destined to grow up in sad, dysfunctional environments.

Moreover, there are a range of other serious issues with “assisted reproduction” procedures.

Lobbying effort in MA organized (and bill likely written) by radical LGBT organization

Not surprisingly, the huge lobbying effort behind this horrible bill came from the well-funded LGBT movement.

GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders) is a major player in the region’s LGBT movement. In years past, GLAD was the legal advocacy group behind “gay marriage” (as well as the “transgender rights” laws) in Massachusetts and the other New England states.

GLAD was the organizer and prime lobbying force for this bill in the Massachusetts Legislature. They set up a special website area for it, mobilized activists to pressure legislators, and published emotional “stories” for activists to use to pressure legislators.

GLAD's big lobbying push even had its own logo.

GLAD probably wrote the text of the bill. It is very unlikely that a bill this complicated and comprehensive for the LGBT cause could have been written by the staff of any of its sponsors in the Legislature.

Passed into law with shocking 100% Republican support

This odious bill passed both the House and Senate unanimously, including every Republican – a rare feat for something so extreme and offensive to most people (and particularly to religious Catholics).

It certainly got support from the GOP leadership. Republican Senate Minority Leader (and lifelong bachelor) Sen. Bruce Tarr was a co-sponsor and vocal supporter. According to reports, the House Minority leader was also a strong advocate.

The Massachusetts GOP (RINO) State Party was also on the bandwagon. Soon after the bill passed, they sent out an email praising the bill as “ensuring that families formed through adoption and surrogacy have legal mothers and fathers” – repeating one of the misleading LGBT talking points.

Is this a coming trend among Republicans across America?

By now everyone knows how the national Republican Convention in Milwaukee purged this year’s party platform of its support for traditional marriage, pro-life language, and a long list of other things. (See this powerful summary by C. J. Doyle of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts.)

Major Republican political figures – most notoriously Donald and Melania Trump – now openly support the LGBT movement and even raise money for LGBT lobbying efforts. Republican leaders figured that pro-family conservatives have nowhere else to go, so the GOP doesn’t have to bother with them. And conservatives shamefully don’t complain.

This is likely going to get worse, unfortunately. We should not be surprised that state and local Republican elected officials are following that lead.

Final thoughts

This is just the next step in the LGBT movement’s long march against normalcy.

And the legislators – even the Republicans – seem completely uninterested in how this affects children, families, or anyone else. They are clearly only interested in basking in the glow of leftist approval and virtue signaling.

Pro-family groups warned at the onset of the “gay marriage” push that there would be unforeseen consequences once the country went down this road. Now we see that the entire concept of “family” has been redefined to allow for the parade of perversions.

This needs to serve as a warning to those in other states: It’s coming for you. You will be told to radically change your state’s laws to satisfy a tiny minority of dysfunctional people. Be prepared to take on the battle in your legislatures!

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