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BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Gorsuch, Setting Up 'Nuclear' Showdown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/04/03/senate-judiciary-committee-advances-gorsuch-n2307854
– As expected, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-9 this afternoon to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch … to the full Senate. … interests that want to see Heller overturned.  …
Tina Fey Scolds College-Educated Women Who Voted For Trump (Or This Is Why You Lost Part VII)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/04/03/tina-fey…ho-voted-for-trump-or-this-is-why-you-lost-part-vii-n2307806
– and I would want to urge them to like 'You can't look away.' … You lost because partially because no one likes being what to do, especially when it comes to voting. … As for Fey not wanting to pretend that this election won't affect her and vowing to be more active, well, her side appears to have…
Time for a Re-Set
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2017/04/03/time-for-a-reset-n2307913
– Want to stop the leaks? Well, you can't. … To do that you have to have a common goal. A set of guiding principles. … The president needs to take a long weekend at one of his White Houses to think this through.…
Why I Left the Freedom Caucus
https://townhall.com/capitolvoices/tedpoe/2017/04/02/why-i-left-the-freedom-caucus-n2307412
to allow states to make that decision. … I want to be part of the conservative majority that delivers solutions. Americans voted for solutions. … Americans voted for help to make their lives easier and more affordable.…
White House Asks Israel Not to Engage in 'Unrestrained' Settlements A Day After West Bank Expansion
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/04/01/white…trained-settlements-a-day-after-west-bank-expansion-n2307068
– When asked if Israel had the right to build more settlements in the West Bank, Trump turned to the prime minister and said he'd like … him to "hold back" on future settlements for the time being.  … Netanyahu is expected to comply with the White House's wishes.…
Message to the Freedom Caucus: “Never Give Up. Never Surrender!”
https://townhall.com/columnists/kimberlyfletcher/2017/03/31…to-the-freedom-caucus-never-give-up-never-surrender-n2306652
– Dennis Prager said on his radio show this week that we need to support “fragile compromise” to get to what we want. … The members of congress aren’t there to do whatever it takes to keep their jobs, they’re there to “support and defend the constitution … Freedom Caucus members don’t want to loosen the noose a little, they want to cut the rope. …
Senator Recovering From Surgery Used Walker to Get Into Chamber to Ensure Vote on Defunding Planned Parenthood
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/03/30/planned-parenthood-vote-n2306639
– #ProLife #Victory — MarjorieDannenfelser (@marjoriesba) March 30, 2017 ***Original Post** The Senate has voted to advance a vote … to permit states to defund Planned Parenthood in family planning programs. … pages, to turn his thumb to the sky with an “aye,” making the vote a tie.…
It's On: GOP Appears Ready to Go 'Nuclear' if Democrats Mount Indefensible, Unpopular Filibuster of Gorsuch
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/03/30/its-on-go…mount-indefensible-unpopular-filibuster-of-gorsuch-n2306503
– week have signaled a willingness to be persuaded to vote to change the rules..." … do an about-face later...Senator Schumer voted 25 times to filibuster judicial nominees of President George W. … Then, when nomination filibusters had declined under President Obama, he voted to abolish them.…
GOP Needs to Find its Footing
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2017/03/30/gop-needs-to-find-its-footing-n2306536
– This is not going to be a rant against Donald Trump. … Steven Miller, the creepy Robin to Bannon's Batman, so frightened TV viewers that he was sent back to the White House to muse about … Someone needs to tell Mr. Trump to tell Mr. Nunes to stay on his own side of the constitutional line.…
Time for the GOP to Use the Power They Were Given
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2017/03/30/time-for-the-gop-to-use-the-power-they-were-given-n2306217
– Second, millions of Americans voted for Trump because he gives the (figurative) middle finger to the press and the rest of the American … The AHCA deserved to fail, because it did not do what American voters sent Republicans to Congress (in record numbers) to do: repeal … They were not sent to Washington, D.C., to curry favor with the major networks or Hollywood.…
In 2016, Clinton Democrats Rejected Clinton
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottrasmussen/2017/03/30/in-2016-clinton-democrats-rejected-clinton-n2306056
– Last week, I suggested that the 206 Pivot Counties that voted twice for Barack Obama and then voted for Donald Trump are a good place … to study the changing political landscape. … than the nation at large from 1996 to 2012.…
Sen. Schumer? Put Some Sauce on That
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnkass/2017/03/30/sen-schumer-put-some-sauce-on-that-n2305991
– "She voted for Trump!" Schumer is said to have yelled at Hilary Califano. "He's a liar! He's a liar!" … I don't usually like to take sides in restaurant arguments, but I'm going to have to go with Hilary Califano's Screaming Schumer version … There were many reasons for Republicans to have voted for or against Donald Trump for president.…
Analysis: With 'Nuclear' Confrontation Brewing, Democrats Offer Nothing But Distortions and Hypocrisy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/03/29/wapo-yep…is-headed-for-a-nuclear-confrontation-over-gorsuch-n2305980
– More than a decade ago, Carper voted to confirm President George W. … a procedural step that takes 60 votes to clear. … That, in turn, probably would prompt the Republicans to change the rules unilaterally to allow Gorsuch’s confirmation, and all other…
Rand Paul Warns of Adding Montenegro to NATO: Another Commitment to Another Foreign Country
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2017/03/29/rand…nato-another-commitment-to-another-foreign-country-n2305936
– The Senate voted on Monday 97-2 to approve admitting the European country into NATO with virtually no debate. … "Our unrestricted, un-voted upon involvement in war everywhere informs my opposition to expanding NATO," Paul said.   … "Everyone likes to talk about NATO's Article V obligation -- to come to the defense of any NATO ally that is attacked.  …
Free Market Care
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2017/03/29/free-market-care-n2305419
– It was folly to pretend it wouldn't. … to about $1,700. … The sickest people were quickest to sign up. Insurance companies then raised rates to cover their costs.…
Whatever Trump Does Next, It Has To Be About Jobs And Wages
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2017/03/29/whatever-trump-does-next-it-has-to-be-about-jobs-and-wages-n2305409
– He has to have both of them." … Obamacare repeal and replacement, as Trump presented it, was just something that had to be done before moving on to the fun stuff, … Now Trump is in fact moving on, to tax reform, or maybe to tax reform and infrastructure.…
Administrative State Delenda Est
https://townhall.com/columnists/inezstepman/2017/03/29/administrative-state-delenda-est-n2305376
to see office as a “species of property” only existing to promote “individual interests.” … branches to their proper primacy, we are unlikely to get another opportunity to do so. … suggestion that it ought to be accountable to the American people.…
Schumer Goes Off On Trump Supporter: You Voted For a Liar
https://townhall.com/notebook/erikahaas/2017/03/28/schumer-goes-off-on-trump-supporter-n2305275
– According to witnesses, the senator began berating Hilary, because she voted for Trump.  … But Hilary, herself, reportedly confirmed the not-so-pleasant encounter to Page Six.  “Sen. … “Yes, I voted for Trump. Schumer joined us outside, and he told me Trump was a liar.…
Scottish Lawmakers Vote In Favor of Independence Referendum
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2017/03/28/scott…lawmakers-vote-in-favor-of-independence-referendum-n2305397
– After voting to stay in the United Kingdom in 2014, Scottish lawmakers voted 69-59 in favor of an independence referendum on Tuesday … , planning a return to the European Union. … , able to chart our own course and create a true partnership of equals across these islands."…
Tremendous: Trump To Sign Executive Order Targeting Most Of Obama's Climate Change Agenda; UPDATE: It's Done
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/03/28/tremendou…rder-targeting-most-of-obamas-climate-change-agenda-n2305053
– "It says you're going back to work. … Pretty much any state that voted for Romney in 2012 was going to get screwed over by this regulatory overhaul. … While coal mining jobs will never return to their full strength, Trump aims to stop the bleeding.…
Purists Kill Whatever They Believe In
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2017/03/28/purists-kill-whatever-they-believe-in-n2305024
– According to The New York Times, 10 moderates, 15 conservatives, and eight other Republicans would have voted against the Republican … From appointing a conservative to the Supreme Court, to approving the Keystone XL pipeline, to weakening the fanatical, hysterical, … We ask: What is closest to our ideology and to our principles?…
The Ryancare Rout -- Winning by Losing?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2017/03/28/the-ryancare-route--winning-by-losing-n2304976
– First and foremost, Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans who, having voted 50 times over seven years to repeal Obamacare, we learned … , had no consensus plan ready to replace it. … Supreme Court, and thus force Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to muster 60 votes to halt a Democratic filibuster.…
Flip-Flop: Senate Democrat Who Opposed Alito Filibuster Now Backs Blocking Gorsuch
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/03/27/flipflop…opposed-alito-filibuster-now-backs-blocking-gorsuch-n2304921
– The filibuster has always forced the political extremes to come of the middle to build consensus," Nelson said, adding it was a "mistake … It is time for Bill Nelson to get to work and take his own advice: Judge Gorsuch deserves an up-or-down vote." … is eminently qualified to be on the Court.…
Ignore The Blame Game: Repealing Obamacare Isn't Dead Among Republicans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/03/27/the-obamacare-repeal-effort-isnt-over-n2304747
– Although the American Health Care Act failed to make it to the House floor for a vote late last week, the effort to repeal Obamacare … First, President Trump is open to working on a new bill while moving on to tax reform and other big projects.  … 2015 reconciliation and twist arms of those who voted yes to vote yes again?…
Reince: Conservatives Were Seeking a 'Perfect' Bill
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/03/26/reince-tax-reform-remarks-n2304422
– When the AHCA failed to be voted upon on Friday, Trump initially put all of the blame on Democrats. … "Sometimes you have to take the good and put it in your pocket and take the win." … find common ground with groups like the Freedom Caucus to enforce his future policies.…
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