Congress
34 unrolled threads about congress, each one readable on a single page.
Senator Katie Boyd Britt@SenKatieBrittYou may have heard @POTUS’s frustration his nominees aren’t getting confirmed fast enough. I knew it was bad, but I was shocked at the scale of obstruction by Senate Democrats after digging into the h...
SummarySenate Democrats have obstructed Trump's nominee confirmations at historic levels, using filibuster 360% more than his first term and preventing any confirmations via voice vote, putting Trump on pace for the fewest confirmed nominees of any modern president. The thread argues this obstruction prevents effective governance despite Trump's electoral mandate and compares confirmation rates unfavorably to previous administrations.Sep 3, 202510 tweets♥ 17.3K
Julian Andreone@JulianAndreoneMembers of Congress calling for invocation of the 25th Amendment, a thread 🧵:
SummaryMultiple members of Congress, primarily Democrats, have called for invocation of the 25th Amendment, with notable figures including Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, and others joining the calls.Apr 7, 202631 tweets♥ 13.3K
Rep. Riley M. Moore@RepRileyMooreThe Tinubu Administration is spending millions lobbying Congress while failing to adequately address the genocide Nigerian Christians face daily. @HouseAppropsGOP just passed our annual State Departm...
SummaryA U.S. Congress member details legislation restricting security assistance to Nigeria unless the government addresses violence against Christians, prioritizes internally displaced persons, and holds perpetrators accountable. The bill increases oversight of U.S. funding to Nigeria and directs millions toward supporting state police forces and faith-based organizations in affected regions.Apr 29, 20267 tweets♥ 8.4K
Senator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmittNetflix once said it had a "duty" to "speak up" for DEI, gender ideology, and other left-wing causes. Today, their CEO suddenly forgot how to answer. Netflix came to the Senate, asking we rubber-sta...
SummaryA senator criticizes Netflix CEO for claiming political neutrality while the company has made progressive statements, donated overwhelmingly to Democrats, placed Biden administration officials on its board, and featured diversity-focused content, arguing this partisan bias disqualifies them from a $100B acquisition approval.Feb 3, 202611 tweets♥ 12.1K
Chris Menahan 🇺🇸@infolibnewsHouse Speaker Mike Johnson held a "private meeting" with AIPAC and Jewish leaders on Wednesday on Capitol Hill wherein he reportedly pledged to screen out "isolationist" (see: anti-Israel) GOP candida...
SummaryHouse Speaker Mike Johnson met privately with AIPAC and Jewish leaders, pledging to screen out "isolationist" anti-Israel GOP candidates from the party. The meeting details remain largely undisclosed, with only Jewish Insider reporting limited information, sparking debate over foreign influence and representation on Middle East policy.Sep 18, 20255 tweets♥ 8.6K
Ben Freeman@BenFreemanDC"At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before." Her...
SummaryCongress has proposed Section 224 in the 2027 NDAA, which would dramatically expand U.S.-Israel military cooperation through joint weapons production, AI development, and data sharing—moving from traditional aid to deep defense integration. This proposal comes despite public skepticism about unconditional Israel support and concerns about Israeli military actions in Gaza, raising questions about democratic accountability and the influence of military-industrial interests in U.S. policy.May 29, 202613 tweets♥ 8.1K
Mike Lee@BasedMikeLee🚨🧵 1. It’s wrong that all spending bills go through just one committee in the Senate—the Committee on Appropriations The House of Representatives does the same thing This thread attempts to explai...
SummaryA senator argues that concentrating all federal spending bills in a single Senate committee is inefficient and unfair, creating excessive workload, excluding knowledgeable lawmakers from the process, and enabling rushed passage of unread legislation. He proposes that each authorizing committee should have jurisdiction over funding for agencies within their expertise area instead.Jan 27, 202619 tweets♥ 7.6K
Mike Benz@MikeBenzCyber🚨 The House is voting this week on the new National Security / State Dept funding bill (H.R. 8595), which includes for the first time in US history a blanket ban on any NGOs or contractors using any...
SummaryThe House is voting on H.R. 8595, a funding bill that includes unprecedented restrictions on US government-funded NGOs and contractors from engaging in any social media censorship activities, including content moderation pressure campaigns and supporting foreign censorship laws. The bill requires agencies to report compliance measures to Congress and targets organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy that have merged democracy promotion with counter-disinformation work.Jun 23, 20267 tweets♥ 8.4K
Ethan Wechtaluk@ewechtalukEarlier this week, I talked about how Congress is hiding the U.S.–Israel military relationship in the defense bill. There is a second bill that goes further. It makes it law that a president can't p...
SummaryCongress is passing legislation that makes it legally difficult for any president to reduce intelligence sharing with Israel without meeting strict conditions and congressional notification, embedding this relationship into law regardless of future electoral choices. The provision is buried in classified sections of the Intelligence Authorization Act and limits democratic control over foreign policy.Jun 6, 20264 tweets♥ 8.1KMike Lee@BasedMikeLee🧵1. Congress should be *passing* the SAVE Act to stop noncitizens from voting—not paying leftists to lobby against it The Labor/HHS spending bill advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee cont...
SummaryA Senate Appropriations Committee spending bill contained a $500,000 earmark to leftist groups opposing the SAVE Act, which aims to prevent noncitizen voting. The author criticizes both this specific earmark and earmarks in general as problematic vehicles for excessive spending and bad policy that operate without adequate transparency or debate.Jan 7, 20267 tweets♥ 5.9K
Rep. Ralph Norman@RepRalphNormanIt’s time for TRANSPARENCY. Congress is rushing through $14.3 BILLION in 7,611 earmarks. Buried inside the FY26 minibus is MORE spending taxpayers never approved: 🧵(1/8)
SummaryA thread criticizing $14.3 billion in congressional earmarks in the FY26 minibus bill, highlighting specific allocations to immigration legal services, gender-affirming medical care for youth, arts organizations, and activist groups as examples of wasteful spending while the national debt exceeds $38 trillion.Jan 21, 20268 tweets♥ 5.1K
Rand Paul@RandPaul🧵If H.R. 260 becomes law, $631M meant for Afghanistan reconstruction will be clawed back to the Treasury. After twenty years of war and failure, not another dollar should ever reach the Taliban.
SummaryH.R. 260 proposes clawing back $631M in Afghanistan reconstruction funds and restricting aid to countries supporting the Taliban, arguing that U.S. tax dollars should not fund failed overseas missions or potential security threats. The bill emphasizes putting domestic security and taxpayer accountability first, citing concerns about terrorist infiltration through resettlement programs.Jan 30, 20265 tweets♥ 7.2KSenator Eric Schmitt@SenEricSchmittLast night—while I presided—the Senate delivered both a funding bill and a private right of action to combat Jack Smith's lawlessness. We are going to drag Arctic Frost from the court of public opini...
SummaryThe Senate passed legislation creating a private right of action allowing senators to sue over alleged violations of federal law (2 U.S.C. § 6628) related to data disclosure from the "Arctic Frost" investigation, which the author claims Jack Smith and Judge Boasberg violated. This enables senators to pursue civil lawsuits with full discovery and testimony regarding what the author characterizes as unlawful subpoenas.Nov 11, 20258 tweets♥ 6K
Sam Husseini@samhusseini