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The Dispatch→ A Change in GOP Senate Leadership Could Mean Filibuster Reform
Sen. John Cornyn once sought to change the filibuster for judicial nominees. Would he be willing to go further as Republican leader?
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Old Senate news repackaged as a chamber drama that didn’t happen
Image shows “chaos unfolds on Senate floor — Chuck Schumer rushes out.”
The Dispatch→ A Fight for Two Different GOPs in Ohio’s Senate Primary
Plus: Why Democrats are boosting the Trump-backed Bernie Moreno.
PolitiFact→ Eric Hovde – Are GOP Senate candidate's claims about national debt under Biden, Baldwin correct?
“Since the end of the 2020 fiscal year, President Biden and Senator Baldwin have added over $7.3 trillion of debt, more than the first 228 years of our nation’s history combined.”
The Dispatch→ Is Trump a Transactionalist or a Pragmatist on Senate GOP Endorsements?
Plus: House Democrats and Republicans question Robert Hur.
PolitiFact→ Katie Porter – Fact-checking Rep. Katie Porter’s claims that billionaires ‘rigged’ California’s Senate primary
Billionaires “rigged” the California Senate primary election through “dishonest means.”
PolitiFact→ What is Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde’s stance on abortion?
An attack ad says Eric Hovde is “totally opposed” to abortion. We dug into his stances.
The Dispatch→ The 2024 Battle for the Senate Takes Shape
Democrats’ path to keeping their Senate majority has become more challenging in recent days.
PolitiFact→ Sorting out what Marco Rubio said about Senate immigration bill’s ‘asylum corps’
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said the Senate’s immigration bill created an “asylum corps” of thousands of “bureaucrats” making asylum easier to get. The bill expanded asylum officers’ powers, but they already existed.
The Dispatch→ Senate Whiffs on Immigration Reform
After months of negotiations, the bipartisan immigration reform and Ukraine aid deal falls apart.
PolitiFact→ Steve Scalise – No, the Senate immigration bill does not allow 5,000 people to illegally enter the U.S. daily
The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.”
The Dispatch→ The Senate Foreign-Aid-and-Border Package Is Mostly Dead
The Republican House has no truck for the deal brokered by Senate negotiators.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mitt Romney’s Investment Income Is NOT Proof He Is ‘Corrupt,’ Though It’s Larger Than His Senate Salary
Does the fact that Mitt Romney's private investment income surpasses his U.S. Senate salary prove that he is "corrupt"? No, that's not true: The Utah senator, a Republican, discloses his legal sources of income via U.S. Senate financial d
The Dispatch→ ‘Changing Politics’ Threaten Senate Immigration Deal
A bipartisan border security package in the upper chamber teeters on the brink.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ US Senate candidate spreads false claims about migrant aid
CLAIM: The federal government gives people who enter the U.S. illegally a cell phone, a domestic plane ticket to a location of their choosing and a $5,000 Visa gift card.
The Dispatch→ Handicapping the 2024 Senate Map
Prepare for a real battle for control of the upper chamber next year.
The Dispatch→ House and Senate Republicans Clash Over Military Aid
Support to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan hangs in the balance.
PolitiFact→ Melissa Agard – Agard correct that GOP Senate more than doubled firings of governor’s appointees in one day
“Since 1981, the state Senate has only rejected five executive appointments. The GOP today is more than doubling that number.”
PolitiFact→ West Virginia University Faculty Senate – Has President E. Gordon Gee increased West Virginia University’s debt load by 55%?
E. Gordon Gee’s university projects have increased “WVU’s debt load by 55%.”
PolitiFact→ West Virginia University Faculty Senate – Has WVU enrollment “steadily decreased” under President Gordon Gee?
During Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AZ Senate Did NOT Bring ‘Rico Indictments Against Katie Hobbs, Adrian Fontes’ And Others
Did the Arizona Senate bring indictments against Gov. Katie Hobbs, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Runbeck Election Services, banks and local police for election fraud and other crimes? No, that's not true: The Arizona Senate is not aut
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Arizona’s Senate cannot and did not indict Gov. Katie Hobbs
Arizona Senate “indicted” Gov. Katie Hobbs.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ An AI image of Sen. Rand Paul in a bathrobe is circulating online after Senate drops dress code
CLAIM: A photo shows U.S. Sen. Rand Paul sitting on the Capitol steps in a red bathrobe. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Arizona’s governor hasn’t been ‘indicted’ by the state senate, contrary to viral claim
Social media users are falsely claiming Arizona’s governor has been “indicted” by local lawmakers. But the Republican leadership in Arizona’s state Senate say no such indictment has been issued.
The Dispatch→ Dave McCormick to Announce Pennsylvania Senate Run in Pittsburgh
The Republican has broad support for the nomination to face Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.
Logically→ Excerpts read from a ‘banned’ book in Senate hearing falsely claimed to be words of Barack Obama
Logically→ Gabon coup: 2022 video of former senate president with tons of cash shared as recent
The Dispatch→ Presenting Your 2024 Senate Race Ratings
Thinking about the Senate affects the plans of party tastemakers when choosing a presidential nominee.
The Dispatch→ Senate Advances Kids’ Online Safety and Privacy Bills—Again
Plus: Congress reacts to another Trump indictment as the House GOP investigates the Bidens.
The Dispatch→ NRSC Banks on Dave McCormick to Run for Senate in Pennsylvania
Plus: Trump indicted, again.
The Dispatch→ Military Confirmation Gridlock Continues in the Senate
Plus: Another defense policy impasse in the House, and what’s next in the House’s Biden family investigation.
FactCheck.org→ False Claim About Cause of Autism Highlighted on Pennsylvania Senate Panel
SciCheck Digest Studies have found the rate of autism is the same in vaccinated and unvaccinated children. But the false claim that vaccines are associated with the disorder persists. A prominent spreader of COVID-19 misinformation&n
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of old Senate committee hearing is sensationalized, and mischaracterized, on social media
Video shows a Senate committee hearing witness who “cries to Josh Hawley for ‘no jailtime.’”
The Dispatch→ Video: Senate Elections and the Next Big Second Amendment Case
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The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Senate Elections, Second Amendment at SCOTUS
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The Dispatch→ A Senate Committee Takes a Partisan Turn
Under Bernie Sanders’ chairmanship, political messaging is displacing bipartisan legislating. Continue reading A Senate Committee Takes a Partisan Turn »
The Dispatch→ Biden’s Pick for Labor Secretary Faces Skeptical Senate
Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during her confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of the Labor Department on April 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post twists contentious exchange on U.S. Senate floor
Video shows Sen. Chris Murphy running away because Sen. Ted Cruz said “just shut your mouth.”
The Dispatch→ Dave McCormick Poised to Mount Another Senate Run
Pennsylvania GOP Senate Candidate Dave McCormick speaks during a rally on May 16, 2022. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)The former U.S. Senate candidate shores up support from Pennsylvania Republicans.Continue reading Dave McCormick Poised