Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) tried to block the typically less political procedural confirmation vote for NASA administrator Wednesday, only to flip his vote when it became clear the nomination would otherwise fail.
Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and James Inhofe (R-OK) on Monday wrote a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to consider the sale of F-35B fighter jets to Taiwan, citing China’s growing military capabilities and increasing belligerence toward the island.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) declined to readjust the Senate schedule for a rush to gun control and will instead consider a banking bill this week.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the Senate’s number two Republican, said in an interview on Tuesday that he does not know if Congress can pass President Donald Trump’s promised infrastructure package.
President Trump made clear Wednesday that he is moving forward with certain gun controls despite NRA opposition.
On Monday morning the White House signaled that President Trump supports the law Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) are pushing for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announced Thursday he is willing to sit down and discuss gun control legislation with Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and John Cornyn (R-TX).
GOP Sen. John Cornyn today called for an immigration deal to increase the supply of foreign graduates for white-collar jobs sought by debt-burdened, college-graduate Americans.
S. 2135 will create huge complications for law-abiding gun owners and exacerbate already existing problems.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, charged with implementing President Donald Trump’s economic nationalist trade agenda, has come under fire from some Republican senators, according to a Tuesday report from The Hill.
Democratic Senator Dick Durbin is prodding GOP Senators in closed-door negotiations to accept his huge DREAM amnesty in exchange for a promise to let low-ranking border officials continue routine, non-political practices.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) caused a stir late Friday when he questioned the legitimacy of the investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into potential Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said it would be a “mistake” if President Donald Trump fired FBI special counsel Robert Mueller. Cornyn said, “He needs to make sure he vets that team. There are plenty of FBI agents and
President Donald Trump broke the all-time record on first-year judicial appointments to the federal appeals courts on Thursday, as the Senate confirmed James Ho to the U.S. Court of Appeals to the Fifth Circuit.
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators on Wednesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick of Justice Don Willett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, tying the all-time record for federal appeals judges.
Sitting Republican Senators have been told to prepare for a closed door conference if Judge Roy Moore prevails in his bid for U.S. Senate
On the second day of his congressional campaign for District 21, Chip Roy received the endorsement of his former boss, Senator Ted Cruz.
Rep. Louis Gohmert said he could not support national reciprocity because House Leaders added the gun control expansions of “Fix-NICS” to it.
Sen. Diane Feinstein’s (D-CA) bump stock ban will get a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 6.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the FBI and ATF to review the National Instant Criminal Background System
In the aftermath of the November 5 church attack Sen. John Cornyn chose to side with Sen. Dianne Feinstein instead of American gun owners.
Doug Jones, the Democrat running for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat, says he loves to hunt but the Second Amendment has “limitations.”
Eminent Republicans like 2012 Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Corey Gardner lined up condemn Judge Roy Moore. Very few are doing the same to Democratic Sen. Al Franken.
Sens. John Cornyn, Chris Murphy, and Dianne Feinstein announced a new gun control bill which centers on background checks for gun purchases.
On Wednesday, NBC News reported that Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) were nearing a “bipartisan deal on gun control.”
On November 13 Sen. John Cornyn announced he was ready to work with “[his] colleague from Connecticut” in pursuit of new gun legislation.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) took to Twitter on Wednesday to hint that his Republican colleagues are ready to cave on gun control.
A bicameral group of lawmakers has joined efforts to combat what it describes as the threat to U.S. national security posed by the increasing scope of Chinese government investment in the United States.
Grass-roots campaigners are warning GOP legislators to oppose any amnesty in the pending Christmas budget battles.
Fox News’ Congressional reporter Chad Pergram indicates that Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has agreed to allow a Judiciary Committee hearing on bump stock gun control.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is pushing gun control after poor federal reporting helped Texas killer Devin Kelley pass a background check to obtain his rifle.
One day after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) endorsed former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore for U.S. Senate, Cruz’s Texas colleague Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn followed suit and endorsed Moore as well. Cornyn, who backed Moore’s competitor Luther Strange
At Friday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders urged the U.S. Senate to do their jobs and confirm nominees after news that Sen. John Cornyn is obstructing a confirmation.
A ban on a previously obscure firearm accessory they knew little about and which had never been used by a criminal before the events in Vegas
After constituents raised concerns that Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) was not voicing a position on gun control via a bump stock ban, Breitbart News reached out to his office but received no comment.
In the wake of the heinous October 1 Las Vegas attack, legislation to ban bump stocks has been introduced and a request that the ATF re-evaluate bump stocks has been made.
Following the NRA’s statement favoring ATF regulatory action on bump stocks versus Congressional action on gun control, Ohioans for Concealed Carry warned that the NRA’s move lays down “cover” for pro-gun control Republicans whose behavior is usually checked by a strong NRA stand.
Dianne Feinstein Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act is the slippery slope; it contains all the future bans in it already.
In the wake of the heinous attack on Las Vegas concert goers, nine Republican Senators are asking the ATF to review and consider where more regulation is needed on bump stock firearm accessories.
Numerous Republican politicians were quick to raise their hands and voice openness to gun control via a bump stock ban.
