Trump, Fed and Senator Thom Tillis
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North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is vowing to block any Fed picks until an investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell is "resolved."
Seven Republican senators on Thursday voted against advancing a six-bill funding package to keep the government open past Friday, citing concerns about the ballooning federal deficit and what they saw as the failure of the so-called appropriations minibus to significantly cut spending Sens.
Tillis' remark adds to growing intra-Republican pushback on the Trump administration over immigration enforcement.
Hard-right Republicans have criticized an agreement they see as capitulating to Democrats on their party’s strongest issue: immigration.
Senate Democrats plan to block the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, and some Senate Republicans contend that the bill may need to be sidelined to avoid a shutdown.
GOP senator rips Trump response to Alex Pretti’s killing by feds in Minneapolis: ‘Stock going down?!’ - ‘I don't think the American people are going to like that,’ Thom Tillis tells The Independent
By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats on the Senate environment committee said on Wednesday that U.S. infrastructure project developers need assurances that fully approved projects will not be cancelled or stalled due to shifting political priorities.
Reporter: The president called you a loser.Republican Senator Thom Tillis: “I am thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president.” pic.twitter.com/ziPGZpfOXt
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, first elected in 2021, is running for reelection in one of the nation’s closest battlegrounds. Republican candidates include Representative Buddy Carter, Representative Mike Collins and Derek Dooley, a former college football coach with strong ties to Governor Brian Kemp.