Rick Scott says it will be tough for Republicans to take Senate in 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Rick Scott said on Sunday that it will be tough for GOP lawmakers to take back the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan asked the Republican senator from Florida if it will get harder for Republicans to take control of the House and Senate chambers in November, citing victories for Democrats such as lower gas prices, the Inflation Reduction Act advancing and the military strike that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri last week. In respon
Read MoreVan Hollen says China's Xi manufactured crisis over Pelosi trip to Taiwan
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Sunday said Chinese President Xi Jinping decided to "manufacture a crisis" over a visit from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to the self-governing island nation of Taiwan, a trip that outraged Beijing and led to the cancelation of agreements with the U.S. While some have questioned the value of Pelosi's visit, Van Hollen told NBC's "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd that her trip was important, arguing the U.S. needs "to be very clear that China doesn't get to dictate which U.S. officials go to Taiwan and when they go to Taiwan." "We s
Read MoreSen. Rick Scott says Inflation Reduction Act is 'a war on Medicare'
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) voiced his opposition to the landmark climate, tax, and health legislation the Senate is in the process of voting on, characterizing the bill is “a war on Medicare.” During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan asked Scott if there are any incentives he agrees with in the new legislation, noting his state’s dependency on the Affordable Care Act and the Congressional Budget Office saying the bill will reduce the deficit to $100 billion within a decade. “Here’s the way I look at it. Right now, this bill actually oug
Read MoreMerrick Garland’s complicated Trump prosecution calculus
From Day One, Attorney General Merrick Garland has faced a dilemma: How to deal with Trump. The pressure from within the Democratic Party to prosecute Trump has been enormous. But a Trump acquittal would be a political catastrophe. Navigating a Trump prosecution has become much more difficult of late. After a year where Trump looked like he was too crippled to run, the collapse of President Biden’s approval ratings has made a Trump return to the White House a very real possibility. At the same time, the Jan. 6 hearings have not just damaged Trump, they have turbocharged Democratic
Read MoreMcConnell gets win on Trump in NATO vote
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) clinched a victory on Wednesday when the Senate — including 48 of the chamber’s 50 Republicans — voted overwhelmingly to admit Finland and Sweden to NATO. The resolution, which cleared the chamber in a bipartisan 95-1 vote, was a top priority for the Republican leader, who wanted to send a signal about the direction of a GOP that had drifted toward isolationism under former Preside
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