The Leader Board
Biden’s Energy Policies Have Americans Bracing For An Expensive Summer Punctuated By Blackouts
After Campaigning On Ending Fossil Fuels, President Biden Has Spent A Year Implementing Policies That Have Made Energy Prices Skyrocket, With The Price Of Gas Doubling And Electricity Rates Predicted To 'Rise By As Much As 233 Percent,' Even As Utilities Warn Of More Blackouts From Decreased Generating Capacity SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "In 2019, while running for the White House, President Biden made a public promise: 'I guarantee you we're going to end fossil fuels.'… Continue Reading
06.07.22
Biden’s Inflation Surge Hits Americans Who Can Least Afford It
Rampant Inflation Is Squeezing Americans Of Modest Means And Fixed Incomes Between Skyrocketing Gas Prices, More Costly Groceries, And Higher Rents For Even The Most Traditionally Affordable Housing SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "For families across America, the long holiday weekend also kicked off the excitement of summer traditions. But unfortunately, a year and a half into the failed policies of this all-Democrat government, even modest family celebrations came with pri… Continue Reading
05.26.22
‘Record-Breaking Turnout’ In Georgia Exposes Democrats’ Cynical Lies
LEADER McCONNELL: 'Shame On The Democrats Who Pushed The Big Lie That A Grand Scheme Was Afoot To Prevent Millions Of Americans From Voting. It Was Never True. It Was Just To Push Their Pre-Existing Policy Agenda' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Five months ago, Democrats and the media were saying the sky was falling because of some states' mainstream voting laws. Georgia passed a voting law that was more open than the rules on the books in blue states like New York and Del… Continue Reading
05.24.22
Democrats Showered States And Schools With Money They Didn’t Need, And Americans Got Inflation And A Mountain Of Wasteful Spending
Democrats Ignored Republicans' Warnings That $350 Billion For States And Over $120 Billion For Schools In Their Partisan Spending Bill Last Year Were Excessive And Inflationary, And Subsequent Reporting Has Shown That States Didn't Need The Money And Are Now Blowing It On Wasteful Projects, While School Districts Have Spent Next To None Of What They Received 'The Fact Is The Fiscal Armageddon That Covid-19 Was Expected To Bring To' State Governments 'Never Happened,' 'Instead, States Are F… Continue Reading
05.19.22
As Skyrocketing Energy Prices Pummel Americans With ‘Stagflationary Effects,’ The Biden Administration Shuts Down Yet More Domestic Energy Production
Americans Are Struggling With Massive Increases In Costs For Gasoline, Natural Gas, And Electricity, Yet The Biden Administration Obliviously Plows Ahead With Shutting Down More Oil & Gas Leasing And All Democrats In Congress Have To Offer Is Show Votes On Bad Legislation Economists Deride As 'Dangerous Nonsense' That Wouldn't Have 'Any Substantial Effect' On Inflation SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Getting to work, running errands, driving to church, visiting loved on… Continue Reading
05.18.22
The Importance To Taiwan Of Ukraine Successfully Defending Itself
Leaders In East Asia Know That Beijing Is Closely Watching What Happens In Ukraine And Successfully Defeating Russian Aggression There Could Be A Powerful Deterrent To Chinese Communist Party Aggression Against Taiwan SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Obviously, the biggest issue in the world right now and the most important issue on the floor of the Senate this week is assistance for Ukraine. As I think you know, I, along with Senators Barrasso, Collins, and Cornyn, had an o… Continue Reading
05.17.22
After Democrats Went Whole Hog On Spending, Americans’ Wallets Get Seared By Inflation
Poll After Poll Shows 'The Cost Of Living Remains The Public's Top Issue Facing The Country,' With Food And Fuel Prices Squeezing Families, Farmers, And Restaurants, Yet House Democrats Seem To Have Only 'Recently' Discovered This Reality After Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA)'s Revelation That Bacon Is Expensive SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The country just received yet another terrible inflation report. Yet again, overall inflation came in higher than expected: 8.3 percent. In… Continue Reading
05.11.22
Democrats Prioritize Third Trimester Abortions Over Tackling Inflation
As Generationally High Inflation Continues To Hammer American Families, Senate Democrats Are Focused On A Radical Nine Month Abortion On Demand Bill That Only 19% Of Americans Support SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The country just received yet another terrible inflation report. Yet again, overall inflation came in higher than expected: 8.3 percent. Inflation continues to stick right around its worst level in 40 years. The measure the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls 'core in… Continue Reading
05.10.22
Democrats’ Nine Month Abortion On Demand Bill Is Vastly Unpopular With Americans And Radical On A Global Scale
'Today's Democratic Party Is Profoundly Out Of Step With The American People On This Issue… Leader Schumer Wants The Senate To Vote Again On A Democrat Bill That Would Effectively Legalize Abortion On Demand Through All Nine Months' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "What is the Armageddon over which Democrats want to break the Senate, pack the Court, and condone potentially illegal rallies outside judges' family homes? Here's the case in question: Whether the state of Mis… Continue Reading
05.09.22
As Energy Prices Skyrocket, Democrats Keep Voting For Policies That Would Push Them Even Higher
Last Week, Most Senate Democrats Refused To Vote For Republican Motions That Would Help Increase American Energy Production Or Block Policies That Would Raise Energy Prices Even Further On Struggling Families SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "After ignoring federal law by failing to award a single oil or gas development lease for five straight quarters, the [Biden] Administration has shrunk its land offering by 80% while jacking up its royalty rate by fifty percent. That's ri… Continue Reading
05.06.22
Bipartisan Rejection Of The Biden Administration’s Awful Proposals For A New Nuclear Deal With Iran
'President Joe Biden's Bid To Revive The Iran Nuclear Deal Flunked Its First Test In The U.S. Senate': The Senate Sent An Unmistakable Bipartisan Message To The Biden Administration That A New Nuclear Deal With Iran Cannot Repeat The Deficiencies Of The Obama Administration's 2015 Deal More Than 60 Senators Agree That Any Nuclear Deal With Iran Must Address Iran's Ballistic Missiles Program And Support For Terrorism, Retain Sanctions On Iran's Revolutionary Guard, And Take Into Account Chi… Continue Reading
05.05.22
Democrats Keep Acting Like They Know Better Than Parents What’s Best For Children
President Biden Recently Articulated To Teachers That 'They're Not Somebody Else's Children; They're Like Yours When They're In The Classroom,' And His Administration Keeps Acting Like It, Pushing Policies That Force Toddlers To Wear Masks Outside On Playgrounds, Refusing To Take On Teachers' Unions That Kept Schools Closed, And Encouraging School Districts To Use Federal Money To Implement Aspects Of Critical Race Theory SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Senate Republicans m… Continue Reading
05.03.22
Democrats Are Disgracefully Eager To Burn Down The Institutions Of Our Constitutional Government
Following Last Night's Unprecedented Leak Of A Draft Supreme Court Opinion In A Brazen Attempt To Influence The Court, Democrats Immediately Resumed Their Assaults On The Integrity Of Both The Supreme Court And The United States Senate SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Last night's stunning breach was an attack on the independence of the Supreme Court. By every indication, this was yet another escalation in the radical left's ongoing campaign to bully and intimidate federal j… Continue Reading
05.02.22
Pickle Ball Courts, CRT Training, Parking Meter Readers, And Golf Course Irrigation: The Wasteful Legacy Of Biden’s Slush Fund For State And Local Governments
As Democrats Prepared To Pass Their Massive $1.9 Trillion Left-Wing Wish List Of Stimulus Spending Last Year, President Biden Asked, 'What Would They Have Me Cut?' Senate Republicans' Answer: The $350 Billion State And Local Slush Fund That Predictably Financed A Smorgasbord Of Wasteful Projects Unrelated To The Pandemic SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Democrats spent two trillion dollars of the American people's money and purchased the worst inflation in more than 40 years… Continue Reading
04.28.22
As Inflation Shrinks Americans’ Paychecks, Democrats’ New Plan Is To Raise Their Taxes
Democrats Have Gone From Denying Inflation Was A Problem, To Insisting That Even More Spending Was The Inflation Solution, To Now Saying That 'The Only Way To' 'Get Rid Of Inflation' Is To Raise Taxes On Americans! SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Runaway inflation is crushing working American families on Democrats' watch. The share of Americans who say the economy is our most important problem hasn't been this high since the last time Democrats controlled the White House&helli… Continue Reading
04.27.22
Senate Democrats Own The Growing Crisis At The Southern Border
Americans Are Smart Enough To See Through Senate Democrats' Election Year Conversion On Critical Border Security Policies SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "For two years, since the start of the pandemic, a legal authority called Title 42 has empowered the government to simply turn around a large share of the people they catch and send them right back where they came from. Every month, CBP uses this tool to keep tens of thousands of illegal immigrants out of the catch-and-rele… Continue Reading
04.26.22
Biden Administration Works To Curtail American Energy Production At Every Turn
As American Families Are Being Hit With Soaring Energy Costs On Everything From Gas To Electricity, The Biden Administration Keeps Trying To Strangle American Energy Production By Limiting Land For Development, Raising Costs, And Piling On Regulations And Lawsuits, Because 'President Biden Remains Absolutely Committed To Not Moving Forward With Additional Drilling On Public Lands' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The administration wants everybody else to produce more except us… Continue Reading
04.12.22
As Biden’s Inflation Hammers Americans, Economists Warn A Subsequent Recession Is ‘Virtually Inevitable’
'Costs For Food, Gasoline, Housing And Other Necessities [Are] Squeezing American Consumers And Wiping Out The Pay Raises That Many People Have Received' And Economists Are Now Warning That This Painful Inflation Is Likely To Lead To A Recession (U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member, Press Release, 4/12/2022) Inflation In March Increased 8.5% Year-On-Year 'Its Fastest Pace In More Than 40 Years,' And The Tenth Straight Month In Which Inflation Exceeded 5% "Inflation soared ove… Continue Reading
04.07.22
President Biden Isn’t Serious About Lowering Gas Prices
If President Biden Truly Wanted To Lower Gas Prices And Strengthen American Energy Production, He Would Get Serious About Reversing His Administration's Policies That Are 'Purposefully Meant To Hinder American Oil And Natural Gas' Development "When Mr. Biden took office, international crude prices were less than $60 a barrel and regular gasoline prices averaged less than $2.40 a gallon in the U.S. Since then, oil has nearly doubled, with the international benchmark settling Monday up 3% to $… Continue Reading
04.06.22
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Has A Seriously Concerning Record On Criminal Cases
Judge Jackson's Record As A District Court Judge Shows She Was Frequently Soft On Crime, Even Saying At The Beginning Of The Pandemic That 'It Would Be 'Reasonable' To Release 'Each And Every' Person In Washington, D.C. Jails SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The president promised he would only nominate a judicial activist for this job…. [U]nfortunately, Judge Jackson's record and testimony suggest she is exactly the kind of liberal activist that he promised. In case … Continue Reading
