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President Joe Biden authorized retaliatory strikes in Syria last Thursday, though GOP lawmakers have accused the Department of Defense of slow-walking its notification process due to planned hearings and votes on Capitol Hill.

The United States Senate approved the so-called Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday, making federal protections for same-sex marriages one step closer to reality and causing concern for religious liberty advocates. 

The United States Senate approved the so-called Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday, making federal protections for same-sex marriages one step closer to reality and causing concern for religious liberty advocates. 

  Share Source: AP Photo/Susan Walsh The Senate on Saturday continued with their vote-a-rama, where they pulled an all-nighter to vote on the Democrats $1.9 trillion pork-filled COVID relief bill, dubbed the American Rescue Plan.  Republicans offered a number of common-sense amendments that Democrats shot down. These are just a few of them.  Hold States Accountable for Nursing Home Deaths Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) offered an amendment that would have held states accountable for nursing home dea...

In the name of defense. speaking in favor of an amendment he had proposed to cut tens of billions of dollars from the budget. marco rubio had his own amendment that would raise defense spending without any spending cuts to pay for it. >> the national security of our country is the predominant obligation of our government. it is the one thing that the government can do. >> then there was ted cruz who didnt know whose side he was on. cruz was clearly torn. the senators stood quietly at the well of...

This issue. lets listen to what she had to say. >> what i would say to governor romney is he needs to reach out to the women. he needs to talk to them about the issues they care about. the media thinks that women only care about contraception. thats not true they care about contraception and education and health care and jobs and the economy. but hes got to do it. get out in front of women and say this is what i believe in. this is why i believe it. let the women ask their question and it will h...

Didnt qualify for 18 of them. >> jamie: so interesting the way that works. at this time, alaskas the only race for super tuesday that has not yet -- ah -- okay. look at that. we -- we can project mitt romney for the alaska caucuses. you can see the percentages there. that coming in at this moment. lets bring in our political panel now, joining us, tony is here, the republican political analyst and campaign consultant and correspondent for talk news radio service our ladies are also still here. i...

Resonating. >> i see a republican party moving way outside the mainstream of america, and i see moderate republicans like oh limb ia snow -- olympia snow deciding to retire rather than deal with the rubio amendment. americans are past the point of wanting their employers involved in their healthcare choices. even if their employer is the pope. >> you picked the fight. you cant blame the republicans. its your administration who decided to take on this issue. we are reacting to a federal mandate w...

You know, this has been a bad week for would-be republican vice presidents. we just talked about the blunt amendment, the republicans anti-contraception amendment that failed today in the senate. and democrats are really excited for republicans to keep talking about. technically, it is not just called the blunt amendment, it is called the blunt/rubio amendment. so if somebodys going to wake up in the republican party and realize that being the anti-birth control party maybe isnt the best way to ...

But the idea of presidential candidates getting into questions about contraception within a relationship between a man and a woman, a husband and wife, im not going there. >> so theres a principled statement. a presidential candidate should not get involved in a relationship between a man and woman. whether they use birth control or not. okay. a short time later in another radio interview with another good guy, howie carr, a good buddy on the right, romney said he misunderstood that question. le...