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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced Wednesday that he plans to object to the Electoral College count next week, arguing that social media companies had been unfairly mean to Donald Trump during the election.

Earlier, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) struck down an attempt by lawmakers to enlarge previously approved stimulus checks, instead saying that a...

Just hours after blocking Senate Democrats efforts to vote on a House bill for $2,000 direct payments, McConnell released his own surprise legislation which includes repealing Section 230 and

Jim Watson/AFP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill Tuesday linking $2,000 stimulus checks to a repeal of Section 230 and the creation of a new commission to study election fraud, a move likely to doom the increased direct payments. McConnells proposal came just hours after he blocked a House-passed bill that would have also boosted the direct payments but without tackling the other two items, both of which are top priorities of President Donald...

Tue, Dec 29th 2020 3:39pm — Cathy Gellis The other day Senator Schatz tweeted, "Ask every Senator what Section 230 is. Don’t ask them if they want to repeal it. Ask them to describe it." Ask every Senator what Section 230 is. Don’t ask them if they want to repeal it. Ask them to describe it. Its a very fair point. Most of the political demands to repeal Section 230 betray a profound ignorance of what Section 230 does, why, or how. That disconnect between policy understanding and policy de...

29 Dec 2020 On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of attaching “poison pills” to $2,000 direct payments to try to discourage people from passing $2,000 payments. Durbin said, “The bill that passed the House of Representatives guaranteed $2,000 per person. It’s on the desk of Mitch McConnell, the Republican Leader of the Senate, and what does he say? I want to throw a few poi...

On Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "Situation Room," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he agrees with President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 direct payments, | Clips

President Donald Trump has signed into law a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package.

The authors of the 24-year-old “First Amendment of the Internet” law publish an op-ed defending the landmark legislation.

‘Does Congress Know That This Is How Communism Starts?’: Trump Condemns Big Tech Policing of Free Speech President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve repeated his concerns over Big Tech censorship a day after he vetoed a defense-spending bill over Congress’s failure to remove liability protections for Silicon Valley’s social media companies. “Twitter is going wild with their flags, trying hard to suppress even the truth. Just shows how dangerous they are, purposely stifling free speech. V...