The Senate rejected an amendment Friday that would strip $5. 1 billion in refugee welfare spending out of a government funding package in a vote of 32-67.

Ron DeSantis warned Republicans to take the weekend's huge special election loss in a deep red Texas district as a serious indicator of the "political environment". The post Ron DeSantis Sounds Alarm About GOP’s Election Loss in Trump +17 TX District: A ‘Swing of This Magnitude’ Can’t ‘Be Dismissed’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss in the Texas Senate District 9 special runoff election, according to unofficial Tarrant County results.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation’s voting laws, a long-shot priority for President Donald Trump that would impose stricter requirements, including some before Americans vote in the midterm elections in the fall.

A bill unveiled by House Republicans would impose stricter requirements for voters and restrict some forms of voting.

House Republicans unveiled a sweeping elections reform bill Thursday that would mandate long-sought requirements like presenting photo ID when voting and citizenship verification to register to vote.

The Make Elections Great Again Act would end ranked choice voting in all federal elections.

A state-level Democratic win in a region that had voted decisively for President Trump threatens to diminish Republicans’ hopes for the midterm elections.

The House passed the six remaining funding bills last week and sent them to the Senate as a package, making it more difficult to strip out the homeland security portion as Democrats have demanded. Republicans could break the package apart with the consent of all 100 senators or through a series of votes that would extend past the Friday deadline.