Plus: Ron Johnson, Mike Braun Back Rick Scott to Unseat Mitch McConnell
November 16 2022
Good morning from Washington, where the Senate today is expected to vote on a marriage bill that conservatives say would imperil children and weaken religious freedom. Virginia Allen and Mary Margaret Olohan report, and Katy Faust sounds a warning. Red states block President Biden’s “forgiveness” of student loan debt, GianCarlo Canaparo and Jack Fitzhenry write. On the podcast, a retired Air Force general shares insights on Communist China’s determination to dominate tech. Plus: Senate Republicans pick a leadership fight; a House panel confronts the homeland security chief; and a much-anticipated announcement from Donald Trump. On this date in 1907, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory together enter the union as the 46th state, Oklahoma.
“This bill provides no [new] benefit or protection” to same-sex couples, says The Heritage Foundation’s Roger Severino. “All this bill does is target people of faith who don’t support woke ideology.”
“We must start saying what we are for, not just what we are against,” says Scott, adding: “Republican voters expect and deserve to know our plan to promote and advance conservative values.”
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding, author of “Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept,” discusses the threat China poses to American innovation.
A Democrat who sits on the House Financial Services Committee hired the brother of the head of the bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX, potentially raising ethical questions.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to criticisms from former President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, telling a reporter, “When you’re getting things done, you take incoming fire.”
